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My curiosity compelled me to take the barrel apart, results in the pix. Poor practice: very short and narrow screws holding the SO-239, not very tight (out of necessity I believe, as the plastic seems

Glad you mentioned the FARs meeting Dick I had planned on going but forgot. I will be at the meeting, not sure about lunch or ops. Joy

We are on grand kid babysitting duty which limits the day.? I might make it out later in the afternoon to the Baylands and am planning to go to the FARS meeting. Dick K6PBF

I am dying to see you all again, but after a nasty eye infection kept me down for nearly two months, I rolled my ankle this week!? Six x-rays today, and I'll be down again for a while. I'll be there

I plan to be at the Baylands starting with lunch followed by ops. Hiroki AH6CY

David, One of the common causes of SWR's sudden change while seemingly everything appears to be correctly connected is a faulty connection inside the PL259. I have had this problem more than once in

There was a article a few months ago pointing out that stainless steel is a terrible material for antennas. The DC resistance is much higher than copper or aluminum.The magnetic properties

Hi David, I bet the change in swr is from the telescoping antenna. The untelescoped (retracted) sections make poor to intermittent contact as it rattles in the wind. I have done this before

Antennas, that is, my name (trademark pending) for the popular (at least among our group) simple vertical antenna kits. I have a couple of related questions (see at bottom) but will first provide some

Hiroki looks to me like you will have a nice group of supporters at your talk in Pacificon.? ?The pressure is on, better bring your A game.? Seriously,? it's nice to hear that so many from this

I will be there! Connie Stillinger W6EFI stillinger@...

I usually attend all three days. Pete? WA6ECH

I’m planning on attending. Joy

Super.? Thanks Ron for your support

I'll probably attend Friday and Saturday, same as I did last year. ?But I'll be commuting, so not sure how late I'll stay. Ron

I would like to know how many on this list are planning on coming to Pacificon and supporting Hiroki during his talk?? Plus there are 5 more qrp talks including Carol Milazzo.? And we will have our

I plan on coming out. Dick K6PBF

Anybody up for radio bonding? WX should be beautiful. Best, --David KM6RI

There's yet a third issue with the zBitx: It's likely that RF digital noise is getting coupled into the receiver, raising the noise floor and reducing SNR, as well as creating serious hum from the

That does it for me.? I am returning my zbitx unopened as soon as it arrives.? ?How disappointing this whole episode has been.? ?Now I will find out how good they are about refunds.? Thaks for