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Re: DO NOT OPEN ATTACHMENTS FROM THIS GROUP
on 6/11/01 4:42 PM, w4wb@... at w4wb@... wrote:
--- In FT817@y..., joe_schmeau@y... wrote:-------------------------------------------Don't open ANY attachments to emails you receive from a putativegroup. Thanks Barry, I am very Relieved about learning this. Good on you and to Pres who thought about this. Jerry, K6AV |
Re: DO NOT OPEN ATTACHMENTS FROM THIS GROUP
--- In FT817@y..., joe_schmeau@y... wrote:
Don't open ANY attachments to emails you receive from a putativegroup. ** ** Be advised that we don't allow attachments in this Group. They are striped automatically. This is also why we don't allow your entire email address be shown --- to help protect your system. 72/73 de Barry - W4WB FT817 Group Co-Moderator ** ** |
Re: FT-817 Satellite ops.
--- In FT817@y..., "Curtis, Tony" <acurtis@t...> wrote:
VE7FM:away, did you need the beam? How much power were you putting out? Woulda dipole, J-pole, quarter-wave whip or rubber duck also have worked?Tony, all my contacts are qrp at 5watt most of the time but there have been few with 2 watt.....on by clicking the second column astrick of ve7fm-7 on the Station List you can see the power details. *At the time of my last digipeat on June11/01 at 06.55.57 z on orbit #14614 the height of ISS was 373.4km above ground and it was 610.4km from my location....I have made contacts in access of 1700km or more on average......at that time last night I was using 2 element 2 meter homebrew handheld beam similar to the one that Tony/VK3JED uses the only difference is that I am using gamma match and telescoping elements and bnc jack & plug to seperate the 77cm portion and thus to make it compact and easy to transport & store. * I have worked many times ISS, AO-27 and UO-14 with ANLI AL-800 dual band telescoping 37 inch antenna...no counterpoise. This was the set up for my two qso with astronaut Susan/NA1SS...and this prompted me to go further and homebrew handheld beam antennas so that I can have even better qrp success at it among all the other competing stations. * I have worked aprs via ISS with 19 inch whip but with a 19 inch wire counterpoise hanging from the ground base of the whip. * Have copied aprs from ISS with rubber duck occasionally but no luck with uplink yet. Each pass is a little different due to spacecrafts antenna positions in relation to a ham, atmospheric ducting and reflections etc.....I have even copied aprs at few times for a minute or so when the ISS was just below my horizon at LOS.....experiment with whatever you have on hand available ...you will be surprised that after all it not difficult at all BUT very easy.....at least thats what I found.....good luck....73 Mohan mohan ve7fm / qrp . recumbent bicycle mobile with . o _ sstv ssb rtty cw aprs on hf vhf uhf |_\< _` . . . . ....,,..,,....;;... O ` 'o |
Re: Digest Number 458
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Re: 20m Low Power Window 14340~14350 (Band Plan Proposal)
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An interesting variant (uh oh... here come the flames...) would be<snip> ...And it kinda makes sense, too... Drew KC0FXU |
Re: 20m Low Power Window 14340~14350 (Band Plan Proposal)
Richard,
You are exactly right, and I want to emphasize something that your post doesn't really mention: if you are subtracting dbs from the received station's signals to estimate your signal strength to that station: _Your antenna gain does NOT matter_. The gains (or losses) of both station's antennas are system gains, not station gains. You do not need to feel embarrassed about the fact that he is running a 5 element cubical quad, and your MP-1 is sitting on park bench. Your weak signals are going to be enhanced by his antenna just as much as his strong signals are. So if you have managed to tune up a damp shoestring, and you are hearing a kilowatt station at S9+40, give him a call -- unless he has absurdly high noise levels at his station he will hear you. When running QRP, just assume the worst and subtract 4 S-units from the other OM's signal. If that is still an S-unit above the noise level, give a call. Be prepared to say "That is correct. That is correct. 5 watts. 5 watts." The other op won't believe it, and assume QSB is messing with his copy. And if my experience is representative, they will insist on dropping their own power to 5 watts -- with vocalized doubtfulness. You will not make a lot of QSOs this way, but if you like listening as much as talking, you'll have fun looking for those "sweet spot" contacts. So, unless you are trying to work a net or a schedule, 5 watts SSB works great. A low power window on 20m would make this even better: it would let a QRPer know that "if I can hear'em, I can work'em". An interesting variant (uh oh... here come the flames...) would be operating LSB in that window, since it's the top of the band. In fact, I'm tempted to propose 14350 LSB as an ad hoc QRP calling frequency. Let the old timers unleash their fury on me.... now. -- Brian N0KZ Stop, drop, roll. --- In FT817@y..., "Richard B Drake" <rich@w...> wrote: Any cook, knows that when you read the list of ingredients on apackage, the largest quantity ingredient is listed first and as you read down thelist the quantities get smaller and smaller. The list of ingredients fora successful contact would read something like this:difference between 5 watts and a Kilowatt is 23 db (10 Log 1000/5) or about 3.8S units.. How important that is depends wholly on other ingredients.If you see an S9+30 signal and he is running a KW the chances are prettygood than you can call him with 5 watts and hit him with an S9+5 signal. Onthe other hand if he is S4 with a KW chances are he won't hear your 5 watts.Does it really work that way? Most of the time it does - yes. Can you go on20M SSB with 5 watts and have fun - with the right propagation and antenna,Proposal) is one of our tools, and this is what it's best suited for.public domain upon submission and may appear anywhere on the Internet or inprint without notice or compensation.Service. |
Re: Digest Number 455
lynn hilborn
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Re: Digest Number 457
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Re: Digest Number 456
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Re: 817 Owners Net
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From: <jclark6@...> To: <FT817@...> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 6:25 PM Subject: [FT817] Re: 817 Owners Net Sounds great.Questions ) see Please note that your messages and files sent to this group become publicdomain upon submission and may appear anywhere on the Internet or in print without notice or compensation.
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Re: 20m Low Power Window 14340~14350 (Band Plan Proposal)
on 6/11/01 12:54 PM, Richard B Drake at rich@... wrote:
Any cook, knows that when you read the list of ingredients on a package, the-------------------------------- Rich, You forgot another most important factor : Location, Location, Location. Jerry, K6AV |
Re: 817 Owners Net
on 6/11/01 12:34 PM, David Perry at david.perry3@... wrote:
Count me in!------------------------------------------ I think this is a marvelous idea. Now who is going to set this all up? Jerry, K6AV |
Re: 817 Owners Net
Sounds great.
Jim N5TJZ --- In FT817@y..., Mike Tatum <miket@c...> wrote: And Me !such? become publicQuestions ) see in printdomain upon submission and may appear anywhere on the Internet or without notice or compensation. Questions ) seeTo unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: become public domain upon submission and may appear anywhere on thePlease note that your messages and files sent to this group Internet or in print without notice or compensation.
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NVIS Saturday afternoon test
John (KB1FPM) and I Keith (N1XTK) tried communicating on 40 and 80 meters
this Saturday. Both of us were using the Jelinek antenna that we built. The distance between our stations was about 70 miles as the crow flies. We were not able to contact each other on 80 and was having a very rough copy on 40. My antenna had its 40 meter elements point east-west which would have been in the general direction of John. I do not know if this had anything to do with us not being able to contact each other on 80. Later on John went inside and connected to his dipole. I believe he said that it was at 35 feet at the feed point and the ends were about 20 feet off the ground (John correct me if I am wrong). We went from 50 percent or so copy to solid 100 percent copy on 40 meters. I am not sure if we tried 80 or not. John, correct, add, subtract anything that I may had been wrong on please. The contact we had when he went to his dipole was excellent and I was still on the Jelinek. Next time we may have to try it again with me on my inverted V and him on the Jelinek. 8-) 72, Keith N1XTK |
Re: SUCCESS ON 20 METERS! (long)
--- In FT817@y..., harry.edwards@s... wrote:
I thought I'd update the group on my recent SSB DX success on 20M.Hi All, My usage is a little bit longer, with approx 4 months on & off. Always at home with the FT817 5W on 10M into a HB dipole at 25'. I also have had some very good(I think so) already with some QSL cards. Some examples(all on SSB): 3D2AG, 9A1CCY, A35NB, BV7ID, BY4CL, CO2KK, FO/DL1AWI, KH0/JR3TVA, P29CC, PY2GD, S58N, T32RD, T77C, UA0FO, V31DY, V73E, VP5AZ, VP9KD, YB0LBK, YV5DEH, ZK1JD, + quite a few VK's, ZL's, JA's, and 29 States. I also personally find what really helps on QRP contacts: - REALLY, and I mean REALLY "EMPHASISE" the /QRP after your call.. Most of the above contacts said either, "QRP Only" or station with "QRP". Rgds David - W6DRH(ex KG6CIQ).. Vanity got to me.!! |
Re: 817 Owners Net
--- In FT817@y..., "KQ6XA" <xtalradio@a...> wrote:
pfarris wrote:owners.Anyone game for a FT817 Users net on the air?FT-817 users are welcome on the HFpack schedules and frequencies. Discussions include similar topics to the FT817 egroup.Bonnie, Could you send out the freqs and times for the HFpack nets. I guess we can start there and see how it works. Thanks, Phil, AB5BC proud new FT-817 owner |
Re: Low cost switcher
PHIL, I PURCHASED THE SAME HOSFELT POWER SUPPLY AND I GET "HASH" ON THE HF
BANDS WHEN COMPARED TO BATTERY POWER....HAVE YOU TRIED THE POWER SUPPLY USING ANTENNAS DIRECTLY ON REAR CONNECTOR? THATS WHEN I GET THE NOISE. IF I GOT A BAD ONE I MAY RETURN IT....BUT HEY...9 BUCKS? MAY NOT BE WORTH THE TROUBLE. THANKS, BILL,WB2IWC, |
Re: SUCCESS ON 20 METERS! (long)
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Great message! Your experience is very close to mine. I was totally amazed at what I could do on 20 SSB with the 817, and my only antenna is a multi-band vertical (HyGain AV-620). Your strategies make a lot of sense. Sometimes if it gets "too easy" on 20 SSB, I'll omit the "/QRP" and do it the "hard" way. Then I experience a big grin when that DX station gives me a big "congratulations Bill" after I tell them that I'm QRP. I agree, the QRP to QRP QSO's are very satisfying. I have a favorite saying: "start with 5 watts and add skill until the desired result is achieved." :-) 72, Bill W4RK Nashville, TN USA ----- Original Message -----
From: <harry.edwards@...> To: <FT817@...> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:16 PM Subject: [FT817] SUCCESS ON 20 METERS! (long) I thought I'd update the group on my recent SSB DX success on 20M.Questions ) see Please note that your messages and files sent to this group become publicdomain upon submission and may appear anywhere on the Internet or in print without notice or compensation.
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Re: 817 Owners Net
Mike Tatum
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M0AWS ... David Perry wrote: Count me in!-- MikeT |
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