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CW Practice / Rag Chew Announcement
开云体育 I will be doing another CW on the air practice
session Saturday,?25 January?at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, 16:00 UTC on 17 meters. Why 17 meters? This weekend is Winter Field Day and I do not want to interfere with it. Also VOACAP says 17 meters is going to be open to most of the US. ?Anyone is
welcome. This practice is intended for operators who
are new to CW or they need some practice. IT DOES
NOT MATTER HOW POOR YOUR CW IS. Mistakes are OK.
Poor fists are OK. Slow speed is OK. Really slow
speed is OK. This practice is meant for you to
improve your CW. I will do my best to adjust to your
skill level. Operate at any power level. If several
stations show up, I will operate as a round-table
control station. I will do it as a round-table so
everyone gets a chance to transmit. Please listen to
my directions.
Details: Date - Saturday, January 25 2025 Time - 10:00 AM Eastern Time 16:00 UTC Band - 17 Meters How to find me - I will find a clear frequency and call CQ. Go to the Reverse Beacon Network and search for my call sign AB8DF. That will tell you what
frequency I am on. Tune your station to that
frequency and if you hear me give me a call. If
there is a QSO in progress, please wait for a break
in the action. Then send your callsign. If I hear
you, I will invite you to join the QSO and start a
round-table QSO. Reply to this email if you have questions. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR CW IS Ed AB8DF |
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Michigan QRP Club Zoom meeting invite and report
开云体育We had sixteen folks at the 16 January Michigan QRP Club weekly Zoom chat. Please join us Thursday January 23rd (and every Thursday) at 4PM Eastern for the Michigan QRP Club weekly QRP Chat where the main topics will be QRP and other ham interests. New hams are encouraged to participate and ask questions. It's fun, it's easy, and it's free. You only need a computer, a smart phone, or a tablet that can connect to the Internet. OR if you can't be close to any of those you can join by audio with any standard phone. Just follow the directions below. No software needs be loaded or installed. Anyone can join and non members are welcome. Details are here: Thursdays topics will include Dave N8SBE talking about the various reporters like PSK reporter and WSPR net. Pete WK8S Ed AB8DF Ernie W3ETE Tony W8CDC Stan WB8QJZ Tom WW8LA Jerry K5SOP Casey KC9IH Larry AC8YE Jacob N3JU Dave N8SBE Bill KU8H John M7FZC Stuart M0SGV Yvon AD7YE Mark WQ8S Tony lead the discussion. He gave a summary of the last few days he had on FT8. Uses a cheap version of Digital Geochron. ? It tells him what bands are open. Got away from PSK and now does FT8. Talked about the various reporters PSK reporter and WSPR net. John asked Tony about how he connects up his QMX for FT8. Stuart uses QMX for his FT8. He has been very successful with it. Does not typically use any of the reporters. Dave has WSJX connected to HRD. KX2 and a sound card dongle for portable FT8. Uses 5 or 10 watts but his KXP100 makes a big difference. He has come across 1000 watt stations on FT8. Technician class should have digital privileges on HF to encourage more praticpation. He showed a PSK reporter screen. He had many spots that his station heard and talked to some of the features that were on the screen. We looked at several things one was propagation. It shows where your signal is going. Tom asked when has FT8 became popular. We all had some idea when we got started 2018? 2017 was when JT released it. Casey thought FT8 was completely hands off mode where there is not operator intervention. We corrected him and although it is highly automated, it is not automatous. Yvon says there is software that will do automated FT8 QSO’s. He uses regular it to test antennas and propagation. Pete showed a presentation on his CW VOX kit. It converts human voice into keyed CW. Allows folks who may not have the physical hand ability to send CW. They can speak into it dits and dahs and it will key a transmitter. . Jacob has been working on his Michigan Mighty Mite. The topic for January 23rd will have Dave N8SBE talk about the various reporters like PSK reporter and WSPR net. Anyone can take the floor and ask questions. We will go one by one until all have had a chance to have the floor. Files, pictures and presentations can be shared if you have any. There will be time for comments and questions. Please try to stay muted when someone has the floor. Thanks Ed AB8DF |
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?FS: Pacific Antenna 40/30/30 XCVR & Zmatch
For Sale:?? Pacific Antenna??? KD1JV Tri-bander 5-watt CW transceiver? ?&? ? BLT+? Antenna tuner? ? ? Assembled from Pacific Antenna kits, built and tested by a retired radio technician. Good condition.? Stored and used a few times indoors.? Non-smoking environment. ? Was asking ? ? KD1JV Tri-bander CW Transceiver:
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CW Practice / Rag Chew Report and Announcement
开云体育We had three folks show up at
today's CW practice. It was sure nice to hear from
Stan again. The band was OK but there was QSB. I can
only do 10 watts on 30 but an amp is on the way.
I will be doing another CW on the air practice session later this week. Anyone is welcome. This practice is intended for operators who are new to CW or they need some practice. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR YOUR CW IS. Mistakes are OK. Poor fists are OK. Slow speed is OK. Really slow speed is OK. This practice is meant for you to improve your CW. I will do my best to adjust to your skill level. Operate at any power level. If several stations show up, I will operate as a round-table control station. I will do it as a round-table so everyone gets a chance to transmit. Please listen to my directions. Details: Date - TBD Time - TBD Band - TBD How to find me - I will find a clear frequency and call CQ. Go to the Reverse Beacon Network and search for my call sign AB8DF. That will tell you what
frequency I am on. Tune your station to that
frequency and if you hear me give me a call. If
there is a QSO in progress, please wait for a break
in the action. Then send your callsign. If I hear
you, I will invite you to join the QSO and start a
round-table QSO.
Reply to this email if you have questions. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR CW IS Ed AB8DF |
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CW Practice / Rag Chew Report and Announcement
开云体育I will be doing another CW on the air practice session TODAY 21 January at 12:00 PM Eastern Time 17:00 UTC. Anyone is welcome. This practice is intended for operators who are new to CW or they need some practice. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR YOUR CW IS. Mistakes are OK. Poor fists are OK. Slow speed is OK. Really slow speed is OK. This practice is meant for you to improve your CW. I will do my best to adjust to your skill level. Operate at any power level. If several stations show up, I will operate as a round-table control station. I will do it as a round-table so everyone gets a chance to transmit. Please listen to my directions. Details: Date - 21 January Time - 12:00 PM Eastern 17:00 UTC Band - 30 Meters How to find me - I will find a clear frequency and call CQ. Go to the Reverse Beacon Network and search for my call sign AB8DF. That will tell you what frequency
I am on. Tune your station to that frequency and if
you hear me give me a call. If there is a QSO in
progress, please wait for a break in the action. Then
send your callsign. If I hear you, I will invite you
to join the QSO and start a round-table QSO.
Reply to this email if you have questions. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR CW IS Ed AB8DF |
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Re: New Books Available
开云体育Hi, Paul,If it's not already spoken for, I would really love to have the "Torpedo Junction" book. I am a follower of the war of the Atlantic--had a relative torpedoed twice but survived. Also, grew up in Miami--the residents were not allowed to speak of fires at sea where U-boats sunk US vessels off shore.? I'll look forward to hearing from you.? Be well and stay well, Dave W4QDV? On Jan 20, 2025, at 11:32?AM, w0rw via groups.io <w0rw777@...> wrote:
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CW Practice / Rag Chew Report and Announcement
开云体育We had two folks show up at the
Sunday morning CW practice / rag chew on 40 Meters.
Conditions were marginal. The band was a little noisy. SSN = 128, SFI = 222, A = 10, K = 3. I will be doing another CW on the air practice session sometime this week TBD. I will send out a notice when I get a chance.? Anyone is welcome. This practice is intended for operators who are new to CW or they need some practice. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR YOUR CW IS. Mistakes are OK. Poor fists are OK. Slow speed is OK. Really slow speed is OK. This practice is meant for you to improve your CW. I will do my best to adjust to your skill level. Operate at any power level. If several stations show up, I will operate as a round-table control station. I will do it as a round-table so everyone gets a chance to transmit. Please listen to my directions. Details: Date - TBD Time - TBD Band - TBD How to find me - I will find a clear frequency and call CQ. Go to the Reverse Beacon Network and search for my call sign AB8DF. That will tell you what frequency
I am on. Tune your station to that frequency and if
you hear me give me a call. If there is a QSO in
progress, please wait for a break in the action. Then
send your callsign. If I hear you, I will invite you
to join the QSO and start a round-table QSO.
Reply to this email if you have questions. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR CW IS Ed AB8DF |
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CW Practice / Rag Chew Report and Announcement
开云体育We had two folks show up at the
Saturday morning CW practice / rag chew on 40 Meters.
Conditions were OK. SSN = 149, SFI = 227, A = 21, K = 2. The band was OK. I will be doing another CW on the air practice session Sunday? 01/19/25 . Anyone is welcome. This practice is intended for operators who are new to CW or they need some practice. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR YOUR CW IS. Mistakes are OK. Poor fists are OK. Slow speed is OK. Really slow speed is OK. This practice is meant for you to improve your CW. I will do my best to adjust to your skill level. Operate at any power level. If several stations show up, I will operate as a round-table control station. I will do it as a round-table so everyone gets a chance to transmit. Please listen to my directions. Details: Date - Sunday 01/19/25 Time - 8:00 AM Eastern Time / 13:00 UTC Band - 40 Meters How to find me - I will find a clear frequency and call CQ. Go to the Reverse Beacon Network and search for my call sign AB8DF. That will tell you what frequency I
am on. Tune your station to that frequency and if you
hear me give me a call. If there is a QSO in progress,
please wait for a break in the action. Then send your
callsign. If I hear you, I will invite you to join the
QSO and start a round-table QSO.
Reply to this email if you have questions. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR CW IS Ed AB8DF |
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CW Practice / Rag Chew report / announcement
开云体育We had six folks show up at the
Friday night CW practice / rag chew on 40 Meters.
Conditions were marginal. SSN = 105, SFI = 227, A = 21, K = 4. The band was OK. I did get a couple of spots in Europe on RBN. I will be doing another CW on the air practice session Saturday? 01/18/25 . Anyone is welcome. This practice is intended for operators who are new to CW or they need some practice. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR YOUR CW IS. Mistakes are OK. Poor fists are OK. Slow speed is OK. Really slow speed is OK. This practice is meant for you to improve your CW. I will do my best to adjust to your skill level. Operate at any power level. If several stations show up, I will operate as a round-table control station. I will do it as a round-table so everyone gets a chance to transmit. Please listen to my directions. Details: Date - Saturday 01/18/25 Time - 8:00 AM Eastern Time / 13:00 UTC Band - 40 Meters How to find me - I will find a clear frequency and call CQ. Go to the Reverse Beacon Network and search for my call sign AB8DF. That will tell you what frequency I
am on. Tune your station to that frequency and if you hear
me give me a call. If there is a QSO in progress, please
wait for a break in the action. Then send your callsign.
If I hear you, I will invite you to join the QSO and start
a round-table QSO.
Reply to this email if you have questions. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR CW IS Ed AB8DF |
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CW Practice / Rag Chew Session - Early Morning Saturday
开云体育I will be doing another CW on the air practice session Saturday?Morning at 13:00 UTC / 8:00 AM EST. Anyone is welcome. This practice is intended for operators who are new to CW or they need some practice. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR YOUR CW IS. Mistakes are OK. Poor fists are OK. Slow speed is OK. Really slow speed is OK. This practice is meant for you to improve your CW. I will do my best to adjust to your skill level. Operate at any power level. If several stations show up, I will operate as a round-table control station. I will do it as a round-table so everyone gets a chance to transmit. Please listen to my directions. I checked propagation using VOACAP and the Ham contest calendar. It looks like 40 should be OK. I am a bachelor this weekend so my calendar opened up. Plan on being on the air for at least several of hours on Friday. I will need some breaks. I am also looking at morning sessions on Saturday and Sunday. I will send out separate notices for them if they are a go. Details: Time - 13:00 UTC / 8:00 AM EST Band - 40 Meters How to find me - I will find a clear frequency and call CQ. Go to the Reverse Beacon Network and search for my call sign AB8DF. That will tell you what frequency I am on. Tune your station to that frequency and if you hear me give me a call. If there is a QSO in progress, please wait for a break in the action. Then send your callsign. If I hear you, I will invite you to join the QSO and start a round-table QSO. Reply to this email if you have questions. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR CW IS Ed AB8DF |
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January 2025 QRP Quarterly
开云体育Table of ContentsMagnetic Tape for your Key—Dave Koberstein—N9DK Filtering and the “No Free Lunch” Syndrome—Dave Benson—K1SWL Fixing a 6BTV—Mike Dooley—N5BGZ Antennas for Pedestrian Mobile—Peter Parker—VK3YE A Michigan Mighty Mite Revival at FDIM—Ed Kwik Jr.—AB8DF, and Ernie Antczak—W3ETE Understanding Magnetics-Inductors and Transformers: A Tutorial—Mert Nellis—W?UFO (SK) Hiking and Hamming at Allatoona Pass—Steve Hudson—AA4BW Business Travel, QRP, SOTA and DX Contacts—John Leonardelli—VE3IPS DX Tips for the QRPer—Dan Walker—WG5G CFTI Transceiver Review—Charlie Brown—NJ7V The Matoa MPM SDR Radio—Marty Wittrock—KN?CK How to Operate Pedestrian Mobile—Paul Signorelli—W?RW A First Activation SOTA and a POTA in one—Dave Koberstein—N9DK WOW!!? Man this is a NICE issue. The QQ will be at the mailer by the end of this week, depending on winter weather. de Brian -- 72 de KB9BVN |
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Re: Aluminum
开云体育We just use pig fat here in the Hoosier state!<grin> How you doing Jay? de KB9BVN On 1/14/2025 4:54 PM, Jay AJ4AY via
groups.io wrote:
Hello to the group, --
72 de KB9BVN |
Jay W6CJ
Dave W4QDV
w0rw
Brian KB9BVN