Re: 'Alfa-Bravo-Charlie' = Old? Obsolete?
My wife once spelled her name to a call center using the NATO alphabet. And lo and behold: she received a letter addressed to Mrs. Tango Oscar November ;-) 73, Wim
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wim ton
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Re: Visited States On-Line Interactive Map
Diz, missed the point...DUH... ;-) Although you did that nicely automated utility for 5 Watters, looks like it would work for any state-collecting activity. Chuck, W5USJ, ARCI #5422 EM22cv, Rains Co.,
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Chuck Carpenter <w5usj@...>
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Re: 'Alfa-Bravo-Charlie' = Old? Obsolete?
On our SSB medical network in Africa, some colleagues would not use "Whiskey" - for abstinence reasons! The NATO alphabet is the still most used and least confusing once learnt. It is also used in
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Michael.2E0IHW
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Re: 'Alfa-Bravo-Charlie' = Old? Obsolete?
Hi, Not so long ago I copied a a U,S. ham in a DX contest trying to complete a QSO with a European ham. I could hear both sides of the QSO loud and clear. But the two stations weren't enjoying
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Bill Cromwell
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Re: 'Alfa-Bravo-Charlie' = Old? Obsolete?
I have come to expect NATO standards amount my Military, Pilot and somewhat around our Ham radio friends (except the contesters that insist they know better) :-) Where I am surprised from time to time
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Rod, VA3ON
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Re: Sierra meets FCC-2
The biggest problem with 99.9% of the diy AD98XX designs around is that nobody has read the datasheets properly as far as I can tell. There is information in most of these datasheets about harmonic
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Terry VK5TM
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Re: Sierra meets FCC-2
This is interesting! I am planning something similar with an AD9850 DDS module. First I am going to try it on a NorCal40. I'm having problems finding components for the NC40. Many are now discontinued
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Bob Macklin <macklinbob@...>
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Re: 'Alfa-Bravo-Charlie' = Old? Obsolete?
Interesting article. I haven't worked a voice mode in more than 30 years and barely before that so it doesn't come up on the air for me. But it's a common problem on the cell phone. If I use the ICAO
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Eric KE6US <eric.csuf@...>
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Sierra meets FCC-2
Years ago I built most of a Sierra on a FAR Circuits board, substituting an FCC-2 DDS for the oscillator and pre-mixer. I did this to showcase the capabilities of the then-new FCC-2, designed by my
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Bill Phillips
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'Alfa-Bravo-Charlie' = Old? Obsolete?
It Might Be Time to Update the Old 'Alfa-Bravo-Charlie' Spelling Alphabet But it's hard to break old habits. BY DAN NOSOWITZ JULY 12, 2019 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/best-spelling-alphabet
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Ronald McConnell
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Re: Visited States On-Line Interactive Map
Hi Chuck...yes saw that...but... My map is auto generated from WAS Log Entries. Nothing to do but enter your log contacts and the map auto updates with all states in the log. Just change the comma
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w8diz <w8diz@...>
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Visited States On-Line Interactive Map
Here's an on-line interactive map that would work for WAS https://www.amcharts.com/visited_states/# Useful save options, etc. Chuck, W5USJ, ARCI #5422 EM22cv, Rains Co., Texas
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Chuck Carpenter <w5usj@...>
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Re: microscope for electronics use
What is the native resolution of the camera. The photo I looked at was only 640x480!
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Roy Appleton
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Re: ceramic alignment tools
I have the same set. Just be careful you don't drop them...
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va3rr
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WAS Map
years ago with the intro of the 1W, a group of us were doing a friendly race for WAS.? I found a US map in SVG (scalable vector graphics) format and I have attached the file. I found that I could use
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chuck adams
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OT(sorta) WAS Programs for the WEB
Hi All, I assume there are quite a few members out there that program PCs in their favorite language. Just thought I'd check with y'all before I go further with this work: Here are two example links:
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w8diz <w8diz@...>
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Re: microscope for electronics use
I use these: My Scope: https://tinyurl.com/yyxvpzex Scope HDMI Camera: https://tinyurl.com/y6x5vj4o Hot Air Station: https://tinyurl.com/ycnlb5u5 I used to use one of those USB scopes and it worked
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Mark Schoonover <mark@...>
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Re: ceramic alignment tools
Thanks David, Graham, Terry, Bo, and Alan for your input on purchasing some ceramic alignment tools. I ended up getting the Hanperal set from Amazon.
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Alan N8WQ
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Re: microscope for electronics use
I use an AmScope SE400-Z Binocular Stereo Microscope. But I only use it for parts that have a pin to pin spacing of 0.5 mm or less. Everything else I use either 2.5X or 4.0X reading glasses. The
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Ray
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Re: 25 years of the SIERRA - Mainboard, Band Module and critical parts are available
Hi gang, available on request for your SIERRA retro build are: * 24 vari caps C54 * 17 mainboards * enough band module pcbs and edge connectors on stock Payment via PayPal no problem as Dirk, DH4YM
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sTef - DM5TU/VY1QRP
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