Re: A steal for Arduino Experimenters
May I suggest you buy "Beginning C for Arduino, Second Edition" by Jack Purdum. He is a member of this group.? I learned a lot from it.? I found mine on Amazon. -- Lee - N9LO? "I Void Warranties"
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Yes certainly the impedance is going to change as voltage is getting increased. A rule of thumb to calculate the impedance at the transiter's drain / collector is
Vcc squre / 2Pout so as Vcc i.e. supply voltage is almost getting doubled the
impedance is going to change
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 5:35 AM, <vu3dkk@...> wrote: Hi all,recently I saw an IRFP250 based push pull amplifier circuit.In that design they use 13.8V power supply, but I have a 27V(40A) supply in my bench.My questions are
1)Will the impedance of the amplifier change when changing the power supply?
2)If it changes.then how to calculate the load impedance of the amplifier,and thus how to design a new output coupling transformer?
(I am going to use this for 40m)
Thanks in advance ............73
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Re: A steal for Arduino Experimenters
I ordered and received the Basic Starter Kit from Bangood.? The kit, however, has no 'help' manual but a later post included a web address from Bangood to send for the free PDF starter guide.? That link did not work.? I wrote Bangood and, after two requests, received a 75mb zipped file.? I tried to unzip it and was given the message that the file couldn't be unzipped as it was corrupted.
Several requests to Bangood to send re-send the file have fallen on deaf ears.
So......has anyone received the PDF that could forward me a copy?? It would be greatly appreciated as this nubee needs all the help he can get in experimenting with the Arduino.?
Thanks,
Keith AG?H
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I doubt it's related.
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On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 05:54 pm, Bo Barry wrote:
Its gone now. Evidently linked to the free books confusion which has been deleted.
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Re: Need help understanding a line of code in ubitx_si5351.cpp (msxp2 = ...)
#radiuno
The SI5340 datasheet says a step size of 0.001 ppb? (parts per billion).
So if creating a signal at 440mhz, you can adjust it in steps of 440e6 * 0.001/1e9 = 0.00044 hz.
Better have a stable reference osc into the Si5340 to see that kind of performance.
An Si5351 on some serious steroids.
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Jerry, KE7ER
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resolution of ppb,
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Its gone now. Evidently linked to the free books confusion which has been deleted.
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Or my phone. When I reply to the group I get a popup for some winning or freebie that only has a OK exit.
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Re: Need help understanding a line of code in ubitx_si5351.cpp (msxp2 = ...)
#radiuno
I have no idea at what point phase noise will be an issue for the si5351 across?
the various modes of operation, be it SSB, CW, FM,? or digital.
I do know that it works to 200mhz, you can push it to almost 300mhz.
Phase noise and resolution of the si5351 will be 10x worse at 200mhz than at 20mhz.?
Bringing on an Si5340 would be a nice handy sledge hammer for prototyping,?
goes up to 1028mhz, resolution of ppb, and has very low jitter.??
Likely cheaper and lower power ways to do what you need, but it's a nice part.
Not many hobbyists are using it, you might be writing your own code, and that could get nasty,
The Si5338 is a bit cheaper, and lower performance.?
But better than the Si5351.
Again, you might be writing your own code.
Both cost a fair bit more than the $1 Si5351, and are surface mount with a bunch of pins.
Jerry
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On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 03:21 pm, Terry Morris wrote:
Both the question and the response/answer are intriguing to me. Mostly the answer. I don't comprehend most of the answer but I think I get the gist of it. Regarding the latter part of Jerry's conversation speaking about the Si5338, Si5340, and Si5341 is there any other downside other than the loss of about 1 w at 1.8v? I am presuming from your explanation of these devices that there is a positive advantage to using them, not only for 2 meter capability, but for better phase noise suppression and better crosstalk reduction. In an example that I might understand better, would using any of those 3 devices be like the performance difference between an analogue HW-9 and any of the modern commercial transceivers?
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Re: RF power chain mods and improvements..
¡°? There seem to be many combinations listed for that balun core for the turns and capacitor.I have seen capacitors listed from 33 pf to 330 pf. ¡°
Some with IRF510¡¯s, others with RD16¡¯s, and with different driver transistors and mods to the surounding caps and resistors. It¡¯s quite a tangle. I suspect the ideal cores and turns and, if needed, cap across the primary might be different for the different finals and might change depending on what they are being matched to on the driver side. So many possiblities. I check frequently to see what prgress has been made and thank the empiricists for trying what they had on hand and sharing the results. And hope Allison will get better soon.
jerry aa1of
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Re: RF power chain mods and improvements..
?Wow.....Kee's kits are an incredible list of projects.? ?I'm blown away by his productivity.? ? Perhaps when I retire I'll be able to do more kit building!!!
gordon
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Calculating the impedance, the transformer has to be closer to
1:2 for this device at 13.6V.? I use a ?BN61-002 and it seems to be the winner for me so far (more efficient than the 43 type material), but others have found that a 1:2 BD43-302 works ok too.? Doesn¡¯t heat up at full power and is extremely wide banded¡? You
should look at the references on Kees website (K5BCQ Kits) regarding his 20W RD16HHF1 transistorized amplifier.?? They will give you good information.
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Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Ralph Mowery
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2018 10:56 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BITX20] RF power chain mods and improvements..
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I have replaced the finals with the RD16hhf1 from RF Parts, capacitors across R 87,88,? feedback on finals to 1 K and the binocular output transformer.? I have seen several values of capacitors across the transformer
and tried a couple.? Right now I am using 150 pf .? I am using the 2 turns/ 3 turns on the output.
I take it from what you are saying, I should go from maybe 1 turn and 2 turns on the transformer ?? What value of capacitor do you recommend if I do that ?
Here is what I am getting now with the drive pot cut back some and either 250 or 300 ma for the bias, forgot which.
band? power? ?Amp ( 175 ma in the receive mode)
80? ? ? ?16 watts? ?3.4 amps
40? ? ? ?13.5? ? ? ? ?2.7
20? ? ? ? 8.5? ? ? ? ? 2.1
15? ? ? ? 7.0? ? ? ? ? 1.5
10? ? ? ? 8.7? ? ? ? ? 1.9
This was with an IFR 1200s and Fluke multimeter with 13 volts measured at the power connector on the circuit board .? The power supply is an Astron 50 amp.
Seems the efficiency is only about 35 % in rough numbers.
I do have a very large heat sink as the ubitx just fit in an old BUD box and I had originally cut a hole in the back so the original heat sinks would fit.
I do have a good electronic understanding in general, but not much experience with RF design.? I am more of a technician than engineer.? I bought this ubitx to play with and learn.? Thanks to Mr Farhan for the
design and kit.
Other than playing and learning with it, I plan on using it with some of the vhf/uhf converters off ebay from the Ukraine.? I have? a 2 meter one and it seems to receive very well.? Have not tested the transmit
yet as I am still modifying the ubitx.
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On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 10:49 AM, ajparent1/KB1GMX <kb1gmx@...> wrote:
>>R86 20uH added in series<<
Why 20uh?? something more like 3.3 or 4.7uh is more reasonable and avoids a self resonance
around 16mhz or so depending on the inductor used.
Also what is the input current at 80M and 10W (at 12.6v) it should be near 2A (1.9 to maybe 2.1)?
I found with a 2:3 transformer its was nearly 3A (poor efficiency) and with 2:4 it was also?
high 2.5A.? Poor efficiency show as heating in the finals.? High currents and low output indicate
the transformer is not doing the job likely due to load mismatch.
I'm not a fan of the plastic 2n2222 parts.? Every time I've used them instead of the metal
I got inferior results.? ?They just do not behave the same at higher currents at higher
frequencies.?
Soon as the stiffness in my hands subsides I'm back on the bench to do some testing.
Allison
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Re: RF power chain mods and improvements..
I didn¡¯t say there would be a lot of power, but it does work¡ and the most obvious answer is a fifth filter.
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Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ajparent1/KB1GMX
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2018 12:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BITX20] RF power chain mods and improvements..
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Ralph,
Ok 13.8V at 3A (allow about 450 for the relays and all) is 41W in and 16 out and that means
the rest is heat in the finals.? That efficiency is way low blow 35%.? For a push pull at HF
45% is the bottom (start looking for reasons) as id expect about 55%.? ?Granted it can vary
with frequency but usually it decreases with higher frequency.
The output transformer may be either not enough inductance, turns or wrong ratio.
you say your using IFR1200?? IFS that a service monitor.
William,
If I see power at 6M there is a problem!? ?Translation is that at 6M i'd expect the output
to be at least 30db down from 10M or the low pass filter is very broken.? Also the low pass
filter L1-L4 with associated caps is not working as the cutoff is around 35mhz.
The problem is with only 4 filters what cutoff frequencies can you use that allow sufficient
second and third harmonic suppression that includes 6M?? And Meet the VHF requirements..
Doing 6M with only 4 filters pretty much means giving up bands and likely then other issues?
come to the forefront.
Allison
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Re: RF power chain mods and improvements..
Calculating the impedance, the transformer has to be closer to 1:2 for this device at 13.6V.? I use a ?BN61-002 and it seems to be the winner for me so far (more efficient than the 43 type material), but others have found that a 1:2 BD43-302 works ok too.? Doesn¡¯t heat up at full power and is extremely wide banded¡? You should look at the references on Kees website (K5BCQ Kits) regarding his 20W RD16HHF1 transistorized amplifier.?? They will give you good information.
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Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralph Mowery
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2018 10:56 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BITX20] RF power chain mods and improvements..
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I have replaced the finals with the RD16hhf1 from RF Parts, capacitors across R 87,88,? feedback on finals to 1 K and the binocular output transformer.? I have seen several values of capacitors across the transformer and tried a couple.? Right now I am using 150 pf .? I am using the 2 turns/ 3 turns on the output.
I take it from what you are saying, I should go from maybe 1 turn and 2 turns on the transformer ?? What value of capacitor do you recommend if I do that ?
Here is what I am getting now with the drive pot cut back some and either 250 or 300 ma for the bias, forgot which.
band? power? ?Amp ( 175 ma in the receive mode)
80? ? ? ?16 watts? ?3.4 amps
40? ? ? ?13.5? ? ? ? ?2.7
20? ? ? ? 8.5? ? ? ? ? 2.1
15? ? ? ? 7.0? ? ? ? ? 1.5
10? ? ? ? 8.7? ? ? ? ? 1.9
This was with an IFR 1200s and Fluke multimeter with 13 volts measured at the power connector on the circuit board .? The power supply is an Astron 50 amp.
Seems the efficiency is only about 35 % in rough numbers.
I do have a very large heat sink as the ubitx just fit in an old BUD box and I had originally cut a hole in the back so the original heat sinks would fit.
I do have a good electronic understanding in general, but not much experience with RF design.? I am more of a technician than engineer.? I bought this ubitx to play with and learn.? Thanks to Mr Farhan for the design and kit.
Other than playing and learning with it, I plan on using it with some of the vhf/uhf converters off ebay from the Ukraine.? I have? a 2 meter one and it seems to receive very well.? Have not tested the transmit yet as I am still modifying the ubitx.
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On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 10:49 AM, ajparent1/KB1GMX <kb1gmx@...> wrote:
>>R86 20uH added in series<<
Why 20uh?? something more like 3.3 or 4.7uh is more reasonable and avoids a self resonance
around 16mhz or so depending on the inductor used.
Also what is the input current at 80M and 10W (at 12.6v) it should be near 2A (1.9 to maybe 2.1)?
I found with a 2:3 transformer its was nearly 3A (poor efficiency) and with 2:4 it was also?
high 2.5A.? Poor efficiency show as heating in the finals.? High currents and low output indicate
the transformer is not doing the job likely due to load mismatch.
I'm not a fan of the plastic 2n2222 parts.? Every time I've used them instead of the metal
I got inferior results.? ?They just do not behave the same at higher currents at higher
frequencies.?
Soon as the stiffness in my hands subsides I'm back on the bench to do some testing.
Allison
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Hi all,recently I saw an IRFP250 based push pull amplifier circuit.In that design they use 13.8V power supply, but I have a 27V(40A) supply in my bench.My questions are
1)Will the impedance of the amplifier change when changing the power supply?
2)If it changes.then how to calculate the load impedance of the amplifier,and thus how to design a new output coupling transformer?
(I am going to use this for 40m)
Thanks in advance ............73
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Re: Need a Customs Form for import of Kees AGC and Pop-Thump kits into Canada. Can anybody let me know off-line?
#ubitx-help
Dana, You do not need any custom declaration. Order your kits from Kees following the instructions in the file section, pay and wait. I ordered in the past from Kees and I have received the goods without paying any extra taxes. -- Ion
VA3NOI
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Re: Receive FM Radio Station
#bitx40
I just searched this forum for Baofeng, got dozens of hits from people using it with *Bitx* rigs. Here's one of many threads:? /g/BITX20/topic/4554574The microphone element is electret, just like the element suppied with the *Bitx*. If the Baofeng element doesn't sound quite right, could patch in the one supplied with the rig. Such a tiny speaker is bound to be a compromise, I wouldn't expect much from that. The PTT switch arrangement looks pretty good, that alone is well worth $3. Some of the Baofeng mikes on ebay are apparently even cheaper cones, there are some differences. There is a bunch of stuff in that mike you don't need. I'd replace the cable, using one with 3 wires for ground, ptt, and mike into a 3.5mm phone jack. The ground goes to the ground side of the mike, also to one side of the ptt switch. And of course the mike wire goes to the other side of the mike, the ptt wire goes to the other side of the ptt switch.
On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 01:33 pm, Mike aka KC2WVB wrote:
I just googled the Baofeng speaker. I see it is a combination microphone/speaker that is probably used on VHF portables.
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Re: RF power chain mods and improvements..
Allison,
20uH at R86 for no other reason than parts availability and mindless pursuit of even power output across the bands. I will measure efficiency tonight but suspect it is terrible as finals get hot. Suspect the transformer inductance is too low also as I first noticed this after changing the transformer.
73
Simon VK3ELH
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Re: Need help understanding a line of code in ubitx_si5351.cpp (msxp2 = ...)
#radiuno
Both the question and the response/answer are intriguing to me. Mostly the answer. I don't comprehend most of the answer but I think I get the gist of it. Regarding the latter part of Jerry's conversation speaking about the Si5338, Si5340, and Si5341 is there any other downside other than the loss of about 1 w at 1.8v? I am presuming from your explanation of these devices that there is a positive advantage to using them, not only for 2 meter capability, but for better phase noise suppression and better crosstalk reduction. In an example that I might understand better, would using any of those 3 devices be like the performance difference between an analogue HW-9 and any of the modern commercial transceivers?
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 3:24 PM, Jerry Gaffke via Groups.Io <jgaffke@...> wrote: When I wrote the si5351bx code I had the Bitx40 in mind, and was testing for a high side vfo of 19mhz.
As I recall, that code was accurate to within something a bit worse than 0.1hz for arbitrary frequencies at 19mhz.
On the uBitx, our VFO can be as high as 30+45 mhz.?
We lose accuracy as the frequency goes up, but the uBitx should still tune correctly to within 1 hz or so.
If accuracy is an issue, you probably want to put that 25mhz reference in an oven before worrying about the calculations.
Easy enough to set these calculations up on a full blown computer somewhere, do a comparison
between the fractional math of the si5351bx_setfreq() routine and something more straightforward
in double precision floating point.
As I recall, the si5351bx code held it's own, accuracy got a little bit better with floating point but not by much.
There's only so much precision the si5351 can give us with those 20 bit registers for b and c.
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Another factor is phase noise, as we go up in frequency that becomes more of an issue.
I have no way to measure it, and?no idea at what point it's a problem for the various transmission modes.?
There might be minor improvements to be had with regard to si5351 phase noise.? Going to an integer mode
pll msynth divide might help a little bit but I doubt it would be anything like a factor of two.? Some weird stuff
going on with SiLab's ClockBuilderPro, it doesn't seem to bother with integer mode but does an exhaustive
hunt for low b values in the (a+b/c) selection.? I assume that is done to minimize phase noise.
There's some loose talk here about extending the uBitx to 2m and beyond.
If that takes off we may want to consider a Raduino using the si5338.
Better phase noise figures, better precision, reduced crosstalk, can hit much higher frequencies.
If you want to go crazy, there's the si5340/si5341.??
Goes even higher in freq, lower in phase noise, has an spi bus option for much faster load times.
Primary downside is that it burns a watt or so of 1.8v.
Jerry, KE7ER
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 10:23 am, David Feldman wrote:
(picking this up from a few weeks ago...)
One follow-up question regarding overflow avoidance method in the SI5351 divider calculation: What is the minimum frequency step size obtained with the ubitx si5351 driver (that is, can you tune a ubitx with 1 Hz steps, or more, or less granular?
Does the pre-shifting code in the driver impact frequency resolution (does it throw away some bits of the desired target frequencies?)
Thanks,
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Instruction Manual needs revision
#ubitx
How do members feel about a revision of the "MBITX -- WIRE UP" and "MBITX TUNEUP" documents available from HF Signals?? I found the information a bit difficult to understand and the photos grainy and poorly lit.? Additional drawings would help.? There are several errors, too, that need correction.? Newcomers to kit building might have a tough time. ? As a former technical writer and circuit designer, I volunteer to help.? I can produce publication-quality photos, too.? Is Ashhar Farhan in control of the manual, or someone else?
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Jon Titus, KZ1G
Herriman, UT USA
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I used a 22 uH and 270 pF caps and I get 10 watts 80 thru 20m, declining smoothly to 5 watts on 10m.
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Re: ardurino tutorials and books
David
You have not been banned.? The group did discus what action should be taken, but the
only action thus far has been to remove your post from the archives.
Members of this group include several authors who have written books that are protected
by copyright, and are rightfully concerned about the various FREE-Book sites that are
stealing from authors by giving away free copies of their work.? The site you posted is
one of those sites which apparently does not care if the book is under copyright or not.?
As a long-time ham you should be aware that the post was questionable.? This group is
reasonably forgiving of mistakes.? Unless there is a further problem this item is closed.
Arv
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On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 12:41 PM david todd via Groups.Io <kg9rb= [email protected]> wrote: Arv,
I did a Google Search for this site. Maybe I should never tried being a good guy. If there are problems with the books then google should not list them. I submitted this site for info and help for hams like myself who asked for help learning about ardurinos and no answer. Some who are quick to burn someone for honestly trying to do good sounds like a left liberal always trying to find something wrong with the good unless theyhad a hand with it.
Well sorry. I guess I'm not worthy of being on this fourm. I've been a ham for over 35 years. And in that time I always tried to pass on good info, suggestions etc to HELP MY FELLOW HAM. im still going to deal with ashlar by buying several rigs off him and helping beginning hams get on the air cheap. Obviously you and a few others don't like someone trying to help. If I did something wrong, I haven't a clue. If, I guess some books on that site shouldn't be, then google and others need to ban it.the authors need to have them removed.? Guess no one complains when they download ham radio e-books or magazines that are offered. I will cancel my account because this will make u happy. Just another of the many fourms I belong to. One less won't bother me a bit. Ur attitudes remind me of the fake witch hunt going on with our great president. Only if it serves your purposes.
Guess I won't try to help any ham on fourms like this again. Shame I bet u have the same attitudes towards cbers who try to convert to ham radio. So quick to ban me for honestly trying to help. No malice, no slide of hand, no sneaky business.
Yes I will ban myself since the king has spoken, ur probably some who bicker on this fourm alot. U can have it. I will deal with ashhar directly by email. You don't control ham radio as a whole. That is the problem today high do something wrong even by mistake, ur spied on, banned or excluded.
Wow hey ever thought of emailing me directly and explaining what I might have supposedly done wrong?
Guess if a noobee was to send too many Cqs while attempting his first transmission u would make him quit for his outrageous mistake.
I have 4 more rigs to buy and I won't bother anyone here about it. Shame. We are ashhars customers, not urs.
Anyway I'm gone, sorry for any mistake. Back on the bands with qrpp cw.
Ka9koj
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On Sun, 5/27/18, Paul Schumacher via Groups.Io <wnpauls=[email protected]> wrote:
?Subject: Re: [BITX20] ardurino tutorials and books
?To: [email protected]
?Date: Sunday, May 27, 2018, 4:44 PM
? ? ? ? ? ? ?I agree, we should not ban anyone who makes
?an honest mistake.
?(I would have
?been banned a long time ago).?
?My
?college students thinks it is perfectly okay to steal
?software, and we
?try to guide
?them? to the right way.? (They will be writing software
?that theydo not want to be stolen).? They just
?need to see it differently.? It is part ofthe
?internet? culture that needs work!
?Paul K0ZYV
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?On Sunday, May 27, 2018, 2:23:12 PM
?CDT, Roy Appleton <twelveoclockhigh@...> wrote:
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?No he
?should not be banned!
?RoyWA0YMH
?On Sun, May 27, 2018, 12:06 PM Arv Evans <arvid.evans@...>
?wrote:
?The message containing that
?free book URL has been deleted.? Of course that does not
?eliminate the message copies
?that have already been sent to subscribers.? The person
?who posted the message seems to
?be a relatively new ham, and one who is new to this
?group.? This situation raises
?some questions...should the person who sent the FREE Books
?URL be banned from ??
??Some of the books on their
?list are self-published documents that were probably
?rejected
?by mainstream publishing
?houses.? Some obviously originated in countries that do not
?have copyright or other
?document protection laws.? Some are actually advertisements
?and
?political or personal agendas in the
?guise of free books.? And a few seem to be copies of
?legitimate books.? ?
?Arv? K7HKL
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?On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 9:33 AM Bo Barry <bobarr@...>
?wrote:
?Ain't giving my credit card
?number to something that says it's free.
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Lee
Satish Chandorkar
K9HZ
Ion Petroianu, VA3NOI
Terry Morris