[AMRadio] Heath manuals gone?
ARRL reports a company has bought the rights to the Heathkit manuals. Just checked BAMA and they are no longer there, or I was looking at it crosseyed. Wonder what they will buy next? Charlie W4MEC __ 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] Good news...
Well, seems to me there would be more cars on the road too, if they gave them away for free. Charlie in NC __ 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] Favorite freqs and dumbing down
Well, I also sort of regret dropping the 'B' in my call I got in 1969 to shoot for a plain W4. Mainly because they keep jacking the vanity fee around. Shoot, even if I went back to that 'B', it would still be a vanity call. But...just like California has only 2 seasons, wild fires or mud slides, this discussion about how it was done in the 'old days' has and will always go on in hamdom, just like it goes on in every specialty hobby or occupation. I'm sure the the CNC machine operator has to take it on the chin from the machinist who new how to turn a complex shape manually and had all the formulas and numbers in his head. I think the sheer numbers of hams on phone and the reduced requirements have all contributed to the lack of civility we hear and in the numbers too. I remember the first time I got on 20 meters, with AM from a DX60, a newly minted General Class, in 1969, and actually worked someone. His main concern was to tell me my carrier wasn't nulled out completely, I might want to adjust it. After I told him what the TX was and I was running AM, he said I was a brave soul to be on 20. When it comes to QRM, as has been the custom all along, you just ignore the abuse and it will eventually give up and move up or down the band. You just have to be patient and calm, they are always spoiling for a fight it seems. I don't know what you do about the ham who uses the 10 code or other citizen band lingo, other than to ask for a repeat in plain English. But even the ham ads call their fixed station equipment 'base station', and occasionally use other descriptors right from the 11 meter group. Charlie W4MEC in NC __ 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] W4RCW update Msg 2
Here is an email I received today, I could not include the pics he sent, but the link at the bottom is the video from the TV news. If I can get the pix in photobucket, I'll send that info. Hi all, Really a sad scene at Carl's former house. Words and these photos can't bring the reality of the scene to you. It is something to behold when there looking at it. I hope Carl forgives me for sending this but hope that we can all take lessons about what lightning can do. There are all kinds of trees around the house and the tower was not up at the time of the storm here a couple of days ago. There is a news clip on this but I don't have it yet and was on Channel 4 news local here in NC/SC. If I can find the link at the news station will post as is dramatic. "Don't fool with Mother Nature" Phil W9IXX Here is the news story link. http://www.wyff4.com/news/17291632/detail.html __ 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] Update on W4RCW fire. Msg 1
Hello all, Was over at Carl's QTH today helping sort out the mess. Their family dog did not survive the fire. The house is a one story with a walk out basement, main floor was leveled, and the majority of the floor fell into the basement. Of course water damage to the surviving items in the basement is extensive. heat and smoke did in most of the ham gear. But quite a bit is salvageable with much effort. Carl was trying to get one of those PODS delivered, but no luck today. Alot of the items we got out of the basement we had to just leave covered up with tarps. The afternoon rain was not a help. Right now, most of the kitchen floor is being held up by one of his Gates BC TMTRS on one end and a smaller equipment rack on the other. Many things under that section suffered heat and some water damage and are possibly repairable. We covered what we could to keep out the rain, but much work is still required to salvage more. Interesting that the sheetrock that crumbled and fell from the ceiling and made embankments on equipment, protected it from the heat, and some front panels were almost unscathed. Other things suffered yellowing due to heat, and many things had their front panels melted. A Drake TR6 was almost fine next to a melted IC751. Carl and his son are hoping to find his wifes jewelry tomorrow. Carl had recently moved many of his families historical information down from his Mom's house. She is in an assisted living facility. He was going through pictures and records and categorizing it all. The family Bible, going back generations was also amongst the records. They were in the living room, and hope for them surviving in any manner is slim. Still more to do to get the remainder of his gear out. Getting that floor off the racks will be a problem. most work will have to wait till the rain stops. >From Charlie, W4MEC __ 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] W4RCW
Some of you may know Carl, W4RCW. He has an extensive collection of gear, test equipment, 2 Gates BC TX's, WW II surplus, Hallicrafters, Hammurlund, along with antique Collins and more modern equipment. He is a frequenter of 160, 75, and 40 meter AM. His station was located in the basement of his home, all antennas are located a minimum of 100 ft away, and all feedlines except one ladder line were installed underground. His house took a direct lightning hit to the roof, as witnessed by his neighbor and immediately burst into flame. The brick home was a total loss. He was at work, his wife at the beach with the grandkids. His dog did not make it. The house collapsed into the basement, and his years of horse trading, dealing, and restoring are now under rubble and water, not to mention his families personal collection of memorabilia. Hopefully he will be able to rebuild, and perhaps some of his gear is salvageable. It will be a while before any assesment can be made. Charlie W4MEC in NC __ 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] Major short circuit.
Follow the link below and watch this video, 34KV crossed up with 13KV in a residential area. There is a lineman in that bucket too, with a request. Be sure to watch the house at the end, if he was a ham, hope he had supplemental insurance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEAtWiUGeiA Charlie W4MEC in NC __ 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 classifieds kaput
Maybe this is old news, but the ARRL is discontinuing its Radio Online classifieds as of 4/30. I have always found this to be one of the better classifieds, mainly because it is purged on a regular basis. So, when you search for something, as on other services, you don't get an ad 8 years old. I have had great luck selling and buying on this venue, and it seems that for the majority of items, prices are reasonable. Once and a while you might see somebody with an eBay pipe dream level price, but not often. Between ROL and the incoming QSL bureau, thats the only 2 reasons I am still a member. Charlie, W4MEC in NC 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] Another sticking point
Well, capitalizing ham might bother some, but using the term 'base station' any where in ham radio irks me. I always thought the proper term was 'fixed station'. You see it throughout the ads now, from amps to zepps, somebody is going to say how well it will work on your 'base station' Sure do like the new AMSWAP. Charlie, W4MEC in NC 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 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] Ant system
While not strictly an AM only topic, a friend sent me this link about the largest SteppIr antenna system to date. It is a compilation of 57 pictures, this fellow has a lot of money tied up in his antenna, too bad he doesn't have a good ol' tube AM rig exciting it. Charlie in NC http://www.kkn.net/dayton2006/K9LTN.pdf 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] Golden Gate TX
Well if you look in the CQ magazie archives, putting Golden Gate TX brings up 4 issues that match those words. But, the money they want just to see if that is the right article seems a little steep to me, considering how often you might go back and look at past issues of CQ. Quickest way there is to Google 'CQ archives'. Charlie in NC 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] Outside noise source
I would think also that you should pursue the source of the problem, and document it. If it is some device in a house, and the owner is not willing to help solve it, you might have to start down the FCC road to have them deal with. But you may also be saving the owners life and possessions. I know you have all heard the story of the bell transmformer being on the edge of starting a fire, and I had the actual experience with a neighbor one time, where when looking for an erratic buzz, found his bell transformer so hot, a house fire was probably in his future. It took over an hour for that thing to cool down so we could replace it. Charlie W4MEC in NC 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] TBW PS disposal
I thought the first rule of B.A. collectors/operators is never throw anything away. I have disposed of things that 20 years later I have needed. I know there is a limit to what you can keep, but I'm not sure where that limit is. I was rebuilding a small travel trailer once and wanted to use one of those restaurant stainless steel steamer pans for a shower pan. A trip to the local junk yard, 10 acres in size and a perfect pan was found under a stack of rusting government surplus desks, surrounded by snake hiding grass way back in the lot. I carefully extracted the pan and made my way to the front to pay for it. The junk yard owner was not there, and his wife was reluctant to put a price on it and said, "Bobby Ray is not here right now, and I don't know what he wants for that, he may have a use for that". At this point, I discovered how all junkyards have started. Some fellow put some thing aside thinking one day,"...he might have a use for that". Before you know it, you have a house/garage/yard or 10 acres full of stuff, some of it hiding under a pile of other things you might have a use for. But its fun, ain't it? And I'm still kicking myself for selling my complete working NAVY TCS station with the 110VAC PS back in 1976. Charlie W4MEC in NC 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] Class action?
Re: Part 15 Well, is there a lawyer among us that could field a class action lawsuit against every Part 15 device manufacturer from nursery monitors to traffic lights? 700,000 hams, being interfered with constantly, being made out to be the bad guys, having to put up with it because of a spineless FCC, ought to have their day in court. Charlie, W4MEC in NC 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] While your at it...
Ok, I'll take the abuse on this one. While you are in there checking the size of the email width by character number, check your message action section. This is where you can modify your email so that you don't send the entire original message back to the email list. Click the box that blocks resending the entire original message when you hit the reply button. I'm wearing out my scroll bar getting to the responses to messages. Charlie 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] Heathkit Mohawk RCVR
Howdy all, Several years ago a ham buddy rescued a Mohawk RCVR that was heading for the dump and gave it to me. Got a manual for it, recapped where necessary, tuned her up and she has run fine ever since, except for the triple diode detector that needs to be wiggled in its socket now and then. Does anybody know if this was the first Heathkit product where part of it was already built? The entire front end assembly, band switch, coils, etc was preassembled, you just dropped it in and hooked it up. Did Heath originally offer this kit with the front end in kit form and builders had so many problems that Heathkit decided to build it in house? Charlie, W4MEC in NC 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] Favorite April 1st article
I loved all the April 1st articles but, my favorite was the one about raising the tower between 2 mobile homes. You dug a 40ft deep hole, weld a barrel to the bottom of the tower, place the tower in the hole, then fill the hole with water to raise it. I actually was going to submit an article for the April issue, and contacted the ARRL about it. With all the hoopla over how well BPL was working, I was going to come up with a construction article where you built a balun transformer with an SO239 on one side for the rig and a line cord on the other. The idea was since the power lines were such a great conductor for BPL, it ought to be good for hamming, so lets couple up and try it. The ARRL actually told me that this is bad idea because people would actually build and try it. Wasn't that the idea of the April Fools article in the first place? Charlie, W4MEC in NC 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] Correct RS address
Try hamradiocenter.biz, without the www Charlie 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] Anybody remember this keyer?
Back in the late sixties, early seventies when I used to participate in field day, I remember a keyer that was brought a couple times and I used alot. It had no tubes or xstrs, just a relay, 2 caps, 2 pots, a battery, and a phone jack for the key, which in this case was a pair of back to back J38's vertically mounted on a base. I had a copy of the schematic, but lost it. With the two pots, you could set dot and dash ratios to make it sound like a real fancy keyer, a bug, or give it the Lake Erie swing if you wanted. Anybody happen to have this schematic in their archives? Charlie, W4MEC in NC. 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] OT's and the ARRL
I've noticed that Ed Hare of the ARRL seems to follow QRZ and eHam email, and jumps in to set the record straight when things of a technical nature start to go astray. With all the questioning of the ARRL's intentions that it receives here, perhaps there ought to be an Ed Hare type that will jump in and clarify or defend the ARRL when they fail to support us in our love of AM in this hobby. If the person who replied to WD8DAS's original email was truly an ARRL representative of any type, he has just driven another nail in their coffin as far as I'm concerned, and if the ARRL endeavored to find out if this person was connected with them officially, he should be removed. Charlie, W4MEC in NC 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: A little trivia
Think everybody hit this one on the head. I always thought about it 'cheating death' if I successfully had the cord oriented right on the transformerless sets when using grounded test equipment. I got real good at replacing that screw in fuse before my Dad yelled at me. Charlie, W4MEC 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] Drake R7
Hello, If anybody has a junker Drake R7 with all the knobs intact, or a set of all the knobs for this rig please let me know at w4mec at arrl dot net. Thanks, Charlie in NC 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] Trying to be nice
Here's a copy of a letter I sent to my Section MGR in NC, N4IB. Thought I would be nice and start it up the chain of ARRL command and see what response I get. So far...nothing. Charlie in NC >Sir, Perhaps the opening salvos have been fired at you or somewhere up the line, but this IARU band plan proposal has a section of the community stirred up. The ARRL's love of lawyereze writing must be a sign of the litigious times, but why can't the ARRL just put it in plain english that AM operation is a legitimate mode, unrestricted in any phone segment? Why did it not object to the IARU band plan idea that keeps AM'ers on edge because it talks around the issue in vague terms. One section manager has already insulted thousands of AM operators, equipment restorers, builders, AND ARRL members, with his comments, then had to backpedal like a lying politician. To keep insulting a membership base, that probably has a per capita level of membership higher than any other group is bad business. AM operators have been forced to bend over backwards to operate on the bands. Talk about 60 meters being channelized? AM'ers have been channelized for years in order to avoid the conflagration that occurs when we venture off our gentlemens agreement frequencies. The ARRL just needs to support their members who follow this aspect of this hobby, just as they do the digital modes, contesters, and quasi official emergency responders in their hobby persuits. The ARRL just needs to come out and put it in clear writing that they support AM operation, that international band plans from IARU or anybody else should show AM as a legititmate mode of operation on assigned amateur freqencies, and thank AMer's for being the best group at sticking to the gentlements agreement for operating locations in order to minimize QRM, both radio and verbal. If the ARRL would just do this in simple plain english, not technize, not lawyereze, just AM, then it would not have to face the barrage it calls in on itself every time this topic comes up. Feel free to forward up the chain of command. Thanks. Charlie, W4MEC Henderson County, NC 38 years a ham, 37 years an ARRL member 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] Re: IARU REGION 2 MF/HF BAND PLAN
Wow, so according to the '*' AM allowed in certain segments only. Considering the US amateurs love of the ARRL 160 meter band plan, I'm sure this one will be observed to about the same level of concern. If you think the IARU is trying to show a little muscle here, please be aware of how various international unions of all kinds are influencing the UN to directly overrule our own Constitution. Charlie. W4MEC in NC Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow __ 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] Link to conversion manuals
Well, shoot, why didn't I think of Yahooin' up those books. Thanks for the suggestion, and here is the link to get all three manuals to any who might be interested: http://www.mines.uidaho.edu/~glowbugs/SurpConv.html Charlie, W4MEC in NC 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] Lindsay publications
I know most of you know if this outfit, Lindsay Publications. They reprint many books from yesteryear. Well, over the last few years, their inventory of books on building boat anchors has been growing. I'm sure most of us have many of the original articles for these items, but some might not have some of these specific projects. Remember the coil winder that sold for about 10 bucks 40 years ago in Lafayette and Allied catalogs? They have a nice set of plans for the same thing for 9 bucks. Check them out online, no I don't work for them, but I do get alot of books from them on machine work, and old engines. Been trying to get them to reprint the CQ Surplus Conversion Manual for years, but they need a copy of it to reprint it and had no luck finding one yet. Charlie, W4MEC in NC Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! 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] UPS topper
Well, horror stories abound with UPS and FedEx for sure. My favorite is my buddies foreign rig he had sent off for repair. When it was returned to him, left on his front porch, the box was somwhat flat with a set of dual wheel tire tracks across it. UPS did eventually pay to replace the rig, but he had to prove he didn't drive over it. Besides the fact he is handicapped, he also didn't own a vehicle with dual wheels. But my favorite is a delivery the UPS made to my house a couple months ago. It was not a fragile package at all. Still, I thought the fact that he drove into my circle drive way, slowed slightly, then threw it out the door onto my porch and then accelerated was a bit much. Charlie, W4MEC in NC Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC __ 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] Save it for QRZ
Ok fellers, Enough of the detour to ol' Espanol, back to the main highway of the "World of AM". The FCC has already nixed this idea, and I have not seen one thing that said the ARRL is pushing this. Think sombody just put a bullet in the furnace to get some blood circulating. In reference to the comment about instruction books, if anybody out there has bought just about anything electrical, they all come with manuals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, etc. Heck, if it wasn't for all the translations they supply now, the paper industry would suffer. Charlie in NC Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC __ 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] A little known USPS fact
I'm sure everybody purchases insurance or delivery confirmation when you ship by USPS. But just in case you don't, for that little item going across town, when USPS loses it, its gone forever. USPS, unlike everybody else, has no way to track any package or letter unless you get the insurance or delivery confirmation, at extra cost, albeit not much in most cases. If they do lose it without the above, you fill out a bunch of paper work, and wait a month or two, they might just find it, but usually they dont. What's really neat is when you get this plastic bag with a mangled, grease covered item in it, where the post office sent it back saying it got caught in the machinery, "so sorry". W4MEC, Charlie in NC __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net 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] Parasitic suppressors
Think the obvious reason for lack of these devices pre-WW II is there was nothing important on the VHF range to interfere with. Charlie in NC It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net 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] Good SSB
Well, I know for a fact that AM quality audio can be had on SSB within a 3Khz bandwidth. We are using analog equipment on a microwave link that uses SSB for voice and data. There is not one hint that gives it away as SSB. Stable oscillators, and good mixers seem to be the key. Each 3Khz channel, starting at 0 to 3Khz with a 1Khz guard band, are arranged in groups and supergroups filling a block up to 4 Mhz, giving almost 1000 voice and data, full duplex channels. The circuit board, about the size of 2 QSL cards, is a complete, USB or LSB XCVR, tunable (via dip switch) from 0 to 4 Mhz. The combining of all the different signals is down the line, but is nothing more than hooking all these signals together in a manner that maintains the 75 Ohm Z, nothing else. It is not a modern surface mount miracle either, it is all transistors and IC's, 30 year old technology. Given the quality audio this thing generates, and its size, leads me to conclude that SSB audio in Amateur equipment is by cost and not quality. Charlie W4MEC in NC (TX1, SB10, RX1, R390A, C Line) Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 __ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net 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] 6 meter AM
I know not too many folks are in the Western NC or SC area, but we have had a nice net going on for a few years now on 50.4 Mhz AM, starting at 8 PM on Tuesdays. Besides a couple of more modern rigs, alot of classics are still radiating. Benton Harbor Lunchboxes, Ameco TX62's, Clegg, to mention a few. Have not had much luck migrating the group to 2 meters yet though. One thing VHF nets prove though, is why repeaters were invented. You could wear out a couple rotors trying to work everybody on one evenings net. Charlie, W4MEC in NC __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
