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73's
Chuck Digby --KB0TOT
Lenexa KS Post)
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Bill Johnson Introduces Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act
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Washington, June 12, 2023
Congressman Bill Johnson released the following statement after introducing H.R. 4006, the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act, to govern private land use restrictions on amateur radio. Johnson was joined in introducing the legislation by Rep. Joe Courtney of Connecticut:
Congressman Bill Johnson released the following statement after introducing H.R. 4006, the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act, to govern private land use restrictions on amateur radio. Johnson was joined in introducing the legislation by Rep. Joe Courtney of Connecticut:

Antennas are essential for all wireless communication, whether TV broadcasts, wireless internet, Wi-Fi, or amateur radio. Existing federal law provides for the installation of TV broadcast and wireless internet antennas and satellite dishes at private homes, but amateur radio antennas are not included in the statute as currently written. This bill would correct that.

“I reintroduced the?Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act to remove barriers to disaster and emergency communications and training, and to promote education in STEM subjects related to critically needed wireless technology,” Bill Johnson said. “Passage of this bill will promote developing and sustaining our nation’s wireless future and facilitate and encourage amateur radio operations as a public benefit.”

“As their actions during recent natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy proved, amateur radio operators in Connecticut can be a critical component of disaster response and emergency management. It is in our communities’ best interest that we give them the capabilities to operate at the highest level, and with the re-introduction of this bill, we’ve taken a strong step in that direction,” said Rep. Courtney (CT-02).

Rick Roderick, K5UR, President of The American Radio Relay League, the National Association For Amateur Radio, extended on behalf of the ARRL, its Members, and America’s Amateur Radio community their thanks and appreciation for the leadership of Congressman Johnson in his tireless efforts to support and protect the rights of all Amateur Radio Operators and to further STEM education and the advancement of American expertise in wireless technology.

The full legislation can be viewed here.

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FLASH NEWS !!! --- RADIO SHACK DERBY CLOSING DEC 16TH..

#459

For those that don't know RADIO SHACK of DERBY is Closing December 16th, a Saturday.. 
Mark and Shawn are -semi- retiring after 20 years at the Derby Location. 

Radio Shack Derby is also known as B & H sales and fondly as "The Candy Store" 

Many people will loose going to a "eyeball meeting" Saturday Mornings... 
??????????????? BUT-
There will be life after death a few ways. 
#1 Mark will continue to Display and Sell at Ham fests. He is planning on as many as 12 per year up from 6. 
#2. We are inviting everyone to uses WAWA... WICHITA AREA WIRELESS ASSOCIATES.. It is a group, you may join for FREE. 
#3. WAWA at groups dot IO has been sponsored by Radio Shack for? 3 years now. It will become the DEFACTO place to meet. 
#4. Plans are being made for Mark to continue carrying Amateur Radio Gear, and maybe work 2-3 days a week. 
#5. Carl will continue to? provide his quality services and repairs; but elsewhere. 
#6. The store phone will be ported over to a Cellphone Mark will answer during business hours just like today. 

WAWA groups.io is open to all Amateurs, GMRS, SWL's CBers and even electronic enthusiasts. It is a non club. bulletin board available to all
in the Wichita Area. Buy Sell Trade, Announce meetings, swaps, news, births and deaths, anything that is of interest to the Wichita Area Radio boys and girls.
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There is a plethora of groups, on groups.io.. Many ham groups use it. So go log in and find WAWA and other groups that would interest you. 

Because it's FREE- you can't post pictures, but there is no advertising like facebook. You will be able to buy-sell or trade electronic wireless communications items. From components to entire stations... 
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Very important act before Nov 28 23

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I got this from a ARRL today! 
A few weeks ago, I sent out a request for members to comment to the FCC
about proposed changes to the 60 meter band.  Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, Roanoke
Division Director and Bill Morine, N2COP, Roanoke Division Vice Director
recently wrote a great request for action to members of their division
about the proposed changes.  Because the FCC has extended the deadline
for comments to November 28, 2023 *from the original October 31) I
thought it worthwhile to forward their message to the Midwest Division.


Here is Jim and Bill’s request for support (with the corrected due
date):

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We need your assistance, and we need it NOW.  We strongly encourage you
to assist the ARRL and the entire U.S. Amateur Radio community by
submitting comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
before November 28, 2023, to save the privileges we have fought to gain
on 60 meters.  Even if you are not currently active on 60 meters, the
proposed reduction in power from 100 watts to an equivalent of less than
10 watts is the most sweeping reduction of HF privileges in decades.  If
Amateur Radio opposition to this proposed change is weak and the FCC
goes through with the change, will a lackluster response from the
Amateur Radio community embolden the FCC to remove or modify more HF
privileges?

Please read this message in full to understand why your help is needed
prior to submitting your comments.

The FCC has issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking’s (NPRM) Docket
Number 23-120 which would reduce power on 60 meters from 100 watts ERP
(Effective Radiated Power) to the equivalent of 9.5 watts ERP.  The NPRM
would replace the current five channels (currently each with a 100-watt
power limit) with a 15 KHz continuous spectrum from 5351.5 to 5366.5
KHz, but limiting power to the equivalent of 9.5 watts ERP.  ARRL is
proposing to keep the current five channels AND add the docket’s
proposed 15 KHz of continuous spectrum, all at a power level of 100
watts ERP.

It’s important to note that in 2022 our neighbor, Canada, enacted
ARRL’s position by keeping the five current channels AND adding the
expanded 15 KHz of continuous spectrum, all at 100 watts.  ARRL is
advocating for the FCC to adopt the identical allocations and power
limits which Canada put in place over a year ago.

When the FCC authorized 60-meter access for Amateur Radio operators in
July 2003, the Commission cited the positive propagation attributes for
emergency communications.  Over the past twenty years during hurricanes,
Caribbean Amateur Radio stations used 60 meters to relay critical
weather and situational reports to U.S. operators.  Clearly, 9.5 watts
ERP would be woefully inadequate to maintain communications for these
purposes.

In the May 2023 ARRL survey, members overwhelmingly pointed to Spectrum
Defense as the #1 priority of the League.  The Roanoke Division takes
this priority seriously.  For the maximum impact, the FCC needs to hear
from ARRL members in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West
Virginia to underscore the importance of 60 meters in our densely
populated region on the eastern seaboard situated between active
hurricane zones and our nation’s capital of Washington, DC.  Having a
consistent bandplan with Canada will also ensure harmonious
communications throughout most of North America.

PLEASE support the ARRL's filing in this matter.

To learn more about the NPRM and its impact on our 60-meter privileges,
please visit  . On this webpage you
will find the links to file comments with the FCC.  Please don’t
delay.  A substantial response from the Ham community before the
November 28 deadline is the only way to forestall the loss of our valued
operating privileges.  Please urge your fellow Hams to file comments as
well.  Protection of our Amateur Radio spectrum is our number one
priority.

73 de
Jim Boehner, N2ZZ
Roanoke Division Director

Bill Morine, N2COP
Roanoke Division Vice Director
*

I appreciate your support in defending our spectrum and for your support
of the ARRL.

73, Art K?AIZ

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Director: Arthur I Zygielbaum, K0AIZ
k0aiz@...
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Report from past weekend's 75th annual Texahoma Hamarama - Ardmore , OK

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Ardmore Ok is the intersection of a Y between Oklahoma City, and Tulsa at the top and Dallas at the bottom. Nice rainy weekend, Drove down from Mulvane Friday. Booked a Day's Inn -King bed for $33 a night--? Free Breakfast & HBO too.. Sunday stopped at Eskimo Joe's in Stillwater on the way home. 

Excellent hamfest at the EXPO-Convention Center. I'd say 150 tables and 1500+ attendees. 

While I was there I met Jason KC5HWB of YOU TUBE's "Ham Radio 2.0" ? He lives near Dallas.. Real nice guy..If you want to know the latest in Ham Radio watch his 200+ shows on his YOUTUBE CHANNEL 

My Big Buy - new 10 inch? ZTE K92 tablets Can take the AT&T SIM for $20 each.. On Ebay used they are $49? and last night I found instructons to upgrade the O/S from Android persimmon (11) to Android 14- the latest.. 

?Anyhow here is the thank you I received, with who won the prizes?? Larry -W8LM. 
Thanks for a great Ardmore 2023 Texoma Hamarama hamfest! The 75th version of the Texoma Hamarama is in the books. Thanks for a great 2024 Texoma Hamara. We had lots of vendors, exhibitors, and attendees. 

See you next year at Oklahoma City's Ham Holiday on July 27/28, 2024, and at the Ardmore Texoma Hamarama on October 26, 2024. Both hamfests will be returning to their venues and we'll hope to bring more amateur radio fun to these events. We thank everyone for their participation and look forward to seeing you next year.

This year's prize winners are as follows:

2023 Special Raffle - ICOM 705 super package - Eric Chambless K5OD - Amarillo, TX

2023 Pre-registration prize - Vonnie Meritt KE5RKC - Union City, OK

2023 Grand Prize - Toby Roberson KO5T - Grandview, TX

Hourly Prizes
9:00 a.m. - Wolf River Coils SOTA Special Antenna - Shelley Stevans - KD5CCI
10:00 a.m. - Alpha Delta 4-Position Antenna Switch and $25 Hamthreads gift card - Kenneth Eppler AD5CC
11:00 a.m. - TekPower TP305WI 30 Amp DC Power Supply and $25 Hamarama Bucks - Lyndle Smith KI5JTT
12:00 p.m. - ICOM IC-V80 2M HT and $25 Hamaram Bucks
1:00 p.m. - Yeasu FT-70DR C4FM Fusion Dual Band HT - Mike Rockey KE5EQC
2:00 p.m. - Quansheng UV-K5(8) Walkie Talkie and $50 Hamarama Bucks - Tim Maloney KA7NWT

73? - thanks a lot - and see you next year!

Central Oklahoma Radio Amateurs (CORA)

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Re: W0VFW VHF repeater on ALLSTAR...on Blind Hams Network..

#456

It also looks as if I forgot our free use of W0VFW@ groups .io does not like anything but text, so what I sent and what was in the meaasge got changed..
Let me make an attempt to provide the link to Allstar link. org node list.. use this link:



Then the Blind hams node list is as follows corrected.

The Allstar node list shows active nodes 
0- Freemont Ca.
1- Newark, NJ
2- Ottawa Ontario Canada
3-London, UK
4-Sidney NSW
5- NOT ACTIVE---- Down for some reason.. last ping 00:49 10/25
6- Test bench N2DYI
7- Newark, NJ again.

As of 6:25 AM local 10/25 #5-  Plano Texas is back up. 
I received this answer from Pat N2DYI..... 
"506315 is active, not sure where you're getting that info from. It's connecting all the other nodes together. The buzz was caused by a connected node to 506311, WA2AIB"

So all ends well...  yesterday at 9pm my rain gauge has 1.48 inches of rain for yesterday, and resets at midnight at 6:30 am we have 0.59 inch. No antenna work today. No work on the truck. I can prep and pack for TEXOHOMA HAMARAMA Friday and Saturday in  Ardmore, Ok and start insulating my addition, then sheet rock.. 60 days to Christmas.. Have a long way to go as relatives are visiting.

For someone willing to take over the repeater-repeaters, there is a wealth of information on ALLSTAR  on the internet. All good stuff.. I just am too busy trying to get ready to downsize. Covid and inflation put quite a damper in downsizing, 


So--- At least we didn't turn around with our direction finding gear and go hunting in the rain last night. One disadvantage for me to continue is everytime there is a problem the repeater site is 22 miles from my home. and ant weak signal on the input  becasue I'm south of the repeater, I may not hear, without 1st going to the site.

Re: W0VFW VHF repeater on ALLSTAR...on Blind Hams Network..

#455

Thank you for the update Larry. I will also change my home Allstar connection in that case. Also thank you for contacting Patrick if needed.

Every good thing must break sometimes I guess. Hopefully Patrick will fix it on his end if that is the problem. Not sure what if anything can be done on our end, but you know more about that than I do. 

Thanks for letting us know.

Pat

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On Oct 24, 2023, at 10:15 PM, Michael Moore via groups.io <bigmo3259@...> wrote:

?Over my head, thanks for the good of the order.
On Oct 24, 2023, at 10:11 PM, Larry Macionski via groups.io <am_fm_radio@...> wrote:

?Upon reaching home from the club meeting tonight,  I was hearing "strange doings" on the repeater.. An almost dead carrier.. 3-5 seconds with a single "go Ahead" beep.  If I keyed the repeater I got a double beep "go ahead" beep indicating the repeater was on the internet.. Single go ahead beep shoul dbe when we are in local area mode- not on Blind hams. 

Anyhow I went to AllStar Link | Node List

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AllStar Link | Node List

Tim Sawyer WD6AWP - standing on the shoulders of giants

Repeater Controller with VoIP linking for Ham Radio
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and looked up the blind hams network.. We usually connect to node 50631X... X being 5 one of many portals based on our geographical location.Since we're in Wichita the closest is 5- Plano TX and it is not there.. Allstar is indicating it's off the "air" since 00:49 zulu 10/25

I also did this with my SHARI hot spot and found that when either the repeater or the hotspot was connected to 506315... we'd get the almost dead carrier burst for 3-5 seconds.. 
So it must be on the internet... 

We should connect to 506315 5 being Plano Texas. 

The Allstar node list shows active nodes 0- Freemont Ca.1- Newark, NJ2- Ottawa Ontario Canada
3-London, UK
4-Sidney NWT
5- NOT ACTIVE---- Down for some reason.. last ping 00:49 10/25
6- Test bench N2DYI7- Newark, NJ again.

We are now connected to 0 - Fremont, Ca and I am not hearing the 3-5 second almost dead carrier with a single go ahead beep... 

I did hear a "static burst" on both my Shari and Freemont on the W0VFW repeater and it is 22 miles away from my QTH.. 
I did put my Shari on 1 Newark and the W0VFW repeater on 0 Fremont CA and I heard the static buzz 1 second long with a single courtesy tone.. So something in the Blind Hams network is not perfect.. 

I am going to send a copy of this post to  Patrick, N2DYI to see if he can fill me in... I'm glad it isn't us... But I'm not sure. Pat N2DYI knows he can shut us down if were the problem. 

Larry W8LM
am_fm_radio@...





-- 
Michael Moore
KF0BFU
Sergeant of Arms

Re: W0VFW VHF repeater on ALLSTAR...on Blind Hams Network..

Michael Moore

#454

Over my head, thanks for the good of the order.

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On Oct 24, 2023, at 10:11 PM, Larry Macionski via groups.io <am_fm_radio@...> wrote:

?Upon reaching home from the club meeting tonight,  I was hearing "strange doings" on the repeater.. An almost dead carrier.. 3-5 seconds with a single "go Ahead" beep.  If I keyed the repeater I got a double beep "go ahead" beep indicating the repeater was on the internet.. Single go ahead beep shoul dbe when we are in local area mode- not on Blind hams. 

Anyhow I went to AllStar Link | Node List

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AllStar Link | Node List

Tim Sawyer WD6AWP - standing on the shoulders of giants

Repeater Controller with VoIP linking for Ham Radio
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and looked up the blind hams network.. We usually connect to node 50631X... X being 5 one of many portals based on our geographical location.Since we're in Wichita the closest is 5- Plano TX and it is not there.. Allstar is indicating it's off the "air" since 00:49 zulu 10/25

I also did this with my SHARI hot spot and found that when either the repeater or the hotspot was connected to 506315... we'd get the almost dead carrier burst for 3-5 seconds.. 
So it must be on the internet... 

We should connect to 506315 5 being Plano Texas. 

The Allstar node list shows active nodes 0- Freemont Ca.1- Newark, NJ2- Ottawa Ontario Canada
3-London, UK
4-Sidney NWT
5- NOT ACTIVE---- Down for some reason.. last ping 00:49 10/25
6- Test bench N2DYI7- Newark, NJ again.

We are now connected to 0 - Fremont, Ca and I am not hearing the 3-5 second almost dead carrier with a single go ahead beep... 

I did hear a "static burst" on both my Shari and Freemont on the W0VFW repeater and it is 22 miles away from my QTH.. 
I did put my Shari on 1 Newark and the W0VFW repeater on 0 Fremont CA and I heard the static buzz 1 second long with a single courtesy tone.. So something in the Blind Hams network is not perfect.. 

I am going to send a copy of this post to  Patrick, N2DYI to see if he can fill me in... I'm glad it isn't us... But I'm not sure. Pat N2DYI knows he can shut us down if were the problem. 

Larry W8LM
am_fm_radio@...

-- 
Michael Moore
KF0BFU
Sergeant of Arms

W0VFW VHF repeater on ALLSTAR...on Blind Hams Network..

#453

Upon reaching home from the club meeting tonight,? I was hearing "strange doings" on the repeater.. An almost dead carrier.. 3-5 seconds with a single "go Ahead" beep.? If I keyed the repeater I got a double beep "go ahead" beep indicating the repeater was on the internet.. Single go ahead beep shoul dbe when we are in local area mode- not on Blind hams. 

Anyhow I went to AllStar Link | Node List

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AllStar Link | Node List

Tim Sawyer WD6AWP - standing on the shoulders of giants

Repeater Controller with VoIP linking for Ham Radio
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and looked up the blind hams network.. We usually connect to node 50631X... X being 5 one of many portals based on our geographical location.Since we're in Wichita the closest is 5- Plano TX and it is not there.. Allstar is indicating it's off the "air" since 00:49 zulu 10/25

I also did this with my SHARI hot spot and found that when either the repeater or the hotspot was connected to 506315... we'd get the almost dead carrier burst for 3-5 seconds.. 
So it must be on the internet... 

We should connect to 506315 5 being Plano Texas. 

The Allstar node list shows active nodes?0- Freemont Ca.1- Newark, NJ2- Ottawa Ontario Canada
3-London, UK
4-Sidney NWT
5- NOT ACTIVE---- Down for some reason.. last ping 00:49 10/25
6- Test bench N2DYI7- Newark, NJ again.

We are now connected to 0 - Fremont, Ca and I am not hearing the 3-5 second almost dead carrier with a single go ahead beep... 

I did hear a "static burst" on both my Shari and Freemont on the W0VFW repeater and it is 22 miles away from my QTH..?
I did put my Shari on 1 Newark and the W0VFW repeater on 0 Fremont CA and I heard the static buzz 1 second long with a single courtesy tone.. So something in the Blind Hams network is not perfect.. 

I am going to send a copy of this post to? Patrick, N2DYI to see if he can fill me in... I'm glad it isn't us... But I'm not sure. Pat N2DYI knows he can shut us down if were the problem. 

Larry W8LM
am_fm_radio@...

Re: Tuesday Meeting And More

#452

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Re: New ELECRAFT Handheld Transceiver 5 Bands

#451

I believe it is a bit pricy. I  personally would have a problem walking and sending CW at the same time. It is compact. and has a superhet receiver.
I have a FT-817 QRP radio I have had for 20 years now.  I have not had it in the field  since before covid. It's formatable but much bigger ad if camping fo ra weekend, I need to rake an AMMO box with rechargable batteries.  Even though the FT-817 has an internal battery pack, it's good fo rabout 3-4 hours of operation. 

Now - the past 2-3 days I'm blown away with everything I am reading about the Yaesu F710-FIELD -SDR AESS radio HF +6M 100 watts... It's street price is $880. delivered with a 3 year warranty.. I read reviews and one guy who owns 3 ICOM 7300's says it out performs that ICOMS. 

Given that the mind set that 20-40 year old radios are bringing $400-500 and many parts are end of life. A reasonable person would opt to bite the bullet and buy the FT710..  
2 years ago I bought the FT-991A.. even though I have a ICOM 756pro-II. I justified the FT-991 because it's all modes, all bands including VHF-UHF and the pro-II is close to 20 years old now. Still formatible as it has a spectrum analyzer and programmable filters plus dual receive.

Re: New ELECRAFT Handheld Transceiver 5 Bands

Michael Moore

#450

Nice unit.

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On Oct 21, 2023, at 11:54 AM, Gaylen Klein <gklein.klein@...> wrote:

?Is the VHF repeater brdged to the Visually Inconvenienced Hams Net?Gaylen W. Klein, USN(Ret.)
-------- Original message --------From: "Larry Macionski via groups.io" <am_fm_radio@...> Date: 10/21/23  8:25 AM  (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: [W0VFW] New ELECRAFT Handheld Transceiver 5 Bands 

-- 
Michael Moore
KF0BFU
Sergeant of Arms

Re: Tuesday Meeting And More

Michael Moore

#449

I plan to attend.

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On Oct 22, 2023, at 4:48 PM, Pat Hawkins <prayerpartnerpat@...> wrote:

?Hello VFW Ham Family

This Tuesday at 7pm at the post we will hold our October meeting. Please attend as lots of important decisions need to be made. I share the September minutes along with a few highlights of what we need to do.

Highlights

1.  This meeting we will nominate officers for the 2024 year of service. Please consider who you would like to nominate for president, Vice President, treasurer and perhaps board members if desired. We need good leadership for the benefit of the club.

Radio Shack Derby will officially be closing December 16th. We want to honor Mark and Carl with a retirement party. 

Christmas means the Angel tree activity again and we need to plan how to get things done.

As a member of the Post 3115 Amateur Radio Club your help is most appreciated. Please come to the meeting prepared to get involved.

Also please watch your inbox for the agenda from our president.

Blessings

Patricia Hawkins, Secretary 

<minutes9-26-2023.rtf>

-- 
Michael Moore
KF0BFU
Sergeant of Arms

Tuesday Meeting And More

#448

Hello VFW Ham Family

This Tuesday at 7pm at the post we will hold our October meeting. Please attend as lots of important decisions need to be made. I share the September minutes along with a few highlights of what we need to do.

Highlights

1.  This meeting we will nominate officers for the 2024 year of service. Please consider who you would like to nominate for president, Vice President, treasurer and perhaps board members if desired. We need good leadership for the benefit of the club.

Radio Shack Derby will officially be closing December 16th. We want to honor Mark and Carl with a retirement party. 

Christmas means the Angel tree activity again and we need to plan how to get things done.

As a member of the Post 3115 Amateur Radio Club your help is most appreciated. Please come to the meeting prepared to get involved.

Also please watch your inbox for the agenda from our president.

Blessings

Patricia Hawkins, Secretary

minutes9-26-2023.rtf

Re: New ELECRAFT Handheld Transceiver 5 Bands

#447

Is the VHF repeater brdged to the Visually Inconvenienced Hams Net?Gaylen W. Klein, USN(Ret.)

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-------- Original message --------From: "Larry Macionski via groups.io" <am_fm_radio@...> Date: 10/21/23  8:25 AM  (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: [W0VFW] New ELECRAFT Handheld Transceiver 5 Bands 

New ELECRAFT Handheld Transceiver 5 Bands

#446

Re: Hf antenna

Michael Moore

#445

40 meters, download netloggers. Org and you can see what’s playing.

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On Oct 16, 2023, at 3:13 PM, Gaylen Klein <gklein.klein@...> wrote:

?Were I you I'd put up a "multi-fan" dipole to cover the band(s) you're interested in."Typically" these cover 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters.  The 80 meter portion "usually" having loading coils to keep the overall length reasonable for a city lot.Just my opinion, though I have used an Alpha-Delta DX-CC in the past and was quite satisfied with its performance. Gaylen W. Klein, USN(Ret.)
-------- Original message --------From: Mike Holmes <aerospaced@...> Date: 10/16/23  2:18 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [W0VFW] Hf antenna I should have been more succinct, what is the most active bands? I think at the pota, gaylen was very busy on 17, whereas on 20 there was not as much traffic, what bands is best to tune an hf antenna?Mike

-- 
Michael Moore
KF0BFU
Sergeant of Arms

Re: Hf antenna

#444

Were I you I'd put up a "multi-fan" dipole to cover the band(s) you're interested in."Typically" these cover 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters.? The 80 meter portion "usually" having loading coils to keep the overall length reasonable for a city lot.Just my opinion, though I have used an Alpha-Delta DX-CC in the past and was quite satisfied with its performance.?Gaylen W. Klein, USN(Ret.)

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-------- Original message --------From: Mike Holmes <aerospaced@...> Date: 10/16/23  2:18 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [W0VFW] Hf antenna I should have been more succinct, what is the most active bands? I think at the pota, gaylen was very busy on 17, whereas on 20 there was not as much traffic, what bands is best to tune an hf antenna?Mike

Re: Hf antenna

#443

I should have been more succinct, what is the most active bands? I think at the pota, gaylen was very busy on 17, whereas on 20 there was not as much traffic, what bands is best to tune an hf antenna?

Mike

Re: REPEATER status change.

#442

Call me if you do make to the Post.?Gaylen W. Klein, USN(Ret.)

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-------- Original message --------From: "Larry Macionski via groups.io" <am_fm_radio@...> Date: 10/16/23  12:09 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [W0VFW] REPEATER status change. As of 11:30am Local 10/16? I disconnected Blind Hams because VE3RWJ commented on a "long Static Crash" and I inquired . He and another commented they were putting up with it on Blind Hams for 3 days..? We've had high winds for 3 days.. Right now I have ZERO wind in Mulvane. and the repeater is quiet.. Now it's quiet for the last 1/2 hour. I am also now monitoring Blind Hams on my HOTSPOT.. to make sure we were the one causing it as I polled connections and there were about 45 users connected. We are now standing alone.? If the sun has burned off the frost we will not know if It's us till tomorrow about 9am.. but it was making noise till 11:30 this morning. We have PL on the repeater, so any carrier has to have the same PL in order to get into our machine. Our transmitter transmits a DPL tone so it cannot mix and produce a PL tone for the receiver.. I may try to get up to the post at 3pm today.. to check connections on coax cables, etc.. Tomorrow-Wednesday I will be busy.. Larry W8LM

Re: REPEATER status change.

#441

As of 11:30am Local 10/16  I disconnected Blind Hams because VE3RWJ commented on a "long Static Crash" and I inquired . He and another commented they were putting up with it on Blind Hams for 3 days..  We've had high winds for 3 days.. Right now I have ZERO wind in Mulvane. and the repeater is quiet.. 

Now it's quiet for the last 1/2 hour. I am also now monitoring Blind Hams on my HOTSPOT.. to make sure we were the one causing it as I polled connections and there were about 45 users connected. 

We are now standing alone.  If the sun has burned off the frost we will not know if It's us till tomorrow about 9am.. but it was making noise till 11:30 this morning. 

We have PL on the repeater, so any carrier has to have the same PL in order to get into our machine. 
Our transmitter transmits a DPL tone so it cannot mix and produce a PL tone for the receiver.. 

I may try to get up to the post at 3pm today.. to check connections on coax cables, etc.. Tomorrow-Wednesday I will be busy.. 

Larry W8LM

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