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Rainy Saturday Tape Measure Foxhunt Yagi

randyn1sp@... (N1SP) — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:45:11 -0700

I was getting very tired of my beat up, kinked tape measure when an article I had read a long time ago came to mind:

Build it: 2 meter Tape Measure Yagi Beam Antenna - KB9VBR Antennas

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I had the tape measure, a piece of 3/4" PVC pipe, hose clamps, coax, solid wire- all I needed was the PVC Tee and Cross Unions. A trip to Home Depot and 2 1/2 hours and the antenna was born.聽

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Please note in the picks that the director element is indeed shorter than the driven and reflector elements- the camera angle makes it look longer!

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I haven't put it on an analyzer yet but have confidence that it will be close. I also ordered a $10 rf attenuator kit from 3rd Planet Solar to build as a mounted addition to the antenna. Fox Hunt Offset Attenuator - 3rd Planet Solar / KC9ON

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Re: Great DX Conditions!

nk2u@... (Roland Stiner) — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:30:21 -0700

Nice!聽 I'll probably get on soon.

73,

Roland Stiner, NK2U

On 3/18/2025 9:23 AM, N1SP via groups.io wrote:

Re: Great DX Conditions!

w1bvt@... (william clark) — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:25:34 -0700

Nice

Great DX Conditions!

randyn1sp@... (N1SP) — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:23:41 -0700

I just worked Thailand on 12 meter CW, 100 watts and a wire doublet. And it was well past greyline/sundown at his QTH.

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10, 12, and 15 have been in great shape!

SOVARC Newsletter Email List

randyn1sp@... (N1SP) — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 07:18:51 -0700

Good morning all!

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I am attaching the current list of folks that receive the SOVARC Newsletter.

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If you see any errors, additions or deletions, please let me know. We don't want anyone to miss out.

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Thanks and 73,

Randy

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SOVARC ARES NET 3/10/2025

w1bvt@... (william clark) — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:48:58 -0700

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聽聽 SOVARC聽聽ARES NET聽 7PM聽

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NET CONTROLER

聽 BOB聽 KB1NFQ

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START 21:00聽聽聽END聽 21:24

Regular check IN聽 4

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W1BVT聽聽聽聽Bill

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WA1NBU聽聽Chuck

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K2IIR聽聽聽聽聽 ART

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HF Digital ARES/RACES Net

randyn1sp@... (N1SP) — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:45:38 -0800

I had mentioned this on the ARES net, but as a reminder this weekly net and YouTube session will begin tonight. I encourage anyone who is interested to join in.

The original invitation follows:

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Hello;

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This is an invitation for Vermont and regional amateurs to get some weekly practice setting up and using "FLDigi" to send and receive text and files over the radio.

Text and standard formatted messages are useful for emergency communications, plus, the ability to use FLDigi opens up scores of interesting digital modes.

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The net will occur weekly at聽7pm Eastern, Wednesday evenings on 80m 3.570Mhz using THOR22.

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Simultaneously, there will be a Zoom meeting:聽聽

https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88089907163?pwd=L9IiblvWNZgtitSQTaAUtU8KvsmNol.1

Meeting ID聽880 8990 7163

Passcode

spCA7P

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Our focus聽initially will be to establish keyboard to keyboard communications, using the basic FLDigi application.

We will use the Zoom meeting to help folks get their set-ups working.

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The net will use 3.570 Mhz and THOR22 to start with, because it is part of our聽"Communications Down Scenario & Self-Activation"聽procedure, see page 8 of the聽Vermont RACES-ARES Comms Plan.聽聽For a current copy of the plan, it can be found on our聽groups.io聽webpage "Files" section:聽

https://vt-ares.groups.io/g/main/files

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Over time, as we learn our way through this, we will explore other components of the FLDigi software suite, such as FLmsg, as well as other modes available in FLDigi.

We can also explore other software packages as well, such as "AndFlmsg", for Android/smartphone depending on participant interest.

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Please feel free to contact me if you have any comments or questions regarding this net.

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Thanks;

- John Colt

NV1Y

Re: Club Equipment

randyn1sp@... (N1SP) — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:42:58 -0800

Thanks Art,

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I may like to borrow the ground rod driver this spring. (If spring ever comes!)

Club Equipment

k2iir@... — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:39:58 -0800

SOVARC Club Property

聽聽聽聽I have the club's Grounding Rod Driver in case a needs it.

Personal equipment/tools available聽to loan to CLUB MEMBERS

聽聽聽200 watt HD Soldering Iron

聽聽聽Pole Pruner/Saw聽 (useable for branches 12ft high

聽聽聽Rope Chain Saw聽 (useable for cutting branches/limbs up to 25ft high)

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Re: VOACAP Propagation Predictions

randyn1sp@... (N1SP) — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:35:07 -0800

Re: VOACAP Propagation Predictions

nk2u@... (Roland Stiner) — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:33:50 -0800

Got the attachment and looked it over.聽 Opened the site.聽 I've been there before.聽 Looks good; nice work.

Roland Stiner, NK2U

On 2/19/2025 11:13 AM, N1SP via groups.io wrote:

VOACAP Propagation Predictions

randyn1sp@... (N1SP) — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:13:59 -0800

Greetings all,

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I just finished the writeup for the presentation that I will be giving at our club meeting on the 26th. I thought I might give you a "sneak preview" here on the groups page in hopes you may review and provide any comments/ suggestions if you wish- that is what the group is for! Just click the reply button below to respond to everybody (Only 9 so far) in the group.

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I will have some handouts of this text at the meeting, but viewing on your computer will make my screenshots more clear- plus you can expand them to see better. After the meeting I will email this to everyone on the newsletter list.聽

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Enjoy! The attachment is below.

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73, Randy

SOVARC RADIO CLUB METEING FEB 26 2025 7PM

w1bvt@... (william clark) — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:10:36 -0800

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 SOVARC

聽聽 Southern Vermont Amateur Radio Club

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Repeater聽聽聽K1SV聽聽 146.835 Pl 100

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聽The Sovarc club, Meets every fourth Wednesday of the month at 7PM. The location is Masonic Lodge 504 Main street in Bennington VT. We enter the building form out back in the big parking lot behind TD Bank.聽聽

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聽聽I would like to invite everyone to come out to our SOVARC meetings. As your club president

I plan on trying to have each month. New or old ideas to share with the club.聽聽I would like to see the camaraderie come back to SOVARC club. With that being said. A good friend of mine reminded me Rome wasn't built in a day.聽 So, with that in mind I will take things slow But do have a plan on growing our club.聽 At each meeting I will be asking and have a signup sheet for people to give ideas of things people would like to see or do. I do know that some months there is going to be not much, but I would like to see each month with something fun for the club to do.聽聽

聽聽聽This Month Feb 26 , 2025, I have asked Randy N1SP to share something. He will be sharing on the following.聽聽VOACAP DX聽聽Thank you Randy聽

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With closing this email to everyone. I have put down my EMAIL and Cell phone Number for everyone to reach out to me with your ideas or just to get hold of me.聽聽

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From the club President Bill Clark W1BVT Email w1bvt@...

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Re: Bennington Co On The Map For VTQP

randyn1sp@... (N1SP) — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:09:12 -0800

Very Cool Nathan! It sounds like you scored well by devoting time to it and coming up with a good strategy. It's always fun to better your previous year's score!

I started out planning to operate QRP CW only, but quickly bailed on that plan as competition for bandspace with the guys doing the FOC CW contest was pretty fierce. So I changed to 100 watts and made my challenge to beat my last year's score. It seems the last several years I always come in at 5th place- this year I hoped to achieve 4th. At the top is some real tough competition that I will never catch, such as my friend Ron, KK1L who is a very skilled contest monster and always quadruples my score. (Chittenden Co)

In the end, judging by reported scores on the 3830 score page, I should alas, be in 5th spot again! Lol.

It is strange how close our SSB and Digi numbers are. My results:

CW- 314 QSOs - 62 multipliers

Digi- 125 QSOs- 25 multipliers

SSB- 79 QSOs- 35 multipliers

Always a fun contest. Don't forget the New England QSO Party in May- Bennington Co is rare on that as well.

Randy

Re: Bennington Co On The Map For VTQP

nathan.mazanec@... (Nathan Mazanec) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:06:36 -0800

So checking my logs, for the VT QSO Party, I had 127 Digital Contacts (FT4/FT8), and 72 SSB. It is the most I've ever done for a QSO Party!聽

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I was able to figure out a way to remote into my laptop that was connected to my computer, then I could control my WSJT-X from anywhere in my house, when I was going about other thing, having family conversations, and still allow me to initiate and log each digital contact.

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It really helped.

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De K1MAZ聽

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Re: SOVAR ARES NET

nk2u@... (Roland Stiner) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:27:15 -0800

Randy,

Thanks for the offer.聽 And, if it does come down, I will sure ask for help.聽 No, the issue is that I disconnect the antenna when not in use.聽 Being that I have had major surgery on my leg and my big toe amputated, I am not going to go up and connect/disconnect the antenna at this time.聽 Next week, I'll be going to the podiatrist and hopefully, he'll give me the green light to wear my Merrills.聽

Roland Stiner, NK2U

On 2/12/2025 12:55 PM, N1SP via groups.io wrote:

Re: SOVAR ARES NET

nk2u@... (Roland Stiner) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:17:26 -0800

OK, makes sense.聽 Thanks.

Roland Stiner, NK2U

On 2/12/2025 12:41 PM, Nathan Mazanec via groups.io wrote:

Re: SOVAR ARES NET

randyn1sp@... (N1SP) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:56:07 -0800

Hope you're on the mend Roland.

Is there anything a clumsy old man such as myself can help with the G5RV?

I have an air launcher that I fabricated, but towers are out for me these days.

Randy

Re: SOVAR ARES NET

w1bvt@... (william clark) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:45:35 -0800

Thanks lolol should be K2IIR 聽ART聽

Re: SOVAR ARES NET

nathan.mazanec@... (Nathan Mazanec) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:42:10 -0800

I believe he may mean K2IIR Art.

Nathan Mazanec
K1MAZ