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Re: Christmas Party Photos!
开云体育Hi Judson,Thanks for taking pictures at the party. ?Ray is sending a couple of you that you need to add so everyone knows you were there too! ?The pictures of everyone came out great except for me! ?Lol. I’m not very photogenic but oh well!! ?You did get some really good ones! ?Thank you so much for all you do!! Patty On Dec 11, 2024, at 4:10?PM, Judson Mitsock via groups.io <judson@...> wrote:
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Re: Christmas Party Photos!
开云体育Thanks! ? ? Judson W1JMZ ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Randy Thompson K5ZD via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 3:27 PM To: judson@...; [email protected] Subject: Re: [W1DDD] Christmas Party Photos! ? Great job by the photographer! ? From: judson@... <judson@...> ? Hi all, ? The Christmas Party was wonderful!? I think everyone had a great time! ? ? I have posted the Christmas Party photos on the club website: ? Enjoy! ? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ? Judson W1JMZ ? |
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Re: Christmas Party Photos!
开云体育Great job by the photographer! ? From: judson@... <judson@...>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 10:36 AM To: judson@... Subject: Christmas Party Photos! Importance: High ? Hi all, ? The Christmas Party was wonderful!? I think everyone had a great time! ? ? I have posted the Christmas Party photos on the club website: ? Enjoy! ? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ? Judson W1JMZ ? |
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2025 Boston Marathon Volunteer Registration Opening Soon!
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consortium date for December 2024
We are planning a Consortium meeting for 2 December 2024 .? 7pm at the Manville Rod and Gun Club 250 High Street Manville.?? The subject
will be?The Icom IC-7300 Controls.? Topic will include a live setup with hands on opportunities.? Remember there are no dues or fees necessary to attend. Bob and I hope to see you there.
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BTW, Happy Thanksgiving to all.
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CMC choke resources
Hello BVARC, Following my talk on CMC (Common Mode Current) chokes here are some possibly helpful links. FT240-31 style fair-rite (2.4 inch mix 31) toroid core from Mouser Electronics $6.35 each in single quantities (plus shipping). It's important to order these from a reputable source as cheaper knock-offs abound.? Email me if you are interested in placing a group order and how many you want.? We could also order some high quality teflon insulated coax and UHF connectors to form a complete kit and build some together at a future meeting. Commercial alternatives: I've used the MyAntennas Common mode choke (RF Isolator) at my antenna feedpoint with good results. I was asked about the effect on the antenna SWR.? The antenna is an 80-10 OCFD and adding the choke shifted the resonance on 80 meters so the coverage across the bands aligned better. It greatly reduced the RFI issue with our whole house smoke alarm, and also lowered the receive noise level.? End fed or off center fed antennas are much more likely to create RFI issues due to so called "common mode currents".? Every situation is potentially different so how much this will help in your shack depends.? For "random wires" and end fed half waves which are popular for POTA preventing the feedline from radiating as part of the antenna and using a dedicated counterpoise can provide better results.? Alternatively, if you want your coax feed line to act as a radial (or radiator) you can place the choke nearer the transmitter to prevent RFI problems. 73, Peter K1AV |
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25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day December 7, 2024
Hi Everyone,
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving.
On Saturday, December 7th, same day as our Christmas Party, Skywarn is having a special event and we our hoping a lot of Rhode Islanders can help out. Just a few radio calls from everyone who has ever been part of Skywarn would help a lot.
Thanks,
Teri- W1PUP
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25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day December 7, 2024 There will be a SRD special event from 0000 – 2359 UTC on the day. The objective is for all amateur stations to exchange QSO information with as many Amateur Radio SKYWARN Spotters and National Weather Service Stations as possible on the 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2-meter and 70-centimeter bands. ARRL will be on the air during the event from the ARRL Radio Laboratory station, W1HQ, using the call sign WX1AW.? Spotters are encouraged to register for SRD at . There will be participation certificates available after the event. 2024 SKYWARN Recognition Day Participant Sign Up:
RI-ARES org site:
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2028 BVARC 75th Anniversary
Ok so I'll start this now so we have plenty of time to figure it out. (Also I'm wide awake at 4am as usual and brainstorming ideas to keep the cabin fever at bay)
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As brought up at the September and October 2024 meetings, I guess I need to form a committee for the 75th anniversary of BVARC. So anyone who would like to input or be on the committee please let me know, many hands make less work for everyone, or something like that. ;)
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First the club will be 75 years old in 2028. I propose we use W1DDD/75? for the year and have special QSL cards made for those who would like to send a QSL card and a SASE.
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Now with that we'll need a QSL mamanger. I would have no issue with that part. Maybe enlist a couple club members to help fill out cards or I'm thinking print the stickers with the QSO info from the logs and attach to the cards, a common practice I've been noticing lately.
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Then I'm thinking well what about foreign stations? A Forever Stamp for International is currently $1.65 each. Do we set up like the DX stations where they pay on a site and we send them the QSL card via Bureau or Direct? Some stations charge $3 to 5 USD for a QSL card to cover their costs of the card, envelopes and postage. I find that fair as some stations use those funds for non profits in their country,? others use it to make more QSL cards and of course the cost of postage is constantly climbing.
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Also thinking most of us use N3FJP logging software and LOTW, some use QRZ.com and eQSL. Biggest thing is we'll need to have one person get the logs to verify QSO info for the QSLs and QSL Cards.
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As for operating, thinking we need to coordinate that also, or do we set specific frequencies on each band? Also do we do some POTA/SOTA operating that year as a club??
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As for Winter and Summer Field Days, we'll stick to W1DDD as adding the /75 will be too much when operating for those 2 events. (Same for the 2m Wednesday Nets but that's up to the Net Control Station)?
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As I say I'm brainstorming ideas for the future.
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73 Matt NA1Q
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Re: FIELD DAY RESULTS
开云体育Congratulations. #16 overall in the 2A category. ? Blackstone Valley ARC W1DDD (+NA1Q) QSOs 1,557 Power ?2 (100W) Operators 26 Score 7,471 ? ? ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Mark Hofstra KW1X
Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2024 4:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [W1DDD] FIELD DAY RESULTS ? |
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Re: HAM Radio Items For Sale
To all,
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The Powerwerx power supply SPS 30DM ?that is lightly used that we are asking $75. This item is now sold as of yesterday.
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I stand corrected that the second power supply is not a Powerwerx SPS 30DM but is a Powerwerx SS-30DV.? If interested we are asking $65.
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Also the other items are still available so if interested reach out to us.
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Ray Vilnit
KC1HQB
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Re: POTA activation Saturday at Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
开云体育Nice set up Peter. ?Looks like you were close to the Gorge. ?I was hoping to stop by but we had a tree guy here today and we were really busy. ?Hope you made a lot of contacts! ?Patty W1AUTOn Nov 2, 2024, at 3:18?PM, Lloyd Merrill <lloydmerrill@...> wrote:
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Re: POTA activation Saturday at Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Sorry Peter.? I just read your email.? I just got home and put up my old dublit antenna for some HF work. Hope you had a great time. Ken? On Fri, Nov 1, 2024, 12:19?PM Peter Sichel K1AV via <psichel=[email protected]> wrote:
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POTA activation Saturday at Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Hello BVARC, I’m planning a POTA activation tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 11/2) around 1:30 pm at the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park in Blackstone.? If you’re interested you can email me, stop by, or try to make contact by checking the??website for active spots. ? I’ll have a small station with two portable antennas available: ? 1. POTA PERformer -? ? 2. Rybakov -? ? 73, Peter K1AV County St & Staples Ln Blackstone, MA ?01504 United States 42.01551° N, 71.55257° W |
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Re: HAM Radio Items For Sale
开云体育If anyone has any interest in these items you can talk with Patty or I at the club meeting tonight.We have a second Powerwerx power supply SPS 30DM ?that is lightly used that we are asking $75.? Patty and I are not benefiting from the sale of this equipment. We are just trying to help family members.? Thanks for your consideration.? Ray KC1HQB On Oct 16, 2024, at 4:03?PM, Ray Vilnit via groups.io <kc1hqb@...> wrote:
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Re: Prime Day sale on TIDRADIO TD-H3
Hi Lloyd, I had no trouble using the Odmaster app to program the radio via Bluetooth from my iPhone.? If you want to add a nearby repeater or restore a previously saved configuration it’s handy.? The app can list nearby repeaters based on your location. I still like Chirp for its ease of use if I’m near my computer. 73, K1AV
On Oct 19, 2024 at 1:47:26?PM, Lloyd Merrill <lloydmerrill@...> wrote:
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Re: Prime Day sale on TIDRADIO TD-H3
Yes, I bought a pair and sold one of them.
On Oct 19, 2024 at 11:50:09?AM, N1BEE <mikebw+groupsio@...> wrote:
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Re: Prime Day sale on TIDRADIO TD-H3
Peter, Have you tried programming the radio on your phone through Bluetooth?? The Odmaster app is undoubtedly different from Chirp, but it relieves you from waiting until?you have a computer handy.?? 73, Lloyd - W1LBM On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 10:30?AM Peter Sichel K1AV via <psichel=[email protected]> wrote:
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