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Re: FDIM start time
开云体育In the printed schedule they handed out last night it says 8:00 AM.Dave K8WPE On May 14, 2025, at 12:13?PM, Matthew NE3U via groups.io <matthew@...> wrote:
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Re: FDIM start time
I was told it starts at 8AM. Jack, W8TEE
On Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 12:13:37 PM EDT, Matthew NE3U via groups.io <matthew@...> wrote:
I'm heading up for FDIM tomorrow. I'm seeing conflicting info one when the seminars start. One place says 8:00 the other says 8:50. What time does it actually start?
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I'm driving up from Lexington KY in the morning and trying to figure out when I need to leave.
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Thanks,
Matthew
NE3U
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Re: Ride to FDIM
Rich: I should lend you my T-shirt, which says: ???????? Sometimes I wake up grumpy in the morning ???????? Other times I let her sleep in. Jack, W8TEE
On Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 01:06:14 PM EDT, Rich KD2UBJ via groups.io <rbishopp44@...> wrote:
I am camping at Caesar Creek state park campground (site 166) and wondered if anyone else might be and could give me ride to FDIM?
I can make my wife get up and drive me but she is not really a morning person.??
I wouldn't need a return trip since she plans to go to vendor night.?
Thanks.
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Rich. KD2UBJ?
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Where is May going?
Last Sunday was Mother's Day! This weekend is FDIM and Hamvention! In two weekends it will be Memorial Day here in the US and you know what that means !!!!!!! The "unofficial beginning of Summer, and of course the QRP-ARCI Hoot Owl Sprint!
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About a month ago we had the Spring QSO Party and we had almost double the entries that we had in 2024. Let's do the same for the Hoot Owl Sprint! In 2024 we had 9 logs submitted via the AutoLog. Surely we can do better than that! The Sprint is ONLY an hour long and it's way more fun when we can jam as many QSOs as we can into that hour.
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All the details can be found here:?
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I will be there, with my paddle bursting with dits and dahs. Hope you will be, too!
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72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!
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Michigan QRP Club Weekly Zoom Chat
开云体育 Please join us Thursday, May 15 (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 to be loaded or installed. Anyone can join and non members are welcome. Details are here: Zoom ID: 811 0835 6229 The topic for Thursday, 15 May will be TBD. The agenda for the 15 Mayl QRP Chat:
During the open forum anyone can take the floor. 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. Please try to stay muted when someone has the floor. Thanks Ed AB8DF |
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CW Practice / Rag Chew
开云体育On May 11 I had a CW practice / rag chew session on
17 meters. I worked two stations:
Conditions were poor with heavy QSB. I heard
several very weak stations calling but could not copy
callsigns. If you were one of them maybe next time will be
better. SSN = 70, SFI = 1134, A = 12, K = 2. I was using my
Elecraft K3 at 100 watts with my 100 foot sloped doublet.
Anyone and everyone is welcome. These practice sessions are? 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. My next CW practice session will be TBD at TBD EDT / TBD UTC on TOD meters. I will be away attending FDIM and Hamvention. I will schedule the next session when I get back. I will be manning the Michigan QRP Club both at Club night. Please stop by and say Hi. Also we are offering a special FDIM discount for Michigan QRP Club memberships. 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
开云体育On May 09 I had a CW practice / rag chew session on
20 meters. I worked two stations:
Conditions were poor with heavy QSB. SSN = 84, SFI
= 149, A = 12, K = 2. I was using my Elecraft K3 at 100
watts with my 100 foot sloped doublet.
My next CW practice session will be May 11 at 09:00 EDT / 13:00 UTC on 17 meters. Anyone and everyone 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 - May 11 2025
Time - 09:00 EDT / 13:00 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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Re: Love me some OLD QRP
For a little bit of old-time QRP, you may want to watch the video I did a few?years ago for the Long Island CW Club- Odyssey of the Argonauts-?? On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 6:18?PM Brian KB9BVN via <kb9bvn=[email protected]> wrote:
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Anthony Luscre K8ZT Ohio Section Section Youth Coordinator & Education Outreach ARRL - The National Association For Amateur Radio? ? K8ZT Radio Website- Amateur Radio Resources for Students/Youth - |
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Re: Love me some OLD QRP
Hi Brian,
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I’m not trying to brag but I have a K1, K2/100, KX2, and KX3. If the boss said I can have only one, it’s the K1 without a second thought. If I manage to convince her that “2 is 1 and 1 is none” then it’s the K1 and K2.
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Not that the KX2 & 3 are not amazing technology, they are, but as a 99.9% CW op who wears headphones 100% of the time, the DSP rigs seem to be more fatiguing to listen to over extended periods of time.
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But this is one guy’s opinion and it’s worth what you paid for it…lol
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Tube lovers, (silent key) keep these tubes out of a landfill
?A friend of mine, Jack Kinnucan WA8CYJ, passed away two years ago and his wife is now disposing a large cache of vacuum tubes. She says they made a list of all the tubes a few hears ago. My feeling is that she just wants to keep them out of a landfill.
You can contact her at: Nola Kinnucan 1 231 357 2767 The tubes are in Traverse City, Michigan. Dave K8WPE |
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Re: Love me some OLD QRP
开云体育Paul,I hope you can!!? They are treasures! How are things down your way?? Did you get the Norcal 20 on the air? de KB9BVN Brian On 5/8/2025 6:22 PM, Paul K4FB via
groups.io wrote:
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David Wilcox K8WPE
Lex PH2LB
jjpurdum
Sandip EI7IJB
Larry W2LJ
Anthony K8ZT
John K2ZA
Brian KB9BVN