[BVARC] -give the laid-back NAQP a try this weekend

John, I live in a HOA and USE wire antennas for HF. The band conditions were unusual for 80M. Signals were louder than normal and the band was heavily occupied; the MOST I have EVER seen! So much so I spent 2 hours calling stations I could hear. ENJOYABLE ---

[BVARC] Astron RS-50 Power supply for Sale

I'm selling my power supply, Aston RS-50 A, in excellent condition. Excellent review. No scratch like new. They were used for only six months. See the link below for the specs sheet. With the original box. Retail for $450+ Taxe. Selling prices: $275. ( Cash/Zelle) Pickup in Richmond, near FM 35

Re: [BVARC] Astron RS-50 Power supply for Sale

Well priced! Gary K5AMH On January 14, 2024 9:29:40 AM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: I’m selling my power supply, Aston RS-50 A, in excellent condition. Excellent review. No scratch like new. They were used for only six months. See the link below for the specs sheet. With the original box. Retail f

Re: [BVARC] Astron RS-50 Power supply for Sale

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Re: [BVARC] Selling APC ups 1500VA Battery Backup

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[BVARC] Banquet and Freeze

Perhaps cancelation is a blessing in disguise. Bayland is being opened as a Warming Center for the freeze by the City of Houston. A silver lining. 73 de Scott KD5FBA Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail

[BVARC] Seek AV help for the Hamfest Technical Presentations

One important and very positive aspect of the Greater Houston Hamfest has always been the quality of the technical talks and presentations. But, in order to put these on for the hundreds of interested attending hams we need some additional AV expertise (or at least an interested party to help m

[BVARC] Prompt action has been requested on a pending ARRL motion regarding the mailed copies of QST.

To: BVARC Reflector Recipients who are ARRL members, Note: There are 3 ARRL motions being considered, one of which is the "Gag Order."  This e-mail today only addresses the one regarding QST. If you are a member of ARRL and in the West Gulf Division, you received John Stratton’s(ARRL West Gulf D

Re: [BVARC] Recommendation for noise suppression?

I have only seen something close to this level of interference on 2m and that has been from some cheap LiFePo4 charger I got that was charging my 100Ah battery. But it was about 25% bars and it was about 30ft from my 2m antenna. It does happen a lot with chargers for various batteries like shop too

Re: [BVARC] Recommendation for noise suppression?

Can you save it as a jpg and attach it? I don't want to download a strange viewer just to see that picture. 🙂 73 John Denison KD5YOU On 1/14/2024 7:29 PM, Amal C. Phadke via BVARC wrote: Folks, I am hoping someone can give me pointers on suppressing annoying noise

Re: [BVARC] Recommendation for noise suppression?

I had an issue with noise recently and it was caused by the proximity of my laptop charging brick to my radio. You may want to start turning things off to see if you can eliminate the source of the noise. David Morefield Owner - Fluffyshotme Photography *da...@fluffyshotme.com * 281-960-5253 mo

Re: [BVARC] Recommendation for noise suppression?

Thanks a bunch for the quick replies. Through a truly bizarre coincidence, I can confirm (99.9% certainty) that the RF noise was from my neighbor’s outdoor soffit lighting. What happened was, a few minutes after I sent my original email about the noise, I went back to my shack to check the radio

Re: [BVARC] Recommendation for noise suppression?

John - the attached file was a JPG file. You should be able to open it using a built-in viewer (Windows, Mac, or Linux). 73, Amal - KT5AC -Original Message- From: BVARC On Behalf Of John Denison via BVARC Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2024 8:36 PM To: Amal C. Phadke via BVARC Cc: John Den

Re: [BVARC] Prompt action has been requested on a pending ARRL motion regarding the mailed copies of QST.

Thank you, John, for posting this. Your concise reminder helped me pay attention. As a life member, they gave me a choice about paper or not (I chose electronic). I didn’t realize they had taken paper away from others without waiting for renewal. I gave some time tonight writing a nice note to M