Re: [BVARC] Ham who is quite ill want to give equipment to the scouts

There are also some active scouters in the Katy club. I'll try to remember to pass this on to them. Jimmy Vance might also try. Between us, we might do it. On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 10:23 PM David F. Reed via BVARC wrote: > I got a message on my local American Legion Post email list, looking to

Re: [BVARC] Study material for the Extra exam

I upgraded to Extra at 68 years old. I used W4EEY's YouTube channel as my main study material. Rather than just learning the questions and answers, he and his crew actually taught me a lot of the material. On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 2:34 PM Rudolph Ackerman via BVARC wrote: > Looking to study for

Re: [BVARC] Study material for the Extra exam

It's not what you asked for, but I found the Youtube channel W4EEY extra class presentations to be extremely useful. I passed my Extra test last August after viewing them. I felt like I didn't only know how to pass the test, but I actually understood some of the material. On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at

[BVARC] Museum Ships Weekend

If you're planning on heading down this weekend, it might be a good idea to check on your route in advance, and possibly allow more time. This is from Transtar's twitter: Houston TranStar @houstontranstar

Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

20m 1/4 wave ground plane? The question mark is because of the hamsticks. If they were just 20 ft wires, I'd remove the question mark. On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 7:54 AM Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: > Vertical end fed? > > Typos brought to you by iPhone > > > On May 15, 2023, at 07:38, M Reiter v

Re: [BVARC] Fwd:

Bob, I find your question confusing. Maybe I don't understand. Do you mean hooking up your SDR Play as your receiver, and your Kenwood as a transmitter, working together and automatically switching? Barry Vanek bought a switching box to handle that. Or do you somehow mean plugging the SDR into

Re: [BVARC] HamFest IDeas and Discussion

More details about the upcoming meeting on the 28th, please. I attended part of the one 2 weeks ago, and I missed the end of it. I'm interested in databases/organizational tools but I'm also a team player. John KC9JLE On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:00 PM Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote: > Good Post R

Re: [BVARC] HELP WANTED: Apply within...

You go, Eddie! First, nothing changes if you don't try. Eddie's trying. Second, I've only been a ham since 2004-ish and for the longest time, I was pretty much the youngster at the various club meetings I went to, both in the St. Louis area and here in Houston. I was barely 50 back then. In th

[BVARC] QRP people still lunching?

The webpage makes it sound like AMSAT and QRP people meet at Pappas BBQ on Wednesdays. Is that still happening? If so, I might drop in next week. John, KC9JLE Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.o

Re: [BVARC] Building an FSD

Speaking as a data professional, I think we need to spend some time designing the results dataset. Plotting it can come later, and there appear to be several free 3d plotting programs out there. At first pass, it looks like the raw data collected will be 4 columns: Latitude Longitude Altitude Mete

Re: [BVARC] Inverter question

Manual? That's just crazy talk! Besides the manual, I'd check all the connections and test the batteries. Inverters usually have shutoffs when the input voltage is low or the current draw is too high. You need solid connections and large enough wire, hopefully a short run.. 2000 watts will be g

Re: [BVARC] Anybody interested in doing Cw on Tuesday or Thursday nights?

Check out CW Academy from the cwops group. They really want you to succeed, and they are constantly looking for ways to make learning more fun and productive. Unfortunately, I made a huge mistake in 2006 and learned CW using soundalikes, and now my character recognition is throttled. I'm gettin

Re: [BVARC] This is a link to Methodist to be put on their vaccine hub list for distribution of the vaccine

Not all counties are on that list; you may want to try Harris if you live in other nearby counties, like Waller. On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 7:37 AM John Brockus wrote: > https://www.dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/immunize/vaccine-hubs.aspx > > State of Texas by county > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 10:29

Re: [BVARC] This is a link to Methodist to be put on their vaccine hub list for distribution of the vaccine

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/immunize/vaccine-hubs.aspx State of Texas by county On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 10:29 PM john Parmalee via BVARC wrote: > > > Good evening, > > Here is a very quick update. This is a link to Methodist to be put on > their vaccine hub list for distribution of t

Re: [BVARC] ARRL Field Day Rules Have Been Modified

I was once a member of the Podunk Hollow radio club. http://www.w9aiu.org/index.php/homepage/our-history On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 8:35 PM Rick Hiller via BVARC wrote: > From John Stratton -- West Gulf Director ARRL > > Whether one views "May You Live In Interesting Times" as a curse or as a > dec

Re: [BVARC] Need advice

There's a whole community of people who live in their RVs, and they have some innovative solutions that allow them to run off the batteries, and simultaneously charge the batteries from a variety of sources using solar, generator, or shore power. I don't think they're cheap, though. But they look

Re: [BVARC] New -- Amateur Radio Mentoring Group

Will it be possible for a recording to be made available? ZOOM allows recording. I have a conflict with my CW Academy class. Thanks, John KC9JLE On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 6:34 AM Rick Hiller via BVARC wrote: > *A group of local Hams has put together a consortium, providing "Elmer" > assistance fo

Re: [BVARC] Update on Houston ECHO Society

As someone who's only recently getting back into the hobby, I would find it useful if you included more information about the club or organization. Website? What does ECHO stand for? What is the mission of the ECHO society? How is it different from BVARC? What sets it apart? Additional questions

Re: [BVARC] learning code the easy way

I followed up on this and found the paper they presented. Here's a link: https://www.cc.gatech.edu/~cseim6/SeimMorse.pdf I see some potential here because Passive Haptic Learning seems to be a parallel to the Law of Contiguity that the CWOps people use in teaching CW. Pity there's been no follow

Re: [BVARC] Eating Question -- Potential Radio Club Activity

Best? I don't want to argue about it. However, the Live Oak Grill at Dairy Ashford near 90 completely changed my mind about chicken fried steak. I grew up in the Midwest hating it. This place changed my mind with one meal. If there's a better place, I'd like to know about it. John KC9JLE On T