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Dave,
Tim has suggested that we post to QRPops so that everybody can see all this good stuff. It was my fault for not posting my original e-mail.
Dave W6VYC
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--- On Thu, 5/27/10, Dave Flack wrote:
From: Dave Flack
Subject: road trips, abandoned sites, etc.
To: "'Nick Garner'" , "'David W Crocker'" , "'Tim Dolan'" , "'Neil'" , "'Hiroki Kato'"
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 7:43 AM
If I were more hip I suppose I would tweet stuff like
this, but anyway...
?
Just on a lark I searched for abandoned radio stations
which led me to:
?
From here I got to: ?
If you follow the sub links you get to >>States >>California?
Some interesting places to string up curtain antennas, long wires, etc.?
?
Low power doesn't mean low gain!? Road trips
rule!? (OK, I'll settle down now.)
?
Dave
Howdy Folks,
It's been a while. ?I don't think I'll be able to make it out this
weekend either. ?The baby is jus around the corner and I've plans to put
together the baby's stuff and clean out the garage. ?I have a backpacking
trip next weekend, my last before stopping the outdoors stuff. ?Have fun
this weekend and Happy Memorial Day!
Nick
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:38 PM, David W Crocker <dwcae@...>
wrote:
Tim and All,
Looks like an interesting spot. Maybe
we can meet there this Saturday or Sunday. Weather should be good. If we
plan to get together I will post a message on QRPops.
I got a
pair of W4RT Collins filters (500, 2300 Hz) for the 703 and installed
them today. Really makes a difference particularly the CW filter. Watch
out all you diddy boppers here I come....
Dave
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Wed, 5/26/10, Tim Dolan <cyclist@...> wrote:
From:
Tim Dolan <cyclist@...>
Subject: Re: Ravenswood
Park E. Palo Alto
To: "David W Crocker" <dwcae@...>
Cc: "Dave Flack" <daveflack@...>, "Neil" <neil@...>
Date: Wednesday, May 26,
2010, 6:07 PM
| Just got off the phone with Patrick and he is
very familiar with the end of Bay Road. Apparently, it is a
popular spot for nature lovers and walkers and would be fine for
our purposes.
FYI, Cathy and I enjoyed Neil's flank steak special
tonight....hmm good!
Tim --- On Sun, 5/23/10, David W Crocker
<dwcae@...> wrote:
From:
David W Crocker <dwcae@...>
Subject: Ravenswood
Park E. Palo Alto
To: "Tim Dolan" <cyclist@...>
Cc: "Dave
Flack" <daveflack@...>, "Neil" <neil@...>
Date: Sunday, May
23, 2010, 4:09 PM
Tim,
Dave F. and I were looking
for a venue along the bay for a possible outing next
weekend (Memorial Day). We were looking at the end of
Bay Road (south end of Ravenswood Park). There appears
to be an abandon building on a small peninsula that
extends into the bay with a parking lot nearby. The best
I can tell the area is not gated. Tim, could you check
with your son to see if we could setup some antennas out
there. I will also call the Mid Peninsula Open Space
(650 691-1220) to see if they are in charge of the
area.
Dave
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| Hi guys,
Hope to see a few of us on Sunday. That site looks like a good one.
That is one interesting website Dave F. There seems to be no end to what the internet can provide in terms of information.
Everyone enjoy the long weekend!
Tim
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--- On Thu, 5/27/10, David W Crocker wrote:
From: David W Crocker Subject: [QRPops] Fw: road trips, abandoned sites, etc.
To: "QRPops"
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 8:12 PM
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Dave,
Tim has suggested that we post to QRPops so that everybody can see all this good stuff. It was my fault for not posting my original e-mail.
Dave W6VYC
--- On Thu, 5/27/10, Dave Flack wrote:
From: Dave Flack
Subject: road trips, abandoned sites, etc.
To: "'Nick Garner'" , "'David W Crocker'" , "'Tim Dolan'" , "'Neil'" , "'Hiroki Kato'"
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 7:43 AM
If I were more hip I suppose I would tweet stuff like
this, but anyway...
?
Just on a lark I searched for abandoned radio stations
which led me to:
?
From here I got to: ?
If you follow the sub links you get to >>States >>California?
Some interesting places to string up curtain antennas, long wires, etc.?
?
Low power doesn't mean low gain!? Road trips
rule!? (OK, I'll settle down now.)
?
Dave
Howdy Folks,
It's been a while. ?I don't think I'll be able to make it out this
weekend either. ?The baby is jus around the corner and I've plans to put
together the baby's stuff and clean out the garage. ?I have a backpacking
trip next weekend, my last before stopping the outdoors stuff. ?Have fun
this weekend and Happy Memorial Day!
Nick
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:38 PM, David W Crocker <dwcae@yahoo. com>
wrote:
Tim and All,
Looks like an interesting spot. Maybe
we can meet there this Saturday or Sunday. Weather should be good. If we
plan to get together I will post a message on QRPops.
I got a
pair of W4RT Collins filters (500, 2300 Hz) for the 703 and installed
them today. Really makes a difference particularly the CW filter. Watch
out all you diddy boppers here I come....
Dave
--- On
Wed, 5/26/10, Tim Dolan <cyclist@sbcglobal. net> wrote:
From:
Tim Dolan <cyclist@sbcglobal. net>
Subject: Re: Ravenswood
Park E. Palo Alto
To: "David W Crocker" <dwcae@yahoo. com>
Cc: "Dave Flack" <daveflack@comcast. net>, "Neil" <neil@ghostdog. com>
Date: Wednesday, May 26,
2010, 6:07 PM
| Just got off the phone with Patrick and he is
very familiar with the end of Bay Road. Apparently, it is a
popular spot for nature lovers and walkers and would be fine for
our purposes.
FYI, Cathy and I enjoyed Neil's flank steak special
tonight....hmm good!
Tim --- On Sun, 5/23/10, David W Crocker
<dwcae@yahoo. com> wrote:
From:
David W Crocker <dwcae@yahoo. com>
Subject: Ravenswood
Park E. Palo Alto
To: "Tim Dolan" <cyclist@sbcglobal. net>
Cc: "Dave
Flack" <daveflack@comcast. net>, "Neil" <neil@ghostdog. com>
Date: Sunday, May
23, 2010, 4:09 PM
Tim,
Dave F. and I were looking
for a venue along the bay for a possible outing next
weekend (Memorial Day). We were looking at the end of
Bay Road (south end of Ravenswood Park). There appears
to be an abandon building on a small peninsula that
extends into the bay with a parking lot nearby. The best
I can tell the area is not gated. Tim, could you check
with your son to see if we could setup some antennas out
there. I will also call the Mid Peninsula Open Space
(650 691-1220) to see if they are in charge of the
area.
Dave
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Folks,
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I will join you guys on Sunday.
Speaking of abondoned sites, the antenna field in the marsh?in Palo Alto (near the Bay Shore preserve, visibile from Hwy 101) would be a candidate to activate for HFers. I ran into a ham at AmTech a while ago,?whose name and call I don't recall, who mentioned that perhaps the city of Palo Alto would be agreeable to let hams do something. I think it would be worthwhile to look into and I would like to try when I have the time this fall. Anyone knows anythinhg about it?
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CUL ES 73 de AH6CY
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--- On Fri, 5/28/10, Tim Dolan wrote:
From: Tim Dolan
Subject: Re: [QRPops] Fw: road trips, abandoned sites, etc.
To: QRPops@...
Date: Friday, May 28, 2010, 7:57 AM
?
| Hi guys,
Hope to see a few of us on Sunday. That site looks like a good one.
That is one interesting website Dave F. There seems to be no end to what the internet can provide in terms of information.
Everyone enjoy the long weekend!
Tim --- On Thu, 5/27/10, David W Crocker wrote:
From: David W Crocker
Subject: [QRPops] Fw: road trips, abandoned sites, etc.
To: "QRPops"
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 8:12 PM
?
Dave,
Tim has suggested that we post to QRPops so that everybody can see all this good stuff. It was my fault for not posting my original e-mail.
Dave W6VYC
--- On Thu, 5/27/10, Dave Flack wrote:
From: Dave Flack
Subject: road trips, abandoned sites, etc.
To: "'Nick Garner'" , "'David W Crocker'" , "'Tim Dolan'" , "'Neil'" , "'Hiroki Kato'"
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 7:43 AM
If I were more hip I suppose I would tweet stuff like this, but anyway...
?
Just on a lark I searched for abandoned radio stations which led me to:
?
From here I got to: ? If you follow the sub links you get to >>States >>California? Some interesting places to string up curtain antennas, long wires, etc.?
?
Low power doesn't mean low gain!? Road trips rule!? (OK, I'll settle down now.)
?
Dave
Howdy Folks,
It's been a while. ?I don't think I'll be able to make it out this weekend either. ?The baby is jus around the corner and I've plans to put together the baby's stuff and clean out the garage. ?I have a backpacking trip next weekend, my last before stopping the outdoors stuff. ?Have fun this weekend and Happy Memorial Day!
Nick
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:38 PM, David W Crocker <dwcae@yahoo. com> wrote:
Tim and All,
Looks like an interesting spot. Maybe we can meet there this Saturday or Sunday. Weather should be good. If we plan to get together I will post a message on QRPops.
I got a pair of W4RT Collins filters (500, 2300 Hz) for the 703 and installed them today. Really makes a difference particularly the CW filter. Watch out all you diddy boppers here I come....
Dave
--- On Wed, 5/26/10, Tim Dolan <cyclist@sbcglobal. net> wrote:
From: Tim Dolan <cyclist@sbcglobal. net>
Subject: Re: Ravenswood Park E. Palo Alto
To: "David W Crocker" <dwcae@yahoo. com>
Cc: "Dave Flack" <daveflack@comcast. net>, "Neil" <neil@ghostdog. com>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 6:07 PM
| Just got off the phone with Patrick and he is very familiar with the end of Bay Road. Apparently, it is a popular spot for nature lovers and walkers and would be fine for our purposes.
FYI, Cathy and I enjoyed Neil's flank steak special tonight....hmm good!
Tim --- On Sun, 5/23/10, David W Crocker <dwcae@yahoo. com> wrote:
From: David W Crocker <dwcae@yahoo. com>
Subject: Ravenswood Park E. Palo Alto
To: "Tim Dolan" <cyclist@sbcglobal. net>
Cc: "Dave Flack" <daveflack@comcast. net>, "Neil" <neil@ghostdog. com>
Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 4:09 PM
Tim,
Dave F. and I were looking for a venue along the bay for a possible outing next weekend (Memorial Day). We were looking at the end of Bay Road (south end of Ravenswood Park). There appears to be an abandon building on a small peninsula that extends into the bay with a parking lot nearby. The best I can tell the area is not gated. Tim, could you check with your son to see if we could setup some antennas out there. I will also call the Mid Peninsula Open Space (650 691-1220) to see if they are in charge of the area.
Dave
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Hiroki, et al:
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I believe you are referring to the old KFS ship-to-shore CW transmitter site out there just south of the Palo Alto Baylands.? When I was a college student at SJSU, one of the members of our club station was a night watchman at the KFS site.? One night at midnight he got a bunch of us inside the building.? There were 1930s transmitters, huge crystal ovens, it was AMAZING.? Most of the feeds were open-wire line, and they all went by flourescent tubes that would glow with the CW so engineers could tell which antennas were hot.? This would have been in the 70s, when the big rhombics were still up and the death of maritime CW was?decades away.? ?
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I rode my bicycle out there a couple of weeks ago, and was surprised to see that many of the wires are still up (my old eyes couldn't see that from the street).??I'm not sure the city of Palo Alto owns that land, it may be federal.? At any rate, the guy to contact for info would be:
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Richard Dillman, W6AWO
Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM
Maritime Radio Historical Society
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The callsign KFS is still used on the anniversary of marine radiotelegraphy going off the air for an event called "The Night of Nights."? There is a Yahoo group for?the MRHS.? KSM? is easily heard on my 31' vertical and K3.? As a final note, KFS was my first introduction to CW when I was a little kid.? I would tune my father;s enormous Telefunken shortwave radio and (it had no BFO) I would hear this monster thumping?of?"KFS"? We lived about?3 miles from the transmitter at the time, and of course no antema was?necessary!? I can still hear that thumping of the KFS letters, and it was not machine-sent CW, it had swing to it.? I didn't know it then, but this was called "the wheel" where the coast station sends its callsign, the calls of ships it has traffic for, wx, etc.?? Check out the MRHS website.? ?
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73,
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Eric? WD6DBM?
From: Hiroki Kato
To: QRPops@...
Sent: Fri, May 28, 2010 8:58:02 AM
Subject: Re: [QRPops] Fw: road trips, abandoned sites, etc.
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Folks,
?
I will join you guys on Sunday.
Speaking of abondoned sites, the antenna field in the marsh?in Palo Alto (near the Bay Shore preserve, visibile from Hwy 101) would be a candidate to activate for HFers. I ran into a ham at AmTech a while ago,?whose name and call I don't recall, who mentioned that perhaps the city of Palo Alto would be agreeable to let hams do something. I think it would be worthwhile to look into and I would like to try when I have the time this fall. Anyone knows anythinhg about it?
?
CUL ES 73 de AH6CY
?
--- On Fri, 5/28/10, Tim Dolan wrote:
From: Tim Dolan
Subject: Re: [QRPops] Fw: road trips, abandoned sites, etc.
To: QRPops@yahoogroups. com
Date: Friday, May 28, 2010, 7:57 AM
?
| Hi guys,
Hope to see a few of us on Sunday. That site looks like a good one.
That is one interesting website Dave F. There seems to be no end to what the internet can provide in terms of information.
Everyone enjoy the long weekend!
Tim --- On Thu, 5/27/10, David W Crocker wrote:
From: David W Crocker
Subject: [QRPops] Fw: road trips, abandoned sites, etc.
To: "QRPops" <QRPops@yahoogroups. com>
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 8:12 PM
?
Dave,
Tim has suggested that we post to QRPops so that everybody can see all this good stuff. It was my fault for not posting my original e-mail.
Dave W6VYC
--- On Thu, 5/27/10, Dave Flack <daveflack@comcast. net> wrote:
From: Dave Flack
Subject: road trips, abandoned sites, etc.
To: "'Nick Garner'" , "'David W Crocker'" , "'Neil'" , "'Hiroki Kato'"
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 7:43 AM
If I were more hip I suppose I would tweet stuff like this, but anyway...
?
Just on a lark I searched for abandoned radio stations which led me to:
?
From here I got to: http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/? If you follow the sub links you get to >>States >>California? Some interesting places to string up curtain antennas, long wires, etc.?
?
Low power doesn't mean low gain!? Road trips rule!? (OK, I'll settle down now.)
?
Dave
Howdy Folks,
It's been a while. ?I don't think I'll be able to make it out this weekend either. ?The baby is jus around the corner and I've plans to put together the baby's stuff and clean out the garage. ?I have a backpacking trip next weekend, my last before stopping the outdoors stuff. ?Have fun this weekend and Happy Memorial Day!
Nick
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:38 PM, David W Crocker <dwcae@yahoo. com> wrote:
Tim and All,
Looks like an interesting spot. Maybe we can meet there this Saturday or Sunday. Weather should be good. If we plan to get together I will post a message on QRPops.
I got a pair of W4RT Collins filters (500, 2300 Hz) for the 703 and installed them today. Really makes a difference particularly the CW filter. Watch out all you diddy boppers here I come....
Dave
--- On Wed, 5/26/10, Tim Dolan <cyclist@sbcglobal. net> wrote:
From: Tim Dolan <cyclist@sbcglobal. net>
Subject: Re: Ravenswood Park E. Palo Alto
To: "David W Crocker" <dwcae@yahoo. com>
Cc: "Dave Flack" <daveflack@comcast. net>, "Neil" <neil@ghostdog. com>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 6:07 PM
| Just got off the phone with Patrick and he is very familiar with the end of Bay Road. Apparently, it is a popular spot for nature lovers and walkers and would be fine for our purposes.
FYI, Cathy and I enjoyed Neil's flank steak special tonight....hmm good!
Tim --- On Sun, 5/23/10, David W Crocker <dwcae@yahoo. com> wrote:
From: David W Crocker <dwcae@yahoo. com>
Subject: Ravenswood Park E. Palo Alto
To: "Tim Dolan" <cyclist@sbcglobal. net>
Cc: "Dave Flack" <daveflack@comcast. net>, "Neil" <neil@ghostdog. com>
Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 4:09 PM
Tim,
Dave F. and I were looking for a venue along the bay for a possible outing next weekend (Memorial Day). We were looking at the end of Bay Road (south end of Ravenswood Park). There appears to be an abandon building on a small peninsula that extends into the bay with a parking lot nearby. The best I can tell the area is not gated. Tim, could you check with your son to see if we could setup some antennas out there. I will also call the Mid Peninsula Open Space (650 691-1220) to see if they are in charge of the area.
Dave
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David W Crocker