20031103.qrp v03_n093.qrl.20031103 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 19:03:06 EST From: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: QRP-L digest 3093 QRP-L Digest 3093 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) [160532] WINDINGS CALCULATOR by "Brian Murrey" 2) [160533] Re: Info on Buying Laptop by Dale Botkin 3) [160534] Re: WINDINGS CALCULATOR by guy ghisu 4) [160535] Re: WINDINGS CALCULATOR by "steve" 5) [160536] Re: Info on Buying Laptop by Kenneth Cooperstein 6) [160537] quick Kixie field moment by Lloyd Lachow 7) [160538] Sweepstakes? Interesting day... by ham@w3eax.umd.edu 8) [160539] Info on Buying Laptop by Karl Larsen 9) [160540] Mauritius Is. - 30m - 0247Z by David Gauding 10) [160541] WTD: Nov. QST by Steve Smith 11) [160542] Zero Beat AGAIN? by John Farnsworth 12) [160543] Re: WINDINGS CALCULATOR by "Leon Heller" 13) [160544] RE: Regen Receiver Fun by Steven Weber 14) [160545] HB SSB from India by Bill Meara 15) [160546] Spartan Sprint Tonight by "John Huffman" 16) [160547] Re: WINDINGS CALCULATOR by Ed Tanton 17) [160548] SS - Q by Wayne Rogers 18) [160549] Re: Info on Buying Laptop by "Walt Amos" 19) [160550] Re: Info on Buying Laptop by "Walt Amos" 20) [160551] Kixie moment sequel by Lloyd Lachow 21) [160552] Re: Info on Buying Laptop by "Ron Pyle" 22) [160553] RE: Regen Receiver Fun by kizerian@xmission.com 23) [160554] Deal on new laptop by "Thomas Lewis" 24) [160555] RE: Nov. QST by "Hare,Ed, W1RFI" 25) [160556] RE: Regen Receiver Fun by kizerian@xmission.com 26) [160557] For sale: K1 (last chance before Ebay!) by Bruce Grubbs 27) [160558] For Sale Dell Laptop by "NORM KLIEMAN" 28) [160559] RE: Sweepstakes? Interesting day... by "Paul Ermisch" 29) [160560] Re: Wooden Boxes by "cal.jsi" 30) [160561] New Club Kit coming by "Doug Hendricks" 31) [160562] Today is the Last Day to order a QRPacificon Compendium by "Doug Hendricks" 32) [160563] Re: Sweepstakes? Interesting day... by "George, W5YR" 33) [160564] Re: Info on Buying Laptop by "George, W5YR" 34) [160565] Re: New Club Kit coming by Lee Mairs 35) [160566] RE: HB SSB from India by Adam Farson 36) [160567] Re: Nov. QST by Steve Smith 37) [160568] 2100mAh NiNH BATTS @SamsClub (Fort Collins, CO) by "Rod N0RC" 38) [160569] Re: Info on Buying Laptop by "KB0VCC" 39) [160570] Rus/Eng HAM-Dictionary by "Oleg V. Borodin" 40) [160571] Re: New Club Kit coming -- hmmm by "Charles Mabbott" 41) [160572] Need Some Antenna Support Ideas by "Johnson, Mike (MED, OEC)" 42) [160573] Re: Info on Buying Laptop by Dale Botkin 43) [160574] Spam FS Alinco DJ-C5T by "Paul Gerhardt" 44) [160575] Re: New Club Kit coming by Peter Burbank 45) [160576] Re: New Club Kit coming by "David J. Adams" 46) [160577] Re: New Club Kit coming by "Mike Yetsko" 47) [160578] Fox Hunt VE4WI by "Winchar@res1.mts.net" 48) [160579] Re: New Club Kit coming by "Bill Rowlett" 49) [160580] Re: New Club Kit coming by Karl Larsen 50) [160581] Laptop Sold by "NORM KLIEMAN" 51) [160582] Re: New Club Kit coming by ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 19:06:10 -0500 From: "Brian Murrey" To: "QRP-L" , "Flying Pigs" Subject: [160532] WINDINGS CALCULATOR Message-ID: <023e01c3a19e$4a1b3e70$02fea8c0@bjmw2k> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://web.cheapnet.it/biagio68/toroidi/toroidi.htm Go to the bottom of the page and you can download the english version os AmiTor 1.0 Allows you to calculate the number of windings needed on a Amidon core for a given inductance. ============================================ KB9BVN/QRP QRP-L 1540 QRP-ARCI 10223 39.558 N 86.095 W Johnson Co., Indiana GRID: EM69WN - Elecraft K1 - Attic Dipole - 5w Member of the ARRL - SOC #400 FISTS 5695 CC 764 FPQRP #-57 ============================================ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 18:08:07 -0600 (CST) From: Dale Botkin To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [160533] Re: Info on Buying Laptop Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, KB0VCC wrote: > If you have any intention of using your notebook with ham radio > interfaces such as those for PSK-31, etc. make sure there's an > RS-232 (serial) port. Or do what I did -- cables and VOX. Never have had any use for an "interface" box for PSK31 or SSTV (or RTTY, I guess, but never tried it). I use an IBM Thinkpad 600e. > GL es 72/73, > Dale Ditto from the other Dale - N0XAS 8-) -- It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off. NEW PicoKeyer kit w/PCB and all parts - http://www.hamgadgets.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:31:50 -0500 From: guy ghisu To: brian@iquest.net Cc: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [160534] Re: WINDINGS CALCULATOR Message-ID: <3FA5A1F6.6020108@rcn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello to everyone, I downloaded this program and I have a question about it.How do you know what gauge wire to use to achieve the desired inductance?Did I miss something?Thanks and 73,Guy kb3ckw Brian Murrey wrote: >http://web.cheapnet.it/biagio68/toroidi/toroidi.htm > >Go to the bottom of the page and you can download the english version os >AmiTor 1.0 > >Allows you to calculate the number of windings needed on a Amidon core >for a given inductance. > > >============================================ > KB9BVN/QRP QRP-L 1540 QRP-ARCI 10223 > 39.558 N 86.095 W Johnson Co., Indiana > GRID: EM69WN - Elecraft K1 - Attic Dipole - 5w > Member of the ARRL - SOC #400 > FISTS 5695 CC 764 FPQRP #-57 >============================================ > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 19:53:52 -0500 From: "steve" To: , "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [160535] Re: WINDINGS CALCULATOR Message-ID: <00c801c3a1a4$f36ecfe0$220110ac@STEVESL7X513D0> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit wire guage doesnt make a differance in any thing we will probally build.I ask this same question about a month ago. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "guy ghisu" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 7:31 PM Subject: Re: WINDINGS CALCULATOR > Hello to everyone, > I downloaded this program and I have a question about it.How do > you know what gauge wire to use to achieve the desired inductance?Did I > miss something?Thanks and 73,Guy kb3ckw > > Brian Murrey wrote: > > >http://web.cheapnet.it/biagio68/toroidi/toroidi.htm > > > >Go to the bottom of the page and you can download the english version os > >AmiTor 1.0 > > > >Allows you to calculate the number of windings needed on a Amidon core > >for a given inductance. > > > > > >============================================ > > KB9BVN/QRP QRP-L 1540 QRP-ARCI 10223 > > 39.558 N 86.095 W Johnson Co., Indiana > > GRID: EM69WN - Elecraft K1 - Attic Dipole - 5w > > Member of the ARRL - SOC #400 > > FISTS 5695 CC 764 FPQRP #-57 > >============================================ > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 20:06:47 -0500 From: Kenneth Cooperstein To: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [160536] Re: Info on Buying Laptop Message-ID: <3FA5AA27.5000500@att.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT There are two approaches to buying a laptop: Luggable (desktop replcement) and field portable. The luggables are the larger, more powerful models that are intended to function as your desktop PC, yet are easy to move on occasion. The portable laptops are smaller, lighter and have longer battery lives. If you want to use a laptop in the field, you should look at models with long battery lives. You can find models with 4-hour-lives for under $1,000. The trend is away from serial ports. Unfortunately, ham radio devices require serial ports. You will most likely need USB-serial converters and an outboard, powered USB hub. These work well for my newer software, but older software (e.g. DOS) might have compatibility problems. Check the screen in sunlight. Some can not be read; others are OK. I would love to have a laptop with efficient CPU and a reflective monochrome screen that would run for 12 hours on a charge. The technology has been available for years, but the market wants bright, backlit color displays. These displays really suck the juice. (Same story for PDA's.) For sound card radio apps, I am, therefore, making do with an old Win/ME laptop with a two-hour life until I see something new and small that will run for 6-8 hours. (My PDA is an "old" monochrome reflective Palm VX which goes weeks between charges.) For remote field work, I use an eBay MobilePro MP780 handheld PC that runs for around 8 hours on a charge. No sound card modes, but is OK with a TNC. Also very nice for field work are the [discontinued] Psion 3MX and 5MX handhelds. Also, battery life is not the only consideration for remote field work. Even a 10-hour life is not enough if your PC battery has a 10 amp-hour capacity and you hope to keep everyting running day after day with a 1 amp solar panel. Given the current absence of a satisfactory field laptop and the progress being made in the right direction, I echo the sentiment expressed here that you should buy a refurbed, waranteed older model, possibly for under $400. Ken KC2JDY ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:44:28 -0800 (PST) From: Lloyd Lachow To: "Li'l Piggies" , a low-energy group Subject: [160537] quick Kixie field moment Message-ID: <20031103014428.95759.qmail@web41008.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I just put together the miniscule KXB30, the 30M add-on module for the KX1, and put it in the rig, re-aligned everything, then tried it out, using the internal autotuner, a longwire, two RF ground wires on the floor, and a 13.5V supply. Worked HP100RCP, special event station in Panama, so at least it's getting out some. It shows about 4.2 watts out. It also did noticeably improve the sensitivity on some of those SWL bands. Following the manual, I checked this out, not being quite certain how I would discern a difference in 'sensitivity.' When I heard it, I knew! Very noticeable difference in depth of sound, details heard, clarity. I'm just getting started using this rig on the air, but the control features that are noticeably way cool from the git-go are: the three tuning increments: hyperspace, gallop, or a slow stroll. The other one is those three pots: RF, Filter width, and AF gain. There's just excellent twiddling to be had there. LL ===== 73, 72 es oo, Lloyd, K3ESE - Reisterstown, Maryland KX1#11 - multiPIG+#14 - K1#379 - 20/40M RockMites Hunk o' Wahr - Begali Magnetic Classic Paddles ARRL - ARS - QRParci - QCWA - FISTS #8774 FPQRP #476 - QRP-L - BORG #2 Fun = Skill / Power ! 8^D __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 20:16:03 -0500 (EST) From: ham@w3eax.umd.edu To: qrp-l Subject: [160538] Sweepstakes? Interesting day... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 1) I was so busy with family stuff and work this year that I never even got to turn on the radio. 2) With the solar storm, that might have been an OK thing, although I really do enjoy Sweeps. At least phone is 2 week away. 3) See that note on the tagline, about Eugene being in the land of rain? Over the past few days, it's been clear and cold, with lows around 22. Last night, I went outside and noted that the humidity was coming back, but it still felt cold...kinda like snow...but in Eugene? Naaah. 4) This afternoon, it started flurrying. 5) By 6 o'clock, we have an inch on the ground at 1100' elevation. As far as Eugene is considered, that's a blizzard. Took Hannah (17 months old now, never seen snow) out on the deck and let her play in it. In retrospect, it wasn't a bad sweepstakes weekend even though I never got to make a single QSO. Here's to next year. Scott Rosenfeld ARS N7JI 541-684-9970 Eugene, OR Land o' much rain If you find me on the air, I'm probably in my car ham@w3eax.umd.edu http://w3eax.umd.edu/~ham ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 19:15:14 -0700 (MST) From: Karl Larsen To: qrp-l@lehigh.edu Subject: [160539] Info on Buying Laptop Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Last month I got a Soni laptop with 540 MBytes of ram, 60 Gigs of hard drive and a 2 GHz CPU. It has a built in DVD viewer which is nice on an airplane. The screen is big and it has 4 USB Ports. I have Red Hat version 9 loaded and I loaded everything. I dual boot with win xp but don't use that much. The large battery runs for 6 hours. But on most airplanes now you find a place to plug in your laptop. But Pheonix to Grand Junction, CO there is no power. This device was given to me by the business but I think it cost about $2500.00. The Autocad cost $3500.00. So I try not to lose this laptop. -- - Karl Larsen k5di Las Cruces,NM Az ScQRPions - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 20:45:20 -0600 From: David Gauding To: qrp-l@lehigh.edu Subject: [160540] Mauritius Is. - 30m - 0247Z Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20031102203053.00a54ec0@bbs.galilei.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Howdy, Been hiding on 30M to get away from Sweepstakes! Heard 3B8CF calling CQ on 30m and went back at 1W. After several QRZ's finally eased the power up to 2W and made contact. Nice work there OM - many thanks! Running a K2 to a St. Louis Vest Pocket Vertical over an even dozen St. Louis Radials. DX should start picking-up again here now that most of the leaves are off the trees. Our yard is what a real estate agent would describe as a "park like setting" - described by me an "RF eater"! GN de Dave, NF0R nf0r@slacc.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 20:34:44 -0800 From: Steve Smith To: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Cc: glowbugs@piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu Subject: [160541] WTD: Nov. QST Message-ID: <20031102.203445.4056.2.sigcom@juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I sent my check to ARRL 2 months ago and it hasn't cleared yet. No big deal.......that is until this Nov. issue of QST came out with the toob receiver article. Anyone willing to part with theirs? And yes, I looked for one on the local news/mag. stands w/ no joy which didn't really surprise me as I've rarely seen anyone who carries it. TNX 73.......Steve Smith, WB6TNL Oxnard, CA USA "Snort Rosin" ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 00:26:11 -0500 From: John Farnsworth To: "qrp-l@Lehigh. EDU" Subject: [160542] Zero Beat AGAIN? Message-ID: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT >I have a scope with x-y inputs. Can I put both 10MHz signals into it and dial for a circle? Or should I hetrodyne them both down (with the same oscillator) to a much lower frequency to make it easier? Thanks to all for the great answers. Every input was digested and thunk about. All the feedback encouraged me to experiment, and that's what I did. I have had so much fun this weekend it shouldn't be legal. While some were frantically keying SS into the ether, I was building. The HP GPS frequency standard came. The 48 volt power supply came. The rs422 chips came. It all went together without a hitch, I plugged it in, and it's up and running. After about an hour, it has captured the satellites, done it's thing, and is guaranteed to 1x10-9. Now back to the zero beat . . . I hooked the GPS 10MHz output to the scope's ch. 1, and Diz's frequency standard into ch. 2. Well, it sure wasn't a circle, like many of you said, but it could be (pretty) easily dialed to stand almost still, about 5-8 seconds per revolution. After a few hours it was within 1 Hz of the original freq. Pretty impressive. The pot is a little touchy, but not so much you cant dial it right on. The next step is predictable. I started looking around for anything and everything to calibrate. Trevor's DDS VFO got it next, the calibration program for it is great, let me put it within about about 1/2 cycle. In 2 hours it has drifted about 1 cycle. Then my frequency counter got the treatment. Then the K2. I'm looking around right now for something else. Maybe I'm weird, but it's a nice feeling knowing that everything is within a cycle or so. A couple of respondents to my earlier post said "Why bother?" I still don't have an answer to that. Probably something about how I was raised, retentive maybe? But I'm enjoying sitting back and seeing all the zeros everywhere. Thanks again for the wide variety of helpful answers! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 05:46:14 +0000 From: "Leon Heller" To: guyg1@rcn.com, qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [160543] Re: WINDINGS CALCULATOR Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed >From: guy ghisu >Reply-To: guyg1@rcn.com >To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" >Subject: Re: WINDINGS CALCULATOR >Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:31:50 -0500 > >Hello to everyone, > I downloaded this program and I have a question about it.How do you >know what gauge wire to use to achieve the desired inductance?Did I miss >something?Thanks and 73,Guy kb3ckw The inductance depends only on the no. of turns, the gauge doesn't matter. It will affect the resonant frequency slightly when the inductor is used with a capacitor in a tuned circuit, due to differences in self-capacity. 73, Leon -- Leon Heller, G1HSM Tel: +44 1424 423947 Email: aqzf13 at dsl dot pipex dot com WWW: http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller _________________________________________________________________ Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 00:43:18 -0500 From: Steven Weber To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [160544] RE: Regen Receiver Fun Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20031103004318.0079f6d0@mailhost.ncia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I built a super het regen a few years back. Used a NE602 as a tuneable converter down to 455 KHz. With the regen detector working at a single, low frequency and of course, the great isolation, very stable. Once the regen control is set, don't need to touch it again. Only trick is taking apart one of those little 455 Khz transformers to add a feedback winding. But, there maybe ways around having to do that. 72, Steve, KD1JV "Melt Solder" White Mountains of New Hampshire http://www.qsl.net/kd1jv/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 19:03:44 +0000 From: Bill Meara To: qrp-l@lehigh.edu Subject: [160545] HB SSB from India Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.20031103190344.00921cd4@pop.virgin.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Check out this very interesting and well-done site for a look at a FB HB SSB rig designed and built by intrepid radio amateurs in India. It is designed to be easily reproduced, using parts that are readily available (most from discarded TVs). Very nice. http://farhan.net.co.nr/ 73 Bill N2CQR CU2JL M0HBR http://planeta.clix.pt/n2cqr ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 06:33:46 -0500 From: "John Huffman" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [160546] Spartan Sprint Tonight Message-ID: <009601c3a1fe$58af8990$8a9159cf@jhuffmanlt> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Tonight is the November Adventure Radio Society Spartan Sprint. Two hours starting at 9 pm Eastern, 8 pm Central, 7 pm Mountain, 6 pm Pacific. Exchange - Report, State (Province), Power as in: 559 MI 5W Enjoy, and get your logs in by noon Wednesday. Results should be posted by Thursday. Fill out the Autolog at www.ARSqrp.com/ars/ss_log.html 73 de NA8M John Contest Manager ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 07:09:32 -0500 From: Ed Tanton To: brian@iquest.net, "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [160547] Re: WINDINGS CALCULATOR Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20031103065331.02b82198@pop.earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I sent a small note to Biagio yesterday thanking him for his handy AMIDON core/turns-for-desired Inductance calculator named AMITOR ; and mentioning a small point about his precision resistance maker notes (elsewhere in his website.) He takes a DMM and a 1/2W carbon resistor having a starting value that is a close-but-lower approximation of the desired resistance, and V-notches one side until the desired value is reached. Works very well. But you MUST seal it against the moisture in the air. It will absorb it and ruin your close tolerance. He forgot to mention that in his notes. Anyway, early this AM I got a nice reply, and a mention that he had just then updated AMITOR to AMITOR11-correcting some problem with the size T-130 cores. You all might want to get the new copy. Please note-if you haven't used it yet, that when you enter the core size, picking it with the mouse is not enough. You have to hit the "OK" button beside the core-size table before entering your desired Inductance. Took me a while to get that-even if it was right in front of my face. It's a handy little program. And will really help double-check the values for the ~ 65 toroids I have to wind for this Multiband Bandpass Filter project of mine. 72/73 Ed Tanton N4XY Ed Tanton N4XY 189 Pioneer Trail Marietta, GA 30068-3466 website: http://www.n4xy.com All emails & checked by Norton AntiVirus with AutoProtect LM: ARRL QCWA AMSAT & INDEXA; SEDXC NCDXA GACW QRP-ARCI OK-QRP QRP-L #758 K2 (FT) #00057 -------------------------------------------------- "He that gives up a little liberty to gain temporary security will lose both and deserve neither". --Benjamin Franklin "Suppose you were an idiot ... and suppose you were a member of Congress... but I repeat myself." --Mark Twain -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 06:44:57 -0600 From: Wayne Rogers To: qrp-l@lehigh.EDU Subject: [160548] SS - Q Message-ID: <20031103.064457.-1869945.0.w5kdj@juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Went back through my log and counted 16 Q's so it looks like there were quite a few QRP stations in the SS. The props were very good except for a couple of hours Sunday morning/afternoon when all the bands went dead here. 10M was really open to the west. I ran 500MW and worked 300 stations in 10hr 17min, 71 sections for a score of 42,600. Any one else experience the SID? Wayne_W5KDJ ex: SV0WWW_TF2WJN 100% A1 ARS_1392 ARCI_11325 FP-626 e-QSL FISTS_10060 SOC_538 HQRP ARRL ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:19:07 -0500 From: "Walt Amos" To: Subject: [160549] Re: Info on Buying Laptop Message-ID: <000d01c3a236$fb82e8a0$0fc83f40@waltamos> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gee ................... TOM : Is it time for me to SELL the old ones around here ? Sounds like you are in a BUYING MOOD :-) I have an old ......................... really old Toshiba that doesn't even have a HARD DRIVE ;-) How about that one ? Naturally the BATTERY is dead but the MONO display works :-) No .............. Well I have a nice color Texas Instruments one .................... how about that ? Dead battery again and they cost about $100 bucks :-( no ............... Well I have a really nice SAGER ............... which is a Taiwan Dell :-) It even has a dog of a MODEM , 28.8 I think and a nice hard drive ................ naturally a DEAD BATTERY ! Prices ............. well !! $25 dollars for the old Toshiba as it is a collectors item :-) $75 dollars for the TI one as it has a nice color display although very small. $200 dollars for the Sager as it is really usable and neat :-) There , now you guys have some bargains to fight over ................... Walt K8CV Royal oak, MI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Dufresne" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 1:13 PM Subject: Re: Info on Buying Laptop > I agree with the above.... > Do NOT get a new one! There are several places on ther net where you can > pick up a "reconditioned" or used Laptop for practically nothing.(relatively > speaking:) > I am leaning towards Dells C600 Latitude or the Toshiba Satellite series... > Tom > > _________________________________________________________________ > Surf and talk on the phone at the same time with broadband Internet access. > Get high-speed for as low as $29.95/month (depending on the local service > providers in your area). https://broadband.msn.com > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:27:28 -0500 From: "Walt Amos" To: "Qrp-L Mail" Subject: [160550] Re: Info on Buying Laptop Message-ID: <001701c3a238$29f20120$0fc83f40@waltamos> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Look in the Sunday paper and get a nice new DELL low end laptop for around $700 ! The battery will last about 2 to 4 years and then it will cost $100 to replace it. Laptops are NOT CHEAP to run. If you plan to use it on HAM RADIO PROGRAMS be WARNED ............... XP does not do ham radio DOS programs WELL Very poorly at best. You need a win 98 se machine for old ham programs. XP does the web great and all the other new stuff. Used laptops are very DANGEROUS as they are almost non repairable because of the COST! That's why they are used and cheap , right !! Walt K8CV Royal oak, MI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Farson" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 1:11 PM Subject: RE: Info on Buying Laptop > Hoi Cal, > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 (1GHz P3, Win2K) which I purchased 2 years ago; > am very happy with it. Gateway, IBM, HP and Toshiba also have some good > laptops. > > Cheers for now, 73, > Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU]On Behalf Of > Francis Callahan > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 07:37 > To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion > Subject: Info on Buying Laptop > > > I am thinking of getting a laptop computer. It will only be used for e mail > weather reports instant messanger reading news papers and ham radio. It > won't be used for any files or personal stuff. I have been looking at Dell > or Gateway. Any suggestions or info would be greatly appreciated Thanks > Cal > KF7ET > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 05:50:38 -0800 (PST) From: Lloyd Lachow To: "Li'l Piggies" , a low-energy group Subject: [160551] Kixie moment sequel Message-ID: <20031103135038.5380.qmail@web41015.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Just to follow up on Kixie's adventures on the non-contest band last night: after working Panama, I worked Galapagos, HC8/N1KO, got a not-very-meaningful '5NN', but I was part of a simplex pile, so that was nice. Then I pulled the plug, and with the six internal lithium batteries providing a bit over 9V, and power out at about 1.5-2W, I worked VA3TY in Toronto, getting a 539. We chatted for about ten minutes, then I switched back to the 13.5V in, and about 4W out, for another ten minutes of chat about the rig. I hadn't been using the KXPD1 paddles, designed for the rig, but at his request, I plugged them in, and used them from then on. Very interesting design, they worked with the merest touch, the way I like it, and it does, indeed, seem as though they could actually be worked with mittens on. Sent some intelligible code at 30 wpm, but mostly chatted at 25. Finally, I exchanged some chat and FISTS numbers with Dan, KN9X, in IL. I got a 449, him a 559. One difference I've noticed with the KX1: its internal "Dentist" vfo is steady as a rock! I'm used to the K1, where I have to tune up a bit after each over, to compensate for warmup drift. Not with Kixie! She stays right smack dab where you put her. I'm currently fighting the impulse to string a wire out my office window. ===== 73, 72 es oo, Lloyd, K3ESE - Reisterstown, Maryland KX1#11 - multiPIG+#14 - K1#379 - 20/40M RockMites Hunk o' Wahr - Begali Magnetic Classic Paddles ARRL - ARS - QRParci - QCWA - FISTS #8774 FPQRP #476 - QRP-L - BORG #2 Fun = Skill / Power ! 8^D __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 07:52:27 -0700 From: "Ron Pyle" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [160552] Re: Info on Buying Laptop Message-ID: <025801c3a21a$19b493e0$65aafb40@yourjbuypagwhk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Look in the Sunday paper and get a nice new DELL low end laptop for around > $700 ! If you get a used one with a bad motherboard. That will cost you almost as much as a new laptop. > RADIO PROGRAMS be WARNED ............... XP does not do ham radio DOS > programs WELL Does this not depend on the file system you choose? The NTFS won't do games well...and I guess radio programs. The NT file system is a much better file system. Far more stable. The other file system, same as used on the old home Windows programs.....I forget the name. That one will play games well....and I guess radio programs? Ron KC0QXU FP-682 FISTS-10402 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 07:57:20 -0700 From: kizerian@xmission.com To: kd1jv@moose.ncia.net Cc: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [160553] RE: Regen Receiver Fun Message-ID: <1067871440.3fa66cd09faa0@webmail.xmission.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Steve I have been experimenting with shortwave versions of my ElmerRadio AM BCB receiver. I used the Mouser 42IF123 primary tap for feedback, and the primary to couple a simple RF amplifier from the antenna. It actually works quite well--seems that the Kitchin circuit is quite forgiving about the feedback tap on the transformer. If necessary, you can adjust the coupling cap to compensate. I have dabbled with the idea of a superhet with a regen IF amp using this method but haven't really persued it yet, but the shortwave regen using the Mouser IF transformer works quite well. The slug tuning helps you get the exact range you need, and kids will be able to build the kit without winding a coil. Bruce kk7zz www.elmerdude.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:03:24 -0500 From: "Thomas Lewis" To: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [160554] Deal on new laptop Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed I wasn't even in the market for a laptop. I was browsing the computer department at the local Costco's. They were showing a display unit being marked down: Presario 2538cl Pentium 4 @ 2.66GHz 15 in SXGA + TFT 1024 MB memory DVD/CD-RW 60 GB hard drive 1.44 floppy It has every option and connection port I could think of including Infrared port. It does not have wireless capability. Anyway, they wanted $999 for the display unit vs their normal $1599 (available at the store across town). I was, of course, concerned about the abuse the display unit may have taken. The thing looked pretty dirty etc. I described it all to the wife and she informed me about how much she hated working at the desktop and would like a laptop! (wish she appreciated building radio kits). So now I've been given the blessing. I went back to the store and examined the unit very carefully. Security actually approached me a couple of times. I determined that the marks and dirt on the unit were from all the tape and stickers on the display unit and figured I could clean it with alcohol or acetone. The final decision was made based upon Costco's computer return policy. They state they will take any computer back for 6 months. One of the employees told me they have taken them back long after that. I spoke to the manager and informed him that if I couldn't make it look and operate as new, it was coming back. SOLD Turns out that re-formatting the hard drive and restoring the unit to factory condition is a simple matter. After removing all of the tape and stickers, alcohol cleaned up the unit perfectly. I had it cleaned up before the wife saw it and she loves it. Apparently this is a common practice with display units at Costco's. They buy an allotment, display one, and when they are gone that's it. So keep your eyes open. Tom K4THL _________________________________________________________________ Fretting that your Hotmail account may expire because you forgot to sign in enough? Get Hotmail Extra Storage today! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:11:28 -0500 From: "Hare,Ed, W1RFI" To: , "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Cc: "Dalton, Helen KB1HLF" Subject: [160555] RE: Nov. QST Message-ID: <721D3436A7C2B344A301FD4A413C71A902511E7B@kosh.arrlhq.org> content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Steve, I will send one along, on the house. QST stopped the newstand project = some time ago, as it was costing quite a bit each year for little = demonstrable gain. Helen, please send a November 2003 QST to Steve Smith, WB6TNL, first = class mail. 73,=20 Ed Hare, W1RFI ARRL Lab 225 Main St Newington, CT 06111 Tel: 860-594-0318 Internet: w1rfi@arrl.org Web: http://www.arrl.org/tis ARRL is the National Association for Amateur Radio. It is supported by = membership dues, individual contributions and the sale of publications = and advertising. For more information about ARRL, go to = http://www.arrl.org/news/features/inside-your-league.html. For more = information about membership, go to http://www.arrl.org/join.html. Your = contribution can also help support ARRL's ongoing efforts to protect = Amateur spectrum. Go to = https://www.arrl.org/forms/development/donations/basic/ to learn more = about the ways you can support the ARRL programs and activities of most = importance to you. You can help ARRL protect Amateur Radio for you and = future generations to enjoy. > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Smith [mailto:sigcom@juno.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 11:35 PM > To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion > Subject: WTD: Nov. QST >=20 >=20 > I sent my check to ARRL 2 months ago and it hasn't cleared=20 > yet. No big > deal.......that is until this Nov. issue of QST came out with the toob > receiver article. Anyone willing to part with theirs? >=20 > And yes, I looked for one on the local news/mag. stands w/ no=20 > joy which > didn't really surprise me as I've rarely seen anyone who carries it. >=20 > TNX >=20 > 73.......Steve Smith, WB6TNL > Oxnard, CA USA > "Snort Rosin" >=20 > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! >=20 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 08:18:22 -0700 From: kizerian@xmission.com To: kizerian@xmission.com Cc: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [160556] RE: Regen Receiver Fun Message-ID: <1067872702.3fa671be26624@webmail.xmission.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Missprint...I used the SECONDARY to couple an RF amp from the antenna! Quoting kizerian@xmission.com: > Steve > > I have been experimenting with shortwave versions of my ElmerRadio AM BCB receiver. I used the Mouser > > 42IF123 primary tap for feedback, and the primary to couple a simple RF amplifier from the antenna. It > > actually works quite well--seems that the Kitchin circuit is quite forgiving about the feedback tap on > > the transformer. If necessary, you can adjust the coupling cap to compensate. I have dabbled with the > > idea of a superhet with a regen IF amp using this method but haven't really persued it yet, but the > shortwave regen using the Mouser IF transformer works quite well. The slug tuning helps you get the > exact range you need, and kids will be able to build the kit without winding a coil. > > Bruce kk7zz > > www.elmerdude.com > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 08:53:30 -0700 From: Bruce Grubbs To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net, qrp-l@lehigh.edu Subject: [160557] For sale: K1 (last chance before Ebay!) Message-ID: <200311030853.30394.mail@brucegrubbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm selling my Elecraft K1, SN 510, with the built in automatic antenna tuner and noise blanker options. This is the four band version, covering 40, 30, 20, and 15 meters. The 4 band filter board has been modified Elecraft's blue trimmer caps, which allows operation in a wide range of ambient temperatures without detuning. The package includes the manuals, the wide range tilt stand, a Paddlette Backpacker K1, a power cord, and a custom ultralight foam case. The Paddlette mounts on the base of the tilt stand, or on the left rear corn of the K1. You can also use the Paddlette leg mount, which is included. This is a complete station needing only a power supply and antenna. The K1 is in excellent condition electrically and mechanically. I'm asking $550 for the package. You can see photos of the K1 and accessories at http://n7cee.brucegrubbs.com/rigs Please email with any questions. 73, Bruce N7CEE -- Bruce Grubbs Flagstaff, Arizona E-mail: mail@brucegrubbs.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 09:46:49 -0700 From: "NORM KLIEMAN" To: "qrp-l" Subject: [160558] For Sale Dell Laptop Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi - There has been so much activity the last few days on laptops that I thought I would offer my Dell for sale. This is a MINT Dell Inspiron 8100 (top of the line) that also has a transferable extended warranty until August 2004. It has had less than 20 hours of use and has run always on the DC adapter so the battery is like new. Configured as follows: Pentium III 866 Mhz, Super XGA 14 inch screen (this was an extra upgrade for best screen quality) 128 Ram, Win ME - But will include a FREE UPGRADE to Win XP Professional, Office 2000 Suite, Microsoft Works Suite, Norton Antivirus, 20 MG Hard Drive, CDRW, Floppy drive, has both serial and usb ports for best flexibility. Price: $750 with Free Shipping to lower 48 states. Contact: Norm K9NK k9nk@msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 09:47:14 -0700 From: "Paul Ermisch" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [160559] RE: Sweepstakes? Interesting day... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was not able to participate this weekend either because of other commitments but was able to listen on the mobile rig while running around. Solar storm didn't seem to affect things either way but then I wasn't listening for hours at a time. Good sigs up from both coasts through 10M here in Colorado. It did strike me that I didn't hear anybody over 30 WPM. I went looking for HSCW in the lower portions of the band, too. That or my listening speed has improved. Paul KB0LUR -----Original Message----- From: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU]On Behalf Of ham@w3eax.umd.edu Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 6:16 PM To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: Sweepstakes? Interesting day... 1) I was so busy with family stuff and work this year that I never even got to turn on the radio. 2) With the solar storm, that might have been an OK thing, although I really do enjoy Sweeps. At least phone is 2 week away. 3) See that note on the tagline, about Eugene being in the land of rain? Over the past few days, it's been clear and cold, with lows around 22. Last night, I went outside and noted that the humidity was coming back, but it still felt cold...kinda like snow...but in Eugene? Naaah. 4) This afternoon, it started flurrying. 5) By 6 o'clock, we have an inch on the ground at 1100' elevation. As far as Eugene is considered, that's a blizzard. Took Hannah (17 months old now, never seen snow) out on the deck and let her play in it. In retrospect, it wasn't a bad sweepstakes weekend even though I never got to make a single QSO. Here's to next year. Scott Rosenfeld ARS N7JI 541-684-9970 Eugene, OR Land o' much rain If you find me on the air, I'm probably in my car ham@w3eax.umd.edu http://w3eax.umd.edu/~ham ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 11:56:06 -0500 From: "cal.jsi" To: "QRP-L" Subject: [160560] Re: Wooden Boxes Message-ID: <000301c3a22b$601a36d0$fc53fea9@Sharon> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit W4OP and all, The receivers are lovely pieces of work! There's every reason to be proud of the craftmanship (or should I have said craftpersonship )! 72/73 Cal K4JSI ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 09:03:59 -0800 From: "Doug Hendricks" To: Subject: [160561] New Club Kit coming Message-ID: <017b01c3a22c$7959e0e0$4a0b0d0a@dph.dpol.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Guys, there is a new club kit coming from one of the affiliate clubs of AmQRP, and it will knock your socks off. The price is low, the value is tremendous, and the fun factor is off the scale. I saw a prototype last week, and was blown away at the quality, and the cost of the kit. It is under the $30 price range, and it is gonna be a big, big seller. I can't tell you what it is, but I can tell you that everyone of you will want one at this price. The announcement of the kit will come in about 3 weeks, but I guarantee you that when it hits the list, the checks will be in the mail. The design is so simple that it is elegant, and it is gonna be a classic club kit, I guarantee you. Stay tuned to QRP-L where you will see the announcement first. Get the checkbook ready, grin. 72, Doug ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 09:27:02 -0800 From: "Doug Hendricks" To: Subject: [160562] Today is the Last Day to order a QRPacificon Compendium Message-ID: <019201c3a22f$b216b0e0$4a0b0d0a@dph.dpol.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Guys, today is the last chance that you have to order your QRPacificon compendium. The compendium is 54 pages, 8.5 x 11" bound with a heavy card stock cover and features articles on the talks at QRPacificon by Joe Everhart, Wayne McFee, George Heron, James Bennett and Randy Foltz. The cost of the compendium is $12 which includes shipping. There are two ways to order: One go to the amqrp.org web page and order by paypal. Two, send a check or money order for $12 made out to Doug Hendricks to: Doug Hendricks 862 Frank Ave. Dos Palos, CA 93620 If you use the snail mail option, please send an email to Paul Maciel at ak1p@amqrp.org telling him that you are sending a check to me and want to be on the list. Thanks. The orders go to the printer tomorrow, and no extras will be printed. This is it. 72, Doug ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 11:51:09 -0600 From: "George, W5YR" To: , "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [160563] Re: Sweepstakes? Interesting day... Message-ID: <007501c3a233$10d60880$0401a8c0@PS> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I worked several running in the 35-40 wpm range so they were there . . . really stretched out the old head copy skills! <:} 73/72, George Amateur Radio W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE "Starting the 58th year and it just keeps getting better!" w5yr@att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Ermisch" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:47 AM Subject: RE: Sweepstakes? Interesting day... > I was not able to participate this weekend either because of other > commitments but was able to listen on the mobile rig while running around. > Solar storm didn't seem to affect things either way but then I wasn't > listening for hours at a time. Good sigs up from both coasts through 10M > here in Colorado. > > It did strike me that I didn't hear anybody over 30 WPM. I went looking for > HSCW in the lower portions of the band, too. That or my listening speed has > improved. > > Paul KB0LUR ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 11:55:30 -0600 From: "George, W5YR" To: "Walt Amos" , "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [160564] Re: Info on Buying Laptop Message-ID: <008d01c3a233$ade47c10$0401a8c0@PS> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Walt, there is always a contrary opinion out here somewhere! <:} I run all of Reg Edward's DOS ham programs on XP Pro systems without a problem in the world. So far not a single program out of about a dozen has failed in any manner. Just lucky I guess . . . Hope to hear you in the Sprint tonight! 73/72, George Amateur Radio W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE "Starting the 58th year and it just keeps getting better!" w5yr@att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Amos" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 12:27 PM Subject: Re: Info on Buying Laptop > Look in the Sunday paper and get a nice new DELL low end laptop for around > $700 ! The battery will last about 2 to 4 years and then it will cost $100 > to replace it. Laptops are NOT CHEAP to run. If you plan to use it on HAM > RADIO PROGRAMS be WARNED ............... XP does not do ham radio DOS > programs WELL > > Very poorly at best. > > You need a win 98 se machine for old ham programs. > > XP does the web great and all the other new stuff. > > Used laptops are very DANGEROUS as they are almost non repairable because of > the COST! That's why they are used and cheap , right !! > > Walt K8CV Royal oak, MI ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 12:58:25 -0500 From: Lee Mairs To: Doug Hendricks , Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [160565] Re: New Club Kit coming Message-ID: <0ef301c3a234$17a9d0f0$3b6d020a@boomer> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I hate it when you do this, and for the life of me I cannot understand why a grown man gets such pleasure from torturing his fellow QRP-ers! If you can't say what your are talking about, please don't talk about it. You are worse than those guys talking about how great their AT Sprint is well after Steve has run out of kits... 73 de Lee KM4YY/8 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Hendricks" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 12:03 PM Subject: New Club Kit coming > Guys, there is a new club kit coming from one of the affiliate clubs of > AmQRP, and it will knock your socks off. The price is low, the value is > tremendous, and the fun factor is off the scale. I saw a prototype last > week, and was blown away at the quality, and the cost of the kit. It is > under the $30 price range, and it is gonna be a big, big seller. > > I can't tell you what it is, but I can tell you that everyone of you will > want one at this price. The announcement of the kit will come in about 3 > weeks, but I guarantee you that when it hits the list, the checks will be in > the mail. The design is so simple that it is elegant, and it is gonna be a > classic club kit, I guarantee you. Stay tuned to QRP-L where you will see > the announcement first. Get the checkbook ready, grin. 72, Doug > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:03:27 -0800 From: Adam Farson To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [160566] RE: HB SSB from India Message-ID: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi Bill, Many thanks for the interesting link; I have placed it on my homepage. Best 73, Adam, VA7OJ/AB4OJ North Vancouver, BC, Canada http://www.qsl.net/ab4oj/ -----Original Message----- From: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU]On Behalf Of Bill Meara Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:04 To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: HB SSB from India Check out this very interesting and well-done site for a look at a FB HB SSB rig designed and built by intrepid radio amateurs in India. It is designed to be easily reproduced, using parts that are readily available (most from discarded TVs). Very nice. http://farhan.net.co.nr/ 73 Bill N2CQR CU2JL M0HBR http://planeta.clix.pt/n2cqr ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:12:25 -0800 From: Steve Smith To: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [160567] Re: Nov. QST Message-ID: <20031103.101511.-472539.2.sigcom@juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There you go guys. Isn't Ed just the best! TNX everyone who volunteered. This group is outstanding. 73.......Steve Smith WB6TNL Oxnard, CA USA "Snort Rosin" On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:11:28 -0500 "Hare,Ed, W1RFI" writes: > Hi, Steve, > > I will send one along, on the house. QST stopped the newstand > project some time ago, as it was costing quite a bit each year for > little demonstrable gain. > > Helen, please send a November 2003 QST to Steve Smith, WB6TNL, first > class mail. > > 73, > Ed Hare, W1RFI ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 11:50:55 -0700 From: "Rod N0RC" To: "qrp-l" , "cqc-l" , "ncarc-l" , Subject: [160568] 2100mAh NiNH BATTS @SamsClub (Fort Collins, CO) Message-ID: <000a01c3a23b$6a431fe0$6501a8c0@greyrock> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Folks, These are quality Energizers for $14.68 per 8 pack! Great for cameras, music players, HTs QRP field radios...etc. 73, Rod N0RC ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:04:51 -0500 From: "KB0VCC" To: Subject: [160569] Re: Info on Buying Laptop Message-ID: <000601c3a23d$5c29bd90$6501a8c0@DaleCompaq> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> If you have any intention of using your notebook with ham radio >> interfaces such as those for PSK-31, etc. make sure there's an >> RS-232 (serial) port. > >Or do what I did -- cables and VOX. Never have had any use for an >"interface" box for PSK31 or SSTV (or RTTY, I guess, but never tried it). >I use an IBM Thinkpad 600e. OH, like the guy who did a reboot while connected to the VOX, and transmitted the Win98 Opening song across the ether in the PSK segment. I thought it was pretty funny. Sounds kinda weird in USB. Bet he didn't even know he did it. I use the serial port when running CWType. Turns my $2200 notebook into a $30 keyboard keyer! I run CWType when being a "code buddy" for slower operators. That way, they're assured to receive machine-perfect code, and I'm not subconsciously speeding up, as I'm inclined to do. -Dale ========================================================= Dale Anderson, KB0VCC In the Mt Washington Valley QRP-L #91 / QRP-NE #600 Conway, New Hampshire ARS #234 / FISTS #3172 Grid Sq: FN43kx CQC #251 / QRP-ARCI #11446 http://www.qsl.net/kb0vcc ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:08:29 +0300 From: "Oleg V. Borodin" To: G-QRP , QRP-L Subject: [160570] Rus/Eng HAM-Dictionary Message-ID: <363916128.20031103220829@lipetsk.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Friends! As I promised earlier, the Russian-English HAM-Dictionary is ready for sale. This is a brochure in a couple with audio-cassete. You may to read the English phrases and by Russian with word's transcription and pronunciation at once, lesson-by-lesson. In Dictionary include all the phrases for extanded QSO (equipement, antennas, QSLs, weather, age, family, occupation etc...), names of radio-components (R, C, any transistor's types, any diodes variations, inductors), names of any units (amplifiers, mixers, oscillators, antennas types,...) All the name you can to hear by Russian pronunciation. Cost $15 (or EU15) include post&packing by air-mail. Only money transfer acceptable by Western Union or MoneyGram system to: Oleg V. Borodin, Lipetsk, Russia. MTCN (Money Transfer Code Number) by E-mail. The payment in cash is not advisable - risk to lose the money. For those who will order two and more Dict. completes - FREE last issue "CQ-QRP" journal of RU-QRP Club (by Russian of cause :-) Wish you all the best! 72! de RV3GM Oleg V. Borodin RU-QRP Club http://ruqrp.narod.ru === In QRP We Trust! === ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 14:24:51 -0500 From: "Charles Mabbott" To: lmairs@direcway.com, qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [160571] Re: New Club Kit coming -- hmmm Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Lets wait the three weeks and tell us about it............. ;^) 73 oo AA8VS "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." www.aa8vs.org/aa8vs >From: Lee Mairs >Reply-To: lmairs@direcway.com >To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" >Subject: Re: New Club Kit coming >Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 12:58:25 -0500 > >I hate it when you do this, and for the life of me I cannot understand why >a >grown man gets such pleasure from torturing his fellow QRP-ers! > >If you can't say what your are talking about, please don't talk about it. >You are worse than those guys talking about how great their AT Sprint is >well after Steve has run out of kits... > >73 de Lee >KM4YY/8 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Doug Hendricks" >To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" >Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 12:03 PM >Subject: New Club Kit coming > > > > Guys, there is a new club kit coming from one of the affiliate clubs of > > AmQRP, and it will knock your socks off. The price is low, the value is > > tremendous, and the fun factor is off the scale. I saw a prototype last > > week, and was blown away at the quality, and the cost of the kit. It is > > under the $30 price range, and it is gonna be a big, big seller. > > > > I can't tell you what it is, but I can tell you that everyone of you >will > > want one at this price. The announcement of the kit will come in about >3 > > weeks, but I guarantee you that when it hits the list, the checks will >be >in > > the mail. The design is so simple that it is elegant, and it is gonna >be >a > > classic club kit, I guarantee you. Stay tuned to QRP-L where you will >see > > the announcement first. Get the checkbook ready, grin. 72, Doug > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Concerned that messages may bounce because your Hotmail account has exceeded its 2MB storage limit? Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:33:08 -0600 From: "Johnson, Mike (MED, OEC)" To: "'qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU'" Cc: "'qcw@softcom.net'" Subject: [160572] Need Some Antenna Support Ideas Message-ID: <1F6D1D1660975A4887628A011443A1BCA8508A@uswaumsx13medge.med.ge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Greetings from Utah! We recently completed a move to a new home in Syracuse, Utah. It's time to put up the horizontal loop and get back on the air. I'm hoping the loop will drop the noise level at the new QTH a dB or two so I can at least hear the DX again. I'm looking for 4 telescoping masts about 30 feet high. I'm thinking of aluminum or fiberglass. I have used crappie poles before and I'm afraid they won't cut the mustard for long-term installation. It seems to me that a few months back somebody on the list had some 30-foot fiberglass poles for sale. Please let me know if they're still available. 72 and thanks for any input. Mike Johnson K7RVX qcw@softcom.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:54:20 -0600 (CST) From: Dale Botkin To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [160573] Re: Info on Buying Laptop Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, KB0VCC wrote: > OH, like the guy who did a reboot while connected to the VOX, > and transmitted the Win98 Opening song across the ether in the > PSK segment. I thought it was pretty funny. Sounds kinda > weird in USB. Bet he didn't even know he did it. Bwah! That's funny. Dumb, but funny. I run Win2K with all the idiotic noises turned off, so it doesn't do spontaneous reboots or make a lot of noise. One of these days I'll get motivated and try some Linux PSK31 software. 73, Dale - N0XAS -- It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off. NEW PicoKeyer kit w/PCB and all parts - http://www.hamgadgets.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 15:25:08 -0500 From: "Paul Gerhardt" To: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [160574] Spam FS Alinco DJ-C5T Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed QRP Dual Band HT on Flea Bay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3056970038&category=4674&rd=1 Paul Gerhardt K3PG pgerhardt@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Send instant messages to anyone on your contact list with MSN Messenger 6.0. Try it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 15:36:48 -0500 From: Peter Burbank To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [160575] Re: New Club Kit coming Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20031103152756.00a1eec0@mail.qx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Doug. Is this message in the category of foreplay? :-) :-) Actually looking forward to it. You guys are a great asset to the hobby. Thanks Pete NV4V At 12:03 PM 11/3/2003, Doug Hendricks wrote: >Guys, there is a new club kit coming from one of the affiliate clubs of >AmQRP, and it will knock your socks off. The price is low, the value is >tremendous, and the fun factor is off the scale. I saw a prototype last >week, and was blown away at the quality, and the cost of the kit. It is >under the $30 price range, and it is gonna be a big, big seller. > >I can't tell you what it is, but I can tell you that everyone of you will >want one at this price. The announcement of the kit will come in about 3 >weeks, but I guarantee you that when it hits the list, the checks will be in >the mail. The design is so simple that it is elegant, and it is gonna be a >classic club kit, I guarantee you. Stay tuned to QRP-L where you will see >the announcement first. Get the checkbook ready, grin. 72, Doug ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 15:40:42 -0500 From: "David J. Adams" To: Doug Hendricks Cc: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [160576] Re: New Club Kit coming Message-ID: <3FA6BD4A.1030409@theadamsclan.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Okay...this sort of announcement is just cruel. Dave Doug Hendricks wrote: >Guys, there is a new club kit coming from one of the affiliate clubs of >AmQRP, and it will knock your socks off. The price is low, the value is >tremendous, and the fun factor is off the scale. I saw a prototype last >week, and was blown away at the quality, and the cost of the kit. It is >under the $30 price range, and it is gonna be a big, big seller. > >I can't tell you what it is, but I can tell you that everyone of you will >want one at this price. The announcement of the kit will come in about 3 >weeks, but I guarantee you that when it hits the list, the checks will be in >the mail. The design is so simple that it is elegant, and it is gonna be a >classic club kit, I guarantee you. Stay tuned to QRP-L where you will see >the announcement first. Get the checkbook ready, grin. 72, Doug > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:30:12 -0500 From: "Mike Yetsko" To: , "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [160577] Re: New Club Kit coming Message-ID: <002301c3a251$ac4109a0$0200a8c0@charter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Doug. > Is this message in the category of foreplay? :-) :-) > Actually looking forward to it. You guys are a great asset to the hobby. > Thanks > Pete NV4V I wouldn't call it foreplay as much as I'd say it was a tease... And if this weren't a family oriented forum... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:07:20 -0600 From: "Winchar@res1.mts.net" To: Subject: [160578] Fox Hunt VE4WI Message-ID: <022801c3a256$da180400$6601a8c0@leslie> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greetings Hounds, This is a reminder of the Nov 04 FOX HUNT. It is a two hour hunt from 0200-0400 UTC 05 Oct. AC7A, Tom will be working 7040 +/- and up. VE4WI, Craig will be working 7038 +/-listening up. Initial call at 0200 UTC CQ FOX DE VE4WI VE4WI FOX K Send your call once or twice around 2 Khz up, then listen. I will respond to whoever I can copy. Remember, it's cold up here. Snow on the ground already. My fingers may be a bit slow. Fox Says - TEST1 UR 559 MB Craig 5W TEST1 BK Hound says - R TU UR 559 AK Bob 5W BK If FOX has wax dug out of his ears he answers with a TU and calls the next hound. If not, Fox asks for fill example - SPC? BK or name? BK For about the last 1/2 hour of the hunt I will take calls near or on my freq. Thank you. Craig VE4WI K2 and dipole winchar@mts.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:15:21 +0000 From: "Bill Rowlett" To: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [160579] Re: New Club Kit coming Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed It sure is, but the service which we do for Doug is worth the pain we suffer. The old boy is a school teacher and this form of amusement is something which he can not pull in the classroom, the parents would have a field day with him. Its called how to lose ones job in one easy step. So, we are his out, which saves the family too. So, pat yourself on the back for a job well done. ( I have water front property in the desert for sale along with a very famous bridge, if anyone is interested) 73, Bill kc4atu PS Before I get the flood of hate mail about referring to Doug as old boy, only those of us who can get the senior discount at the local IHOP can refer to someone as old boy. >From: "David J. Adams" >Reply-To: david@theadamsclan.com >To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" >Subject: Re: New Club Kit coming >Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 15:40:42 -0500 > >Okay...this sort of announcement is just cruel. > >Dave > >Doug Hendricks wrote: > >>Guys, there is a new club kit coming from one of the affiliate clubs of >>AmQRP, and it will knock your socks off. The price is low, the value is >>tremendous, and the fun factor is off the scale. I saw a prototype last >>week, and was blown away at the quality, and the cost of the kit. It is >>under the $30 price range, and it is gonna be a big, big seller. >> >>I can't tell you what it is, but I can tell you that everyone of you will >>want one at this price. The announcement of the kit will come in about 3 >>weeks, but I guarantee you that when it hits the list, the checks will be >>in >>the mail. The design is so simple that it is elegant, and it is gonna be >>a >>classic club kit, I guarantee you. Stay tuned to QRP-L where you will see >>the announcement first. Get the checkbook ready, grin. 72, Doug >> >> >> >> >> >> > _________________________________________________________________ Fretting that your Hotmail account may expire because you forgot to sign in enough? Get Hotmail Extra Storage today! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:30:02 -0700 (MST) From: Karl Larsen To: Doug Hendricks Cc: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [160580] Re: New Club Kit coming Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Doug Hendricks wrote: > Guys, there is a new club kit coming from one of the affiliate clubs of > AmQRP, and it will knock your socks off. The price is low, the value is Well It appears that I need to ask my wife if perhaps I can have 30 bucks this month. -- - Karl Larsen k5di Las Cruces,NM Az ScQRPions - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:46:47 -0700 From: "NORM KLIEMAN" To: "qrp-l" Subject: [160581] Laptop Sold Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Dell Laptop is sold - thanks everyone! --- Norm K9NK ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:12:54 -0500 From: To: Subject: [160582] Re: New Club Kit coming Message-ID: <000f01c3a260$049f1340$8924ad80@f1n5n8> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Good grief! There goes my lunch money for the next couple weeks :( 73. Bill, N4QA http://www.n4qa.com ------------------------------ End of QRP-L Digest 3093 ************************ --------------------------------