[BVARC] Emergency Prep Tax Free weekend

2023-04-23 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
Friendly reminder that this is tax-free weekend for emergency preparedness supplies. More details in the link below: Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday

Re: [BVARC] FW: Equipment from Estate

2023-04-18 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
A lot of good stuff in those pics. A lot of Drake stuff. And I think every ham should be required to be in possession of at least one Roi-Tan cigar box. 73/AC5CM Typos brought to you by iPhone On Apr 18, 2023, at 17:33, Allen Brier via BVARC wrote:  Forwarding for K5RK Allen R. Brier N5XZ

Re: [BVARC] Postal Rates

2023-04-17 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
Hey scott, if you had bought enough forever stamps anytime since 2007, you would technically lock in your postage rate at that price (until you run out). :-) Typos brought to you by iPhone > On Apr 16, 2023, at 23:26, Scott Medbury via BVARC wrote: > >  > It has been announced that

Re: [BVARC] Antenna voodoo

2023-04-10 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
2023 at 9:38 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> wrote: Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org<mailto:BVARC@bvarc.org> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly availabl

Re: [BVARC] Antenna voodoo

2023-04-09 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
Sounds like he created an inverted Vee to me. Chris AC5CM Typos brought to you by iPhone On Apr 9, 2023, at 14:39, Christopher Boone via BVARC wrote:  Took a 40m dipole and put the ends together with a zip tie (so not connected) then hung it as a triangle?? You STILL have a dipole...now in

Re: [BVARC] Houston HamFest is over, lets have a little fun

2023-03-24 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
Youre in luck! I threw all my tickets away. I won 4 times at the hamfest. 73 Chris AC5CM Typos brought to you by iPhone On Mar 24, 2023, at 11:34, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote:  Houston HamFest is over, lets have a little fun River Oaks Car Stereo (a prize sponsor of Houston HamFest) Has

Re: [BVARC] extra exam.

2023-03-21 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
Yup. Balun is balanced to unbalanced. Also an un-un is unbalanced to unbalanced. There are antennas out there that require an un-un. i think a see-saw is the best example ive seen of a balancing unit. In the world of antennas, a balancing unit is not something ive ever heard of. Typos brought

Re: [BVARC] extra exam.

2023-03-20 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
Good evening Marc. Back in the day, there was novice, technician, general, advanced, and extra. Advanced was the hardest test. It was a very hard test. Because Advanced was, well, advanced, you didnt need to pass more code. You had the 13 wpm for the general and since extra was 20wpm code, the

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