Looks like I'll probably be back toward the end of the month. Looking forward to seeing the QRPOps gang again!
73,
Connie
Connie Stillinger
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On Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 at 10:19 AM, HOWARD POMERANTZ via groups.io <HOWPOM@...> wrote: I am planning to be there for lunch and ops.
On Jan 8, 2025, at 7:39?AM, Hiroki Kato hiroki@... wrote:
WX looks excellent. I will be at the Baylands starting with lunch.
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Hi Connie... I also enjoyed your talk and chatting afterwards.? Thank you.?
It prompted me to review network analysis and scatter parameters, which led me to the Python library scikit-rf. It looks like it can do all the calculations needed for your technique (and then some).? It also interfaces to VNAs, like the NanoVNA, reads and writes Touchstone format files, makes Smith plots, and so forth.? I'm in the middle of making the "personality file" for my Z-match antenna tuner using a NanoVNA. Both turning elements are variable capacitors, so I'm having to eyeball the settings.?
I know folks at work who run Python programs on iPhones?using a Python app from the App store, so that might be a route to a smartphone implementation. Running it "in the cloud" on Google Colab?is another option (I have an acoustics package that many folks run that way).?
Here's some info on scikit-rf: 1. A. Arsenovic?et al., "scikit-rf: An Open Source Python Package for Microwave Network Creation, Analysis, and Calibration [Speaker¡¯s Corner]," in?IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 98-105, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2021.3117139. ?url:???(I believe this is a free download. Let me know if you have trouble accessing it.)
2. scikit-rf: Object Oriented RF Engineering. ?url:
Best...
Aaron, AK6IM
On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 10:18?AM Connie W6EFI via <stillinger= [email protected]> wrote: thank you, Paul! It was fun and great to see you and other friends there.
Happy new year! 73, Connie W6EFI
On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 08:45, Paul AA6PZ via < aa6pz@...> wrote:
Connie,
That was a good talk last night.? It combined a new approach to a problem many hams have and you did it with a lively style.
Paul
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WX looks excellent. I will be at the Baylands starting with lunch.
Hiroki AH6CY
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WX looks excellent. I will be at the Baylands starting with lunch.
Hiroki AH6CY
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I checked it out a while ago.? It doesn't work with my medical insurance.
On Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 07:19:10 PM PST, David via groups.io <dkvarn@...> wrote:
Not the fish, but an offering from ARRL to 65+ members that purports to pay those active in radio clubs and/or events. Has anyone checked this out? I have Kaiser Senior Advantage. Best, --David KM6RI
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Not the fish, but an offering from ARRL to 65+ members that purports to pay those active in radio clubs and/or events. Has anyone checked this out? I have Kaiser Senior Advantage. Best, --David KM6RI
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thank you, Paul! It was fun and great to see you and other friends there.
Happy new year! 73, Connie W6EFI
On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 08:45, Paul AA6PZ via groups.io < aa6pz@...> wrote:
Connie,
That was a good talk last night.? It combined a new approach to a problem many hams have and you did it with a lively style.
Paul
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Connie,
That was a good talk last night.? It combined a new approach to a problem many hams have and you did it with a lively style.
Paul
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Re: QRPops Zoom Meeting Friday January 3rd
How was the zoom meeting?? Can someone give us a report that missed the meeting?
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Re: QRPops Zoom Meeting Friday January 3rd
Guys I won't make it as I have 2 Doctor's appointments tomorrow,? one at noon.? It's tempting but my wife will kill me if I blow off these appointments.? ?Enjoy the meeting.?
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Re: QRPops Zoom Meeting Friday January 3rd
Thanks! 73, Eric NF6S
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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 about booking before the last rooms are gone. FDIM takes place at this hotel. Last year I stayed at the this hotel and drove about 20 mins to Xenia High School where there were free shuttles to the Fairgrounds where Hamvention is held. You could park at the fairgrounds but as I was leaving last year I saw a some cars in mud in the parking lots.?
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I'm not 100% sure I am going but at least I have a room if I do. I think the normal rate for this hotel is $204.?
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Re: HAPPY SKN ES NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
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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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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
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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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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
650-380-2018
On Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 at 4:35 PM, Eric via groups.io <gliderboy1955@...> wrote:
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 engine block on the swingarm to slow it down.??
I hope to work you. 73, Eric NF6S
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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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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 engine block on the swingarm to slow it down.??
I hope to work you. 73, Eric NF6S
ex WD6DBM
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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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David