Re: Interest video about arrl
Cliff, I took it to mean that she was totally without experience applicable to the job the committee was formed to do.? He was saying she was not qualified for the job.? To me, that is not a compliment.? ?I'm not saying I am right, just saying that it wasn't very complimentary in my opinion.? ?Your opinion is different,? and I respect it, but I still respectfully disagree.?
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Re: Interest video about arrl
Doug, he didn't say anything negative, he correctly assessed that her top level design and engineering skills do not translate to the organizational and broad technical skills required for modern IT and DevOps.
The CEO assigning that to her because "it's computers" is like me calling you, hey you're from Detroit, fix my car!
Cliff K6CLS
On September 24, 2024 6:55:36 PM PDT, Doug Hendricks <ki6ds1@...> wrote:
This video is a dx club zoom meeting with ARRL director Mickey Baker from SE Division.? ?It's more than worth your time to listen to the whole thing.? He doesn't speak very highly of Krysten McIntyre.?
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This Youtube is a meeting with SE Director Mickey Baker.? Zoom up to 16:05 and listen as he details the events surrounding the IT outage at ARRL a few months ago, and what is being done to prevent it from happening again.?? I found this very eye opening.
de KB9BVN
Brian Murrey
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I will not be at the Baylands for lunch or for ops.
But I do plan to attend FARS's home-brew night and to show a few things I built this past year.
Hiroki AH6CY
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Re: Interest video about arrl
Not in public view, there are a lot of bad feelings between certain league officials.? When someone expresses negative opinions, they are not telling the whole story.
On Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 06:55:41 PM PDT, Doug Hendricks <ki6ds1@...> wrote:
This video is a dx club zoom meeting with ARRL director Mickey Baker from SE Division.? ?It's more than worth your time to listen to the whole thing.? He doesn't speak very highly of Krysten McIntyre.?
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This Youtube is a meeting with SE Director Mickey Baker.? Zoom up to 16:05 and listen as he details the events surrounding the IT outage at ARRL a few months ago, and what is being done to prevent it from happening again.?? I found this very eye opening.
de KB9BVN
Brian Murrey
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Interest video about arrl
This video is a dx club zoom meeting with ARRL director Mickey Baker from SE Division.? ?It's more than worth your time to listen to the whole thing.? He doesn't speak very highly of Krysten McIntyre.?
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This Youtube is a meeting with SE Director Mickey Baker.? Zoom up to 16:05 and listen as he details the events surrounding the IT outage at ARRL a few months ago, and what is being done to prevent it from happening again.?? I found this very eye opening.
de KB9BVN
Brian Murrey
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Re: My RadCom September issue article
Nice article, well written with nice photos.
Dave W6VYC
On Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 07:52:47 AM PDT, Hiroki Kato <hiroki@...> wrote:
For those who don't have the subscription. Some of you saw this antenna last year at the Baylands.
Hiroki AH6CY
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Re: Operating outside of Yellowstone
Aeronauticly speaking, anything can happen in the Rockies and usually does. ?Hopefully your flight home will be less memorable.
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On Sep 19, 2024, at 8:38 PM, Joy Rabins via groups.io <doghouse3@...> wrote:
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As a few of you know I am in Yellowstone National Park for a week. We arrived Tuesday night and had two flights that were memorable, and not in a good way.?
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The flight to Salt Lake City started out fine until I heard someone yelling ¡°Larry Larry, Larry, Wake Up Wake Up!¡± I couldn¡¯t tell where the shouting was coming from but soon a woman pressed the flight attendant button and someone came to assist her. The man, I¡¯m guessing Larry, was sitting in his seat and unresponsive to the yelling and punching of him. Either the wife or the flight attendant said ¡°Is he dead?¡± Well, I guess Larry heard that and suddenly woke up. His wife said he had taken a dramamine before the flight and it had made him sleepy. So everything turned out find for Larry.
On the second leg of the flight to Billings we were warned of a bumpy ride so we had our seat belts on for almost the entire flight. About 20 mins before landing the captain made an announcement that there might see more turbulence and asked the flight crew to take their seats. I didn¡¯t really think anything of it until we hit a huge pocket of air and suddenly there was a tremendous boom and the plane made a steep dive down and a roll to the left¡¡kind of like a roller coaster that I never wanted to ride. The passengers were all strapped in, some more tightly than others and I could see people coming up out of their seats as the plane did it¡¯s ¡°dive and roll¡± motion. No-one was thrown out of their seats, thankfully. This happened twice. We landed safely and everything was good. I think Larry would have woken up with the dive and roll on this flight.
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On a better note. The friend¡¯s house I am staying at is in Gardiner, MT just outside of Yellowstone park. It¡¯s up on a hill looking? the town and the altitude is about 5700 ft. I was able to park the car on a roll up mast holder my husband built and operate right from the driveway very close to the down slope of the mountain their house is on. I think today may be the only day I will be able to operate so I did it even though it rained, no thunder, all day.? I was able to chase a lot of parks on the air activators in PA, NM, CO, TN, AZ, MN,MA,WI,I,CT,MI,MS. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to be much better for the remainder of our stay. I hope to go to the Bear Tooth Highway which is just a few miles from the other house I will be staying at outside of Yellowstone. We had a winter weather warning last night and the Bear Tooth highway was closed but it should be opened soon. I plan to use the drive on mast board again on a pullout. The altitude is 9,947 ft and I have a tee shirt I brought to prove it. I did not bring oxygen with me, but I will have bear spay¡..But it¡¯s so high the bears don¡¯t even go there.?
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PS. I was able to get a few more POTA stations when I operated this morning, NY, NC, FL AZ,OH, and Ontario Canada. Not sure I¡¯ll be able to operate much more.? Here is a couple of photos of where I was operating from.?
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Joy
N6GO
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Re: Portable vertical antenna
You can buy a clone of the MC-750 for $109 from Aliexpress.? ?It even includes the bag.? Interesting that Thomas doesn't mention that.? Could it be because he got a free MC-750?????
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I biked from Cooley Landing to our usual Baylands site in about 17 mins. (each way), then did my usual tour. There were a few other bikers and walkers; no moonlight runners (yet). Very beautiful day!
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Re: : Get Paid for Your ARRL Activities!
ARRL sent message that there is a new program to keep 65+ people active.? Get paid a bonus from being active ham.
Well I tried to sign up and :
Sorry. Grouper is not yet available through your health plan.
So apparently this depends on your medical plan, some plans pay for gym memberships, some don't
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Oliver and I wanted to test out microwave gear today.? When we encountered the road block, we headed south ended up at MT View Shoreline.? Past the amphitheater and the guard house.? Parking lot on right labeled "Kite Flying" "General Use Area".
There were some hills and trees that blocked the wind a little.? We could see the particular peaks we wanted to see.
Oliver is now on his way south.? Saturday I will go to Mt. Vaca and Sunday Diablo.? Will see if we can contact each other.? And assorted other hams this weekend.
On Friday, September 20, 2024 at 02:20:17 PM PDT, David via groups.io <dkvarn@...> wrote:
No access to our usual site today ("Moonlight Run"). We are at Cooley Landing (E PA), ~5 mi from normal site.
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No access to our usual site today ("Moonlight Run"). We are at Cooley Landing (E PA), ~5 mi from normal site.
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Re: Operating outside of Yellowstone
David, ?I think the problem with the photos is the WiFi is very slow here. Almost none in the park. I think the photos may just be too big. I'll post them when I get home. ?(I tried to post them again and no luck)
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Joy
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Re: Operating outside of Yellowstone
We switched houses and we are not just outside the park at the East entrance. I tried to operate from the parking area this morning but no luck. As Hiroki had suggested I set up on the porch that didn't have an overhang of the roof. We are at about 7500". Much better luck today. NH, Ontario Canada, MN, NE, IN, NC,AZ, GA,IL and WI. The only reason I stopped was the wind was getting a little strong.?
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David I will try and post the photos again?
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Re: Portable vertical antenna
Without looking at the specific antennas:
Generally
coils are used to make an element electrically longer than the physical
length.? Several designs are physically tuned to 10 meters.? coils make
them resonate on 12, 15, ...?
Generally
transformers are used to convert impedance. An electrically short
antenna usually has a low input impedance at resonance.? A transformer
might be used to increase that to 50 Ohms.
A clever person could design an antenna that combines both functions into one unit.
On Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 10:36:05 PM PDT, David via groups.io <dkvarn@...> wrote:
Nice article, IMO well-written with nice pix. One aspect I would like to better understand is the distinction between loading coils (e.g., Ranger 80, Super Antenna, Wolf River) and transformer (e.g., Chameleon MPAS Lite). Opinions? Pros/cons? Use with antenna tuners?
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Thanks, --David KM6RI
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Re: Portable vertical antenna
Nice article, IMO well-written with nice pix. One aspect I would like to better understand is the distinction between loading coils (e.g., Ranger 80, Super Antenna, Wolf River) and transformer (e.g., Chameleon MPAS Lite). Opinions? Pros/cons? Use with antenna tuners?
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Thanks, --David KM6RI
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Re: Operating outside of Yellowstone
Sorry to hear about the excitement! Glad the radio experience is good. I don't see the pix--can you kindly re-post?
Thanks, --David KM6RI
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Operating outside of Yellowstone
As a few of you know I am in Yellowstone National Park for a week. We arrived Tuesday night and had two flights that were memorable, and not in a good way.?
?
The flight to Salt Lake City started out fine until I heard someone yelling ¡°Larry Larry, Larry, Wake Up Wake Up!¡± I couldn¡¯t tell where the shouting was coming from but soon a woman pressed the flight attendant button and someone came to assist her. The man, I¡¯m guessing Larry, was sitting in his seat and unresponsive to the yelling and punching of him. Either the wife or the flight attendant said ¡°Is he dead?¡± Well, I guess Larry heard that and suddenly woke up. His wife said he had taken a dramamine before the flight and it had made him sleepy. So everything turned out find for Larry.
On the second leg of the flight to Billings we were warned of a bumpy ride so we had our seat belts on for almost the entire flight. About 20 mins before landing the captain made an announcement that there might see more turbulence and asked the flight crew to take their seats. I didn¡¯t really think anything of it until we hit a huge pocket of air and suddenly there was a tremendous boom and the plane made a steep dive down and a roll to the left¡¡kind of like a roller coaster that I never wanted to ride. The passengers were all strapped in, some more tightly than others and I could see people coming up out of their seats as the plane did it¡¯s ¡°dive and roll¡± motion. No-one was thrown out of their seats, thankfully. This happened twice. We landed safely and everything was good. I think Larry would have woken up with the dive and roll on this flight.
?
On a better note. The friend¡¯s house I am staying at is in Gardiner, MT just outside of Yellowstone park. It¡¯s up on a hill looking? the town and the altitude is about 5700 ft. I was able to park the car on a roll up mast holder my husband built and operate right from the driveway very close to the down slope of the mountain their house is on. I think today may be the only day I will be able to operate so I did it even though it rained, no thunder, all day.? I was able to chase a lot of parks on the air activators in PA, NM, CO, TN, AZ, MN,MA,WI,I,CT,MI,MS. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to be much better for the remainder of our stay. I hope to go to the Bear Tooth Highway which is just a few miles from the other house I will be staying at outside of Yellowstone. We had a winter weather warning last night and the Bear Tooth highway was closed but it should be opened soon. I plan to use the drive on mast board again on a pullout. The altitude is 9,947 ft and I have a tee shirt I brought to prove it. I did not bring oxygen with me, but I will have bear spay¡..But it¡¯s so high the bears don¡¯t even go there.?
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PS. I was able to get a few more POTA stations when I operated this morning, NY, NC, FL AZ,OH, and Ontario Canada. Not sure I¡¯ll be able to operate much more.? Here is a couple of photos of where I was operating from.?
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Joy
N6GO
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See y'all for lunch, then ops and bike as usual. Looking forward to playing with the '703.?
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I plan to be back at the Baylands for lunch and ops.
David, I will bring all the 703 stuff so you can try it out.
Dave W6VYC
On Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 11:28:07 AM PDT, Hiroki Kato <hiroki@...> wrote:
I will be out of town over the weekend starting tomorrow and will not be at the Baylands.?
Have fun everyone.
Hiroki AH6CY
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Cliff Sojourner K6CLS
David W Crocker
David