Re: [AMRadio] Amateur radio privileges and policy discussions
I am a little puzzled as to why Todd's letter was not sent directly, and privately, to those who need to hear it. Instead, it has gone to the 99 percent of us who don't include a political slant in our postings here. I can agree that it's easy to interpret comments as fightin' words when no argument was intended. That's a problem not limited to this list. But, as seen on QRZ.com, it is very difficult to establish when too far is too far. That website lost several good writers whose opinions I respected, because they were told they could no longer express their views in the way they had done. It's a tough balancing act. My recommendation is to privately and directly point out when someone has crossed the line to the level the moderators deem inappropriate, or when enough complaints come in that the matter has to be reviewed by those moderators. Regards Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] Notice of Proposed Rule Making -- EmComm
The FCC today released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making. There is no direct threat to AM. The agency's proposal would replace a recently established system of waivers that allow Amateurs who also are paid staff of government agencies to conduct non-emergency drills on frequencies allocated to radio hobbyists. The drills are said to be for emergency preparedness, but there is no definition as to scope, frequency range, and whether these tests constitute priority claim to a given spot on the dial. One potential conflict involves 7290Kc, which the AM Community established a long time ago as a cooperative way to reduce friction with incompatible modes and activities. Certain stations along the Gulf Coast have also used this frequency, regardless of whether AM activity is present. They had previously used the frequency for hurricane preparedness status, asking field engineers of the FCC to declare pre-emptive emergencies that blocked the use of that area of the dial by others. Please read and consider filing Comments on the FCC's electronic database: http://www.qsl.net/wa3vjb/FCC-10-45A1.doc Regards, Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] AM promo in QST
I would like to think Joel Hallas is the victim of a political Tourette's Syndrome that has infected the ARRL for many years. The malady causes uncontrollable utterances against AM whenever someone inside the League tries to write or say something positive about our part of the hobby. So here's Joel Hallas, apparently a sincere and active participant on AM with us (he has checked into the AWA Sunday afternoon gathering with a Valiant, if I may help establish his credentials), who uses his Beginner's column in the magazine to actually MENTION AM by the name of the mode But with this particular strain of Tourette's in Newington, I believe it prompted him to swear and cuss that AM ought not to be on the air when more important modes and activities need the spectrum. He doesn't mean it, I hope, and I've been asking him to re-consider how his wording came off poorly despite his good intentions. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] SAMRC Tues Nite
WOW, more than 50 stations checked in last evening on the Tuesday Southeastern AM Radio Club's gathering on 80m. Andy, WA4KCY was the anchor station, and the band started out short with most of the check-ins from the southern states toward the Gulf Coast. But by 7pm the band changed and holey moley signals pushed the meter way over to the right. Warren, W1GUD (Tampa Fla.), Robert W0VMC (Wisc), TimTron WA1HLR (Maine), and soon after, Bill KD0HG (Colo.) all heard in Georgia to illustrate the geography covered. Good stuff. Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] SAMRC Tues Nite
Bernie, and Phil, you're right I should have listed more on the SAMRC weekly gathering. Hope to hear you guys next week: Every Tuesday, starts at 6:30PM EST, 3885 Kc Anchored by Andy, WA4KCY, or possibly the club call W4AMI. It starts out as an on-the-air swap net, and after that it goes to general comments. --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] AM Transmitter Rally Feb 6 on HF
Announcing the 2010 Amplitude Modulation Transmitter Rally Contest and Operating Event On the HF Amateur Bands (160 meters to 10 meters) Saturday, February 6, 2010 6:00 AM E.S.T. to 2:00AM E.S.T. the following day. The purpose of this event is to encourage the use of Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands, and to highlight various types of AM equipment in use today. This event is open to any and all radio amateurs who are running full carrier amplitude modulation (standard AM), and any type of equipment may be used. Commonly used AM Frequencies: 160 Meters: 1880-1885, 1930, 1945, 1975-1995. 80 Meters: 3730-3740, 3870-3885. 40 Meters: 7160, 7280-7295. 20 Meters: 14286. 10 Meters: 29000-29200. These commonly used frequencies can be good starting points. As activity grows, expand to other frequencies to prevent congestion and excessively large round tables. As always, PLEASE be considerate of existing QSOs and Nets, and ensure that the frequency is clear before calling CQ, the A.M. Transmitter Rally. Points are to be awarded as follows: a) 1 point for each station worked a specific band. If you work the same station on more than one band, you get 1 point for each band. b) 1 point for each state, country or Canadian Province worked. Note: Both you and the station with whom you are QSOing must be using AM. Logging The following information must be included in your log for each contact to be counted: Time (local), Frequency, Call Sign, First Name, Their Location (state is OK), Their Equipment Log Format: Each item should appear in a separate column, one line per contact. 39608124.jpg Template logs are here: www.classeradio.com/amtrlog.xls (excel) www.classeradio.com/amtrlog.csv (csv) Please let us know about anything unusual or unique you hear and / or any nominations for stations in unusual categories or with unusual or unique characteristics. A description of your station equipment, power and any other interesting features should also be included as part of your submission along with your mailing and email addresses. Pictures (in electronic form if available) are also encouraged! Whenever possible, please use electronic submission of logs using Excel or CSV (comma separated values) (preferred) formats. Email logs to: a...@radioassociates.com If you do not own, or cannot use a computer, paper logs may be mailed to: Radio Engineering Associates AMTR Logging 79 Tyler Road Townsend, MA 01469 Awards and Prizes will be given for the following areas: * 1) Overall highest points: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place * 2) Highest points in each of the following categories for stations as follows: o a) Using a classic commercial AM Amateur transmitter (such as a KW1, Desk KW, Collins 32V3, DX- 100, etc.) o b) Using a converted AM Broadcast Transmitter. o c) Using a military transmitter. o d) Using a home built vacuum tube transmitter (vacuum tubes in the RF amplifier and modulator). o e) Using a home built solid state transmitter. o f) Using a low level transmitter and linear amplifier. o g) Using anything not covered by the above. Note: Special recognition will be given to stations that show up in many other folks' logs, even if these operators did not send in a log themselves. This is to recognize the spirit and importance of operating during the event, even if one is not actively participating in the contest. In addition to point awards, other awards will be issued on an ad-hoc basis, depending on the specific situation. Examples of these are: * a) Very unusual or unique equipment * b) Most clip leads in the transmitter * c) Most hum or incidental FM * d) Longest transmission heard * e) Highest weight to power ratio * Etc, etc, etc. Hope to see you all there!! http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] Heavy Metal Rally -- are you in ?
The nationwide Heavy Metal Rally is Sunday, Dec. 27. This annual event brings out the Tall Ships of AM for a show cruise across the airwaves. Originated by Bill, KDØHG, the operating event is sponsored by Electric Radio Magazine, which publishes top honors and bestows a trophy award. Quoting from the rules: The winner should be running a rig weighing 250 pounds or running at least 250 watts. This includes big homebrew, military, and vintage commercial ham gear, and Class-E solid-state rigs as long as they meet the qualifications. Stations running contemporary rigs on AM, including SDR-transceivers, are a welcome part of the event. In my opinion, this is not so much a rapid-fire points contest, but rather, a published scheduled event where folks can hope to meet up with and catch up with those they may not have heard for months. Details: http://www.ermag.com/forum/thread.cfm?TID=236 __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] Republic Electronics Amplitude Modulation Monitor MON-100
Shoot me a couple JPEGs, front panel and main chassis. I will float it among some b'cst engr friends of mine. Not seeing anything in a quick search by model and brand name. --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] Paint question
Hi John, You might want to consult with your friend who did the painting to learn exactly what type of paint it is and what kind of primer is underneath. This can help you decide what type of paint and primer to go with next, and to actually get a small batch to test with for appearance and texture. It sounds like you would prefer to respray the existing surface. If so, you have a chance to smooth out any shelf scuffs or panel scratches. During that process, you may need or want to take down a high spot or a run, and you could expose the primer sub-layer. That's why it's important to know the chemical nature of both the top coat and the primer now on there, to ensure compatibility with what you pick next. As an alternative, there are several varieties of clear coatings out there that would preserve the existing black color, if you can stand that color. If I'm reading you right, you don't really like the gloss, but maybe the black, as a shade, is okay? The clear coats come in varying degrees of satin, such that you can effectively blunt that gloss while still having a smooth, cleanable surface. I like the texture and the color of the St. James Gray on the senior Collins models. I have a 1950 32V2 that I got from the original owner. The color makes a much better presentation than the satin two-tone gray on the junior Collins line. ( have a 51S-1F) However, the wrinkle texture likes to entrap dust as well as fiber particles pulled from whatever I might wipe down the rig with. Good luck and hope this is helpful. Paul/VJB - Original Message - From: John King k5...@yahoo.com To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:02 AM A friend of mine sent me a nice Harvey Wells Bandmaster transmitter. He repainted the cabinet a glossy black. It looks GREAT, but is not the original wrinkled or gritty looking finish. It is perfectly smooth with no dents or scratches. He is a great painter. My question is: Is there a wrinkled or rough finish paint that can be applied DIRECTLY over this glossy black paint? Does anyone know the correct color for the Harvey Wells Bandmaster cabinet? I am not sure if St. James Gray such as the 75A Collins line would be the correct color or not. I seem to remember the color being a very dark gray , but not quite black I don't want the wrinkled (as in SX 28A face plate) color, but more like the finish of the cabinet on the SX 28A or the finish on the 75A line of Collins gear IF THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF THE HARVEY WELLS BANDMASTER. Your input will be appreciated. 73, John, K5PGW __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] 7.185 +/-
Hi Todd, Good that you're trying to establish some AM action down low on 40m. i have to wonder about the time of day though. Have you done any listening in your target area where other AM stations might receive you ? I recommend checking reception on a tuneable, streaming audio HF website called globaltuners.com. You can key up, call CQ, and immediately know whether and how strong you would be heard by a station in the region where the internet-based receiver is located. I have found this resource very valuable in determining whether band supports propagation anywhere !!! let alone to area where specific AM stations are located. It also may prove important as you check your 80meter antenna performance, and as you refine any audio shortcomings you may have. I wouldn't sweat the audio part of it for now, compared to getting on the air, but sure, you would want to know. Here's a screen shot, with audio, of how I heard my own station as I called CQ recently. I went from camera mic audio to direct-coupled audio from the computer's sound card. The quality is adequate to reveal any problems. I was running a 1946 Collins 300-G, retired as the original transmitter of WUST in Washington, DC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48pBTykFVN4 Best wishes, Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] Website: Global Tuners
Some on this list are already aware, but let me take a few moments to point out to others that there's a free website with remote-control receivers to quickly check propagation and to hear who's on. It is the internet website globaltuners.com. I don't think this has been discussed on this particular reflector, and was reminded to post it this morning after a few hours of listening to 80m along the East Coast, starting with the Military Net on 3.885. There are several brands and models of software-controlled receivers represented on there, and a geographic diversity of where they are located. This provides a check of band conditions, where you can be calling CQ and checking various regions as to how you're being heard ! Additionally, the site enables one to obtain an instant aircheck of audio quality, since the stream can be recorded as part of downloading. This morning there was a guy on with a BC-610, for example, who had his audio gain all the way up to get enough level for his D-104 to modulate adequately. Yes, to answer his question, there was some hum. It would be easy to record a bit of his transmission and email it to him as an MP3 attachment. (or he could do that himself) The only downside, if it's that, requires the user to have a sufficiently fast internet connection. There's a delay, or latency, between the downstream/buffer and real-time, so you'd drive yourself crazy trying to listen to yourself as you make a transmission. I think that gets worse the slower your connection. The delay can be manageable if you were to try to use this site as your receiver, which I unintentionally had to do a few weekends ago when I had a problem with my SP600 during a QSO. The site allowed me to finish the conversation. Anyway, the registration is free, and I guess they want to make sure you have no bad intent by putting you on a 2 week trial after you sign up. This trial period limits the amount of adjusting you can do to the receivers available. There are text message and status boxes that accompany each receiver to tell whether it's in use by someone, and to converse with that user, as we did this morning. The receive site in Connecticut, run by Tom W1TXT, soon included him, myself and Chris, AJ1G, while Chris was actually on the air with Dale KW1I and others. Doing a little multi-tasking, Chris was watching the message box, delivering regards to those on frequency, who then replied to us as we listened over the internet. Cool interactive radio, ya know? Check it out. Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] open vs. closed -expanded
Reminds me of the masses railing against AM because they were better and smarter than anyone using AM. ~ Todd, KA1KAQ/4 Did the masses really say that, Todd? That feels like a disservice to all the people who continued to make way for AM as our AM predecessors led the way into coordinated areas so we could minimize friction with those on incompatible modes. I have heard stories that there were some people who questioned why anyone would stay on AM after SSB's struggle for acceptance was long since resolved. And they were probably the same sort of people who likely engaged in the range wars for a spot on the dial. But it seemed most people simply migrated to SSB and continued without much mean-spirited pejorative against AM. Today, there are still a few mean-spirited people who target AM with catcalls and wisecracks, and some of those people don't even date back to when SSB was fighting to be heard. But they weren't the masses then or now, unless you can illuminate me some more. Reminds me of the masses railing against AM because they were better and smarter than anyone using AM. ~ Todd, KA1KAQ/4 __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] open vs. closed -expanded
Well okay Todd, I don't really understand your answer, sorry if I touched a nerve. Hope to work you this weekend on 40m. Paul/VJB __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] Dave's Message
Gentlemen for some reason Dave Knepper's message comes in a quite unusual way That's been true over the years. He's aware. OH, do you mean on this reflector? Never mind. ; ) __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] Placing a comment on the list?
Welcome, Randall, I see Jim has already replied with good guidance. Looking forward to your contributions on here. Introduce yourself ? Maybe catch you on the air. Paul/VJB Annapolis Could you tell me how I would add or make a comment on your list? Thanks, Randall, W4DEU __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] Open vs Closed QSOs
It's a fine line between counter-rudeness and helping someone who may simply have a lack of social skills. Two ways I use, depending on the circumstances. If someone breaks in and obviously hasn't been listening (like when they immediately go off-topic), I will toss it right back and directly ASK them whether they also want to comment on whatever so-and-so had previously just been talking about. Oftimes the breaking station will stammer and say something like they'll listen for a few minutes to respond (what they should have done in the first place). It's rare I would want to exclude or prevent a roundtable. But sometimes indeed I'll want a one-on-one. When a breaking station appears, I'll say that I'm catching up with so-and-so, but how have ya been, and so on. Really, only a dolt would then fail to see the conversation is directed and not really open. Usually, with such a cordial clue, people wander off and you can continue. I don't carry it further than that. It's not worth being taken as standoffish, and I've never had someone persist. Regarding pissweakers dragging down a QSO by buzzarding-on. This is touchy, too. The real risk when congestion is high is that the QSO collapses because no one can hear the pissweaker(s). Yet, you want to bring along the weaker stations and provide incentive/motivation to improve things. When I first arrived on the AM scene, I was running a low dipole and a 32V2, and really didn't have the fire in a wire to keep up with the Tall Ships that held the NE on the Big 85. What they did, whether it was deliberate or not, is that their style of break in meant the pissweakers weren't heard. Sometimes I'd make a remark, and would let up only to hear someone else talking already. The break-in style of operating means there is no formal turnover, sequentially or whatever. This works well to create a signal-based Survival of the Fittest in a rapid-fire QSO. I got the message, and really didn't mind. One has to remember that for many people new to AM, on a contemporary transceiver at 25-50 watts, is that they will typically be hearing the Tall Ships much better than they will be heard. There's no reference from experience, and a newcomer may naturally think they will be heard equally well -- as if they band is in really good shape or whatever. This is when tact and diplomacy come into play. An inquisitive what's the rig there usually yields a disclosure about the power level, and this is when you can point out the band's NOT so good and they're in the noise, etc. etc. You'll have provided some guidance to the newcomer, and some experience, that will encourage them to improve things and/or wait for better conditions next time. The AM community is a well-regarded part of the hobby, partly because it's an inviting, easy-going activity with a relaxed pace that lends itself to hanging out for long periods of time on the air. That's an image I like to nurture. --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] I need som advice (Jim Wilhite)
The re-cone option isn't as expensive as you may think. I had a nice pair of JBL L-100's that I got from Dennis, W7QHO when he moved away from Maryland. Both the foam speaker surrounds were shot, as were the dust covers on the speaker coils. A place in Pennsylvania re-did them both for $60. Even if today it's $100, that's for TWO speakers and within your price range for the single. email me off-list and I'll put you in touch paul __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] antennas
Jim, You've done well to get to your antenna maintenance before it's so cold the soldering gun won't even work (has felt like that anyway). I googled the Tacky Tape to see if it's the same stuff I'm thinking about, and nothing came up to match what I also will pass along -- Rescue Tape is one brand of some self-fusing tape that you can wrap connections with and it cuts off cleanly, as opposed to Coax-Seal and other variants of sealant. This stuff, and there are websites describing it fully, stretches significantly to apply layer pressure on the wrap, and then it fuses to itself like a self-vulcanizing patch. I originally got onto it when I found a case of it at a state surplus warehouse. Military nomenclature, and it had a taper to it where the center thickness was perhaps twice that of the edges, so it would feather along nicely and not bunch up. Excellent dielectric too, and apparently they've improved it today from the early stuff. The directions back then said to wrap it with conventinal electrical tape to prevent UV deterioration, but now I see it has inhibitors built-in. Don't know about a cost comparison, but anything that's watertight, physically strong, and non-corrosive (unlike silicon seal) is worth it to me. Best wishes Paul __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] Microphone recomendation
Steve I really enjoy that photo/text page of your transmitter project. http://www.wd8das.net/gates.html There's nothing like seeing a Gates on a trailer hitch carrier. I can only imagine what people thought you were a-totin' going down the road. That's a nice audio setup you described. Is that Logitek from Fair Radio ? Fred, KC4MOP was thinking about buying one because they looked good and it was a brand name for not much money. I should probably again float this YouTube video from a while ago, making a Gates fit in the back of a minivan. THAT was a fun project. The transmitter is now restored and retuned to 160, operating out of Michigan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOfAGCq0SY0 Best wishes, Paul --previous text follows-- Right now my Gates BC1T has a Sennheiser 421 dynamic cardioid mic (set one click off M), feeding a Berhinger VX200 mic processor. Then it goes thru a fairly noisy Logitek rack mixer to an equalizer to let me roll the highs off to avoid being too wide, That in turn feeds a 4-band Texar Audio Prism, then a hot-rodded 3-band Dorrough DAP-310 with the second generation AM limiter card. The processors are all running pretty gently. There's picture of the audio rack on my website at the bottom of the page related to the Gates transmitter: http://www.wd8das.net/gates.html Steve WD8DAS __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] Mic for KW-1
Hi Jerry, I'm looking forward to hearing you on your KW-1. A couple of questions and some advice regarding mic selection -- 1. Is the speech amp modified or stock? If it's stock, take the time to explore how to by-pass the speech clippers as a first order of business. They add a tremendous amount of distortion and ruin an otherwise decent grade of audio. 2. Do you plan to use some external audio processing ? Both these questions are important in mic selection if you're to obtain the level of audio a decent mic will offer. If you have a lot of audio energy in the lower register of your voice (bass), then you actually do NOT want a microphone that exaggerates that level of energy. You want a really bright microphone, or a flat microphone that can be tailored with the use of external equalization and compression. I'm not talking about Dog X-Ray speech processing -- but refer you to some of the used AM broadcast transmitter processors that are ideal for higher quality voice communications like we radio hobbyists enjoy. A high quality compressor will preserve your low end response, and will move other parts of the audio spectrum up in level so that you have a louder, more balanced distribution of frequency response. The chunk of voice energy, in other words, will be broader within whatever parameters your transmitter and audio chain are capable of passing. That said, you can spend $99 for a Shure SM58 and get 90 percent of the way there. It's a rugged dynamic microphone, low impedance, intended to be used with a balanced mic-line mixer, such as the $79 Behringers that seem to be everywhere. They include some blunt EQ which might be fine. You need something to bridge the high impedance, unbalanced input of the KW-1, while also having something to match the level and EQ you wish to have through a compressor. I'm running a 1946 Collins 300-G, using a broadcast microphone and broadcast audio processing. Sounds like this, as recorded near Chicago from my home near Annapolis. http://www.qth.net/wa3vjb/7285-VJB.mp3 Let me know if I can help further? Paul __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] Shelby (NC) hamfest -- photos
Steve WB3HUZ has filed a report and photos on the Shelby hamfest this past weekend. Looks like one to add to the tour, if you weren't already there. http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=21186.0 __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] Fair Radio
Yeah I've got the Fair Radio catalogs going back 20 years or so. Sad to see what is no longer in there. One bargain I saw is an $18 dollar Collins mechanical filter for AM, 455Kc IF. The ad's not in front of me but I think the 3db rolloff was came in at 18kc or so. NICE sound that would be. Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] W2A
For those who worked W2A this past weekend, we now have a QSL manager. John N2ZYZ, who was among the station ops, has posted a nice set of still photos of the event. He will compile the log and is crafting a special commemorative QSL. Many thanks to Dave, W2VW for organizing this event. If you missed us, here are some YouTube videos showing just a small portion of the great time we had. Regards to all. Paul/VJB Still photos / slide show from John N2ZYZ: http://www.flickr.com/johngo1 Still photos and web page rundown from Ken, W2DTC: http://w2dtc.com/2009-0814-w2a-page.htm Exterior footage of the site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sdAc9XmyBw Friday night's station op, Kerri KC2UFU: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuueqTl0fDo P.S. Could someone kindly post this email to the military radio reflector and the boatanchors reflector? We worked folks from both groups. Many thanks. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] [samrc] W2A - Details
John this was one of those times where you had to just be on the air when we first powered up. We were not able to promote in advance because permission to access this closed site came only at the last minute, after months of clearances. But, we all picked a weekend where we could pull it together if it were to happen, and yep, happen it did ! We did manage a real-time post on Friday, Aug, 14, when Ken W2DTC was at the station and making the very first contacts. That lit some fires around, and pretty soon folks were coming out of the woodwork to see what was going on. --- On Mon, 8/17/09, amhouston amhous...@hal-pc.org wrote: From: amhouston amhous...@hal-pc.org Subject: Re: [samrc] W2A - Details To: wa3...@yahoo.com Date: Monday, August 17, 2009, 12:33 PM Hi Paul, I must have missed something. Never heard about the W2A event. :-(. No e-mail and nothing in Electric Radio. John, AA5T, Samrc Member # 79 __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] 7160 hot
That's the way propagation goes, Brian. I could not hear any 2's, but I will bet Robert/VMC and Dave/9AD were pounding the guy. On the other hand, I couldn't hear Joe/BWO very well at Rhode Island, which told me the band wasn't supporting shorter paths. Last night I started with a CQ on 7165Kc, monitoring the frequency across several of these internet-based radios to check propagation. I could hear myself strongly on receivers located in Kentucky and the midwest, but less strongly in upstate NY. You there in Alabama probably heard me alright. There was some kind of contest underway involving an incompatible, lesser mode, and by using this remote receive link, I could slightly dial away from the interference to remain in the clear. Cool stuff. Finally, I heard Bill W8VYZ on 7160Kc through one of these sites, and joined him after I concluded with a couple a guys who had answered my CQ up higher. This may prove to be a good strategy when setting up down low on 40m. --Paul/VJB --- On Sat, 5/2/09, N4DKDBrian n4...@bellsouth.net wrote: From: N4DKDBrian n4...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 7160 hot To: wa3...@yahoo.com, Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 7:35 PM Paul there are some SSB on 7159. 30 over here from Long Island,complaining loudly about AM . WX2F. I can hear most of theAM stations through the SSB QRM here in AL Brian N4DKD VJB wrote: KD0HG, W0VMC, W8VYZ, KA1BWO, W9AD on 7160 0130Z good signals no slopbucket __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] 40m Sat nite ?
Anyone want to sked on 40m in a couple hours? 0200Z onward, will check here again or text me a frequency 202 841 3208 __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] 7160 hot
KD0HG, W0VMC, W8VYZ, KA1BWO, W9AD on 7160 0130Z good signals no slopbucket __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] Seeking advice on wires in trees
Hi John, Bow and arrow have proven to be the best method for me in our woods. Metal arrow is drilled at the bowstring-end, and eventually tie a run of 20# monofilament fishing line. The leading tip of the arrow is removed and replaced with a fishing weight, which then is epoxied and heat-shrunk. Spray the arrow with day-glow marking paint. Compound bow can be cheap. Doesn't have to be a multi-pulley, expensive job. I use a 35# bow and have used the combination with the weighted arrow and monofilament to achieve dipole installations at 60-70 feet in height. I endorse the use of marine rope to minimize weather deterioration. I prefer to use pulleys at both ends of a dipole or one in the center of an inverted vee. This allows me to easily raise and lower to trim the antenna to frequency, and to occasionally inspect the coax, since that takes a lot of flex in a dipole configuration. Pick your branch, shoot your monofilament. Use that to then bring back your marine grade rope and pulley. The pulley should be a swivel type, marine grade or other weather-resistant, and the channel should match the size of rope. I use 3/8. Install a piece of old garden hose on the first five feet of the rope leading up to the pulley. This protects the tree. Now pull the pulley rope up to the branch, bounce the hose over the branch, and allow yourself about a foot or two lateral distance from the pulley to the branch. As it goes up, keep the other two lengths untangled as they all go up to that branch. One end of the service rope becomes your end insulator, the other is how you'll raise and lower the antenna on that side. Repeat for the other side. Center supported inverted vee is the same deal, one pulley, two ropes, but you tie off the unstressed ends of the antenna without needing a lot of load mitigation. The pulley rope, sheathed with garden hose, stays in place, while the second rope raises and lowers the vee for trimming, coax inspection, etc. Hope helpful. --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] Cabinet for the T-368 exciter?
SWEET job there, Steve !!! If you really want to flip some people out, buy yerself one of the winged Collins lapel/name badge pins that I've seen advertised in ER, and slap it on the front panel. It'll provide the best $8 of entertainment you can imagine, especially if you post (somewhere besides here) that you just bought a Rare Collins Exciter off ebay for $6750 or whatever. --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] 7160Kc - The Video
THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS, all, but I can only flip it back and say it was the company I was keeping that night that made the video real good -- Hi Bob, to answer -- Question: Is the Youtube audio straight off your camera? Or did you dub in audio from the tape? It's amazingly good, next best thing to being there, hi. 73, Bob W9RAN This video production was an experiment, done live while I was on the radio, without a lot of planning, with me being cameraman and radio operator all at once. That said, the finished product feels like being on the radio, and that's the point. I see all kinds of places to dress it up next time. I rolled tape with that open-reel machine during the entire evening, as seen there, and separately with the Canon point-and-shoot, took video of a variety of shots, angles and moments in the roundtable. This allowed me to move around for those shots without having to keep the camera pointed at a speaker for the audio. However, when you hear my voice, that's directly from the camera's front-mounted electret condenser mic., and the waveform on the scope is real-time. At one point, I lose my frame (scope goes way off the picture's left somewhere) because I was messing with some on-air control and wasn't paying attention to the camera. Has a certain verité look to it, yes ? All the off-air audio was from the SP600 diode output into a bridging amp into the line level input of the open-reel machine. The Otari tape deck's output is looped back through the station audio mixer so I can hear my local mic and receive audio with one set of headphones, T/R. Astute viewers have noticed that the audio processing chain remained active even on receive (meters were deflecting). That's because the mixer continued to drive the input of the audio chain even though the transmitter wasn't keyed. I later went back to the tape and took representative audio segments received from the various stations, and then laid down those sound bites, covered with suitable video from the camera. Camera audio was discarded except those two brief segments of myself. Are you interested in trying to do at least a two-person video QSO ? I'd take your audio and video and produce it like this one. You could easily bolt your receive audio into, say, your open-reel recorder, later render it through your computer into a wav or an MP3 file, and burn it to a DVD along with a pile of MPG video from youd point and shoot. I'd match it up during production. Would enjoy teaming up. Paul __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] 7160Kc Fri nite
Quite a good group underway at 0130-0215 GMT K8MEM Mark in Rochester Michigan K9ACT Jack W3JN John in Maryland WA1QIX Steve in Mass Wa1HLR TIm in Maine WA4NJY Ed near Tampa Bay Fla W1ZB Jerry near Boston VJB Annapolis __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] 7160Kc Fri Nite
Forgot to recalibrate GMT to DST. Report is for 0030-0115 GMT In the time since, slopbuckets probably working split are frantically repeating their call letters for a dog x-ray around 7160kc __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] AM nighttime 40m
Remember tonight if you're around for nighttime 40m activity that the anchor stations for CCA First Wednesday AM night (on 80m) will later be cruising down low on 40m to drum up additional activity. I understand from Larry/VRH's note that they will do so after they close their time zone's participation in the CCA's coast-to-coast AM gathering. Here's who to listen for: 7:00 PM-8:30 PM Local East Coast Time Anchor: Bob W0YVA 7:30 PM-9:00 PM Local Central Time Anchor: Jim W0NKL and Brian K0EFJ 8:00 PM-9:00 PM Local Mountain Time Anchor: K0OJ Jim and Chuck KD0ZS 8:00 PM-9:00 PM Local West Coast Time Anchor: WA6FIZ Mickey Be there or be square !!! --Paul/VJB --- On Wed, 4/1/09, amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: From: amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net Subject: AMRadio Digest, Vol 63, Issue 1 To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 9:00 AM Send AMRadio mailing list submissions to amradio@mailman.qth.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net You can reach the person managing the list at amradio-ow...@mailman.qth.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of AMRadio digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Lots of AM on 7160 Right Now! (John Carrington, M.D.) 2. Re: Lots of AM on 7160 Right Now! (D. Chester) 3. Re: Marti manual (Donald R. R Moore) 4. 7160Kc AM Tuesday nite (VJB) 5. Re: 7160Kc AM Tuesday nite (n9...@aol.com) 6. Re: 7160Kc AM Tuesday nite (Mark K3MSB) 7. Re: 7160Kc AM Tuesday nite (crawf...@surfmore.net) 8. 7160 tonight (Mike Duke, K5XU) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:44:48 -0700 From: John Carrington, M.D. jm...@charterinternet.com Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Lots of AM on 7160 Right Now! To: 'Mike Duke, K5XU' k...@comcast.net, 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service' amradio@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: 24911251f1df4e3bbd29f03628f97...@jmclaptop Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mike... That's good to hear and I wish my radio had been on... I'm in Eastern Oregon and my son is at Millsaps graduating on May 9... I've got to get him into our wonderful hobby... To join his 3 uncles. -73- John WB5CW -Original Message- From: amradio-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:amradio-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Duke, K5XU Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:57 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio Subject: [AMRadio] Lots of AM on 7160 Right Now! There is a large group of AM stations on 7160 right now. The calls I have heard thus far from my Jackson, Mississippi qth are: K0EOO, WA3HUZ, WF2U, K4DEE, and WA3VJB. There are at least 2 other stations that I can't hear. It's almost like listening on 10 meters, as there is no SSB qrm at the moment, just some static. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:24:39 -0500 From: D. Chester k4...@charter.net Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Lots of AM on 7160 Right Now! To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: 34f18208639d4acfb4a2b7788caa8...@d65y8b21 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original I have worked many AM stations Sunday and Monday evenings and early the morning to follow. This includes some Europeans. The Euros have mostly been SSB, but one or two of them have switched over to AM to be perfectly readable, and they all gave me good signal reports. I think two-way transatlantic AM QSO's should be easy, running only moderate power and antennas. I have been running 450 watts input to a pair of 8005's modulated by 805's - the same rig I built when I was in Cambridge, MA and used when I was in Houston, TX. The antenna is the 80m dipole, 110' high, fed with open wire line, broadside NE/SW. I think for night time operation, this band is less useful for large roundtables like we are used to on 75 and 160. Kind of like 20m, inevitably, someone in the group
[AMRadio] 7160Kc AM Tuesday nite
Nice to hear the AM Party continuing tonight on 40m. From near Annapolis I worked: WD8BIL Bud in Lorain O. KX5JT John at Maurice, Louisiana WD5JKO Jim in Round Rock, Texas Also heard Ashtabula Bill, W8VYZ, and he then provided Jim/JKO with his worked all VYZ status -- 160 through 10 meters. Paul/VJB ** __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] another thought
Charlie W4MEC that's an interesting thought, but we will probably run up against the amount of time available to get on and try to keep up a wall of carriers. Sure, my converted broadcast transmitter will run 24/7 on whatever 40m frequency you want, but I may have to resort to recorded programming, like the Best of 75m AM alternating with the Best of 10m AM another time. I just found a 90 minute tape full of the propagation benefits of Solar Cycle 23, with VK2BA and myself in one outstanding QSO, with a sprinkling of others. Wow. Anyway, I'm game, say where. Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] McMartin BC tx in NJ
Anyone interested in rescuing a retired broadcast transmitter? I am forwarding interest to someone who has told me about a NJ radio station clearing it out. Sounds free. Probably a quad of 4-400s or possibly the original 4-500s. No other details, no pictures. REPLY OFF LIST 202 841 3208 __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[AMRadio] Ed Grothus and The Black Hole
John, K5PRO, thanks for passing word that Ed Grothus has passed away. One of the best vignettes is this YouTube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPYqyRsheCg __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [AMRadio] New QTH for the Rochester NY hamfest
To minimize any confusion over the location of the Rochester (NY) hamfest May 30, it will be at Barnard Carnival Grounds 380 Maiden Lane, Greece, NY. This is according to a recording at the phone number 585-671-2424, the forwarding number from the old 585-424-7184, which was the business number for the old location that has since been disconnected. Follow through is important on a story like this, and I hope the additional information is helpful. One of the ARRL speakers at the new site will be the Atlantic Division Director, Bill Edgar N3LLR. Some will remember his visit to the AM Festival station at the old Gaithersburg (MD) hamfest when he was initially running for office. He has indicated his receptiveness to improved inclusion of the AM community, and endorsed a survey in 2007 that showed nearly 20 percent of respondents include AM in their HF operating activity. Even though the results of that survey have never been formally included in the ARRL's political, publishing and regulatory activities, the three Divisions that took part in that poll have established, for us, a presence that can be cited in our dealings with the League. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] New QTH for Rochester (NY) hamfest
http://www.rochesterham.org/Hamfest.htm From the wesbsite: It's TRUE! The 75th Rochester Hamfest has moved! Why? Because the old location had more inside space than we needed, and no where near enough outside flea market space. You told us what you wanted and we listened! With nearly limitless flea market space, representatives from over 20 clubs and organizations, and your favorite commercial vendors, you can expect nothing less than a fun filled day at what is shaping up to be a huge traditional Hamfest. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Vintage event includes no AM
I was a little puzzled when I saw this announcement about an event honoring Jack Binns. You may know the name as the guy who penned an introduction to the RADIO BOYS series of juvenile books from the early 1900s as the exciting pursuit of wireless was catching on. I wrote to one of the organizers, who acknowledged their event does not include AM. He hasn't written back as to whether vintage gear might at least be part of the CW activity. They, and we, have missed an opportunity to promote our part of the hobby. If you share my disappointment, please drop them a line. - CQD, Jack Binns and the FIRST WIRELESS RESCUE AT SEA in 1909 Special Event 100th Anniversary Jan 22-24, 2009 See this web page http://www.jackbinns.org/commemoration_news The week-end of January 23rd 2009 and the summer of 2009 promise to be filled with events commemorating the first large scale rescue in open sea coordinated by wireless. The Marconi Radio Club W1AA of Massachusetts USA will take part in the Jack Binns special event with two stations by epresenting SS Republic (Callsign MKC) as W1AA/MKC and SS Baltic (Call sign BC) as W1AA/BC. The two stations plan to be on the amateur bands on Jan 23 from 0001Z to 0400Z and on Jan 24th from 1200Z to 2000Z. . Both SSB and CW modes will be used. Watch the DX Summit http://www.dxsummit.fi/DxSpots.aspx?count=50range=2 for W1AA/MKC and W1AA/BC spots. Special one of a kind photo QSL cards have been created for each call for the event. QSL card information for stateside is via W1AA on QRZ.COM with an S.A.S.E. Business sized envelope is OK for QSL cards. DX QSLs are via the W1 bureau. A certificate is available. Mixed modes are OK. If stateside stations work both the W1AA/MKC and W1AA/BC stations and wish a certificate please send a large 8 1/2 x 11 inch envelope with $1.50 in stamps on the envelope for stateside return only. Certificates for DX stations via W1AA DIRECT via QRZ.COM address with a large envelope 8 1/2 x 11 inch envelope and sufficient USA postage for 2 oz of mail to return to their country. This will be a great event. Please take the time to tune the bands and work us. Operators will be Henry K1WCC and Whitey K1VV. Bob Whitey Doherty K1VV Marconi Radio Club W1AA Email: k...@comcast.net__,_. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 3600-3700
I'm puzzled by their premise. CW can already be utilized between 3600-3700Kc, limited only by license class. What is their point? Reserved space for operators who seldom showed up was the reason the FCC scaled back the size of the reservation, to more closely match the level of activity. But to Don't point, ues, it's up to everyone to populate a clear spot on the dial with whatever mode or activity can fit. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: 2011 WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE
Joe, If you end up being able to attend, please do so. They often have a sign-in sheet for the public and you can bet the ARRL will send its attorney. Since this is an advisory committee meeting, you never know whether you might cross paths in the aisles with a friendly contact to provide an informal ear during a moment outside the meeting itself. Given the League's refusal to repair the damage it caused to AM interests at the IARU Region 2 conference, you might drive the point home in a face-to-face expression of concern. Remember, it's advice and input you would be providing, just like they supposedly want. If it strays beyond their anticipated agenda, well that's just one of those things. Paul __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] AM accomodated in IARU Region 1 Bandplan
Don, I agree that it does not serve the League's agenda for them to acknowledge the affirmation of AM activity in the IARU Region 1 band plan. Pete, Thanks for trying to convince the ARRL to revise its coverage of the Region 1 summary. The response from their press aide indicates she misunderstood your request. You did not ask them to rewrite the IARU's final minutes, did you ? To both of you, is there any value in your asking any ranking represenatives in Region 1 to, in turn, ask the ARRL to more properly acknowledge the important details in the chart the League's press release has published ? I would appreciate your help in pursuing this. Would you both be willing to have your remarks further published in Electric Radio? I have been told by Ray that he intends to publish my report as a letter to the Editor, to those who aren't on this Reflector. It would be nice to include you in the discussion. Please let me know, here or offline. Paul --- Pete, I take it this is the specific wording, related to AM, you questioned the League for omitting: (source: IARU website, dateline Cavtat, Croatia) http://www.iaru-r1.org/Cavtat%20papers.htm Sideband Usage Below 10MHz use lower sideband (LSB), above 10 MHz use upper sideband (USB) Amplitude modulation (AM) may be used in the telephony sub-bands providing consideration is given to adjacent channel users. DEFINITIONS: All modes CW, SSB and those modes listed as Centres of Activity, plus AM (Consideration should be given to adjacent channel users). --- Message: 2 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:25:36 -0600 From: D. Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM accomodated in IARU Region 1 Bandplan To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Thanks, Paul, for digging out the rest of the story. Interesting, that there is no mention of this in the ARRL Letter news report regarding the revised Region 1 band plan for 40m. The wording of their news item leaves the distinct impression that the Plan recommends for all phone emissions to be limited to 2700 Hz. This could be a simple oversight in reporting, which would demonstrate at the very least the writer's dismissal of the significance of the AM community in amateur radio, or it could have been a deliberate omission, (sour grapes, maybe, or a subtle expression of unstated League policy supporting the Region 2 decision), considering the following: Don k4kyv -- Message: 9 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:18:23 -0500 From: Peter Markavage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM accomodated in IARU Region 1 Bandplan To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I sent this message to the e-mail link for this story on the ARRL's web page and what also appeared in the weekly ARRL Letter. At this point, it seems they have chosen not to make any revisions to their original news report. Pete, wa2cwa -Original Message- From: Peter Markavage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 11/30/2008 2:45 PM To: awextra Subject: IARU Region 1 Meeting News Item Reference news item: http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/11/29/10474/?nc=1 The revised Region 1 band plan chart for 40 meters is shown, which was defined on page 9 of the IARU Region 1's final minutes. However, you omitted the items on page 10 of the same minutes which further clarifies the chart. The items include Sideband Usage, Definitions, and Notes. Without these items, the chart doesn't tell the whole story and will, most likely, lead to confusion and concern. Pete, WA2CWA Pete-- Thank you for your note. Unfortunately, we can't reprint the final plenary minutes. As such, we provided the link in the first sentence of the article. This enables interested parties, such as yourself, to take a closer look into it. Have a good rest-of-Thanksgiving-weekend! 73, S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA ARRL News Editor ARRL - the national association for Amateur Radio 860.594.0237 - --- ** __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] AM accomodated in IARU Region 1 Bandplan
--- On Thu, 12/4/08, VJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: VJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM accomodated in IARU Region 1 Bandplan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 3:38 PM Pete I meant to ask whether you asked them to REPRINT (not rewrite) the entire IARU final minutes. --previous text follows-- Thanks for trying to convince the ARRL to revise its coverage of the Region 1 summary. The response from their press aide indicates she misunderstood your request. You did not ask them to rewrite the IARU's final minutes, did you ? __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] AM accomodated in IARU Region 1 Bandplan
Thanks Pete, of course I totally agree. Being left out is just the risk some of us saw when the ARRL wanted to relegate AM as a footnote or an exception to the League's proposal to segregate by bandwidth. Looking forward to your sharing any response from them now that they've done just that in their press release regarding the IARU's Region 1 plan Paul __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] AM accomodated in IARU Region 1 Bandplan
The Region 1 delegates to the IARU, a voluntary, non-binding hobbyist work group, have accommodated AM activity in their latest revised band plan taking effect March, 2009. Their decision, at their recent meeting in Croatia, was to continue to avoid specifying any enumerated bandwidth for AM transmissions in the layout of licensed hobbyist operating activity they help coordinate on the HF bands. The Region 1 delegates took action in precisely the manner U.S. licensees had wanted their representative group to support during earlier Region 2 band planning deliberations. But, as many here should know, the ARRL contradicted this expressed sentiment, and proposed specific bandwidth parameters. The numbers became part of the revised Region 2 band plan now in effect. The Region 2 charter calls on government regulatory bodies, including the U.S., to adopt the voluntary protocols the IARU representative clubs develop. A Region 1 official, in explaining that it is a conscious decision NOT to impose numerical bandwidth parameters on AM transmissions, said the wording dates to 2005 at a regional meting in Switzerland, and was reached IN AGREEMENT WITH AM GROUPS. (emphasis mine) By contrast, the club that is supposed to represent all U.S. licensees at the IARU failed to include AM groups in any manner, and, the record shows, deliberately ignored requests to correct the League's misguided approach taken in Brazil that led to the problem created for Region 2. Under the IARU's charter, the status of a representative club at the IARU can be challenged if it can be shown the group failed to implement the expressed desires of its consituents, or if the club's activity can be shown to have harmed licensees. Such harm would come if any governmental regulatory body accepts the IARU's advocacy of implementing these voluntary guidelines. Be vigilant. --Paul/VJB -Original Message- From: D. Chester k4kyv at charter.net To: amradio at mailman.qth.net Sent: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 1:44 am Subject: [AMRadio] 7190 and/or 7195? Region 1 Bandplan contains no provision for AM in expanded 40m band From ARRL Letter: == IARU REGION 1 MEETS IN CROATIA --- You gotta love those bandwidth limits all set at 2700 Hertz! Again, how is it to be measured? Does it apply to AM? I'm getting mighty sick of this narrow mind, narrow bandwidth thinking. Here we go again... Steve WD8DAS sbjohnston at aol.com http://www.wd8das.net/ - Radio is your best entertainment value. - -Original Message- From: D. Chester k4kyv at charter.net To: amradio at mailman.qth.net Sent: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 1:44 am Subject: [AMRadio] 7190 and/or 7195? Region 1 Bandplan contains no provision for AM in expanded 40m band From ARRL Letter: == IARU REGION 1 MEETS IN CROATIA __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: Broadcast transmitter rescue Update
Nice set of pictures, Al. Someone elected to use the JAN version of the Eimac 4-400, at least a couple of examples out of the four in there. So what if the tubes are 20+ years old. Did you catch any other loot out of there? Nice that they sent along some spare tube stock, that's always helpful. Let me know if you've got the book for that transmitter -- I may have one or a copy around here somewhere. So what becomes of the station? Is this also a studio site that they are tearing down to produce more toxic mortgages? It would be way cool if the station also has, say, a Collins tube board or something from the period to bolt up to the 20V2. Mike, W8BAC has this beauty driving a 20V3. http://www.wa3vjb.com/pics/VTN%27s212.jpg His transmitter rescue story is here: http://www.w8bac.com/ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] 40 meters
When the FCC expanded the 80/75 and 40 meter phone segments, we organized a bandwarming party that brought out dozens of stations to help commemorate new areas to operate AM. I wonder if we should try something like that again with the upcoming departure of international SW stations from the portions of 40 meters we've been sharing with them. It doesn't take much: A few articles in print publications, some reworking to post the same thing on popular internet sites, and some on-air promotion to drum up support and notice. Hit this link for an example of a 'net posting: eham.net/articles/15428 And these postings to a boatanchors reflector Dec 15 2006 marking the good time: It was effective last night at the crack of midnight (EST). The frequencies from 3600 to 3750 sounded as if a contest were in process.73 de Mike W9OJ The bandwarming party certainly did take place, starting right about 0501Z with phone activity throughout 3600 - 3750. The most interesting thing to me was the large number of AM signals and the large number AM QSO's on different frequencies throughout the newly opened segment. All it would really take to debut some additional 40m activity is a numerically critical mass of people to organize and get on. Someone want to take the lead ? --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] BC Xmtrs for Sale
REPOSTED WITH ATTRIBUTION FROM QRZ.com --- ke9pq Views: 12 177473 Collins 20V-3 Broadcast Transmitter in Beautiful Condition Mon Sep 29 11:34:48 2008 Collins 20V-3 Broadcast Transmitter in Beautiful Condition. It is now operational on 10-160m and has a chrome chassis. The unit is being sold with a fully reconditioned Collins R-390A Receiver in cabinet. All this equipment is in Collector's Quality Condition and is up and running and fully operational so it can be tested when it is picked up This station is for sale to be picked up in south central Mississippi. The Price is $10,050.00 with the R-390A or $8000.00 with out the R-390A Please email me for more information and pictures of this equipment as it is currently set up. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Full Article- ke9pq Views: 11 177472 Collins 20V-2 Broadcast Transmitter Mon Sep 29 11:33:06 2008 Collins 20V-2 Broadcast Transmitter in Beautiful Condition. It is already been modified for use on the 10-80 meter amateur bands (160m can easily be added) It has a chrome chassis and is spotless. The unit is being sold with a fully reconditioned Collins R-390A Receiver in cabinet. All this equipment is in Collector's Quality Condition and is up and running and fully operational so it can be tested when it is picked up This station is for sale to be picked up in south central Mississippi. The Price is $9500.00 with the R-390A or $7000.00 with out the R-390A Please email me for more information and pictures of this equipment as it is currently set up. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Full Article- ke9pq Views: 9 177471 for sale Collins 30K-1,75A-1,310-A,270G-1 Mon Sep 29 11:30:05 2008 Collins 30K-1 Transmitter with 310-A Exciter, 75A-1 Receiver, 270G-1 Matching Speaker and Turner Microphone with stand. All this equipment is in Collector's Quality Condition and is up and running and fully operational so it can be tested when it is picked up This station is for sale to be picked up in south central Mississippi. The Price is $14,000.00 Please email me for more information and pictures of this equipment as it is currently set up. [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Bauer resonance
Drawing your attention to Paul Wende, who has a vast knowledge of the Bauer 707 (and Sparta variant.) Paul's calls are VE7KHZ. I've got his email addy somewhere if you need it. Looking forward to hearing yours on the air this winter Bill. --Paul/VJB --- On Tue, 9/23/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AMRadio Digest, Vol 56, Issue 19 To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 1:00 AM Send AMRadio mailing list submissions to amradio@mailman.qth.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of AMRadio digest... Today's Topics: 1. Bauer 707 question (BILL GUYGER) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:54:33 -0700 (PDT) From: BILL GUYGER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [AMRadio] Bauer 707 question To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi All I've been reconfiguring a Bauer 707 for 160, 75/80, and 40 meter use, and could swear or at least cuss a little under my breath, that I had seen a note on someone's website about the P.A. Plate RF Choke in 707's having a resonance on one of the ham bands. I can not find that site now (yeah I know book marking is a wonderful thing). Anyone know whose site that was, or have any thoughts on the matter? Thanks and 73's Bill AD5OL -- __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net End of AMRadio Digest, Vol 56, Issue 19 *** __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: AMRadio Digest, Vol 56, Issue 19
Paul, VE3KHZ is the Mystical Oracle for all things Bauer. Looking forward to hearing yours on this winter. --Paul/VJB --- On Tue, 9/23/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AMRadio Digest, Vol 56, Issue 19 To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 1:00 AM Send AMRadio mailing list submissions to amradio@mailman.qth.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of AMRadio digest... Today's Topics: 1. Bauer 707 question (BILL GUYGER) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:54:33 -0700 (PDT) From: BILL GUYGER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [AMRadio] Bauer 707 question To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi All I've been reconfiguring a Bauer 707 for 160, 75/80, and 40 meter use, and could swear or at least cuss a little under my breath, that I had seen a note on someone's website about the P.A. Plate RF Choke in 707's having a resonance on one of the ham bands. I can not find that site now (yeah I know book marking is a wonderful thing). Anyone know whose site that was, or have any thoughts on the matter? Thanks and 73's Bill AD5OL -- __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net End of AMRadio Digest, Vol 56, Issue 19 *** __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] RE: down below
Good reminder, Don, It is good operating practice to establish activity in vacant areas in the low 3700. Longer term, it's time to be wary of how squatter's rights will be treated now that Riley Hollingsworth has departed as FCC enforcement counsel. The more we show a regular presence, the less likely we will provoke others who unreasonably question unusual activity. I wish there were more sentiment to move down low on 40 meters as well, especially with yet another Gulf Coast hurricane threat creating a circumstance in the 7285-7290Kc area. --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: down below
Point of history -- the voluntary groupings on HF by AM Community has led the ARRL toward published calling frequencies, not the other way around. So if we want a new 40m place we have to establish it ourselves over a prolonged period of time. As such, we are again demonstrating such leadership by joining our Canadian friends regularly in the low 3700s. There has been a recent refreshment to the RAC's voluntary band plan for HF, and it was a puzzle that they overlooked their own countrymen by not listing 3725Kc as an AM gathering point. It's been called to their attention, gently, and I'm hopeful the next RAC layout will include the listing. They, and our regular presence along various AM gathering points, may encourage the intransigent ARRL to eventually follow our lead once again. --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Re: down below
I totally concur. We have repeatedly gone back and forth on this, where people who are creatures of habit wish to have a stable, reassuring place to go, and prefer to have someone or some group specify where that is. I **do** agree with the value of established zones for AM activity, but I also encourage a balanced willingness to MOVE elsewhere when there's a clear spot on the dial. We should be unfettered at having the complete use of phone privileges matched to our license class. The resurgence of AM enthusiasm the past 15 years has really caused chronic congestion in the so-called AM Windows, a point Don, yourself, and many others have made. We can have both, you know: a known place to hang, and additional places as conditions warrant. Here's a thought --- contesters have said their complete consumption of certain bands is situational, not full-time, and that bystanders who don't wish to participate should just find another spot. Is there something in there for us to adopt? --- On Mon, 9/8/08, Todd, KA1KAQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Todd, KA1KAQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] The whole idea of being known for 'a' frequency strikes me as a good way to get boxed in again. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] N4VMY ?
Word reaches me of the passing of Bill Decker, N4VMY. Anyone have details? __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: Bauer 707
Bill, Here's hoping the lost documentation from Paul Gregg was not the original, last known copy. Meantime, let me draw your attention to Paul VE7KHZ's website, where he has a number of photos posted. He may have more already on file somewhere that he can dash off to you. http://www.qsl.net/ve7khz/broadcast.html The garden hose sequence is a classic. Looking forward to hearing that rig. Paul/VJB Annapolis --- On Mon, 8/11/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AMRadio Digest, Vol 55, Issue 10 To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Date: Monday, August 11, 2008, 1:00 AM Send AMRadio mailing list submissions to amradio@mailman.qth.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of AMRadio digest... Today's Topics: 1. Bauer 707 (BILL GUYGER) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:21:00 -0700 (PDT) From: BILL GUYGER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [AMRadio] Bauer 707 To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi All I'm in the process of ham banding a 707 with some ideas from George W8QBG and some others like Jack AD5VO who use to work for Bauer, Gates, and Collins. What I have run into is that one of the broadcast stations that owned this box (S/N 164 originally on 1190 probably in PA. and moved to 1150 when it came down here to Dallas) pretty well savaged the power change (250 W / 1000 W.) circuitry, and there are no pictures of the right side panel (from the back) circuit boards in the manual. Paul Gregg of Bauer was sending me a packet of material containing documentation not in the normal operating / service manual that has been lost thanks the United States Postal Service, so I'm kind of up against the wall. The fiber boards do have some part numbers still printed on them her and there, but others have become unreadable over the years. Would it be possible for one of you guys with a 707 to e-mail me a couple of photos of the side panel circuit boards so I can kind of put stuff back where it belongs? Hopefully Fritz Bauer won't roll over too forcibly with what I'm doing for inter-stage coupling and the PI-EL (thank you Mr. Tonne) output network. If anyone needs a copy of the manual, I will be happy to make one for them. I have the original Bauer version and a later Sparta version. Many thanks! Bill AD5OL -- __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net End of AMRadio Digest, Vol 55, Issue 10 *** __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Fw: Recording of Collins AM transmissions on 75 meters by NG9D/Chicago
I missed last night's First Wednesday AM Night, but by coincidence, I got a nice email this morning from a station in the midwest. --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Lynn wrote: From: Lynn Subject: Recording of Collins AM transmissions on 75 meters by NG9D/Chicago To: wa3vjb, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 3:53 AM Gentlemen, I put a short 15 second recording of your 75m AM on YouTube so that you can hear what you sounded like in Chicago.??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATr6bXaT_p4 I wish I would have recorded more - you guys sounded great!? Do you still conduct this net? 73, Lynn NG9D __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: Dave Knepper
--- On Fri, 8/1/08, david knepper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: david knepper Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Dave Knepper Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 5:22 PM Your email got through but mine bounced - I wonder why??? David Knepper, W3ST-W3CRA Editor of the Collins Journal and Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com Join the CRA --- On Fri, 8/1/08, david knepper wrote: From: david knepper Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 2:15 PM The Lord tells us that we are to forgive the transgressor. I would hope that in your heart that you would forgive a brother who was only trying to do his best more than 20 year ago by that detested SSB that I know was then and now an anathema to many AMers. My impulsiveness should have been suppressed that evening but it was not. Hopefully, I will not have to be in purgatory for the rest of my earthly life as a result of this faux pas. Thank you David Knepper, W3ST-W3CRA Editor of the Collins Journal and Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com Join the CRA ---Original Message--- __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: Dave Knepper
--- On Fri, 8/1/08, david knepper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: david knepper Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Dave Knepper Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 5:22 PM Your email got through but mine bounced - I wonder why??? David Knepper, W3ST-W3CRA Editor of the Collins Journal and Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com Join the CRA --- On Fri, 8/1/08, david knepper wrote: From: david knepper Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 2:15 PM The Lord tells us that we are to forgive the transgressor. I would hope that in your heart that you would forgive a brother who was only trying to do his best more than 20 year ago by that detested SSB that I know was then and now an anathema to many AMers. My impulsiveness should have been suppressed that evening but it was not. Hopefully, I will not have to be in purgatory for the rest of my earthly life as a result of this faux pas. Thank you David Knepper, W3ST-W3CRA Editor of the Collins Journal and Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com Join the CRA ---Original Message--- __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Dave Knepper
Dave of course we are AM Buddies ! I have tape of the time you wanted to run the AM Swap Net on SSB, along with my gentle, diplomatic encouragement of you to reconsider. It was during that exchange that you pleaded for outside intervention, saying you were losing control. I know how you feel ! Best wishes for your recovery, : ) __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] 4-1000 BC Rig
Jim, W5JAI wrote -- ... on the subject of commercial rigs, were there any made using the Eimac 4-1000A for a final...or for that matter, any of the 4-xxx series tubes? On the Yahoo McMartian BTK-2K list, I found out that there's a BTK-2K that runs a pair of 4-1000 modulating another pair. The list also revealed that Bob W2ZM runs one on 75m. (huh-HA! about the list, just pulling your j-s Mike, don't sweat it) __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] RE: 4-1000 BC Rig
These Yahoo lists can be a pain. I see in the extensive archives of the McMartian users list that the correct nomenclature is BA2.5K with the quad of 4-by-1s. (STILL JOKING ABOUT THE LIST, I'm out of control, get me Dave Knepper) __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] I'm Waxing the Transmitter
Mike you might get a kick out of a sidebar article I wrote 15 years ago for QST magazine. http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/am.html Hit the first item in the Articles section. Classic Rigs and Amplitude Modulation: Friendly, Nostalgic Ham Radio Partners. (896,270 bytes, PDF file) QST February 1993, pp. 43 An introduction to current day AM activities within Amateur Radio. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] ARRL vs FCC over BPL
I check the FCC's online filing system from time to time just to keep tabs on what the ARRL is not telling us, and have found a document that describes a recent meeting between League people and the FCC. I wrote up this story that will soon appear on QRZ.com. It's also worth passing long here since I refer to the dreaded bandwidth controversy as among the risks to goodwill the League has staged in recent years. Note, too, that the IARU's top leadership is liable to move to Germany the next round. The two candidates announced to replace Larry Price and the second-in-command are both German licensees. This initially may prove to be a good thing, if purging onetime League staffers can mean something good at repairing the Regional Band Plans that are damaging to AM. - ARRL managers, lawyer meet with FCC on Powerline Internet Matter WASHINGTON -- Representatives of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) met with officials at the FCC July 9 to discuss a recent court ruling about the Commission's standards for allowable RF emissions from powerline-based distribution of internet service, nicknamed broadband over power lines, or BPL. The method delivers data through overhead utility lines and residential electrical wiring, and must radiate to some extent as a radio signal, potentially causing unintentional digital interference to primary reception by licensees in the Amateur Service and other users of shortwave spectrum. Of the two general types of BPL delivery systems, one uses in-house electrical wiring with limited potential to interfere beyond the home, while another method uses the elevated outdoor powerlines that can act as an antenna to transmit digital interference over a greater distance. Despite a lack of market enthusiasm for BPL technology caused partly by a rise in popularity of wi-fi, satellite, cellular, and other wireless digital methods of delivering internet service, the League, a non-profit publishing and subscription membership company, has spent considerable effort highlighting what it once portrayed as a grave threat to radio hobbyists. The ARRL's campaign included a controversial lawsuit filed against the FCC accusing the agency of failing to abide by rules mandating the disclosure of studies and deliberations affecting public rulemaking. A federal court in Washington agreed that the FCC was not completely candid in describing how it arrived at its standards for allowable RF emissions from BPL, and in June published an order to the agency to revisit the matter. But the League failed to convince the court to go further and force the FCC to accept outside studies the ARRL contends are valid in any review of potential interference. The FCC has said its rules use a standard of preventing interference from BPL that is actually harmful to communications, a prospective situation that has not been fully demonstrated by the ARRL. Otherwise, the agency asserts BPL emissions fall within longstanding limits imposed on other devices such as in-home remote controls, carrier current broadcast stations, and control signals used for energy conservation by the power companies. The club now acknowledges that the industry itself has refined modems and delivery infrastructure to voluntarily reign in the chance for interference. It is not yet clear whether there is permanent damage to a previously cooperative relationship between the FCC and the ARRL in the aftermath of litigation the group had filed. Controversy over the club's decision to sue the agency included complaints by subscribers that they were not consulted before League officials decided to risk goodwill and the standing of the Amateur Service among FCC staff. The ARRL had recently suffered an embarrassing series of foul-ups in front of the FCC and eventual failure of its threatened proposal to have mandatory government segregation of HF activities by bandwidth instead of the longstanding, popular system of organizing activities by mode. Creating a separate controversy over that matter, the League instead persuaded the International Amateur Radio Union to adopt similar segregation-by-bandwidth protocols, again without the support of U.S. licensees it was supposed to represent at the IARU. The ARRL staffer who proposed rigid bandwidth restrictions has since left the ARRL, and candidates announced to replace onetime ARRL officials now heading the IARU do not include any additional League staffers. Representing the club in Newington before the FCC has been Chris Imlay, a Maryland-based communications lawyer whose clients also include Kenwood, the Society of Broadcast Engineers, and a number of commercial radio and television stations. Imlay filed a summary of last week's meeting with the FCC and revealed that his client is willing to settle for the tighter technical standards against interference that BPL providers have voluntarily begun to implement, that are beyond those imposed
[AMRadio] introduction -- correction
Pete's right, the introductory paragraphs that I sent here to the AM Reflector contain errors, that he has corrected in referring to a Norwegian and a Canadian as the announced candidates at the IARU. One would replace a League leftover, incumbent Larry Price, who has declined to act on a request to investigate the poor handling of IARU matters that have the potential of harming AM. Half the replacement team comes from Canada, a country whose IARU representative was more willing to repair the botched Brazil bandplan than was the club designated for the time being to represent U.S. licensees. (ARRL) Pete thank you; I'm glad you enjoyed the bulk of the report. Especially compare with the League's version that says the regulatory suggestions regarding BPL came from the ARRL, when in actuality the suggestions are based on improvements the BPL industry itself has initiated. I hope you give credit where credit is due, as part of your vigilance. Finally, regarding the League's disclosure of this meeting with the FCC, I see no advance notice that it was taking place, nor that the ARRL managers involved had consulted with any subscribers regarding the direction the group now would take in its possible retreat from its earlier demanded actions. I welcome your drawing my attention to any published account of this advance planning. Save my time and do not simply repeat previous claims that these people don't have to ask anyone what they should do. Clearly, that behavior has failed to serve the company, its constituents, and the greater community of active, concerned U.S. licensees. The failed Petition for Rulemaking to have the FCC impose mandatory segregation by bandwidth is your best example. As another example, this is how the ARRL handled the preparations ahead of the IARU meeting in Brazil: Keep everything secret, do not consult with anyone affected, then let them find out about it afterward. This leads me to again note that there is a candidate for Regional Director right now, Mickey Cox, K5MC, for whom I have urged support on this Reflector. Mickey intends to open the secret, backroom ARRL Board meetings to outside observers, and to provide dramatically higher accountability for the actions of paid administrators and elected volunteers charged with running the club. An excellent discussion of his candidacy is at this link. Please support him if you're in the ARRL's Delta Division. http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=152397 Paul ARRL managers, lawyer meet with FCC on Powerline Internet Matter WASHINGTON -- Representatives of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) met with officials at the FCC July 9 to discuss a recent court ruling about the Commission's standards for allowable RF emissions from powerline-based distribution of internet service, nicknamed broadband over power lines, or BPL. The method delivers data through overhead utility lines and residential electrical wiring, and must radiate to some extent as a radio signal, potentially causing unintentional digital interference to primary reception by licensees in the Amateur Service and other users of shortwave spectrum. Of the two general types of BPL delivery systems, one uses in-house electrical wiring with limited potential to interfere beyond the home, while another method uses the elevated outdoor powerlines that can act as an antenna to transmit digital interference over a greater distance. Despite a lack of market enthusiasm for BPL technology caused partly by a rise in popularity of wi-fi, satellite, cellular, and other wireless digital methods of delivering internet service, the League, a non-profit publishing and subscription membership company, has spent considerable effort highlighting what it once portrayed as a grave threat to radio hobbyists. The ARRL's campaign included a controversial lawsuit filed against the FCC accusing the agency of failing to abide by rules mandating the disclosure of studies and deliberations affecting public rulemaking. A federal court in Washington agreed that the FCC was not completely candid in describing how it arrived at its standards for allowable RF emissions from BPL, and in June published an order to the agency to revisit the matter. But the League failed to convince the court to go further and force the FCC to accept outside studies the ARRL contends are valid in any review of potential interference. The FCC has said its rules use a standard of preventing interference from BPL that is actually harmful to communications, a prospective situation that has not been fully demonstrated by the ARRL. Otherwise, the agency asserts BPL emissions fall within longstanding limits imposed on other devices such as in-home remote controls, carrier current broadcast stations, and control signals used for energy conservation by the power companies. The club now acknowledges that the industry
[AMRadio] RE: Fighting deed restrictions
That's a pretty cool idea to strike out offensive language that would limit a homebuyer's ability to establish antennas on the property. But in my experience, the actual land use restrictions are not always contained in the Sales Contract that is the legal instrument binding you to purchasing the property. I have encountered references to the buyer's proposed acceptance of all deed covenants without detailing what they are. This could make it more difficult to make a specific change in contract. And, trying to do that on the sly seems to invite legal challenges by the developer or the individual seller to enforce the purchase contract. Thankfully, in today's soft housing market, it is probably more palatable to the seller if the buyer asks for a side letter or other reference detailing any deed-based land use restrictions. Then, when sitting down for signatures, use that disclosure as a place to strike out any offensive, unacceptable ones. The selling party would have to initial their acknowledgment of the changes. If they're hard up to sell, you've got a deal. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Fighting deed restrictions
Bob, there are more direct ways of trying to soften the impact of deed restrictions on radio hobbyists than to contribute money to the club in Newington. For one thing, your direct testimony at local zoning hearings is crucial if presented in a knowledgeable, neutral tone. With state legislatures, your local lawmaker is receptive to community service ideas, and a constituent would do well to establish a link between emergency radio communications and that legislator's awareness of homeland security. Both actions take time, but both provide a direct sense of satisfaction to those who make the effort on behalf of other licensees. You cannot get that connection from the ARRL. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] GPR90
The discussion of the Technical Material Corp. price list and the GPR-90 reminds me of when I sold my GPR-90RX, as part of an interesting story you might enjoy. A fellow in Philadelphia had the receiver, source unknown, and it was a hardship sale for not much money. He was a butcher by trade, and was either laid-off or divorcing or some sort of household drama. A friend of mine at the time who had business in Philly went and retrieved it for me, and described a filthy apartment in a bad section of town with pieces of cardboard box on the floor as carpeting. Ugh. Anyway, eventually got it home and cleaned it up, mostly a re-tube and washdown, and it worked as well as it was supposed to. But I was disappointed that there was only one really useful selectivity setting, the LC-determined 10Kc position, which was not helpful during congested evenings before the 75m phone band was expanded and many of us on AM migrated down low toward 3725Kc here on the East Coast. So I wanted to place the receiver in a good home, not make a potential killing on a price markup, but rather to obtain just enough to cover the cost of a Hammarlund SP600 JX-17 that I had already purchased as its successor. And I listed the GPR on the TMC Reflector after feeling out the market and telling the enthusiasts over there that I intended to be picky about the buyer. OH, forgot to say, I had the GSB-1 adapter, that apparently allows you to use this receiver on SSB. I don't understand why anyone would want to do that (listen to SSB on a vintage receiver meant for AM), but I later learned it's worth more than the GPR-90. When I got the two units, I put the adapter out in the back shed and never plugged it in. Certainly didn't want to keep it, so I simply wanted to throw it in with the receiver. There was a guy in South Carolina who had a hard-on for the receiver/adapter even before I listed it, back when I only was fishing for market value and looking for the kind of home that did not involve a speculator, someone who would flip this thing for commerce rather than USE it as an enthusiast. And this guy was lurking as someone who wanted to make some money on it. Eventually someone came along and paid me the money, and it was a local delivery (back to the Philly area, it turns out), and I told the list I had found a good home for it. Well, by the torrent of emails that followed, this guy who was fishing acted as if I had backed out of a deal with him and took his money and kept the receiver. He said HE was the first to respond (he wasn't, and he didn't fit my stated preference for a buyer), and that his persistence should have been rewarded and how dare I try to select among people if they had the money and wanted to buy. I was tempted, but never let him have it, that HE was just the kind of person I wanted to avoid selling to. He's still out there, and keep him and his attitude in mind if you're ever in the market. Whew. Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] NN3SI dismantled
Ed, The NN3SI station at the Smithsonian was slated to be dismantled last year as part of an overall renovation of the displays there. It's probably a good thing too. NN3SI was set up in what appeared to be a small coat room. The bottom half of the door had a small shelf with ham radio brochures, but the interior was poorly lit. Perhaps most importantly, the station did not match the historic nature of the technology display that it led to. The Smithsonian has several nice examples of vintage, tube-type technology, but the current station trustee is the onetime AM-hater, Johnny Johnston, the former K3BNS. He more recently has headed the QCWA, and expressed his willingness to allow the group's national newsletter to include an article on AM, suitably addressed to his membership of licensees who've been in the hobby more than 25 years. But according to an AM-er who had approached him to re-work the station along lines that would be compatible with the rest of the Smithsonian's display, he refused to allow the older, functioning equipment to be brought out of storage and placed back in service. His agenda was like the League's, to show modern ham radio. Few visitors stopped by during several trips I made there to observe, and the visitor's logbook had only a handful across months of time reviewed. People who discussed whether it's appropriate to have Johnston as the station trustee, have also been in talks with the new leadership at the Smithsonian. Although kicking him out would be a fresh start, and would time nicely with developing a place for NN3SI in the newly designed display, there's a small problem -- FInding someone to replace him and to staff the station. SO, the matter is stalled for now. --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: RCA TX on the west coast
Hi Bob, thanks for posting about the RCA. The pictures show a transmitter that has NOT been messed in, very much. I base that on what looks like an intact wiring harness and only a handful of modern spade lugs on visible terminal blocks. Years of undisturbed dust also tell me there was no catastrophic failure that may have caused this transmitter to be put out to pasture. No evidence of fires inside, either. For retuning to 160, 75 and maybe as high as 40, the tetrode 813 might make the move more easily compared to a triode like an 810 or an 833. But I'm not familiar with the drive and tank circuits in the RCA to know how much re-configuration might be needed. I hope it finds a good home. --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: AM on 160m (Jim Wilhite)
I think 1930Kc has been discussed as a place to hang, too. A few years ago I ordered up several crystals, 1885, 1930, and one more (unremembered). This summer in connection with W3R I'll be spending time planting some radials and hoisting a mast for this coming Fall/Winter season. The static now setting in really undercuts the pleasure factor for 160. I'd recommend 40m daytime and 75m evening to tide you over. Hope to work you. Paul/VJB www.qrz.com/W3R/ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Rinaldo to RETIRE !!!
A ringleader of anti-AM bias at the ARRL will retire June 2, according to an article in the club's magazine, QST. Paul Rinaldo, 77, led the League's effort in the 1980s to purge from the ARRL Handbook a substantial amount of reference material about vacuum tubes and explanatory articles about Amplitude Modulation. In the time since then, Rinaldo has led efforts to impose mandatory segregation on HF using rigid bandwidth numbers detrimental to popular activities using Amplitude Modulation. His efforts were declared a failure at the FCC when his employer withdrew a Petition for Rulemaking (RM-11306) which contained anti-AM bandwidth specifications he developed as a proposed layout of operating activities on HF. The AM community led a protest effort that included comments officially filed in Opposition with the FCC that helped convince the League's current administrators their scheme was doomed. But most recently, Rinaldo led a successful effort to impose rigid bandwidth specifications against AM in a regional band plan from the volunteer, non-government outfit called the International Amateur Radio Union. This plan has not yet been corrected to resolve the problem Rinaldo created for AM. Colleagues have described Rinaldo as a dour, humorless man, who comes across as self-satisfied that his opinion and priorities for the Amateur Service are the singular right way for his group to proceed in its promotional, regulatory, and philosophical realms. But his announced departure from the ARRL may not be the end of Rinaldo's corrosive influence against AM. There has been unconfirmed speculation that he is next in line to replace Larry Price at the IARU. Rinaldo has already made at least one trip to Geneva, in place of Price, to meet with the International Telecommunications Union, a UN function that has the potential to backfeed rulemaking necessity to the FCC. It was the ITU that called for discontinuing the Morse Code requirement in licensing for radio hobbyists, in an initiative the FCC acted upon despite the filed comments in Opposition from U.S. licensees. Rinaldo thus may use the IARU's implementation of voluntary bandwidth-based coordination to try to convince the ITU it should endorse the scheme worldwide. The FCC may then be pressured to revisit the issue that now twice has been discredited by American licensees. (Docket 20777 and RM-11306) Meantime, Larry Price, an unpopular League president who was of like-mind with Rinaldo in the 1980s when both participated in purging AM from League publications, refused to intervene last year in Rinaldo's lobbying to other IARU Region 2 delegates about his bandwidth agenda, which led to the revised band plan being implemented in January. Price has refused a request to carry out his responsibility to investigate cases where the actions of a representative club, in this example, the ARRL, have been shown harmful to the Amateur Service. Rinaldo's departure from the ARRL is not likely to immediately open the doors to favorable, inclusive treatment of AM in the club's publications, regulatory deliberations, and promotional agenda. But in may improve the receptiveness to our part of the hobby among those on staff and among elected representatives who have been intimidated by Rinaldo's prolonged and strident anti-AM stance. --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] RE: audio tutorial
Ken you're right, that's a pretty good tutorial on audio processing. At first I thought it was going to be another do it this way, it is the One and Only Right Way, but the author actually weighs one goal against another to show they can be at odds. BH is a huge retailer of audio and video gear. They match internet prices on stuff, besides. A couple of their sales people are exceptional at putting together elements that aren't marketed for the intended purpose. For example, I made a short-handle audio boom into a camera monopod for a DVCam by looking through their catalog, mixing and matching, and having them confirm it would go together they way I envisioned. But if you're shopping for stuff, BH does not carry everything, and I'd recommend other outlets too, including Markertek (audio, cable, rackmount, connectors), and JR (audio gear). For RF, Tessco here in Maryland is great. Website searches will turn all of them up. --Paul/VJB __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] W3R-AM, the video
I am a board member at the Radio History Society, and my primary role is establishing and operating a replica, vintage radio station at the RHS museum near Washington, DC. The board recently won municipal approval for a 160m vertical, and I bought one from a company that builds these units for the Traffic Information Service. TIS is an agency that runs those roadside Tune to 1610Khz transmitters. The company, MoRad of Seattle, was delighted to take their existing design, fortify it for the 250Watt level we plan to run at, and build the elements to a center frequency of 1900Kc. With minor tweaks, I hope to hit the two crystal frequencies we've got, 1885Kc and 1930Kc. This summer I'll be laying ground radials and building a mounting base for the antenna, and will also probably revive a doublet that I've had up in the past to enable the station to be on 75-40-10. Please listen for us from time to time. We will be on from the facility seen in the video below. (hit the link) If you're on a high-speed internet line, once you're at the link, then hit the high quality option tab just below the right lower corner of the video screen. There's no narration just video for now. Mod-u-later, Paul/VJB http://youtube.com/watch?v=46TLmROTTqk Free free to float this link to boatanchors lists and beyond for those interested. Kindly obscure my email address to foil the spam-bots. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] ARRL 80/20
if anyone is really hot about ARRL, why don't you just collect the various posts to this list, edit them in a readable form, and send it off to a few of the people at QST? See above for instructions. 73 Joe N3IQA Joe, there's no if about it: active, interested licensees have been boned multiple times by the people now running the club in Newington, who happen to be deaf to most feedback that does not conform to their two main agenda items these days: EMCOMM Digital communications Sorry, but if you were trying to convince me the people at the ARRL are actually receptive to interacting with subscribers, I would have to ask you why they don't have a website where complaints or comments could be posted publicly and answered by those in responsible positions. It's all a big secret up there. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Free Mercury
Anyone running full antique mode may have interest in several usable 8008 and 866 mercury vapor rectifier tubes that a broadcaster in Connecticut is offering. Inquire of [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The information comes by way of one of the participants in the 1993 Dobbins Island AM Expedition, Buc Fitch, W2IPI. Buc went back to the mainland by the time this shot was taken, but add that event to the noteworthy operating activities in recent years led by the AM Community. http://amwindow.org/pix/htm/dobbins.htm Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] QEX
I suspect there lies a profit motive behind having two separate publications, each with its own paid subscribers, Don, if you have the November or December issues of QEX, you might find a Post Office notice in there that lists the actual production numbers. One of the categories should be entitled something like paid subscriptions while other categories include free distribution and spoilt in printing, returned from vendors, or some such. These numbers might provide some insight into QEX's place among the club's publications. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: Getting on the Air - May 2008 QST
There's a difference in articles published in the club's magazine, QST, when they're written by subscribers compared to articles that are written by club staff at the ARRL. The difference is that the articles carrying a staff byline represent official League policy to some degree. All other views are those of outsiders -- those outside the political environment in Newington. So, regardless of the $65/page the club magazine might pay for outside freelance articles about AM, vintage gear, homebrewing, or the category we favor here on this reflector, the value of that story does not carry the same weight as the implied endorsement reflected in an article on AM presented by a League staffer. That's just the way it is. And it's why you won't see anything positive written by them, about AM. It's not their prevailing mood to accommodate us. Ask me if you need detailed proof. --Paul/VJB Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: Getting on the Air - May 2008 QST
Let's not forget that there are appliance operators on AM, as well. Barrie of course you're correct, but that takes us away from the point of concern, where someone at a publishing house is trying to dissuade people from working on or crafting their own gear. Watch for type acceptance next. No user serviceable parts inside. I welcome appliance operators to AM, where they will remain exposed on a regular basis to the encouraging, knowledgeable base of information and discussion among the rest of us. --Paul/VJB Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] B-17 radios
Thursday I was on a B-17 and spotted some familiar radios, like the ARC-5 (both in black face and in silver), a BC-375, and other good stuff. Check the walkthrough during the 4 minute streaming video: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/11/usaf.flyover/index.html?iref=mpstoryview __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: AMers should not operate other modes??
I enjoy being seen as someone who won't run SSB. Of course I'm not that serious about it, not as if it would violate religion or something, but there's a certain comfort I get from authentically representing AM as a preferred mode and activity in the radio hobby. In order to do that, I devote my available radio time to AM, and like it that way. On the other hand, I have taken part in emergency communications events (hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and some Atlantic storms) which are on SSB and involve my use of a contemporary FT101EE. It's just that none of my AM friends know about this. That's probably a good thing. --an unsigned note-- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: AMers on YouTube
Wrong URL. Try this website link instead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbYKAPkS6lM --- VJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We can really build out the representation of vintage radio by using the free website YouTube for some video features. Last night I recorded a typical QSO and this morning processed and uploaded it to the site. Check this out : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbcWEBEvOAo Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Heavy Metal Calls List - formatted
Ken, to get even more benefit for everyone, I posted your list of 1x1 by call district below, which contains a WORD document link for easy, ready-to-go, single page printout. Also, there's a typo in your V.2 for W1R, now fixed, it's W1RKW sted as written. Here's the link: http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=13110.0 Thanks again, your layout is the one on the desk for the Heavy Metal Rally ! ALSO, around Midnight Eastern (0500GMT), maybe spool down to 3705 where these folks will be listening to try to work as many HMR stations as they can: Max MØGHQ, Mervyn GW8TBG, John F6AKQ, Fortunato 9H1ES, Henk PE1MPH, Jan PA3HCO. We will certainly give it a go, 73 and Happy New Year, Max MØGHQ - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Heavy Metal Rally !!!
The annual Heavy Metal Rally is Saturday Dec. 29 on 75/80m and 160m, starting whenever the bands come in. About 30 stations are operating under special event, 1x1 call signs. Send loggings of stations worked to sponsor Electric Radio via email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (and delete the anti-spamming double dashes. PRINT for handy reference ! * K9ACT = K9A KJ8CQ = K8J W3GD = W3A KA3OTT = W3W WB2EMS = W2E KC8ZUL = K8Z W2DTC = W2D KA7WOC = K7B KD3CN = W3D KAØARA = KØA KDØHG = WØW W2INR = W2R KL7OF = K7F W3SLK = W3S KG4RJF = W4G KA1KAQ = K1Q W3GL = W3G and W3C W1RKW = W1R WB3HUZ = W3Z W3RSW = W8R W8ER - W8L KB2WIG = W1G WD8BIL = W8A and W8B W9GT = W9T WA3VJB = K3V K1ETP = K1E W9AD = W9A KG4RJF = W4G W1IA = W1E Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re; Recordings of old AM QSOs
John, I sent you an email directly. These might best be posted in the AM Audio Vault section of amfone.net ? There are already some great recordings in there dating back at least 30 years. Thanks for saving and compiling them for us all to appreciate. Paul Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: ER Magazine
Yeah, there's a bit of a mismatch between having had a good Elmer, and what it may take to competitively write about that person. My Elmer, and I don't like the term in the first place, was not necessarily the guy who gave me my Novice test in 1971, at about this time of year as a matter of fact. He was a crusty old retired USN Captain, who had a CX-7A Signal One transceiver with Nixie tube readout. Very cool at the time, and quite sophisticated compared with the KWM-2A that I thought he would favor. NO personality, humorless, and very judgmental. I appreciated that he sold me my first Novice transmitter, the 32V2 that I still have, but was not impressed that he wouldn't explain why we were putting a grid drive control in there to make sure I ran the 75W input. Nonetheless, Novices had just been freed of crystal control, and I was on the air, in style, with a 20-year old Collins transmitter. I can't recall ever having worked him on CW. I was on m own. --Paul/VJB Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
RE: [AMRadio] IARU bandplan thoughts
Bob ? What I am coming up with ? A one-man band won't cut it with these people. Already they've tried to isolate the negative visibility and concerned discussion by portraying what I've written as misleading and rumor. Fortunately, their saying it does not make it so. The most effective strategy against this type of internal agenda is to shed public light on it (my articles and those of others), question why it was a big secret (CQ Magazine, December), and wonder aloud why the ARRL is so determined to defend the mess they made in Brazil, instead of working with their constituents to repair the Band Plan. I've read where the minutes of the IARU meeting will not be published until after the Band Plan takes effect next month. Isn't that nice ? If you have a moment, perhaps email IARU officials to press for an early Executive Summary of the Region 2 Band Plan disucssions, and further ask that the Band Plan be open to additional revisions before enactment. The operative addresses are below. Please say in your introduction that you realize they are deferring most questions to the club that for now represents U.S. licensees, while noting the ARRL has not addressed the need for continued revisions. Paul/VJB http://www.iaru-r2.org/executive-committee/ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] ARRL Great Lakes Director on IARU Bandplan
--- VJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 07:32:27 -0800 (PST) From: VJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IARU To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim Weaver KJ8E Central Division Director ARRL Jim, I have received a copy of an email you have sent out, possibly to your constituents. Could you explain the basis of a paragraph in which you said : The fact is that ARRL did not participate in developing this bandplan. We had no representation on the bandplan committee. As I read the IARU Region 2 summary, it says the following for your consideration: The report of Committee B/C, a combined technical and operational committee dealing with both HF and VHF/UHF matters, was received next. This committee was chaired by Ramón Santoyo, XE1KK, with Paul Rinaldo, W4RI serving as secretary. The Plenary adopted all of the Committees recommendations, including: (the revised Region 2 Band Plan) The IARU's complete summary is at: http://www.iaru-r2.org/wp-content/uploads/news-release-final-plenaryeng.pdf ~~~ As has been widely reported, I spoke with Ramón, who told me the 2.7 kHz bandwidth number came from Rinaldo, representing U.S. licensees as part of the ARRL's delegation in Brazil. Joel Harrison has acknowledged Rinaldo's role. Would you be willing to send out a revised message to your constituents and others to accept that the ARRL was an active participant in the deliberations that led to approval of the Region 2 Plan ? Paul WA3VJB Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Rinaldo's bandwidth suggestion
Frankly I don't care which among ARRL officials passed along a specific bandwidth number at the IARU conference in Brazil. It should not have been uttered without clearing it with U.S. licensees expecting to support the Region 2 plan. The concept of using specific numbers is wrong when applied to the Amateur Service, and should now be challenged and revised OUT of both the Region 1 and Region 2 plans as inappropriate. Ramón, XE1KK, an IARU rep from Mexico, was so kind as to return my call as I struggled to find anyone who was at the table in Brazil. The U.S. delegates were not returning phone calls, and I knew action need to be taken quickly, so I stepped around League officials and connected with several non-U.S. delegates. Ramón expressed dismay when I recounted a brief history of failed ARRL attempts domestically to achieve what they apparently had won at the IARU. A failed bandwidth Petition withdrawn because of opposition expressed to the FCC; an FCC Order against the League's request to impose the force of law to voluntary band plans, and the failure of a Petition to the FCC to impose bandwidth limitations. So when I asked him where the bandwidth specifications came from in the IARU Region 2 plan, he said (rough quote, notes not in front of me) That was Paul Rinaldo. He was concerned about people running wider than that. Another non-U.S. delegate confirmed the information that Ramón had volunteered, and the context in which it was conveyed. The context, which is hard to misconstrue twice, is that Rinaldo presented the number without any accompanying documentation as a basis it would be appropriate in the plan being discussed in Brazil. And, just like other modifications and adaptations that make the Region 2 plan different than the earlier plan in Region 1, there was and should have been discussion by the club representing ALL U.S. licensees (per the IARU charter), that there is a strong, vibrant community of people in Region 2 who enjoy AM, and whose operations should be placed in the main table recognizing other activities and modes. To that end, the League failed its constituents in Brazil, and by not immediately amending that error, continues to be of disservice. More broadly, the ARRL, as the most influential policy force among IARU clubs, has failed to push back on needless specifications that will confuse rather than complement a voluntary band plan we all wish to support. It is my contention that the ARRL is actually behind the bandwidth push for the reasons we've already discussed in great detail. Paul/VJB Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Subscribe to the ARRL ?
Dave, Your posting about whether people are members of the ARRL is somewhat off-topic if you intended to present it as part of the discussion about the controversial IARU Region 2 band plan. Subscribing to the ARRL is not a contingency for their representation of U.S. licensees at the IARU. Nor is it a pre-requisite for their obligation to respond to concerns as expressed on the matter. As the member society or representative club for U.S. licensees at the IARU, at least for the time being, their obligations to us do not hinge on whether any of us has paid dues to the ARRL. Separately, in response to you question, I paid $39 to take part in the Atlantic Division survey conducted by volunteer elected Director Bill Edgar, N3LLR. The results of that survey, which included the Great Lakes and Delta Divisions as well, showed nearly 20 percent of the respondents listed AM as among their HF activities. That finding was worth the price of admission, and if anything, should have precluded the kind of treatment against the AM community caused by Paul Rinaldo at the IARU conference in Brazil. If you or anyone else can find a way to hold him accountable, and/or the ARRL Board of Directors that Joel Harrison said gave him the policy to carry out at Brazil, then you will be earning the $39 you have spent to subscribe to the League. (contradiction deliberate) Paul/VJB Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] response to Central Div. Director
Steve, Jack and others have forwarded to me the pithy note from W9GIG. I have sent this reply to him and have posted it on amfone.net, QRZ.com, and sent it along to others who are in the mood to fight this kind of treatment. ARRL Central Division Director: George Isely, W9GIG [EMAIL PROTECTED] George, It is regrettable that we have to communicate through open, unmoderated venues like this, but we would like to help you comply with your club's rule that you can exchange thoughts only with people in your region. Had you been able to expand your ability to assess the concerns expressed here and elsewhere, you may have been precluded from making some mistakes and creating some misperceptions in your message of Nov. 7 to your constituents. Let's start with the biggest concern, that of the IARU's representation of licensees. No mode or activity should be given unfounded short shrift in the manner documented to have taken place against AM in the Region 2 Plan taking effect in January. Within that problem, you have a misunderstanding of how this voluntary band plan has been presented to the public. For example, the pre-amble to the plan calls on member societies to actively lobby their respective government regulators to have this voluntary scheme given the force of law. There is no distinction made among countries that do not presently have a band plan on the regulatory books, and those such as the U.S. that do. After the ARRL's stunning defeat in front of the FCC when it withdrew its Petition to use bandwidth as a way to segregate the various modes and activities on the ham bands, there was no acknowledgment by your club that the opposition expressed to the U.S. government had been well-founded and convincing. The common theme among those opposed fell into two camps, one that believes in the longstanding, popular system of using mode to organize activities, and another whose Commenters clearly told you that your group misunderstood the will of both subscribers to the ARRL and that of other concerned licensees. You, too, have failed to take this sentiment into account, and it is at your peril that you utter a belligerent, defensive message questioning those with better sense who have tried to explain to you and your comrades why a bandwidth-based scheme is unworkable. Paul Courson WA3VJB __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] IARU counter-campaign?
Several of us are working up a possible shotgun approach to contact key players and ask for further revisions in the IARU Region 2 Band Plan. An outgoing email or posting would present the problem to AMers and our supporters. The same email would advocate taking action along certain key points to be expressed. Please post or send directly to me your suggestions for this upcoming effort. Details are still coming together. This will require a rapid turn-around because the Region 2 committee is already making revisions ahead of the January start date for this voluntary plan. Thanks for investing some of your time. Paul/VJB 202 841 3208/vmail __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Rinaldo sore about AM?
Bacon, I wonder if you could elaborate as to why you think Rinaldo considers AM a sore point. Clearly, the AM community has led the way for many years when it comes to voluntary coordination to minimize friction with incompatible modes. I am sure most of us want to support an IARU voluntary band plan that, in turn, provides for our activities and the mode of AM. Next time you have the chance, ask about his role in protecting AM in the band planning that took place in Brazil, which led to the controversy the League's people caused. --Paul/VJB __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] RE: future of AM radio
Responding to John, K5PRO who asked: how long will amateur AM be a viable form of communication? We will probably outlast many of the other activities in the hobby, because we are actively connected with the radios we use and have stronger ties with others who are like-minded. It seems like there's a trend among those who primarily use SSB on HF to buy a radio and use it only as a means to an end, be it contesting, Dog X-Ray, or rag chew. The hardware gets a few years old, there's no factory support, and the radio gets tossed. I base this observation on the ads and the text that accompanies individual For Sale listings on QRZ.com and elsewhere. There's just no affinity for the gear. Ho-hum. After a while of this I will guess many operators start feeling the same way about the hobby: easy to discard because they have not invested very much of THEMSELVES in the activity. Most of the people I communicate with on AM, by contrast, are into the hardware to a much greater degree. They're building, repairing and restoring, so they have a loyalty to the equipment because they have put a lot of time, energy and expertise into it. Sharing that environment with the rest of us builds a friendship and comraderie that are a lot harder to just toss out. AMers on 160 already comprise one of the largest identifiable groups regularly found on the band. Their enthusiasm is represented by the consistent presence and extended hours of operation here. I have a hunch we on AM are already on our way to becoming such a presence on 75 meters in comparison to other voice-mode groups who happen to be using SSB. I was shocked and delighted to recently learn from an ARRL Directors survey that nearly 20 percent of the League's subscribers listed AM as among their HF activities. The poll, which crew about 3000 responses, was across the Great Lakes, Delta and Atlantic Divisions. The number and geographic variety of respondents validates the percentage within a fairly tight margin of error. With 140,000 subscribers at latest count, the ARRL thus would have tens of thousands of members who participate in AM on HF in some fashion. They have to go out of their way to get on AM, and I suspect that this creates a loyalty that will carry the mode and activity forward for many years to come. Paul/VJB __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] IARU - Rinaldo
The 2.7Kc bandwidth specification in the IARU Band Plan for Region 2 came from ARRL Chief Technology Lobbyist Paul Rinaldo at the committee deliberations in Brazil, according to two IARU officials with knowledge of the proceedings. That was an ARRL suggestion, one of these officials told me in response to a question about where the number came from. They were worried that some people were using it quite wider. This person concluded the point by saying It was Paul Rinaldo who suggested. So, you can take it from there. Sumner is not in today, and Rinaldo has his answering machine turned on. When you reach either of them, please ask them to explain their thinking. Paul/VJB Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Raytheon R390A for sale
Raytheon broadcast transmitter, free with purchase of R390A. (or the other way around, it's a package, whatever) http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=12263.0 Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Signal reports
Full Strap - FS Moderate Strap - MS Low Strap - LS Pissweak - PW Pisspoor - PP Gad, Pete, that's an awful lot of data to coordinate. Probably why everyone is hi hi 5 by 9 good luck in the corntest. Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] signal reports
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[AMRadio] Hi Current AC connectors
If you're re-fitting the power cord on a Beastie 610 or a T-3 because of hard-to-find stock AC connectors, try the chassis mount plug and cable mounted jack such as those used on portable generators. A more expensive version is at your marine supply store, used for a boat's shore cables at the dock. Better grade of metal (anti-corrosion) and the line cable's outer housing is waterproof. There's a four blade twist lock that carries 30A, takes wire size up to 8 ga, and whose chassis mount is not much bigger than stock. Ream out the chassis hole and you're all set, safety over originality. The judges at the show will understand. Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Texas Transmitter(s)
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