[BVARC] Land line
Hey guys: I have a question for those in the know. I have a CapTel phone which prints out what is being said by the caller since I am hard of hearing. How will this removable of the Copper line effect me since I am told I need to keep my home phone line. Gerald Muller K9GEMUSN DSC (SW) Retired gmuller...@aol.com Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
Re: [BVARC] the phase out of landline phone service
To all I have a land line and need to keep it since I have a captel phone for hard of hearing In a message dated 2/8/2024 2:38:27 PM Central Standard Time, bvarc@bvarc.org writes: Yeah, I’ve had a landline for years and I don’t plan on getting rid of it anytime soon but unfortunately they decide to pull it. They’re gonna pull it. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2024, at 1:39 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: I heard this story in the news this week.. that landline phones were being phased out.. that cellular is king… and even though I haven’t had a home landline in years, I do know the power of having one in times of infrastructural crisis… so this story just adds that extra validation of the importance of Ham Radio in the event of infrastructure outage. When all else fails, Ham Radio. “Don’t let them drop us!” Landline users protest AT&T copper retirement plan | Ars Technica Enjoy! 73 Chris/AC5CM Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
Re: [BVARC] BVARC Awards Banquet - Update
Cal: Instead of jumping all over Eddie why not ask him to help put the questioner together with you and hum ever? Just a thought. Nothing wrong with asking for help. Gerald Muller K9GEMUSN DSC (SW) Retired gmuller...@aol.com In a message dated 1/9/2024 5:37:12 PM Central Standard Time, bvarc@bvarc.org writes: Wow Eddie. How do you really feel about this? Cal BirdsallSent from my iPhone713-419-1977 On Jan 9, 2024, at 2:33 PM, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote: LOUSY survey Jeff.. Whats the goal here? none of your 4 survey questions will help the banquet. 1) restaurant or catered.. IMO this is irrelevant, we have had good and bad restaurants and good and bad caterers..2) What type of food would we like? IMO this is not worded to get a reasonable response.. Chineese? Hot dogs? Steak? Niko Nikos?? IMO the date gathered from this question really wont help us.3) What day of the week? Com on no one will ever agree on this ... WHY ASK???4) What price range? This is a better question, but it should be worded something like As a BVARC member what price per person do you think is appropriate for a nice dinner and a nice meeting place? (this will get a variety of prices), so the club can choose .. With the way you worded it I would be inclined to just choose the lowest number... This rewording is more like how much would you pay MAX... then it would be easier for BVARC to choose a better value for the member since the banquet is (traditionally) partially subsidized by the club for club members... Means club member is getting a good deal... As is $35 a person, geez I can eat all the catfish I can stuff in for less than $15 at many places.. Unless we are doing something very elegant, the prices this year and last year are WAY TOO MUCH..its supposed to be partially subsidized by the club for club members And $50 for non members?? A guy can get in and out of some of the fanciest restaurants .. you can get a pretty good rib eye for $50... not catfish and dry chicken.. this is the opinion of Eddie RunnerBVARC Life MemberNU5K ps: think about the results that make a difference beforecarefully choosing questions for a survey.. On Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 01:38:43 PM CST, Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: BVARC, The banquet survey is live here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WNN67LG Thanks! Jeff Greer, W5JEF BVARC Corresponding Secretary From: BVARC on behalf of Mike Hardwick via BVARC Sent: Monday, January 8, 2024 8:24 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Mike Hardwick Subject: [BVARC] BVARC Awards Banquet - Update I want to let everyone know that even though it was a great effort, we did not meet the minimum for the caterer for the BVARC Awards Banquet. So at this time the banquet on the 18th is cancelled. For those members that paid via PayPal, their money will be refunded. Those that paid by check, the check will be mailed back to you. If you have not received your refund by the end of January, please send me an e-mail at n5...@att.net It is unfortunate about the cancellation but the banquet is not going away. Over the next few days a survey will be e-mailed to all members to see just what everyone would like to do for an awards banquet. The survey will only a few questions: 1. Would you like to have the banquet at a restaurant or have it catered?2. What type of food would you like to have?3. What day of the week would you like the banquet held?4. What kind of price range would be acceptable for you for the banquet - $15 to $20, $20 to $25, $25 to $30 or $30 to $35? Hopefully we can get enough responses in over the next few weeks so a new banquet can be held sometime in the last half of March. When you get the survey, please consider your answers carefully and constructively. Club members input is what keeps the club going. 73, Mike Hardwick, N5VCXPresidentBrazos Valley Amateur Radio Club713-826-6917 Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
Re: [BVARC] January 2023 BVARC Newsletter
Send paper Gerald Muller K9GEMUSN DSC (SW) Retired gmuller...@aol.com In a message dated 1/7/2023 4:52:40 PM Central Standard Time, bvarc@bvarc.org writes: Same here,Greg Stevens On Jan 7, 2023, at 3:13 PM, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote: gothcha Thanks Eddie On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 03:08:10 PM CST, Chris Luppens KG5BBF via BVARC wrote: You all can stop sending me printed version. From: BVARC On Behalf Of Eddie Runner via BVARC Sent: Monday, January 2, 2023 8:31 PM To: bvarc@bvarc.org Cc: Eddie Runner Subject: [BVARC] January 2023 BVARC Newsletter enjoy Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
[BVARC] 6 Meter beam
All The 6 meter beam is spoken for and has a home. Gerald Muller K9GEMUSN DSC (SW) Retired gmuller...@aol.com Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
Re: [BVARC] My first DX antenna : MFJ Ultra-Lite Off-Center Fed Dipole Antennas MFJ-2010
Good thinking Gerald Muller K9GEMUSN DSC (SW) Retired gmuller...@aol.com In a message dated 1/1/2022 1:35:30 PM Central Standard Time, bvarc@bvarc.org writes: Rick, I put up a 80 M OFCD from my chimney. I put the Balun on top of a 10 foot fiberglass rod strapped to my chimney top cover. That gets it to about 32 feet high at the apex of the inverted vee. So far no complaints from the HOA Gestapo. While it is visible from the street, it is vey unobtrusive, and just looks like a 4” X 4” box mounted to my chimney cover. If the HOA asks I plan to tell them it is an atmospheric monitor to make sure the air quality is good. Ron KE4DRF Sent from Mail for Windows From: Michael Giannaccio via BVARC Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2022 11:52 AM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Michael Giannaccio; r...@wannall.net Subject: Re: [BVARC] My first DX antenna : MFJ Ultra-Lite Off-Center Fed Dipole Antennas MFJ-2010 Hi Rick, Since I don’t have any personal experience with that particular antenna I can’t comment on the build quality. But I do have an OCF dipole with a 4:1 balun cut for the same bands in an HOA situation. Mine is at 25 feet and I’ve been extremely happy with its performance. My furthest SSB contact has been Bosnia on 20m. It’s no beam but it gets the job done! It’s been up for almost a year now and I’ve managed to avoid the HOAs attention. For mine I’m using black insulated wire with the balun hung from my 2 story chimney on a pulley and each leg of the dipole running to two trees. If you want to go super stealth I’d recommend building or purchasing a 4:1 balun and using some Davis RF poly stealth wire. It has a very high strength to diameter rating. https://www.davisrf.com/antenna-wire/polystealth.php If you feel that the MFJ is going to work for you I’d say go for it based on the reviews. If it ends up not suiting your home QTH, well, now you have a portable antenna! 73, Mike Giannaccio W5REZ On Jan 1, 2022, at 11:24 AM, Rick Wannall via BVARC wrote: I acquired a Kenwood TS2000 through this forum a few months ago, and have been browsing around for a first antenna. There are almost too many resources for discussion and recommendation, a very nice problem to have. Based on a number of comments, including remarks by Dave Casler in his Youtube channel, I’ve landed on this: MFJ Ultra-Lite Off-Center Fed Dipole Antennas MFJ-2010 I’m not exactly sure yet how I’ll get it 35 feet up, but that’s a problem regardless of which antenna, unless I go with a tower. Living under an HOA in a gated compound, I prefer to see if I can get by with just the wire and make that “inconspicuous”. If anyone has a strong conviction that this is just the wrong thing to start with, I’d love to know why and what you would recommend instead. Keep in mind, this is not the only antenna I will buy that, just the first. Thanks, all. Rick Wannall KG5ITH Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
Re: [BVARC] Gin Pole
Gus I have one that you can have. 12103 Crystalwood Dr Houston, TX 77013 713-455-8752 H 713-305-6922 C Gerald Muller K9GEMUSN DSC (SW) Retired gmuller...@aol.com In a message dated 2/3/2021 3:09:06 PM Central Standard Time, bvarc@bvarc.org writes: Hi, folks. I'm ready to install my Rohn 25 35' tower (10' sections). Does anyone have a gin pole I can borrow? Or, know anyone who has a gin pole? Thanks, Gus, K5GMB Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
