QRPops Zoom Meeting Friday January 3rd
Howard Pomerantz is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: QRPops Zoom Meeting Time: Jan 3, 2025 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting
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HOWARD POMERANTZ
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Four Days in May and Hamvention May 16-18 2 rooms left
I just called the Holladay Inn at Fairborn/Dayton (737) 426-7800 to make reservations for FDIM and Hamvention and they only have 2 rooms left at the FDIM price of $179. If you MIGHT be going, think
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Joy Rabins
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Re: HAPPY SKN ES NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
Downshifting to 7053.
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David
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Re: HAPPY SKN ES NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
On 14030-ish now. Horrific QRM at my QTH. --David KM6RI
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David
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Re: Friday, Jan 3
A Happy and Healthy New Year to all. Yes, I will send out a Zoom invite tomorrow (Thursday) if the WX still looks bleak. 73 N6POM Howard
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HOWARD POMERANTZ
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Re: HAPPY SKN ES NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
Same to you and best to the group! I just logged my first SKN qso . 40m is hopping right now. I am very fond of my old J38 . 73 es HNY, Connie Stillinger W6EFI stillinger@... 650-380-2018
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Connie W6EFI
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Re: HAPPY SKN ES NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
KM6RI now on ~14070 with McCoy and a VFO. Listen for the warbler bird!
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David
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HAPPY SKN ES NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
Greetings QRPers! I will be on the air sporadically this evening with my K2 and possily the HW-16 if she is in the mood, using the 1979 Vibroplex Champion (last year of production) with a Model A
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Eric
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Friday, Jan 3
WX doesn¡¯t look promising. Unless there is a favorable change, I plan to stay home. Will Howard be able to host a Zoom session? Hiroki AH6CY
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Hiroki Kato
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Re: zBitx Transceiver does it all
For the French? challenged, me too.
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Doug Hendricks
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Re: zBitx Transceiver does it all
Moi, aussi
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Doug Hendricks
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zBitx Transceiver does it all
I just ordered a zBitx at HFSignals.com for $178 shipped.? Ashhar Farhan's new rig will ship starting in February. Bob KF6ABC
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[email protected]
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Re: Great Articles
Must have been some good fun to work with top level test equipment on a well equipped bench. I'd be happy to get a desk with 3 square feet clear right now, ha.
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Cliff Sojourner K6CLS
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Re: Dead Cell Phone
Aaron and All, Thanks for the tip. I just got back from seeing Shakeel and he thinks it is the screen. He ordered one and says it will be $150 to replace it. I thought that my photos were not backup,
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David W Crocker
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Re: Dead Cell Phone
"I know a guy, who knows a guy...." -- Shakeel the Phone Repair Guy in SSF is great. https://www.yelp.com/biz/shakeel-the-phone-repair-guy-south-san-francisco-2 He's replaced a couple cracked screens
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Aaron Heller
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Re: Great Articles
At one time in my career, I was working on a high speed (gigabit) digital PCB.?? Used a Tek scope with TDR function to check for impedance discontinuities.? ? When I would turn it on, the distance
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Paul AA6PZ
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Re: Great Articles
More about TDR - some antenna analyzers such as my MFJ-269 have a distance to fault mode, which looks for impedance discontinuities. It works well, about a foot resolution. - VNAs can also do FDR on
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Cliff Sojourner K6CLS
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Re: Dead Cell Phone
A trek for you but may be worth it... I have used him twice: https://m.yelp.com/biz/zacs-quick-fix-phone-hut-san-jose-7 Best, --David KM6RI
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David
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Re: Great Articles
AT&T uses laser based TDR measurements to determine breaks in their fiber lines.? (Ask me how I know) Dick
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Dick Grote
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Re: Great Articles
TDR is sort of like radar for a transmission line.? If you have a long coax from your shack across the house and up the tower, a TDR can be useful to figure out where the cable is kinked and causing
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Paul AA6PZ
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