Re: Ordered the 10th, no tracking number yet
?Dave --- I didn'thear anything until later in the day TODAY and I had ordered by paypal on the 9th....so I think you might have to wait another day or so.....and by the way, we have used your wonderful youtubes for Ithink THREE ham radio classes now in
Gainesville FL and we had FIVE people pass the EXTRA with your help this year....
gordon
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Re: ?BITX as a Tool for Recruiting New Hams
You are right, Will.?
Folks from the trades need to be trained on the craft of teaching.?
Sadly, many engineers/techies make poor educators....but when trained on how to properly teach they can be effective if they use the training. ?
Maybe that¡¯s the key. Give people from the trades some partial credit toward a teaching credential, for their technical prowess & experience in their field, but then require some compulsory training in educational matters.? 73
Werner, WB6RAW
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 16, 2017, at 5:49 PM, William Kimber < zl1tao@...> wrote:
I would just point out that in the local ZL news this week there
lamentations that a teacher qualification was needed.? Persons
with a lifetime of trade knowledge just were not able to teach.?
Even if there was shortage in the field of knowledge.
Cheers,
Will
ZL1TAO
On 17/12/17 14:43, Jack Purdum via
Groups.Io wrote:
Simon:
If you
read his first post, it was about reaching out to young people
and bringing them into the fold of amateur radio, and that
often means a contact with them at school. Both his and my
comments after that fell out from the initial thought, which
was very much in line with amateur radio. As to poking fun at
my country, not a good idea on your part. I had a summer home
in your country for over 30 years and we can discuss your
country's shortcomings if you wish to contact me off line.?
My
participation in this thread is done.
Jack,
W8TEE
Jack
You
come across as a smart guy.
This
is the best amateur radio forum on the internet,
bar none. One of the reasons it is so good is
that it is apolitical. If someone comes on the
forum prattling on about how he works at a
Christian institution, and he can teach even
though he is not qualified, and how the
education system in your country is paralyzed,
these are comments that have nothing to do with
amateur radio. This is an amateur radio forum. I
would also add that evangelical Christianity
appears to be tearing your country apart, with
its support for pedophilia and sexual assault
and racism re. Roy Moore, and I don¡¯t want to
read about someone's support for Evangelical
Christian institutions or their Evangelical
Christian beliefs on this forum. Regardless of
your country¡¯s tolerance for unfettered free
speech, which gives you the idiocy of the Ku
Klux Klan, Donald Trump, ¡°alternative facts,¡±
Birtherism, and an incomprehensible belief and
reliance on a Sky Boss, or Flying Spaghetti
Monster, or whatever else you want to call it,
this is an amateur radio forum, and It should be
devoted to amateur radio, and not an
individual¡¯s political or religious beliefs,
On
Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 5:04 PM Jack Purdum via
Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]>
wrote:
Simon:
I
think your comment is a bit harsh and 1)
I did not see it as a religious or
political comment, but rather in line
with my comments, and 2) this is a Forum
and not air waves regulated by the FCC.
Expressing one's opinion "off the air"
is a Constitutional right in the US
protected by the First Amendment.
Jack,
W8TEE
Subject:
Re: [BITX20] ?BITX as a Tool for
Recruiting New Hams
Please
keep your
political/religious
commentary off this forum.
It is not, as you should
know, being a licensed
amateur, appropriate to
discussions of amateur
radio. You should know it,
because it is a condition
of your license.
Simon
VE7SXS
Thanks, Jack. I have been working at
private, accredited
?Christian schools for
the pat 14 years and
they allow people from
colleges &
?industry to teach as
long as they show
"some progress towards
getting certified" as
a high school teacher
with the ACSI. That¡¯s
quite easy, really.
I
don¡¯t have a
teaching credential
either, just a BSEE,
extensive MSEE
course work and a
MaEd.
Sadly the public
school system is
paralyzed with this
thinking that a
teacher MUST have a
teaching credential
to teach. There
should be other ways
to become a public
school qualified
teacher.?
Warmly,
WERNER G
VAVKEN ? BSEE,
MaEd
STEM
Director
Rancho
Christian
School
-303-1408 ?x6157
Cell:
?
?408-375-6165
On Dec
15, 2017, at
8:53 AM, Jack
Purdum via
Groups.Io < jjpurdum@...>
wrote:
Werner:
That
is so cool! I
checked with a
local high
school when I
was in Indiana
about teaching
a ham radio
class as part
of the STEM
system. Even
though I have
a Ph.D. and 40
years of
university
teaching, I
was told by
the Principal
I was not
"properly
qualified" to
teach a HS
class in IN.
Maybe I should
try again, as
I now live in
OH.
Dennis
is a wonderful
person to work
with. I know
just enough EE
stuff to make
him tear his
hair out when
I ask a
question.
Still, he has
the patience
of Job and can
always frame
an answer I
can
understand...and
that's a?real?talent!
Thanks
for this
email...maybe
I can fool
some OH
administrators
into letting
me in the
classroom.
73,
Jack,
W8TEE
From:?WERNER
G VAVKEN < wernervavken@...>
To:?[email protected]?
Sent:?Friday,
December 15,
2017 11:42 AM
Subject:?Re:
[BITX20] ?BITX
as a Tool for
Recruiting New
Hams
Jack,
you are spot
on. It is
mission
critical to
get new hams
ACTIVE both on
the air
(including HF)
and also to
get them on
the road to
get their
hands dirty
building
hardware,
including
antennas.? The
uBitx is a
great way to
do this that I
will use next
month¡see
below. I
ordered 8 of
them and 8
plastic cases
from
BangGood.?
I
am a retired
EE with over
30+ years
experience in
designing
hardware and
radio systems
from audio
thru 40GHz.
Teaching is my
new passion. I
have been
teaching ham
courses (and
how to put
science
experiments on
the ISS) at
the high
school level
for over seven
years. My ham
classes
(disguised
with the name
Satellite
Tracking) is a
high school
level
?¡°science
elective¡± and
I offer it
over three
semesters to
allow students
to earn their
Tech, General
and Extra
class
licenses.
Doing it over
a 4+ month
period, for
each level, I
actually get
to TEACH the
relevant
material, have
students build
stuff and get
them on the
air. They also
learn a lot
about tracking
satellites.
Every
one of my new
ham student
¡°earns" an
Alinco DJ-G7
triband HT
?and an Elk
LPA Antenna to
track
satellites if
they pass the
Tech exam.
They also
build an
EggBeater
antenna I
designed and
presented at
recent
Pacificon
events,?
Next
Semester they
will each
build one of
the uBitx
transceivers
and a 40M
dipole and
they WILL get
on HF!
BTW,
Jack, we have
a mutually
close friend,
Dennis -W6DQ,
I manage the
Collins
Collectors
Association
West Coast
Friday night
NET on 3895 at
7PM. He is one
of my NET
control
operators for
that net!
Thanks
for all you do
for our Ham
Radio hobby
and, of
course, your
contributions
to this uBitx,
etc.
?
73¡¯²õ
WERNER
G VAVKEN,
WB6RAW
Cell:
408-375-6165
On
Dec 15, 2017,
at 8:24 AM,
Jack Purdum
via Groups.Io
< jjpurdum@...> wrote:
I
changed the
topic to
narrow the
focus. You're
right, Joe,
the social
media sites
have a lock on
young people.
My club gives
the FCC exams
every month
(except Dec.)
for free and
we always have
people show
up; sometimes
as many as
three dozen.
Most are going
for the Tech
license to get
their toe wet.
Then they buy
a 2M HT and we
never see them
again. I did
run into one
guy almost a
year later and
asked how he
was enjoying
his license.
He said: "I
haven't done
anything for
the past
several
months. It
doesn't even
let me do what
my cell phone
does." We need
to get Tech's
more than just
a small slice
of 10M in the
HF spectrum.
Otherwise, I
think they are
missing out on
90% of what
ham radio has
to offer. When
I was a
Novice, we had
small chunks
of HF (e.g.,
40M) to play
with. True,
you were
rock-bound and
limited to 75W
and CW, but I
spent almost
all of my time
on 40M.
Britain has
had more
success than
we have with
young people,
and I think
part of the
reason is
because they
give their
Tech-equivalent
hams small
slices of
spectrum on
all bands,
including HF.
They are
limited to 5W,
but at least
they can chase
DX. Other than
the rare
atmospheric
events, DX on
2M is a couple
of counties
away with the
HT that most
end up buying.
I look around
at my club and
I can almost
hear the
arteries
calcifying. I
can say that
'cuz I'm two
years younger
than dirt so I
know the aging
membership
issues quite
well. We need
some younger
members;
perhaps
younger than
those who are
recently
married and
starting their
families. The
real solution:
I don't know,
but there are
things we can
do. I have a
FB account,
but probably
use it twice a
year. I'm not
on Twitter. I
need to root
around there
for a while
and see what I
can do for the
cause.
Jack, W8TEE
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Re: ubitx cw listening width modification
Hi Brien --? ?
The filter width is set by a crystal filter.? ?The Raduino? (Arduino-controlled VFO)?does not produce the audio signal, so I don't think you would be able to introduce an audio digital filter within it.? ?
You could add an audio filter to the output (digital or otherwise)? or you could electrically alter the configuration of the crystal filter that sets the bandwidth.? ?My BitX40's only had 4 cystals (quite fewer than the uBitx) and appeared to me to have
a narrower bandwidth.? ?It is possible that you could use capacitors or wiring to bypass (or "pull" with capacitors/inductors) some of the cyrstals in the filter to make it narrower.? ??
That's the limit of my knowledge, perhaps others will offer better solutions.? ?
Thanks!
Gordon?
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In my quick read of the circuit description it says the same width for listening to SSB and CW, but that there is no reason the Arduino code could not be altered to provide a 500 hz bandwidth.
That would be absolutely required for me... I realize this is a fairly reasonably priced kit for what ALL it does, but I am very used to using 600 hz for general tuning around and? narrower at around 500 or 400 for QSO operation... if not narrow sometimes
in regard to band congestion... so am interested in what the CW ops might say on this topic re. operation.
Brien
VE3VAW
Toronto ON Canada
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Doug W <KD9CYF@...>
Date: December 9, 2017 at 5:28 PM
Thanks for all your work Ashhar.? Just ordered mine.
I don't know if it aired outside of the US but there is an old commercial for Lay's potato chips (crisps) that comes to mind...
?
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Re: Ordered the 10th, no tracking number yet
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On 17 Dec 2017 8:14 am, "KE0OG" < casler28@...> wrote: Oh, well. Some lucky folks who ordered the 10th already have their rig (see topic "Holy Fast Delivery Batman!"), but today is 16th, and no DHL tracking number. Still keeping my fingers crossed. I sent an inquiry via PayPal but got my hand slapped because PayPal was treating it as a complaint. I withdrew the inquiry. I have a BITX40 and am happy with it. Watch W5KUB's show at W5KUB.com on Tuesday evening at 7pm US Mountain Time. Ashar Farhan is scheduled as a guest. I'm also on the show. Looking forward to the new radio!
73, Dave, KE?OG
|
Ordered the 10th, no tracking number yet
Oh, well. Some lucky folks who ordered the 10th already have their rig (see topic "Holy Fast Delivery Batman!"), but today is 16th, and no DHL tracking number. Still keeping my fingers crossed. I sent an inquiry via PayPal but got my hand slapped because PayPal was treating it as a complaint. I withdrew the inquiry. I have a BITX40 and am happy with it. Watch W5KUB's show at W5KUB.com on Tuesday evening at 7pm US Mountain Time. Ashar Farhan is scheduled as a guest. I'm also on the show. Looking forward to the new radio!
73, Dave, KE?OG
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Re: Rugged Case Options?
#ubitx
Plus $6.50 for shipping...
|
Re: ?BITX as a Tool for Recruiting New Hams
I would just point out that in the local ZL news this week there
lamentations that a teacher qualification was needed.? Persons
with a lifetime of trade knowledge just were not able to teach.?
Even if there was shortage in the field of knowledge.
Cheers,
Will
ZL1TAO
On 17/12/17 14:43, Jack Purdum via
Groups.Io wrote:
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Show quoted text
Simon:
If you
read his first post, it was about reaching out to young people
and bringing them into the fold of amateur radio, and that
often means a contact with them at school. Both his and my
comments after that fell out from the initial thought, which
was very much in line with amateur radio. As to poking fun at
my country, not a good idea on your part. I had a summer home
in your country for over 30 years and we can discuss your
country's shortcomings if you wish to contact me off line.?
My
participation in this thread is done.
Jack,
W8TEE
Jack
You
come across as a smart guy.
This
is the best amateur radio forum on the internet,
bar none. One of the reasons it is so good is
that it is apolitical. If someone comes on the
forum prattling on about how he works at a
Christian institution, and he can teach even
though he is not qualified, and how the
education system in your country is paralyzed,
these are comments that have nothing to do with
amateur radio. This is an amateur radio forum. I
would also add that evangelical Christianity
appears to be tearing your country apart, with
its support for pedophilia and sexual assault
and racism re. Roy Moore, and I don¡¯t want to
read about someone's support for Evangelical
Christian institutions or their Evangelical
Christian beliefs on this forum. Regardless of
your country¡¯s tolerance for unfettered free
speech, which gives you the idiocy of the Ku
Klux Klan, Donald Trump, ¡°alternative facts,¡±
Birtherism, and an incomprehensible belief and
reliance on a Sky Boss, or Flying Spaghetti
Monster, or whatever else you want to call it,
this is an amateur radio forum, and It should be
devoted to amateur radio, and not an
individual¡¯s political or religious beliefs,
On
Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 5:04 PM Jack Purdum via
Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]>
wrote:
Simon:
I
think your comment is a bit harsh and 1)
I did not see it as a religious or
political comment, but rather in line
with my comments, and 2) this is a Forum
and not air waves regulated by the FCC.
Expressing one's opinion "off the air"
is a Constitutional right in the US
protected by the First Amendment.
Jack,
W8TEE
Subject:
Re: [BITX20] ?BITX as a Tool for
Recruiting New Hams
Please
keep your
political/religious
commentary off this forum.
It is not, as you should
know, being a licensed
amateur, appropriate to
discussions of amateur
radio. You should know it,
because it is a condition
of your license.
Simon
VE7SXS
Thanks, Jack. I have been working at
private, accredited
?Christian schools for
the pat 14 years and
they allow people from
colleges &
?industry to teach as
long as they show
"some progress towards
getting certified" as
a high school teacher
with the ACSI. That¡¯s
quite easy, really.
I
don¡¯t have a
teaching credential
either, just a BSEE,
extensive MSEE
course work and a
MaEd.
Sadly the public
school system is
paralyzed with this
thinking that a
teacher MUST have a
teaching credential
to teach. There
should be other ways
to become a public
school qualified
teacher.?
Warmly,
![]()
WERNER G
VAVKEN ? BSEE,
MaEd
STEM
Director
Rancho
Christian
School
-303-1408 ?x6157
Cell:
?
?408-375-6165
On Dec
15, 2017, at
8:53 AM, Jack
Purdum via
Groups.Io < jjpurdum@...>
wrote:
Werner:
That
is so cool! I
checked with a
local high
school when I
was in Indiana
about teaching
a ham radio
class as part
of the STEM
system. Even
though I have
a Ph.D. and 40
years of
university
teaching, I
was told by
the Principal
I was not
"properly
qualified" to
teach a HS
class in IN.
Maybe I should
try again, as
I now live in
OH.
Dennis
is a wonderful
person to work
with. I know
just enough EE
stuff to make
him tear his
hair out when
I ask a
question.
Still, he has
the patience
of Job and can
always frame
an answer I
can
understand...and
that's a?real?talent!
Thanks
for this
email...maybe
I can fool
some OH
administrators
into letting
me in the
classroom.
73,
Jack,
W8TEE
From:?WERNER
G VAVKEN < wernervavken@...>
To:?[email protected]?
Sent:?Friday,
December 15,
2017 11:42 AM
Subject:?Re:
[BITX20] ?BITX
as a Tool for
Recruiting New
Hams
Jack,
you are spot
on. It is
mission
critical to
get new hams
ACTIVE both on
the air
(including HF)
and also to
get them on
the road to
get their
hands dirty
building
hardware,
including
antennas.? The
uBitx is a
great way to
do this that I
will use next
month¡see
below. I
ordered 8 of
them and 8
plastic cases
from
BangGood.?
I
am a retired
EE with over
30+ years
experience in
designing
hardware and
radio systems
from audio
thru 40GHz.
Teaching is my
new passion. I
have been
teaching ham
courses (and
how to put
science
experiments on
the ISS) at
the high
school level
for over seven
years. My ham
classes
(disguised
with the name
Satellite
Tracking) is a
high school
level
?¡°science
elective¡± and
I offer it
over three
semesters to
allow students
to earn their
Tech, General
and Extra
class
licenses.
Doing it over
a 4+ month
period, for
each level, I
actually get
to TEACH the
relevant
material, have
students build
stuff and get
them on the
air. They also
learn a lot
about tracking
satellites.
Every
one of my new
ham student
¡°earns" an
Alinco DJ-G7
triband HT
?and an Elk
LPA Antenna to
track
satellites if
they pass the
Tech exam.
They also
build an
EggBeater
antenna I
designed and
presented at
recent
Pacificon
events,?
Next
Semester they
will each
build one of
the uBitx
transceivers
and a 40M
dipole and
they WILL get
on HF!
BTW,
Jack, we have
a mutually
close friend,
Dennis -W6DQ,
I manage the
Collins
Collectors
Association
West Coast
Friday night
NET on 3895 at
7PM. He is one
of my NET
control
operators for
that net!
Thanks
for all you do
for our Ham
Radio hobby
and, of
course, your
contributions
to this uBitx,
etc.
?
73¡¯²õ
WERNER
G VAVKEN,
WB6RAW
Cell:
408-375-6165
On
Dec 15, 2017,
at 8:24 AM,
Jack Purdum
via Groups.Io
< jjpurdum@...> wrote:
I
changed the
topic to
narrow the
focus. You're
right, Joe,
the social
media sites
have a lock on
young people.
My club gives
the FCC exams
every month
(except Dec.)
for free and
we always have
people show
up; sometimes
as many as
three dozen.
Most are going
for the Tech
license to get
their toe wet.
Then they buy
a 2M HT and we
never see them
again. I did
run into one
guy almost a
year later and
asked how he
was enjoying
his license.
He said: "I
haven't done
anything for
the past
several
months. It
doesn't even
let me do what
my cell phone
does." We need
to get Tech's
more than just
a small slice
of 10M in the
HF spectrum.
Otherwise, I
think they are
missing out on
90% of what
ham radio has
to offer. When
I was a
Novice, we had
small chunks
of HF (e.g.,
40M) to play
with. True,
you were
rock-bound and
limited to 75W
and CW, but I
spent almost
all of my time
on 40M.
Britain has
had more
success than
we have with
young people,
and I think
part of the
reason is
because they
give their
Tech-equivalent
hams small
slices of
spectrum on
all bands,
including HF.
They are
limited to 5W,
but at least
they can chase
DX. Other than
the rare
atmospheric
events, DX on
2M is a couple
of counties
away with the
HT that most
end up buying.
I look around
at my club and
I can almost
hear the
arteries
calcifying. I
can say that
'cuz I'm two
years younger
than dirt so I
know the aging
membership
issues quite
well. We need
some younger
members;
perhaps
younger than
those who are
recently
married and
starting their
families. The
real solution:
I don't know,
but there are
things we can
do. I have a
FB account,
but probably
use it twice a
year. I'm not
on Twitter. I
need to root
around there
for a while
and see what I
can do for the
cause.
Jack, W8TEE
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email and any
files
transmitted with
it are
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|
Re: ubitx cw listening width modification
In my quick read of the circuit description it says the same width for listening to SSB and CW, but that there is no reason the Arduino code could not be altered to provide a 500 hz bandwidth.
That would be absolutely required for me... I realize this is a fairly reasonably priced kit for what ALL it does, but I am very used to using 600 hz for general tuning around and? narrower at around 500 or 400 for QSO operation... if not narrow sometimes in regard to band congestion... so am interested in what the CW ops might say on this topic re. operation.
Brien
VE3VAW
Toronto ON Canada
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Doug W <KD9CYF@...>
Date: December 9, 2017 at 5:28 PM
Thanks for all your work Ashhar.? Just ordered mine.
I don't know if it aired outside of the US but there is an old commercial for Lay's potato chips (crisps) that comes to mind...
?
|
Re: ?BITX as a Tool for Recruiting New Hams
Simon:
If you read his first post, it was about reaching out to young people and bringing them into the fold of amateur radio, and that often means a contact with them at school. Both his and my comments after that fell out from the initial thought, which was very much in line with amateur radio. As to poking fun at my country, not a good idea on your part. I had a summer home in your country for over 30 years and we can discuss your country's shortcomings if you wish to contact me off line.?
My participation in this thread is done.
Jack, W8TEE
From: Simon Thompson <simonthompson67@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] ?BITX as a Tool for Recruiting New Hams
Jack
You come across as a smart guy.
This is the best amateur radio forum on the internet, bar none. One of the reasons it is so good is that it is apolitical. If someone comes on the forum prattling on about how he works at a Christian institution, and he can teach even though he is not qualified, and how the education system in your country is paralyzed, these are comments that have nothing to do with amateur radio. This is an amateur radio forum. I would also add that evangelical Christianity appears to be tearing your country apart, with its support for pedophilia and sexual assault and racism re. Roy Moore, and I don¡¯t want to read about someone's support for Evangelical Christian institutions or their Evangelical Christian beliefs on this forum. Regardless of your country¡¯s tolerance for unfettered free speech, which gives you the idiocy of the Ku Klux Klan, Donald Trump, ¡°alternative facts,¡± Birtherism, and an incomprehensible belief and reliance on a Sky Boss, or Flying Spaghetti Monster, or whatever else you want to call it, this is an amateur radio forum, and It should be devoted to amateur radio, and not an individual¡¯s political or religious beliefs, On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 5:04 PM Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote: Simon:
I think your comment is a bit harsh and 1) I did not see it as a religious or political comment, but rather in line with my comments, and 2) this is a Forum and not air waves regulated by the FCC. Expressing one's opinion "off the air" is a Constitutional right in the US protected by the First Amendment.
Jack, W8TEE
Subject: Re: [BITX20] ?BITX as a Tool for Recruiting New Hams
Please keep your political/religious commentary off this forum. It is not, as you should know, being a licensed amateur, appropriate to discussions of amateur radio. You should know it, because it is a condition of your license.
Simon VE7SXS Thanks, Jack. I have been working at private, accredited ?Christian schools for the pat 14 years and they allow people from colleges & ?industry to teach as long as they show "some progress towards getting certified" as a high school teacher with the ACSI. That¡¯s quite easy, really.
I don¡¯t have a teaching credential either, just a BSEE, extensive MSEE course work and a MaEd.
Sadly the public school system is paralyzed with this thinking that a teacher MUST have a teaching credential to teach. There should be other ways to become a public school qualified teacher.?
Warmly,
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WERNER G VAVKEN ? BSEE, MaEd
STEM Director Rancho Christian School
-303-1408 ?x6157 Cell: ? ?408-375-6165
On Dec 15, 2017, at 8:53 AM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io < jjpurdum@...> wrote:
Werner:
That is so cool! I checked with a local high school when I was in Indiana about teaching a ham radio class as part of the STEM system. Even though I have a Ph.D. and 40 years of university teaching, I was told by the Principal I was not "properly qualified" to teach a HS class in IN. Maybe I should try again, as I now live in OH.
Dennis is a wonderful person to work with. I know just enough EE stuff to make him tear his hair out when I ask a question. Still, he has the patience of Job and can always frame an answer I can understand...and that's a?real?talent!
Thanks for this email...maybe I can fool some OH administrators into letting me in the classroom.
73, Jack, W8TEE
Jack, you are spot on. It is mission critical to get new hams ACTIVE both on the air (including HF) and also to get them on the road to get their hands dirty building hardware, including antennas.? The uBitx is a great way to do this that I will use next month¡see below. I ordered 8 of them and 8 plastic cases from BangGood.?
I am a retired EE with over 30+ years experience in designing hardware and radio systems from audio thru 40GHz. Teaching is my new passion. I have been teaching ham courses (and how to put science experiments on the ISS) at the high school level for over seven years. My ham classes (disguised with the name Satellite Tracking) is a high school level ?¡°science elective¡± and I offer it over three semesters to allow students to earn their Tech, General and Extra class licenses. Doing it over a 4+ month period, for each level, I actually get to TEACH the relevant material, have students build stuff and get them on the air. They also learn a lot about tracking satellites.
Every one of my new ham student ¡°earns" an Alinco DJ-G7 triband HT ?and an Elk LPA Antenna to track satellites if they pass the Tech exam. They also build an EggBeater antenna I designed and presented at recent Pacificon events,?
Next Semester they will each build one of the uBitx transceivers and a 40M dipole and they WILL get on HF!
BTW, Jack, we have a mutually close friend, Dennis -W6DQ, I manage the Collins Collectors Association West Coast Friday night NET on 3895 at 7PM. He is one of my NET control operators for that net!
Thanks for all you do for our Ham Radio hobby and, of course, your contributions to this uBitx, etc.
? 73¡¯²õ
WERNER G VAVKEN, WB6RAW Cell: 408-375-6165
On Dec 15, 2017, at 8:24 AM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io < jjpurdum@...> wrote:
I changed the topic to narrow the focus. You're right, Joe, the social media sites have a lock on young people. My club gives the FCC exams every month (except Dec.) for free and we always have people show up; sometimes as many as three dozen. Most are going for the Tech license to get their toe wet. Then they buy a 2M HT and we never see them again. I did run into one guy almost a year later and asked how he was enjoying his license. He said: "I haven't done anything for the past several months. It doesn't even let me do what my cell phone does." We need to get Tech's more than just a small slice of 10M in the HF spectrum. Otherwise, I think they are missing out on 90% of what ham radio has to offer. When I was a Novice, we had small chunks of HF (e.g., 40M) to play with. True, you were rock-bound and limited to 75W and CW, but I spent almost all of my time on 40M. Britain has had more success than we have with young people, and I think part of the reason is because they give their Tech-equivalent hams small slices of spectrum on all bands, including HF. They are limited to 5W, but at least they can chase DX. Other than the rare atmospheric events, DX on 2M is a couple of counties away with the HT that most end up buying.
I look around at my club and I can almost hear the arteries calcifying. I can say that 'cuz I'm two years younger than dirt so I know the aging membership issues quite well. We need some younger members; perhaps younger than those who are recently married and starting their families. The real solution: I don't know, but there are things we can do. I have a FB account, but probably use it twice a year. I'm not on Twitter. I need to root around there for a while and see what I can do for the cause.
Jack, W8TEE
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Re: ?BITX as a Tool for Recruiting New Hams
Hey, Get Off of It!
Jack is a Real Nice
Guy!
Read His Books, read
his Emails.
Everyone Loves Jack in
Colorado!
Go find Political
Correct Folks to find your Friends.
We are NOT!
You are on the Wrong
Forum!
No MAS, Warmingly?
Mike, WA6ISP
On 12/16/2017 5:32 PM, Simon Thompson
wrote:
Jack
You come across as a smart guy.
This is the best amateur radio forum on the
internet, bar none. One of the reasons it is so good is that
it is apolitical. If someone comes on the forum prattling on
about how he works at a Christian institution, and he can
teach even though he is not qualified, and how the education
system in your country is paralyzed, these are comments that
have nothing to do with amateur radio. This is an amateur
radio forum. I would also add that evangelical Christianity
appears to be tearing your country apart, with its support for
pedophilia and sexual assault and racism re. Roy Moore, and I
don¡¯t want to read about someone's support for Evangelical
Christian institutions or their Evangelical Christian beliefs
on this forum. Regardless of your country¡¯s tolerance for
unfettered free speech, which gives you the idiocy of the Ku
Klux Klan, Donald Trump, ¡°alternative facts,¡± Birtherism, and
an incomprehensible belief and reliance on a Sky Boss, or
Flying Spaghetti Monster, or whatever else you want to call
it, this is an amateur radio forum, and It should be devoted
to amateur radio, and not an individual¡¯s political or
religious beliefs,
On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 5:04 PM Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
<jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote:
Simon:
I
think your comment is a bit harsh and 1) I did not see
it as a religious or political comment, but rather in
line with my comments, and 2) this is a Forum and not
air waves regulated by the FCC. Expressing one's
opinion "off the air" is a Constitutional right in the
US protected by the First Amendment.
Jack,
W8TEE
Subject:
Re: [BITX20] ?BITX as a Tool for Recruiting
New Hams
Please
keep your political/religious commentary
off this forum. It is not, as you should
know, being a licensed amateur,
appropriate to discussions of amateur
radio. You should know it, because it is
a condition of your license.
Simon
VE7SXS
Thanks,
Jack. I have been working at
private, accredited ?Christian
schools for the pat 14 years and
they allow people from colleges
& ?industry to teach as long as
they show "some progress towards
getting certified" as a high school
teacher with the ACSI. That¡¯s quite
easy, really.
I
don¡¯t have a teaching credential
either, just a BSEE, extensive
MSEE course work and a MaEd.
Sadly the public school system
is paralyzed with this thinking
that a teacher MUST have a
teaching credential to teach.
There should be other ways to
become a public school qualified
teacher.?
Warmly,
![]()
WERNER G VAVKEN ? BSEE, MaEd
STEM
Director
Rancho
Christian School
-303-1408 ?x6157
Cell:
? ?408-375-6165
On Dec 15, 2017, at
8:53 AM, Jack Purdum via
Groups.Io < jjpurdum@...>
wrote:
Werner:
That
is so cool! I checked
with a local high
school when I was in
Indiana about teaching
a ham radio class as
part of the STEM
system. Even though I
have a Ph.D. and 40
years of university
teaching, I was told
by the Principal I was
not "properly
qualified" to teach a
HS class in IN. Maybe
I should try again, as
I now live in OH.
Dennis
is a wonderful person
to work with. I know
just enough EE stuff
to make him tear his
hair out when I ask a
question. Still, he
has the patience of
Job and can always
frame an answer I can
understand...and
that's a?real?talent!
Thanks
for this
email...maybe I can
fool some OH
administrators into
letting me in the
classroom.
73,
Jack,
W8TEE
From:?WERNER
G VAVKEN < wernervavken@...>
To:?[email protected]?
Sent:?Friday,
December 15,
2017 11:42 AM
Subject:?Re:
[BITX20] ?BITX
as a Tool for
Recruiting New
Hams
Jack,
you are spot
on. It is
mission
critical to
get new hams
ACTIVE both on
the air
(including HF)
and also to
get them on
the road to
get their
hands dirty
building
hardware,
including
antennas.? The
uBitx is a
great way to
do this that I
will use next
month¡see
below. I
ordered 8 of
them and 8
plastic cases
from
BangGood.?
I
am a retired
EE with over
30+ years
experience in
designing
hardware and
radio systems
from audio
thru 40GHz.
Teaching is my
new passion. I
have been
teaching ham
courses (and
how to put
science
experiments on
the ISS) at
the high
school level
for over seven
years. My ham
classes
(disguised
with the name
Satellite
Tracking) is a
high school
level
?¡°science
elective¡± and
I offer it
over three
semesters to
allow students
to earn their
Tech, General
and Extra
class
licenses.
Doing it over
a 4+ month
period, for
each level, I
actually get
to TEACH the
relevant
material, have
students build
stuff and get
them on the
air. They also
learn a lot
about tracking
satellites.
Every
one of my new
ham student
¡°earns" an
Alinco DJ-G7
triband HT
?and an Elk
LPA Antenna to
track
satellites if
they pass the
Tech exam.
They also
build an
EggBeater
antenna I
designed and
presented at
recent
Pacificon
events,?
Next
Semester they
will each
build one of
the uBitx
transceivers
and a 40M
dipole and
they WILL get
on HF!
BTW,
Jack, we have
a mutually
close friend,
Dennis -W6DQ,
I manage the
Collins
Collectors
Association
West Coast
Friday night
NET on 3895 at
7PM. He is one
of my NET
control
operators for
that net!
Thanks
for all you do
for our Ham
Radio hobby
and, of
course, your
contributions
to this uBitx,
etc.
?
73¡¯²õ
WERNER
G VAVKEN,
WB6RAW
Cell:
408-375-6165
On
Dec 15, 2017,
at 8:24 AM,
Jack Purdum
via Groups.Io
< jjpurdum@...>
wrote:
I
changed the
topic to
narrow the
focus. You're
right, Joe,
the social
media sites
have a lock on
young people.
My club gives
the FCC exams
every month
(except Dec.)
for free and
we always have
people show
up; sometimes
as many as
three dozen.
Most are going
for the Tech
license to get
their toe wet.
Then they buy
a 2M HT and we
never see them
again. I did
run into one
guy almost a
year later and
asked how he
was enjoying
his license.
He said: "I
haven't done
anything for
the past
several
months. It
doesn't even
let me do what
my cell phone
does." We need
to get Tech's
more than just
a small slice
of 10M in the
HF spectrum.
Otherwise, I
think they are
missing out on
90% of what
ham radio has
to offer. When
I was a
Novice, we had
small chunks
of HF (e.g.,
40M) to play
with. True,
you were
rock-bound and
limited to 75W
and CW, but I
spent almost
all of my time
on 40M.
Britain has
had more
success than
we have with
young people,
and I think
part of the
reason is
because they
give their
Tech-equivalent
hams small
slices of
spectrum on
all bands,
including HF.
They are
limited to 5W,
but at least
they can chase
DX. Other than
the rare
atmospheric
events, DX on
2M is a couple
of counties
away with the
HT that most
end up buying.
I look around
at my club and
I can almost
hear the
arteries
calcifying. I
can say that
'cuz I'm two
years younger
than dirt so I
know the aging
membership
issues quite
well. We need
some younger
members;
perhaps
younger than
those who are
recently
married and
starting their
families. The
real solution:
I don't know,
but there are
things we can
do. I have a
FB account,
but probably
use it twice a
year. I'm not
on Twitter. I
need to root
around there
for a while
and see what I
can do for the
cause.
Jack, W8TEE
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Works even with five. I left the usb cable connected From the pc and switched off the dc suppy. Kill me, but it continued to receive at low volume. Last two days, i am operating if from a set of 8 AA cells in a case inside my own build. The rx so clean, but the tx is no joy, just 2 watts.? I threw an endfew (sota)tuner togethsr before setting out for kolkata (the new name of calcutta that was the old name before it became calcutta). The tuner.has worked wonderfully well, only on 40.? The. Dip is shallower than a qrp builder's pocket on 20m. - f
On 17 Dec 2017 6:39 am, "rf200655" < crf2@...> wrote: Some ? what is the voltage range of the receiver ?
Like to make my own Lifepo4 battery pack .
Where to get the best BMS ??
Who makes the best 26650 LFD cells? with tabs ?
Thanks Ray
KC4DYM
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#ubitx
Would be a great cottage industry venture. ?But... would need the hole cut for the display! de KG9H
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Some ? what is the voltage range of the receiver ?
Like to make my own Lifepo4 battery pack .
Where to get the best BMS ??
Who makes the best 26650 LFD cells? with tabs ?
Thanks Ray
KC4DYM
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Re: Allard's Capacitive touch keyer
Another great Idea!
Jack, W8TEE
From: Thomas Noel <tnoel@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Allard's Capacitive touch keyer
I've used the threaded inserts extensively in woodworking. The external threads are coarse and the body is short for the length - might be hard to get nuts on both sides. How about a chassis mount double banana plug jack (or two singles if the spacing needs to be precise). VERY strong and would allow electrical isolation from chassis. Insert two mini banana plug male for use, and remove them for travel. There are many male fittings that would work, or get creative and solder on a brass or copper paddle blade to each.   Tom Noel KF7RSF
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Re: Allard's Capacitive touch keyer
That's a great idea! I think I'll give it a try!
Jack, W8TEE
From: Willy <W1LY@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Allard's Capacitive touch keyer
Here is an easy light weight touch keyer I built using a couple of coins and a double Jack. I also have installed a jack for a paddle which disables the touch keyer. There is also a K1EL keyer in the radio with a rear jack but Allard's keyer works well. There are a few more switches and buttons on the BitX not in these pictures which make the face cluttered. I had no idea how? far this would go when I started with a pretty small form factor and then Allard got rolling and I added AGC and a SOTA Beams filter and the switches needed to choose different levels and also bypass them.Also added a 25 mm fan with a front panel LED on Xmit. I like to keep the radio as small as possible and HOPE I can add future features.? Trying to see the future when the microBitx gets here. 73 Willy
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Re: Allard's Capacitive touch keyer
Here is an easy light weight touch keyer I built using a couple of coins and a double Jack. I also have installed a jack for a paddle which disables the touch keyer. There is also a K1EL keyer in the radio with a rear jack but Allard's keyer works well. There are a few more switches and buttons on the BitX not in these pictures which make the face cluttered. I had no idea how? far this would go when I started with a pretty small form factor and then Allard got rolling and I added AGC and a SOTA Beams filter and the switches needed to choose different levels and also bypass them.Also added a 25 mm fan with a front panel LED on Xmit. I like to keep the radio as small as possible and HOPE I can add future features.? Trying to see the future when the microBitx gets here. 73 Willy
On Dec 16, 2017 2:33 PM, "Jack Purdum via Groups.Io" <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote: All:
I think it was yesterday that Allard told us about his capacitive touch keyer (CTK) and his Youtube video () demonstrating it. (There is also code for a CTK in the Projects book.) Allard's video shows just how cool this keyer is and how inexpensively it can be build. Some other posts have shown the QRPGuys mini keyer (which I also have and like very much) attached to a BITX. However, my new ?BITX is going to be moved around a lot and I worry about snapping off the mini keyer or snagging the "bolts" that Allard uses on something during my travels.
I haven't thought this through yet, but here's what I want to do: build a CTK using something like Allard's bolts, but have them slide into the case when not in use so there's nothing to "snag onto" during transport. Then, when I want to use the keyer, I "unlatch something" (?), pull the bolts (or whatever, since almost anything can be used) out, and I'm ready to go. That would make it less susceptible to snagging and breaking, plus a CTK reduces weight since you don't need a set of paddles. Ashhar's code for the ?BITX is only about 19K, so there'd be plenty of room in the code space and there are some free pins on the Nano. Right now, I'm just not sure of what's the best design for "hiding" the keyer's touch surfaces when in transport.
Ideas??
Jack, W8TEE
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Re: Allard's Capacitive touch keyer
Some time ago, Willy W1LY sent me some pictures of his solution, which I think is really cool. He uses coins as touch pads. The jacks on the front side are for normal paddles. If you plug them in then the capacitive touch sensors will be disabled.  
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Re: Allard's Capacitive touch keyer
The banana plugs could be a more elegant solution. ?Keep in mind threaded inserts for wood and metal are two different animals. ??
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Re: Allard's Capacitive touch keyer
I've used the threaded inserts extensively in woodworking. The external threads are coarse and the body is short for the length - might be hard to get nuts on both sides. How about a chassis mount double banana plug jack (or two singles if the spacing needs to be precise). VERY strong and would allow electrical isolation from chassis. Insert two mini banana plug male for use, and remove them for travel. There are many male fittings that would work, or get creative and solder on a brass or copper paddle blade to each.   Tom Noel KF7RSF
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Re: ?BITX as a Tool for Recruiting New Hams
Yes I agree that having to learn CW to play on 40 as a tech is a hard sell.??
Why not just allow them to use any digital mode or even phone at 100w in that part of the spectrum? (There may be good reason why not, I'm actually curious here..)
I did build an arduino based cw generator and decoded using fldigi. Only got as far as sending stuff across my house to myself, but it was a fun and relatively easy project.
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-------- Original message -------- From: "Jerry Gaffke via Groups.Io" <jgaffke@...> Date: 12/16/17 17:06 (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [BITX20] ?BITX as a Tool for Recruiting New Hams
A Tech licensee here in the US can do 200 Watts of CW out with a VFO on 80,40 and 15 vs the rockbound 75W max into the plate of our youth.? ?Not that I had 75W. Though CW at 5wpm with a straight key might be a hard sell for somebody who grew up on Facebook. Perhaps get them going with computer (Rasberry Pi or Teensy) generated and decoded CW? QRRS CW for some real DX, even on a marginal antenna?? ?? Jerry, KE7ER On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 08:24 am, Jack Purdum wrote:
We need to get Tech's more than just a small slice of 10M in the HF spectrum. Otherwise, I think they are missing out on 90% of what ham radio has to offer. When I was a Novice, we had small chunks of HF (e.g., 40M) to play with. True, you were rock-bound and limited to 75W and CW, but I spent almost all of my time on 40M.
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