Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

Hello! I'm a newbie member. I took the general test in November as I remember with your great team. I'd like to come to this. It will be my first event with y'all. Is it members/spouses only or can I let others know about it? I ask because I know others who have licenses, but no practical exper

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

By all means let anybody you know about the event. All is welcome. On Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 8:44 AM Dan Donalson KI5YXK via BVARC wrote: > Hello! I'm a newbie member. I took the general test in November as I > remember with your great team. I'd like to come to this. It will be my > first event with

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

Thank you. I have a dear friend/x employee I’ll invite.Sent from my iPhoneOn Feb 24, 2024, at 08:57, anthony moro via BVARC wrote:By all means let anybody you know about the event. All is welcome.On Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 8:44 AM Dan Donalson KI5YXK via BVARC wrote:H

Re: [BVARC] Antenna prewire house

John is correct... Have a read of ARRL Publication by *H. Ward Silver, N0AX, Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur * *and * *The Radio Hotel in the BVARC Beacon Sept 2023 Conductors for Grounding *written by the folks at Georgia Copper. find it on the BVARC.org Tech Pages at https://

Re: [BVARC] Antenna prewire house

Use braided copper for bonding but minimum AWG6 wire for external grounding and lightning protection. Every single ground system in the N0AX book suggests wire not braid. The two are totally different animals From: BVARC on behalf of Rick Hiller via BVARC Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024 a

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

Won’t be able to make it this time due to medical issues. Did a POTA at Stephen F Austin last week. Made 20 contacts. Will try to contact tonight on 40m. What time?Hoping to come to the Ham Fest but that is up in the air right now. Have to see how I progress.David KKI5TEBSent from my iPadOn Feb 24,

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

Don’t forget about the pre- POTA rag chew tonight on 40 mSent from my iPhoneOn Feb 24, 2024, at 11:55 AM, David Kunetka via BVARC wrote:Won’t be able to make it this time due to medical issues. Did a POTA at Stephen F Austin last week. Made 20 contacts. Will try to contact tonight on 40m. What ti

Re: [BVARC] Antenna prewire house

The type of wire is not important in bonding applications. The object of bonding is to prevent potential voltages from 2 different grounds. In the event of a lightning strike, you want all grounding systems to be at the same potential. This relates to safety & equipment protection, not RF groun

Re: [BVARC] Antenna prewire house

Totally agree and it’s vital to measure the grounding resistance, both my positions (station and electrical service are linked but 300ft apart) are sub 1 ohm which is well below code. All my bonding inside in the shack leads to a common grounding copper bus bar with braided copper cables to each

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

The bride and I plan to head that way after church-AndreKJ5EJCOn Feb 23, 2024, at 11:34 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC wrote:Hello all,Here's another reminder that we will be going to Brazos Bend State Park this  Sunday February 25th doing Parks On The AIr (POTA). If you're interested in participating

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

Good afternoon all. This evening on 40m at 8pm I will attempt to make contact with whomever answers my call. I am camping at the park and with good band conditions I am planing to have a little rag chew on or near 7.265 assuming the frequency is available. I will send another email once I have clai

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

7.271Regards,Sean - N5LNKOn Feb 24, 2024, at 5:06 PM, Sean - N5LNK wrote:Good afternoon all. This evening on 40m at 8pm I will attempt to make contact with whomever answers my call. I am camping at the park and with good band conditions I am planing to have a little rag chew on or near 7.265 assu

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

Not hearing your on 7.271 Rudy Ackerman 281 460 7384 On Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 08:05:12 PM CST, Sean - N5LNK via BVARC wrote: 7.271 Regards, Sean - N5LNK On Feb 24, 2024, at 5:06 PM, Sean - N5LNK wrote:  Good afternoon all. This evening on 40m at 8pm I will attempt to ma

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

I’ve been getting reports that local stations can’t hear me. I was able to contact one station just south of Tyler Texas so it might look like local 40 m is not doing well.Regards,Sean - N5LNKOn Feb 24, 2024, at 8:08 PM, Rudolph Ackerman wrote:Not hearing your on 7.271Rudy Ackerman 281 460 7384

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

I am monitoring 7.271 Mike KK5SC Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device Original message From: Sean - N5LNK via BVARC Date: 2/24/24 8:12 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Rudolph Ackerman Cc: Sean - N5LNK , BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB , Kori Rahman Subject: Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA t

Re: [BVARC] REMINDER: POTA this Sunday!

Well we tried. There is now a broadcast station on frequency. Regards,Sean - N5LNKOn Feb 24, 2024, at 8:13 PM, mike.williams shopjubilee.com wrote: I am monitoring 7.271 Mike KK5SC  Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device Original message From: Sean - N5LNK via BVA

Re: [BVARC] Antenna prewire house

It would seem to me the fast rise time of the lightning pulse makes it similar to any RF good practice concernsthe safety ground path should have low inductive reactance, not just low resistance. It also seems to me that skin effect resistance of braided strap may be lower than the skin effec