according to "Is It Up"...
is
up.
It took 87
for a response code
with an ip of .
to check another site or this as
your default.
a 301 code means,
- This and all future requests should be directed to the given
.
and a URI is...
Joe WB9SBD
The Original Rolling
Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
On 1/2/2018 9:40 AM, Colin Buckup via
Groups.Io wrote:
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It has been acting
up for about 4 days now.
Sometimes the connection is fast and smooth, sometimes it's slow
and right now it just times out.
73
Colin - N5GG
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It’s often very slow to respond but if you’re not sure whether a site is down or not, this is a good checker.
73 Keith G6NHU
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On 2 Jan 2018, at 15:31, Roger Hill < rhill@...> wrote:
Hi all:
Is down?
Thanks Roger
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Re: HF beacons for US launched balloons
Sorry for all the heartburn....
No your not.
You just have what some of us in some circles call a disease we dubbed,?
"Barney Fife `ism" .
Jim
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Hello Roger,
You can't even ping the numeric IP address so it's now well goosed...
And the domain expires in April 2018, let's hope someone remembers to
renew it! :)
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
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Ok, so it's not just me! Thanks guys. Roger ---
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Roger Hill
** -- 2E0ILY Best regards, Chris mailto:chris@...
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Best regards, Chris Wilson (2E0ILY)
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It has been acting up for about 4 days now.
Sometimes the connection is fast and smooth, sometimes it's slow and right now it just times out.
73
Colin - N5GG
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possibly, I am having trouble connecting to it as well.
cheers, Graham ve3gtc FN25ig
On 2018-01-02 15:31, Roger Hill wrote:
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Hi all:
Is WSPRNET.ORG down?
Thanks
Roger
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Re: Turn on your QRSS Transmitters!
Hello QRSS gang,
I set up two new QRPp QRSS6 FSKCW beacons and put them on the air from Dallas, TX area -? EM13la.
#1 U3S running QRSS6 at 0:20 and 0:50 min past the hour on 10,139,930 Hz, 200mW into G5RV @ 30 ft.
Message is " N5GG "
#2 Arduino UNO and shield stacked every 10 minutes on 14,096,780 Hz, 200mW into short indoors dipole.
Message is " N5GG DFW "?
Let's see on how many grabbers we can find them
73
Colin - N5GG
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Hi all:
Is WSPRNET.ORG down?
Thanks
Roger
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Re: HF beacons for US launched balloons
I prefer the term "Manned Experimental Propagation Transmitter"
rather than beacon.? The "manned" part is on the onus of the
operator.
There have been over the years many beacons on 10m and up which are
permitted under the current FCC rules. There have also been many
"beacons" below 10m for many years, many of which are currently
operational? (i.e. DX propogation beacons on 14.100 MHz for example)
which have run considerably more power than WSPR typically does.
The FCC rules are very old and I believe the intent of which was to
help prevent interference to other operators. I think the FCC is
paying attention and as long as there is no real problem they are
just accepting that this activity is taking place. It would be on
the onus of the FCC to prove "unattended operation" if they were to
pursue the issue and that would be very difficult to prove.
Also, keep in mind that the FCC is the regulatory body only in the
United States and no where else. Regulations in other countries do
very and can be dramatically different.
cheers, Graham ve3gtc FN25ig
On 2018-01-01 21:53, Trevor wrote:
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We are talking power levels of 50 to 100milliwatts. With an
eirp of even less.
What is the power level in the US where devices become
unregulated.
These party balloons are below the weight where a permit is
required to fly.
I would expect that the same applies to the RF signal.??
73s HNY
Trevor
VK3PD
Sent from my Samsung
GALAXY S5
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From: Bruce Beford N1RX <n1rx@...>
Date: 2/01/2018 02:28 (GMT+10:00)
To: QRPLabs@groups.io
Subject: [QRPLabs] HF beacons for US launched balloons
One of the great aspects of the Amateur Radio hobby is the wide
variety of activities and sub-topics. One can move in and out of
different areas of the field- wherever your interests take you.
Having only been a licensed amateur for a bit over 30 years, I
still learn something new regularly.
Of interest to me, is the recent proliferation of high altitude
balloons with sensors and telemetry transmitters aboard. For many
years, these beacon transmitters have been primarily in the
VHF/UHF range. My understanding is that this was for a number of
reasons, including the need for light payloads, and international
regulations concerning unattended (un-controlled) beacons. Of
late, I see many that are transmitting in the HF spectrum, using
the weak signal modes of WSPR and JT9, for example.
It has always been my understanding of FCC regulations that
unattended beacons below 28 MHz were not allowed for USA amateurs.
This appears to have somewhat been ignored by the masses of people
running WSPR beacons 24/7- These are not intended to be unattended
transmitters. However...
I am curious if there has been an exception made for balloon
flights for these unattended HF beacons that are operating under
FCC regulations and carrying US callsigns. If this is the case, I
would greatly appreciate someone being able to help me locate the
appropriate regulation or notice from the FCC that allows this.
Thanks in advance,
Bruce Beford, N1RX
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Re: Turn on your QRSS Transmitters!
I generally do not keep track of the callsigns I observe on my 30m
grabber unless I am looking for something specific.
My live grabber is here, updated every 10 minutes:
and my archive is here:
which currently goes back to 2017-12-21 22:00
Be warned however, that I do clean up from time to time and delete
all but the last few days of screen grabs but I only do this on an
irregular basis.
I was glad to see some more signals on my 30m grabber over the
holidays.
cheers, Graham ve3gtc FN25ig
On 2018-01-01 21:42, TrueBlue wrote:
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Did any of these
grabbers log what callsigns were actually received during this
business?
I doubt I've been received anywhere, but I've been running QRSS
for a couple of days now on different bands. [shrug]
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Re: U3S20 balloon launched.
#case
This is a perfect example as to why I am using JT9 for backup data !
Excellent work Jeff and thank you...you saved a lot of effort from going down the drain :)
Jim,N2NXZ
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Re: feature to control attachment size? ... Re: [QRPLabs] Attached files
On 02/01/2018 13:42, D. Daniel McGlothin KB3MUN wrote: Grant
...allows you to not only tell the server what the maximum size limit (restriction) beyond which the server will not send the attachment... Would you care to provide the menu path to this option.? I've looked and cannot find it on my groups.io profile or in my various group subscription profiles. Daniel Home Page -Subscription - Advanced - Max Attachment Size 73 Alan G4ZFQ
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Re: feature to control attachment size? ... Re: [QRPLabs] Attached files
at the bottom of the page, advanced preferences. max attachment size: 0
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Re: U3S20 balloon launched.
#case
Good job and I hope the TELEMETRY data keeps coming...
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Re: U3S20 balloon launched.
#case
U3S20 alive and well this morning.? WSPR.net site is down, but the VE3CEA remote spotted it.
1324 -14? 1.0 1505 @ CQ N2NXZ GO61
1325 -17? 1.1 1503 @ 8529.1 72.62
1352 -19? 0.3 1505 @ CQ N2NXZ GO71
1353 -21? 0.2 1506 @ 8540.7 73.35
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Hi Kent - let me check it out.? I'm using Cura 3.0.1 - but have been looking to bite the bullet and upgrade.
I'll try to get back to you in the next day but have some domestics to sort out.
73,
Dave
On Tuesday, 2 January 2018, 13:11, Kent Vanderploeg <kvanderploeg@...> wrote:
Dave,
I'm having an issue with the "qcx_case_top_back.stl" and "qcx_case_bottom.stl".? Neither of these show or print standoffs.? Maybe it's an issue with Cura 3.1 that I'm using?? Again, I'm sorry if I'm missing something simple.? I'm still pretty new to this.? Thank you!
73,
Kent
W9WB
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feature to control attachment size? ... Re: [QRPLabs] Attached files
Grant ...allows you to not only tell the server what the maximum size limit (restriction) beyond which the server will not send the attachment... Would you care to provide the menu path to this option.? I've looked and cannot find it on my groups.io profile or in my various group subscription profiles. Thanks. 73 de Daniel KB3MUN
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Re: Working on the 80m QCX again
On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 03:41 am, Steven Dick wrote:
Modifications
Power Amplifier instability, solution by Daniel Ekman SA2KNG
Some constructors, seemingly tending to be the higher frequency versions of the kit, have reported a PA instability that resulted in one or more of the following symptoms:
1) high current draw on transmit?
2) low or unstable power output?
3) dead MPS2907 (in first batch of 500 kits, which used MPS2907 for keying transistor Q6)
The solution to this problem was first suggested and verified by Daniel Ekman SA2KNG. The problem is caused by the Transmit/Receive switch transistor Q5 being switched on during transmit and allowing interaction of the PA and receive band-pass filter transformer T1. Connect a 10K resistor (exact value not critical) from the Q5 drain to +12V. This is shown in the circuit diagram fragment below. The easiest place to connect this resistor is under the PCB, from the Q5 side of capacitor C33, to the source of keying transistor Q6 which is at +12V. The section of the trace diagram shows the top right corner of the QCX PCB as it is normally orientated.?
Thanks Steven, that fixed one problem. I swapped the very dead MPS2907 (tested as two resistors in the cheap tester) out for an MPS 751(as was mentioned in the manual). That stopped the one time keyed / always on problem. Power came up about 1/2W using the internal wattmeter. I'll check it with a scope after work. I didn't install the 10k resistor because low bandpass filter peaking didn't seem to be related to the modification (I would call this a repair not a mod). The remaining problem is that the?Bandpass peaking is still at 2 and 3/4 bars on the display. IQ balance, etc peaks look decent. 12 o'clock on the gain pot yields 6-7. Fully clockwise peaks at 10.?? -- 73 NE5U Mike
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Keith, G6NHU
Colin Buckup
Raimund Reh
Daniel Ekman SA2KNG
BrianB
Jeff KP3FT