Re: [AMRadio] Re: Beer can silliness
Well, I worked w3ecg (John) last weekend, who was in the hospital for a year, heart problems it seems, he used to be on a lot with w3duq, both running FT102's into amplifiers. Last weekend I was using the 3X4D32 rig, giving the 813 rig a rest. 40 meter conditions were very good, low noise, good skip conditions, not crowded, what more could you ask for? My new FT102 should arrive late tomorrow, which I am excited about, I may try an get on with it barefoot at 40 watts on Saturday, but I might also be playing with it , doing the DUQ audio mods, replacing meter lights with LED's, and generaly having fun with radio. Its coming up on radio season, once the fall yard work is done, time to build something! Brett N2DTS - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: Beer can silliness > GE Brett (and the group), > > You're correct..not much of interest. Let me contribute to the > boredom, if I may. > > My post asking for 4.7uh RF chokes for the RANGER I restoration were > met with "order them from". > > So, I rolled my own. Probably the only person in Florida to visit a > Radio Shack today and come up with some 100uh, 2-amp RF chokes. Cut a > couple of them down to size and ended up with ~ 5.0 uh lashup that will > meet the needs of the Ranger restoration. > > Week before that, I took on my RCA 74-B ribbon microphone. Re-ribboned > it! Still shaking from the experience. But when the signal from it is > passed through the Collins 212Z-1 mixer, it's as sweet a sound as one > could ask for. Now in the process of interfacing it with the KWM-1, > KWM-2 and 32S-3 rigs. Also with the DX-100/R-390A lashup that I'm > enjoying on AM. > > Not sure what the digital groups are doing or whether other OT's like > myself are having fun or not...But I am. > > Sri to post such a mundane post as above, but I like to think that's > what many of us OT's are doing daily. > > Worrying about the IARU and the ARRL is academic. I don't like much of > what the ARRL does on any given day. But I won't stop and waste time > worrying about things I (nor others) can reasonably control. I'm > enjoying AM and the hobby in general. > > Thanks, Brett, for asking about "things of interest". > > Best 73 to all de W4MIL > Chuck > Palm Coast, FL. > > As always, YMMV. > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Brett Gazdzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service > > Sent: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 5:28 pm > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: Beer can silliness > > > All I can say, is I like beer from bottles. > They may make good insulators, but poor antenna's. > > I cant say the list has been interesting lately, anyone got any > posts about AM, vintage gear, tube stuff, homebrew info, > or anything else of intrest to post about? > > I have a couple of old yaesu FT102,s on the way, which > should be fun to play with. > Who has what that sparks their interest that they will play > with over the winter? > I need to homebrew a couple antenna tuners, maybe put up a resonant > 40 meter dipole to go along with the G5RV, and get on 40 meters and > have some good QSO's about radio stuff, the posts here have been > quite poor lately > > Anyone building anything? > > Brett > N2DTS > > __ > 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. > > > > > > > > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - > http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp000503 > __ > 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. __ 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] Re: Beer can silliness
GE Brett (and the group), You're correct..not much of interest. Let me contribute to the boredom, if I may. My post asking for 4.7uh RF chokes for the RANGER I restoration were met with "order them from". So, I rolled my own. Probably the only person in Florida to visit a Radio Shack today and come up with some 100uh, 2-amp RF chokes. Cut a couple of them down to size and ended up with ~ 5.0 uh lashup that will meet the needs of the Ranger restoration. Week before that, I took on my RCA 74-B ribbon microphone. Re-ribboned it! Still shaking from the experience. But when the signal from it is passed through the Collins 212Z-1 mixer, it's as sweet a sound as one could ask for. Now in the process of interfacing it with the KWM-1, KWM-2 and 32S-3 rigs. Also with the DX-100/R-390A lashup that I'm enjoying on AM. Not sure what the digital groups are doing or whether other OT's like myself are having fun or not...But I am. Sri to post such a mundane post as above, but I like to think that's what many of us OT's are doing daily. Worrying about the IARU and the ARRL is academic. I don't like much of what the ARRL does on any given day. But I won't stop and waste time worrying about things I (nor others) can reasonably control. I'm enjoying AM and the hobby in general. Thanks, Brett, for asking about "things of interest". Best 73 to all de W4MIL Chuck Palm Coast, FL. As always, YMMV. -Original Message- From: Brett Gazdzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Sent: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 5:28 pm Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: Beer can silliness All I can say, is I like beer from bottles. They may make good insulators, but poor antenna's. I cant say the list has been interesting lately, anyone got any posts about AM, vintage gear, tube stuff, homebrew info, or anything else of intrest to post about? I have a couple of old yaesu FT102,s on the way, which should be fun to play with. Who has what that sparks their interest that they will play with over the winter? I need to homebrew a couple antenna tuners, maybe put up a resonant 40 meter dipole to go along with the G5RV, and get on 40 meters and have some good QSO's about radio stuff, the posts here have been quite poor lately Anyone building anything? Brett N2DTS __ 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. More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp000503 __ 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] Re: Beer can silliness
All I can say, is I like beer from bottles. They may make good insulators, but poor antenna's. I cant say the list has been interesting lately, anyone got any posts about AM, vintage gear, tube stuff, homebrew info, or anything else of intrest to post about? I have a couple of old yaesu FT102,s on the way, which should be fun to play with. Who has what that sparks their interest that they will play with over the winter? I need to homebrew a couple antenna tuners, maybe put up a resonant 40 meter dipole to go along with the G5RV, and get on 40 meters and have some good QSO's about radio stuff, the posts here have been quite poor lately Anyone building anything? Brett N2DTS __ 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] Re: Beer can silliness
- Original Message - From: "D. Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:47 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Re: Beer can silliness I don't know why you wouldn't have used tin down spout. That beer can business has to be one of the silliest ham radio ideas anyone has EVER thought of. That's why I always figured it was a joke, even if the article didn't appear in the April issue. Downspout would have been about as cheap as the solder it took to attach all those cans to each other, and it certainly took a lot less work. Don k4kyv Don, For 2 days now you have been insulting anyone who built or considered a beer can antenna. I replied yesterday and it is repeated below. A. teenagers often didnt have those pennies or a car back in "those days". Scrounging cans was easy. B. Teenagers then and now werent always known for thinking things thru. C. Hams have always been known to be thrifty. D. Were you ever a teenager? Carl KM1H BTW, I was a teenager when I had several QSO's with Mike, he was far from gruff with me or many other young hams. __ 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] Re: Beer can silliness
D. Chester wrote: I remember hearing W2OY when he was on the air. Dick, W2UJR(SK) wrote up a story published in The AM Press/Exchange, about his friendship as a JN with Mike. According to Dick, many of Mike's eccentricities were a big put-on, and actually he was a nice guy in real life. He just got a big kick out of playing his over-the-air persona. No Kids, no Lids, no Space Cadets, no School bus drivers... ;-) There was a thread a while back on Mike, and a link to someone's recording of his 'infamous' CQ... -- Driving your AM Rig without a scope, is like driving your car at night, without headlights. (K4KYV) -- 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR __ 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: Beer can silliness
Back when I was a a novice, and not old enough to buy beer, I built the forty meter version out of tin down spout. Mounted the thing on the garage roof, and ran the support/radials to the corners. Worked all states after school evenings on CW as a highschool Junior. I might mention the coil and cap arrangement suggested by W2OY, helped greatly in getting the thing to take power on 40. Man it worked great, those were wonder filled times. Jim WB2FCN I don't know why you wouldn't have used tin down spout. That beer can business has to be one of the silliest ham radio ideas anyone has EVER thought of. That's why I always figured it was a joke, even if the article didn't appear in the April issue. Downspout would have been about as cheap as the solder it took to attach all those cans to each other, and it certainly took a lot less work. I remember hearing W2OY when he was on the air. Dick, W2UJR(SK) wrote up a story published in The AM Press/Exchange, about his friendship as a JN with Mike. According to Dick, many of Mike's eccentricities were a big put-on, and actually he was a nice guy in real life. He just got a big kick out of playing his over-the-air persona. Don k4kyv __ 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.
