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Special uBITx deployed!


 

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Thanks to my friend Frans J69DS, freshly built uBITx radios were given to two well deserving young ladies on the island of St. Lucia yesterday.? They are part of the Youth On The Air (YOTA) movement on J6 and now you can listen for them on their own radios.? Getting the radios to them had its challenges but they are very happy to have them!? See attached pictures!? We have more radios to give away too!

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Very cool to have done that, congrats!
Perhaps once officialdom there sees how these first few units play out,
any future rigs will have clear sailing.
Considering the impact of the 2017 hurricane season on some of the other islands,?
they would do well to encourage ham radio in any way they can.?

Jerry, KE7ER


On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 01:47 pm, K9HZ wrote:

Thanks to my friend Frans J69DS, freshly built uBITx radios were given to two well deserving young ladies on the island of St. Lucia yesterday.? They are part of the Youth On The Air (YOTA) movement on J6 and now you can listen for them on their own radios.? Getting the radios to them had its challenges but they are very happy to have them!? See attached pictures!? We have more radios to give away too!

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Just out of curiosity, what are they going to do for antennas?? Do you modify the software so they can only transmit on frequencies legal in their license class and/or location?? I'm not trying to play hall monitor I am genuinely curious.


 

You guys are great! HAM radio operators are the best.

Randy


 

Nice!



On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:47:05 -0500
"K9HZ" <bill@...> wrote:

Thanks to my friend Frans J69DS, freshly built uBITx radios were
given to two well deserving young ladies on the island of St. Lucia
yesterday. They are part of the Youth On The Air (YOTA) movement on
J6 and now you can listen for them on their own radios. Getting the
radios to them had its challenges but they are very happy to have
them! See attached pictures! We have more radios to give away too!









Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ
PJ2/K9HZ



Owner - Operator

Big Signal Ranch - K9ZC

Staunton, Illinois



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Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ

Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I.

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Great work Bill!?


On Thursday, March 29, 2018, 3:47:25 PM CDT, K9HZ <bill@...> wrote:


Thanks to my friend Frans J69DS, freshly built uBITx radios were given to two well deserving young ladies on the island of St. Lucia yesterday.? They are part of the Youth On The Air (YOTA) movement on J6 and now you can listen for them on their own radios.? Getting the radios to them had its challenges but they are very happy to have them!? See attached pictures!? We have more radios to give away too!

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Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ

?

Owner - Operator

Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC

Staunton, Illinois

?

Owner – Operator

Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ

Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I.

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The government seems to be deaf to positive impact things like this.? They charged us almost as much as the radios in import tax.? They did the same thing when we wanted to donate a sea container of school supplies to the schools for the children.? ?My Lawyer there is the former speaker of the house and he doesn’t even understand it.? It’s getting harder and harder to do the right thing but I’ll just keep trying as long as I can.

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I usually think Its tacky to advertise stuff here I think but because it relates to benefit uBITx radio sales I’ll do it.? My wife and I own a Luxury Villa Vacation business in the Caribbean and we will shortly run a special where if you rent one of our properties and are a ham, we will donate a uBITx in your Call/Name to a deserving ham in the Caribbean.? You get to operate radio on your vacation too!?? Check out the ? ?link and follow that for more information.

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Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ

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Owner - Operator

Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC

Staunton, Illinois

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Owner – Operator

Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ

Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I.

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jerry Gaffke via Groups.Io
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 4:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Special uBITx deployed!

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Very cool to have done that, congrats!
Perhaps once officialdom there sees how these first few units play out,
any future rigs will have clear sailing.
Considering the impact of the 2017 hurricane season on some of the other islands,?
they would do well to encourage ham radio in any way they can.?

Jerry, KE7ER


On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 01:47 pm, K9HZ wrote:

Thanks to my friend Frans J69DS, freshly built uBITx radios were given to two well deserving young ladies on the island of St. Lucia yesterday.? They are part of the Youth On The Air (YOTA) movement on J6 and now you can listen for them on their own radios.? Getting the radios to them had its challenges but they are very happy to have them!? See attached pictures!? We have more radios to give away too!

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They use whatever they have!? Dipoles, purchased or donated beams, or they make their own beams out of scrap aluminum.? The software needs no changes as they have the same band privs as a US ham does except for the SSB segment of 40 meters which starts at 7.150.? A little less power as you climb in frequency too (10 meters).

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Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ

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Owner - Operator

Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC

Staunton, Illinois

?

Owner – Operator

Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ

Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I.

Rent it:

Like us on Facebook!

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Moderator – North American QRO Yahoo Group.

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email:? bill@...

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug W
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 4:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Special uBITx deployed!

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Just out of curiosity, what are they going to do for antennas?? Do you modify the software so they can only transmit on frequencies legal in their license class and/or location?? I'm not trying to play hall monitor I am genuinely curious.


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Very good. You can tell by the smiles on their faces.


 

Bill,
As your efforts to get more radios in more hands in the Caribbean expands it would be great to see them on If you or your grantees need help just send me the call and address or coordinates and I would be happy to add them.? It doesn't have to be a street address.? It can be a town or village or anything that shows up in google maps.


 

I have no idea what's going on in that particular corner of the world.
Rule of law, simple graft, pushback at outside money taking over the island, ...
But if it's mutable, maybe donate to some other island with sane policies.
Then get that action publicized across St Lucia, along with an explanation why.
If you're into making waves, and don't mind the likely blowback.


On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 03:47 pm, K9HZ wrote:
The government seems to be deaf to positive impact things like this.? They charged us almost as much as the radios in import tax.? They did the same thing when we wanted to donate a sea container of school supplies to the schools for the children.? ?My Lawyer there is the former speaker of the house and he doesn’t even understand it.? It’s getting harder and harder to do the right thing but I’ll just keep trying as long as I can.