20031219.qrp v03_n139.qrl.20031219 Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:03:08 EST From: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: QRP-L digest 3139 QRP-L Digest 3139 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) [163355] Re: MORE #S ADDED TO KEY LIST by W2BJ 2) [163356] 80m tonite by "sslyon" 3) [163357] blt and dipole by Marten T Beels 4) [163358] WTD: 2N4416, 2SC1307 by "Howard Kraus" 5) [163359] [CONTEST] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar Dec 19-31, 2003 by "Ken Newman" 6) [163360] RE: blt and dipole by "Thomas Lewis" 7) [163361] Re: wire free electric power by "John Payne" 8) [163362] DDS Daughter Card by "Rich Johnson" 9) [163363] Skunked... by "sslyon" 10) [163364] RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters by w2bvh 11) [163365] OT: Respone to old analog bag phone use questions. by "Mike Majority" 12) [163366] Geeze what can it be? by Karl Larsen 13) [163367] OT: Correction to previous post (Response to analog bagphone use) by "Mike Majority" 14) [163368] 80 meters by "Jerry Ford" 15) [163369] QRP 9k6 packet with FT-817?? by Bill Vodall - WA7NWP 16) [163370] Re: Geeze what can it be? by "Don Foster" 17) [163371] RE: RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters by "Ray Goff" 18) [163372] Re: RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters by "Oleg V. Borodin" 19) [163373] RE: blt and dipole by "Thomas Lewis" 20) [163374] Re: 80m tonite by Wayne_W5KDJ 21) [163375] Re: RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters by Al Scanandoah 22) [163376] Re: MORE #S ADDED TO KEY LIST by Curt Milton 23) [163377] RE: blt and dipole by Karl Larsen 24) [163378] RE: blt and dipole (send them up) by John Kalotai 25) [163379] RE: RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters by Tom Sevart 26) [163380] FS: Idiom Press SCAF-1 Filter by "Michael Melland, W9WIS" 27) [163381] Re: RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters by w2bvh 28) [163382] a passing and a congratulations by w5xe@juno.com 29) [163383] FOX: Final Log N0IT for Hunt 16 by "sjolin" 30) [163384] magnets and paddle by "David Porter" 31) [163385] Paddle S/N list by Jerry Haigwood 32) [163386] New In-Line Digital power/swr meter by Steven Weber 33) [163387] RE: QRP 9k6 packet with FT-817?? by "AI2Q" 34) [163388] RE: QRP 9k6 packet with FT-817?? by Bill Vodall - WA7NWP 35) [163389] QRP Web Ring by "Thom R. Lacosta" 36) [163390] RE: QRP 9k6 packet with FT-817?? by "Lyle Johnson" 37) [163391] FT-817 by "Mike Yetsko" 38) [163392] Re: FT-817 by Ed Lawson 39) [163393] op-amp by "carl seyersdahl" 40) [163394] Paddles are here by "Tom" 41) [163395] VK land by "Ron KU7Y" 42) [163396] DDS Daughter Card by "Brian.Buydens@usask.ca" 43) [163397] RE: FS: Idiom Press SCAF-1 Filter - SOLD by "Michael Melland, W9WIS" 44) [163398] Re: DDS Daughter Card by "John J. McDonough" 45) [163399] Crossmode SOS Contact by "Bruce Prior" 46) [163400] Re: FT-817 by "Mike Yetsko" 47) [163401] sQRPions paddle #15 by James R Giammanco 48) [163402] DDS and PIC El 160 as combo for R2Pro by "Dick" 49) [163403] RE: [qrp-l] DDS Daughter Card by "Nick Kennedy" 50) [163404] Terrible band CDX by "Fred \(VE3FAL\)" 51) [163405] RE: FT-817 by "David LeDuc" 52) [163406] RE: blt and dipole (send them up) by "Thomas Lewis" 53) [163407] RE: DDS and PIC El 160 as combo for R2Pro by "Lyle Johnson" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:04:34 -0500 From: W2BJ To: , Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [163355] Re: MORE #S ADDED TO KEY LIST Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 12/18/03 6:43 PM, "Joe Martin" wrote: > I was just over at the ScQRPions site and they have added some new #'s > to the list up to 185 > http://www.swlink.net/~w5jh/serial_numbers.htm for anyone looking. I checked and found that I am #169. I am looking forward to some fun building it. I hope to work many of you when I am finished. 72, Barry, W2BJ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:50:52 -0500 From: "sslyon" To: "qrp list" Subject: [163356] 80m tonite Message-ID: <000a01c3c5ca$27ab28a0$13c8e742@megalink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Seabury & Sharon Lyon 99 Sparrowhawk Mtn Rd Bethel ME, 04217 U.S.A. 207-836-2576 Virus Protection by Norton and ZoneAlarm ----- Original Message ----- From: "sslyon" To: "listserver, qrp" Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 7:42 PM Subject: 80m tonite > NEQRP with Chuck, K1CL hosts the Thursday nite nets at 8:30PM > Eastern on or about 3.566. Nice opportunity for the rest of the > continent to see just how good/bad the propagation is to the > last stop before EU -and work the antlers, too. > I'll be on tonite with my 176' c.f. doublet up 55'. We really > should take advantage of the seasonal advantage provided for > 80m. See you there. > 73' > seab > aa1my > > Seabury & Sharon Lyon > 99 Sparrowhawk Mtn Rd > Bethel ME, 04217 U.S.A. > 207-836-2576 > > Virus Protection by Norton and ZoneAlarm > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:55:54 -0500 From: Marten T Beels To: qrp-l@lehigh.edu Subject: [163357] blt and dipole Message-ID: <1071795354.3fe24c9a0c07a@mail.goshen.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello all, Finally my brand new FT-817 arrived yesterday and I'm having a blast with it. The first task was to get a dipole up in the trees somwhere which proved to be a real challenge! What are you favorite ways for getting a dipole up beyond 10' high? Secondly, feeding my 66' dipole with 300 ohm tv twinlead I can use my BLT to tune 40m, 30m, 20m, and 12m, but not 17m, 15m, or 10m. I can't tune anything with the Z set to "high" like is recommended. I realize that the antenna system is a complex interaction the feed line and radiator, but I'm wondering if there is an optimum combination of dipole length and feedline length to present the best match on as many bands as possible. I remember reading about an 44' dipole fed with 95' of 300 ohm twin lead as one of those possible combinations (but I'm not sure). But I've read that people have not been able to tune a 44' dipole on 40m with the BLT. What results have you guys had using a BLT with what lenghts of dipole and feedline? Thanks! Marten KC8HZM ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:01:16 -0500 From: "Howard Kraus" To: Subject: [163358] WTD: 2N4416, 2SC1307 Message-ID: <004b01c3c5cb$9af3ae80$9f131443@kntnny.adelphia.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ok, the earlier wants were too easy. Let's try these. I let the smoke out of a 2N4416 in my Optimized Transceiver VFO, I am in need of one with the smoke still in it. The 2SC1307 will be a bit harder to find. This will go in place of the final in my 10M FM rig to give it some boost. Idea: anyone have to make an order for RF Parts and can't make the minimum? I could combine and hopefully make the $25 minimum. TNX to all for help on these, and a tremendous TNX to those who helped me with the 2N930 and 2N2369 earlier! 72 Howard Kraus, K2UD ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:08:00 -0500 From: "Ken Newman" To: "List QRP-Canada" , "K8NI Norm Into" , Subject: [163359] [CONTEST] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar Dec 19-31, 2003 Message-ID: <011c01c3c5cc$8fd9c600$9fea80d1@kensdell> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR December 19-31, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 METER FOXHUNT - Wednesday 0200z to 0400z (Tue eve USA) Info: http://www.cqc.org Truffle Hunt - 30 min before Fox Hunt Info: http://fpqrp.com/pig_hunt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGB (Belarus) Party Contest (CW/SSB) (80m)... QRP Category Dec 19, 2100z to 2400z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu/agb_party.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Croatian CW Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Dec 20, 1400z to Dec 21, 1400z Rules: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/9acwc.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RAC Canada Winter Contest (ALL) ... QRP Category Dec 27, 0000z to 2359z Rules: http://www.rac.ca/CANWIN.htm See http://www.rac.ca/qrpcan/rwrqrp.htm for more awards from QRP-Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stew Perry (W1BB) Topband Distance Challenge (CW) ... QRP Category Dec 27, 1500z to Dec 28, 1500z Rules: http://jzap.com/k7rat/stew.rules.txt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Original QRP Contest (CW - 80, 40 & 20m) ... QRP Category Dec 27, 1500z to Dec 28, 1500z Rules: http://www.qrpcc.de/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Holiday Milliwatt CW Contest *** QRP Contest *** Dec 28, 1800 to 0200 z Dec 29, 1800 to 0200 z Dec 30, 1800 to 0200 z Rules: http://www.knightlites.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, N0AX(ARRL), WB3AAL and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. Please foreward the contest info you sponsor to N2CQ@ARRL.NET and we will post it and give it more publicity. Anyone may use this "N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) 72 de Ken Newman - N2CQ N2CQ@ARRL.NET http://www.amqrp.org/contesting/contesting.html http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:19:54 -0500 From: "Thomas Lewis" To: martentb@goshen.edu, qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [163360] RE: blt and dipole Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed I can only answer one of your questions. I have successfully tuned a 44 ft doublet on 40 meters with my BLT. The doublet was up about 30 ft. The length of the 300 ohm twinlead was as required to get from the radiator to the tuner... I'm guessing roughly 50 ft. The rig was a Rock Mite. Good luck Tom K4THL >From: Marten T Beels >Reply-To: martentb@goshen.edu >To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" >Subject: blt and dipole >Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:55:54 -0500 > >Hello all, > >Finally my brand new FT-817 arrived yesterday and I'm having a blast with >it. >The first task was to get a dipole up in the trees somwhere which proved to >be >a real challenge! What are you favorite ways for getting a dipole up >beyond >10' high? > >Secondly, feeding my 66' dipole with 300 ohm tv twinlead I can use my BLT >to >tune 40m, 30m, 20m, and 12m, but not 17m, 15m, or 10m. I can't tune >anything >with the Z set to "high" like is recommended. > >I realize that the antenna system is a complex interaction the feed line >and >radiator, but I'm wondering if there is an optimum combination of dipole >length >and feedline length to present the best match on as many bands as possible. > I >remember reading about an 44' dipole fed with 95' of 300 ohm twin lead as >one >of those possible combinations (but I'm not sure). But I've read that >people >have not been able to tune a 44' dipole on 40m with the BLT. > >What results have you guys had using a BLT with what lenghts of dipole and >feedline? > >Thanks! > >Marten >KC8HZM > > >------------------------------------------------- >This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ _________________________________________________________________ Enjoy the holiday season with great tips from MSN. http://special.msn.com/network/happyholidays.armx ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:46:16 -0500 From: "John Payne" To: "John Payne" , "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163361] Re: wire free electric power Message-ID: <001101c3c5d1$e4fb0a40$0201a8c0@desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Oh well, I give up. Looks as if the main post got lost and the correction got sent twice. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth, back in my hole now. Anyway, Happy Holidays to all and 73 de N4FLJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Payne" To: ; "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: Re: wire free electric power > Oops... that's several years ago! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Payne" > To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 1:51 PM > Subject: Re: wire free electric power > > > > If one reads the technology info on the web site this is NOT "beamed" > > power, it is a technology that first surface several rears ago. > > 73 de John N4FLJ > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 18:12:18 -0800 From: "Rich Johnson" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163362] DDS Daughter Card Message-ID: <002101c3c5d5$877a48f0$7b48e40c@END0EB86CD98A1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is there available a program to operate the DDS daughter card from a PC parallel port under Win2K Pro? Thank you for the bandwidth. cheers, rich ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:14:32 -0500 From: "sslyon" To: "qrp list" , "NEQRP LIST" Subject: [163363] Skunked... Message-ID: <000701c3c5d5$d7723d40$13c8e742@megalink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well, maybe my 300' feeder failed in the winter onslaught after all. I could hear Chuck at 5/2, Charles, Mike and Lenny at 5/7, Bob at 5/5... but nobody could hear me, even at 10 watts. That was sure frustrating and I'll make the trek up the hill to check it out Saturday. Have a great Holiday, all, and I'll be checking 80m more often now that there's more interest. 73 72 seab aa1my Seabury & Sharon Lyon 99 Sparrowhawk Mtn Rd Bethel ME, 04217 U.S.A. 207-836-2576 Virus Protection by Norton and ZoneAlarm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 22:11:33 -0500 From: w2bvh To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [163364] RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters Message-ID: <3FE26C65.7050303@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Has anyone ever tried to decode the rtty signal that's at 10.100 about 80% of the time. Looks like he uses a 450 Hz shift. But so far I can't get anything readable. Lots of parameters to play with norm/reverse, usb/lsb, baudot/ascii etc. Lenny W2BVH ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 22:18:33 -0500 From: "Mike Majority" To: qrp-l@lehigh.edu Subject: [163365] OT: Respone to old analog bag phone use questions. Message-ID: <410-220031251931833468@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Have received a few offline questions from my earlier post on reusing old analog cellular bag phones, so am posting an update. These phones (if in working order, useable cellular signal, etc.) can be used anytime to dial 911, even if not activated. They can also be used by buying a prepaid card that gives you a certain amount of minutes to use without requiring a monthly contract. You simply purchase a card with a certain amount of minutes to meet your needs. HOWEVER, YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO PAY AN ACTIVATION FEE! For example - The card I purchased for my parents ($60 U.S.) gives them about 2 hrs air time, including nationwide roaming and nationwide long distance included. The phone (old Motorola bag phone) cost me $20 to activate. They just keep the phone in the car to use if needed for emergencies, unplanned late arrivals, sporadic doctor appointment changes, etc. THE CATCH: they're required to pay $10 every 2 months to keep the card active. But this does give them about 45 additional minutes each time, AND their original long distance minutes roll over to the next period. As long as they pay the $10 fee every 2 months the original card stays active, but if they don't, all minutes are lost and the phone must be reactivated with a new card to use it again (except for the 911 feature listed earlier). Different companies offer different options, so you can choose what you need (local, long distance, roaming, etc.), just pick a prepaid plan that meets your needs. The good - these old phones are ~ 3 watts, so have decent coverage. The company I used said they have lots of folks activating these old phones simply for emergencies/unplanned situations where a monthly plan isn't needed. Mine didn't have a battery, but the power cord (for cigarette lighter) is long enough to put the phone on the car roof if necessary for greater range. Check your phone with a local company for plan compatability, read the fine print, and shop around. I'm enclosing the ad and website of the company I used only for info on what some prepaid plans offer, no connection, etc. The ad: ----------------------------- Re-Chargeable Prepaid Wire- less Cards... Problem Solved! Parents can stay in control of their wireless bill even when their teen is in control of the phone. Prepaid cards are great for setting a wireless budget and sticking to it. Card amounts from $10 to $100 are available at any Appalachian Wireless store. No Contract to Sign and No Monthly Payments -------------------------------- The link: http://www.appwireless.com/ -------------------------------- 72, es hope this helps, MIke, N4VBV --- Mike Majority --- n4vbv@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:40:41 -0700 (MST) From: Karl Larsen To: qrp-l@lehigh.edu Subject: [163366] Geeze what can it be? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII The solar numbers are great SFI:123 A:6 K:2 2100 18 Dec and so I expected to hear beacons on 20 17 15 24 and 10 meters but instead find there is exactly zero beacons can be heard! Check antenna but it's fine. Receiver is hearing noise of passing cars ignition. The beam is at 60 feet and pointing east. 40 meters sounds ok. I heard Mexico City work a w9 so that's good. I heard both sides here in NM. 80 is coming alive right now at 0330 UTC. Wierd conditions. -- - Karl Larsen k5di Las Cruces,NM Az ScQRPions - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 23:04:32 -0500 From: "Mike Majority" To: qrp-l@lehigh.edu Subject: [163367] OT: Correction to previous post (Response to analog bagphone use) Message-ID: <410-22003125194432734@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Correction: Price actually was $40 for the 2 hrs airtime card, $20 activation, $60 total. Would be WAY expensive otherwise! 72, Mike, N4VBV ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:08:12 -0600 From: "Jerry Ford" To: "qrp-l" , "FPigs" Subject: [163368] 80 meters Message-ID: <000501c3c5cc$94767fa0$4a78da0c@mchsi.com> OK, Susy is home and I've been releaved of Spiderman duty. LOL Tons of signals on 80 ( thanks for the tip Karl ) so I'm going to go just above 3560 and make a few calls. While I'm at it, I may as well see if I can dig up a state or two for my 5 band. Anybody out there in NV. OR. RI VT or WY?? 73 / 72 es oo Jerry N0JRN FP # 546, 4SQRP, ARS # 923, ARCI # 11049, ARRL, Springfield, Mo. MP + #8 http://home.mchsi.com/~n0jrn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:14:09 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Vodall - WA7NWP To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [163369] QRP 9k6 packet with FT-817?? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Lots of Kenwood FT-817 owners here. Has anybody here tried using the FT-817 for 9600 packet? I'm thinking the combination of the 817 with a soundcard modem setup should give a vast range of modes and frequencies. The big question is if it'll really work for 9600 packet. Thanks, Bill - WA7NWP ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 23:42:39 -0600 From: "Don Foster" To: Subject: [163370] Re: Geeze what can it be? Message-ID: <002401c3c5f2$f0fd5e80$38daab41@21byq> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Larsen" > > Wierd conditions. You ain't woofin' Karl. This evening at 0453Z I worked OE3EPW near Vienna, Austria, with 5 watts on 40 meters. Shortly thereafter, a few kHz away, I snagged ZK2SA on Niue Island in the Pacific but it required 100 watts to break the pileup. Very few other signals on the band. Double wierd. Don, K5KW Oklahoma ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:30:36 -0000 From: "Ray Goff" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163371] RE: RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, In the UK it is a weather transmission, I assume it is the same station. I forgot all the parameters, but it can be decoded using MMTTY - but it is hardly worth the effort as all that comes out is 5 letter groups... It is a good indicator of propagation though! 73 Ray, G4FON > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU]On Behalf Of > w2bvh > Sent: 19 December 2003 03:12 > To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion > Subject: RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters > > > Has anyone ever tried to decode the rtty signal that's at 10.100 about > 80% of the time. Looks like he uses a 450 Hz shift. But so far I can't > get anything readable. Lots of parameters to play with norm/reverse, > usb/lsb, baudot/ascii etc. > > Lenny W2BVH > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:07:20 +0300 From: "Oleg V. Borodin" To: w2bvh Cc: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163372] Re: RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters Message-ID: <591647294.20031219120720@lipetsk.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit w> Has anyone ever tried to decode the rtty signal that's at 10.100 about w> 80% of the time. Looks like he uses a 450 Hz shift. But so far I can't w> get anything readable. Lots of parameters to play with norm/reverse, w> usb/lsb, baudot/ascii etc. w> Lenny W2BVH This is DDK2 - Germany Naval Weather/Navigation Station. For receive RTTY setup: freq's shift - 425 Hz, Baudout - 50, LSB, Normal, English characters. No problems! Wish you all the best! 72! de RV3GM Oleg ("Master-72") V. Borodin RU-QRP Club http://ruqrp.narod.ru === In QRP We Trust! === ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 06:56:10 -0500 From: "Thomas Lewis" To: martentb@goshen.edu, qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [163373] RE: blt and dipole Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed I was able to tune Rock Mites on 40 and 20 and a SW+ on 30. That is all I own. I'm presently off the air. I had to move to an apartment temporarly. But as soon as I get back into a house, the 44 ft. doublet is going back up. I recommend you do a search for L.B. Cebik's (W4RNL) website. Search on his call. Find his write-up titled "Suppose I Could Have Only One Wire Antenna...". He discusses the 67 ft. vs the 44 ft. doublet. His case (basically) for 44 over 67 is to assure a broadside signal on 10 meters (exceeding 1.25 wl on 10 meters with the 67). According to his data listed for the 67 ft. though I would think you would have an easier time tuning on 17 and 12 than you do on 20. The |magnitude| of the feedpoint Zs he lists are lower. I only choose 44 ft. due to space limitations. Are you taking the proper precautions with your feedline? Unlike coax, the feedline can't touch anything i.e. roof, walls, window frame etc. I brought my feedline into the house through a hole drilled in a piece of 1 X 6 jammed in the bottom of a window. I made a standoff from 1 X 2 to bring the wire down the side of the house. I'm not an expert but I understand the twinlead "couples" if it is too close to anything especially the window frame. I know that I couldn't tune anything until I took these precautions. Also, bring the feedline down from the radiator at 90 deg. for as long as you can (without hitting the roof). Qualifier: I've only been doing this for about a year since I came back to hamming and caught the Rockmite bug. The gang in the Rockmite group first made me aware of non-resonant, multiband, balanced feedline, Z-match antenna systems. I'm still working on it. The little I have learned so far has greatly increased my enjoyment in operating. I'm going to post this back to the group. You can be sure that something here is incorrect. Then we will both know! Good Luck again Tom K4THL >From: Marten T Beels >To: Thomas Lewis >Subject: RE: blt and dipole >Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:52:50 -0500 > >Thanks, Tom! Did you try tuning the doublet on other bands? > >Marten >KC8HZM > >Quoting Thomas Lewis : > > > I can only answer one of your questions. > > > > I have successfully tuned a 44 ft doublet on 40 meters with my BLT. The > > doublet was up about 30 ft. The length of the 300 ohm twinlead was as > > required to get from the radiator to the tuner... I'm guessing roughly >50 > > ft. The rig was a Rock Mite. > > > > Good luck > > > > Tom > > K4THL _________________________________________________________________ Check your PC for viruses with the FREE McAfee online computer scan. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:32:07 GMT From: Wayne_W5KDJ To: sslyon@megalink.net Cc: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [163374] Re: 80m tonite Message-ID: <20031219.043249.923.1452264@webmail11.lax.untd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain I QAP 3566 last nite and heard nothing in Houston. Did hear a couple dits on 3565.5. No props to S. Texas. 7:30pm is a little early for to hear ya'll folks up there in the cold. Subject: 80m tonite > NEQRP with Chuck, K1CL hosts the Thursday nite nets at 8:30PM > Eastern on or about 3.566. Nice opportunity for the rest of the > continent to see just how good/bad the propagation is to the > last stop before EU -and work the antlers, too. > I'll be on tonite with my 176' c.f. doublet up 55'. We really > should take advantage of the seasonal advantage provided for > 80m. See you there. > 73' > seab > aa1my > > Seabury & Sharon Lyon > 99 Sparrowhawk Mtn Rd > Bethel ME, 04217 U.S.A. > 207-836-2576 > > Virus Protection by Norton and ZoneAlarm > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:11:31 -0500 From: Al Scanandoah To: w2bvh@comcast.net Cc: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [163375] Re: RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters Message-ID: <3FE2F903.4070203@rochester.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It's probably some sort of governmental or military link, not necessarily ours. If so, it's most likely encrypted, so you're not going to be able to decode it. Al, K2ZN w2bvh wrote: > Has anyone ever tried to decode the rtty signal that's at 10.100 about > 80% of the time. Looks like he uses a 450 Hz shift. But so far I can't > get anything readable. Lots of parameters to play with norm/reverse, > usb/lsb, baudot/ascii etc. > > Lenny W2BVH > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 05:52:56 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Milton To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [163376] Re: MORE #S ADDED TO KEY LIST Message-ID: <20031219135256.96239.qmail@web60808.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Yes these folk are doing a great job! And I say this with my number not up yet! The mailman was late the day mine went out, and gee i hope my letter is not in the snow somewhere and I miss out! It would be nice to start work on mine before i go back to work on Jan. 5 and maybe not get to it for a while, but i will appreciate it when i finally get it. Thanks gang for sharing your project with us! curt wb8yyy --- Joe Martin wrote: > I was just over at the ScQRPions site and they have > added some new #'s > to the list up to 185 > http://www.swlink.net/~w5jh/serial_numbers.htm for > anyone looking. > > -- > 72 de KM5CW, Joe > FP#-697 QRP-L#2524 ARCI #11368 FISTS#4217 > GRID EM13kf FtWorth,Tx > ( http://www.km5cw.org ) > dit dit > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:11:00 -0700 (MST) From: Karl Larsen To: Thomas Lewis Cc: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [163377] RE: blt and dipole Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Thomas Lewis wrote: > I was able to tune Rock Mites on 40 and 20 and a SW+ on 30. That is all I > own. > > I'm presently off the air. I had to move to an apartment temporarly. But > as soon as I get back into a house, the 44 ft. doublet is going back up. > Good for you Tom! Use Google to find Cebik's web site. Now the 88 and 44 foot dipoles. If at all possible put up the 88 foot dipole. Feed it in the center with 450 ohm ribbon from AES (also Google). Get the cheap stuff because it only lasts 10 years and can just handle 200 watts. Higher is better. Get the dipole sort of straight and as high as possible. This may be just 15 or 20 feet. I have a 60 foot tower with a 6 element beam on it. My 88 foot dipole is about 40 feet high in the center and runs down to 15 feet at the ends. The 450 ohm ribbon comes down the side of the tower held off from the steel about 12 inches, down to close to the ground, through a hole in the Adobe wall made with barbed wire, and then up slightly to the back of my MFJ antenna tuner 1:1 balun. Then it hooks to my radios via coax. It loads on 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 and 10 meters. On 20 meters it has a little gain off the ends of the antenna, but my beam has a lot of gain...:-) Enjoy. > I recommend you do a search for L.B. Cebik's (W4RNL) website. Search on his > call. Find his write-up titled "Suppose I Could Have Only One Wire > Antenna...". He discusses the 67 ft. vs the 44 ft. doublet. His case > (basically) for 44 over 67 is to assure a broadside signal on 10 meters > (exceeding 1.25 wl on 10 meters with the 67). According to his data listed > for the 67 ft. though I would think you would have an easier time tuning on > 17 and 12 than you do on 20. The |magnitude| of the feedpoint Zs he lists > are lower. I only choose 44 ft. due to space limitations. > > Are you taking the proper precautions with your feedline? Unlike coax, the > feedline can't touch anything i.e. roof, walls, window frame etc. I brought > my feedline into the house through a hole drilled in a piece of 1 X 6 jammed > in the bottom of a window. I made a standoff from 1 X 2 to bring the wire > down the side of the house. I'm not an expert but I understand the twinlead > "couples" if it is too close to anything especially the window frame. I > know that I couldn't tune anything until I took these precautions. Also, > bring the feedline down from the radiator at 90 deg. for as long as you can > (without hitting the roof). > > Qualifier: I've only been doing this for about a year since I came back to > hamming and caught the Rockmite bug. The gang in the Rockmite group first > made me aware of non-resonant, multiband, balanced feedline, Z-match > antenna systems. I'm still working on it. The little I have learned so far > has greatly increased my enjoyment in operating. > > I'm going to post this back to the group. You can be sure that something > here is incorrect. Then we will both know! > > Good Luck again > > Tom > K4THL > > > >From: Marten T Beels > >To: Thomas Lewis > >Subject: RE: blt and dipole > >Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:52:50 -0500 > > > >Thanks, Tom! Did you try tuning the doublet on other bands? > > > >Marten > >KC8HZM > > > >Quoting Thomas Lewis : > > > > > I can only answer one of your questions. > > > > > > I have successfully tuned a 44 ft doublet on 40 meters with my BLT. The > > > doublet was up about 30 ft. The length of the 300 ohm twinlead was as > > > required to get from the radiator to the tuner... I'm guessing roughly > >50 > > > ft. The rig was a Rock Mite. > > > > > > Good luck > > > > > > Tom > > > K4THL > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check your PC for viruses with the FREE McAfee online computer scan. > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > -- - Karl Larsen k5di Las Cruces,NM Az ScQRPions - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 06:10:26 -0800 (PST) From: John Kalotai To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [163378] RE: blt and dipole (send them up) Message-ID: <20031219141026.89503.qmail@web80004.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I use a tree surgeon's throw bag and slick line. The throw bag is made of balistic nylon and filled with fine lead shot. With a little practice it can be thrown accurately up to about 50 feet or so. Slick line is polypropylene line that slides nicely over branches. It can be stuffed into a large coffe can for deployment. The two can be purchased together at tree surgeons or landscapers supply for about $25. The best part is unlike fishing line and weights it doesn't have the tendency to wrap around tree limbs. 73 & Happy Holly-Daze John N1OLO ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:42:08 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Sevart To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [163379] RE: RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters Message-ID: <20031219154208.47310.qmail@web9604.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Ray Goff wrote: > Hi, > > In the UK it is a weather transmission, I assume it > is the same station. > Is that Bracknell? If I remember (but it's been a long time ago) they operated on 75 baud/425 shift sending coded WX. But I don't think they were down around the lower part of the 30 meter band. There are numerous other digital stations from all over the world listed as using frequencies all through the 30 meter band. ===== Tom Sevart N2UHC http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:57:40 -0600 From: "Michael Melland, W9WIS" To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion , njqrp@njqrp.org Subject: [163380] FS: Idiom Press SCAF-1 Filter Message-ID: <000f01c3c651$380f8e20$4986e98d@winad.it.uwosh.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit This is the great SCAF-1 filter that Idiom Press puts out. It sells new with shipping as a kit for about $100 and assembled for about $135. http://www.idiompress.com/scaf-1.html I purchased this and built it over the summer.... and sold the rig I was going to use it with before I completed it . It is fully built, perfect condition, working perfectly and brand new. All that's left is to adjust the internal volume pot to the level you wish. $85 shipped.... payment via PayPal preferred. Mike, W9WIS ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:59:44 -0500 From: w2bvh To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: [163381] Re: RTTY at the bottom of 30 meters Message-ID: <3FE32E80.7010703@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks to all for the info. Normal, LSB, 50 Baud, Baudot, 1 stop bit, 440Hz shift yields good copy. The station ID's often with "CQ CQ CQ DE DDK2 DDK5 DDK9" etc, citing frequencies of operation and RYRYRYRYRY headers before resuming 5 charater groups. 73, Lenny W2BVH ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:04:19 -0700 From: w5xe@juno.com To: qrp-l@lehigh.edu Subject: [163382] a passing and a congratulations Message-ID: <20031219.100420.-724993.3.w5xe@juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The passing was noted in the January 2004 QST Silent Key, of Jim White W5LET who did a lot of glowbug qrp projects that were published in Popular Electronics, Electronics Illustrated, CQ, 73 over the years 60's, 70 and into the 80's. Some really neat and fun projects. RIP Jim, and thanks. Also noted in QST - Alan Kaul W6RCL, who sometimes graces this forum has been presented with the Edward R. Murrow award for news production. Congratulations Alan. Ray "The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs." letter from Count d'Orsay Ray Colbert, W5XE, OOTC#3618, SOWP#1064M NARTE-NCT2R FP# 111, GQRP-6115,QRP-ARCI 5784, El Paso,(FAR WEST)TEXAS ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:05:55 -0600 From: "sjolin" To: "Qrp-l Reflector" Subject: [163383] FOX: Final Log N0IT for Hunt 16 Message-ID: <146201c3c652$5e3cb2c0$78d1fea9@DaveSjolin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Attached is the final corrected log for hunt 16. Cleaned of dupes, and adding in the two foxii, it totals 61 Q's. Thanks again to all who stopped by on a very noisy evening. 73 de Dave, N0IT 0200 AC5JH 559 OK TOM 5W 0202 K5JHP 559 TX BILL 5W 0203 W5USJ 559 TX CHUCK 5W 0204 N3BJ 559 VA ALAN 5W 0205 W5YR 559 TX GEORGE 5W 0206 KL7V 579 OK SAM 5W 0207 N4ROA 559 VA DAN 5W 0208 K5EOA 559 LA WAYNE 5W 0209 K3ESE 559 MD LLOYD 5W 0210 N1FN 559 CO ET 5W 0211 W0CD 559 CO DICK 5W 0211 KT5V 559 TX DAVID 5W 0212 KG0PP 559 CO JIM 5W 0213 N4DD 559 TN DENNIS 5W 0214 W5TB 559 TX DOC 5W 0215 AB9CA 559 AL DAVE 5W 0216 AK7Y 559 AZ GREG 5W 0217 N1TP 559 FL TOM 5W 0220 N5ZE 559 TX LEW 5W 0222 AA7EQ 559 AZ BOB 5W 0223 AA5O 559 LA VERN 5W 0225 AG4PJ 559 AL DAVE 5W 0228 AJ4AY 559 AL JAY 5W 0229 KK5LD 559 TX DAN 5W 0230 K0UU 559 MN JEFF 5W 0231 W4WLG 559 TX DON 5W 0234 WB8YYY 559 MD CURT 5W 0234 K0LOA 559 TX DWAINE 5W 0236 K4ADI 559 SC FRANK 5W 0237 KB3EOF 559 MD MURPHY 5W 0238 K4JPN 559 GA STEVE 5W 0240 N3ZPQ 559 OH FRANK 4W 0241 W4FOA 579 GA TONY 5W 0245 KR0U 559 CO TIM 5W 0248 KQ5U 559 TX TERRY 5W 0250 W9JOP 559 VA BOB 150mW 0252 VE3FAL 559 ON FRED 5W 0254 WB4X 459 NC BRENT 5W 0256 AC7A 559 AZ TOM 5W 0258 KB2FEL 599 WV BOB 5W 0301 K3PH 559 PA BOB 5W 0302 K5SR 559 TX DALE 5W 0304 K9IS 559 WI STEVE 5W 0307 K0PC 559 MN PAT 5W 0308 WA1FXT 559 OH BOB 5W 0311 N1EU 559 NY BARRY 5W 0312 NN4CW 559 GA GIL 5W 0313 W0ANM 559 MN CHRIS 5W 0315 KD5UDB 559 LA CHRIS 5W 0317 K8KFJ 559 WV GARY 5W 0329 K4GT 559 GA JIM 5W 0332 KV2X 559 NY TOM 5W 0333 AG0T 559 ND TODD 4W 0334 N0AR 559 MN SCOTT 5W 0336 W2LJ 559 NJ LARRY 4W 0337 K5MVR 559 TX RON 5W 0350 WA9TZE 339 WI JIM 5W 0354 WB5ZAM 559 TX BILL 200W 0355 KD5KXF 559 TX MIKE 5W 0400 K2ZN XXX NY FOX 5W 0400 N0IT xxx MO FOX 5W ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:57:10 -0500 From: "David Porter" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163384] magnets and paddle Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Radio shack magnets I mentioned earlier seem to be a little oversized and do not fit into the spring holes for the scorpion paddle. However, if you super glue them to the other side of the paddle, they seem to work fine in repulsion. I've only put them together in the rough, so nothing is final yet, but it looks like they will work. Dave, AA3UR ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:02:11 -0700 From: Jerry Haigwood To: QRP-L Reflector Subject: [163385] Paddle S/N list Message-ID: <3FE33D23.408D2CF6@swlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Folks, I have posted the latest S/N list to . We have shipped all of batch 2 which ended up to be 128 paddles. Batch 3 is shceduled to ship about January 3 and it will be about 100 paddles. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and we hope to hear some of those paddles making CW soon. Jerry W5JH (for the AZ ScQRPions) http://www.swlink.net/~w5jh/brasspaddle.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:10:31 -0500 From: Steven Weber To: qrp-l@lehigh.edu Subject: [163386] New In-Line Digital power/swr meter Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20031219131031.007b6100@mailhost.ncia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Gang, I've come up with a new "Altoids tin compatable" in-line digital SWR/Power meter you all might be interested in. It has a 0-9.9 watt, 0-99(0) mw scale and 1.0:1 to 9.9:1 SWR scale. In order to keep the board size small enough to fit into an Altoids tin, it uses a row of eight LED's, in two groups of four, as a display. The LED's are binary wieghted, ie, they indicate 8-4-2-1 and read in BCD. So, 5 would be the 4+1 leds lighted. This might take a little getting used to, but is easy to get the hang of. The meter is powered by two "AAA" batteries, with pcb mounted battery clips, so it's entirely self contained. I'll be working on adding a peak hold mode and bar graph mode for SWR dipping before the software is completely finished. Looks like I can kit this for $25.00 plus postage. Let me know if you'd be interested in it. If there is enough interest, we'll put this on the fast track to getting it available soon. A picture of the prototype can be seen at Thanks, 72, Steve, KD1JV "Melt Solder" White Mountains of New Hampshire http://www.qsl.net/kd1jv/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:08:11 -0500 From: "AI2Q" To: , "'Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion'" Subject: [163387] RE: QRP 9k6 packet with FT-817?? Message-ID: <000501c3c65b$11194c20$6401a8c0@Administrator> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bill, if I remember correctly, you can only do this speed on 28-MHz and above. Best check the rules. Vy 73, AI2Q, Alex in Kennebunk, Maine QRP-L #687 http://users.adelphia.net/~alexmm/ai2q.htm .-.-. -----Original Message----- From: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU]On Behalf Of Bill Vodall - WA7NWP Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:14 AM To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: QRP 9k6 packet with FT-817?? Lots of Kenwood FT-817 owners here. Has anybody here tried using the FT-817 for 9600 packet? I'm thinking the combination of the 817 with a soundcard modem setup should give a vast range of modes and frequencies. The big question is if it'll really work for 9600 packet. Thanks, Bill - WA7NWP ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:25:56 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Vodall - WA7NWP To: "'Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion'" Subject: [163388] RE: QRP 9k6 packet with FT-817?? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, AI2Q wrote: > Bill, if I remember correctly, you can only do this speed on 28-MHz and > above. Best check the rules. The actual rule is that you can do 1200 baud only above 29 MHz (or something like that.) Then 9600 and better is allowed above 50 MHz. The attraction of the 817 is that it goes from 1.8 MHz to 450 MHz. That covers a lot of bands that allow 9k6 data. With a soundcard software package like MixW or even better - Linux, you could run NewQPSK on HF and 9k6 packet on 6 meters and above all with the same radio and computer setup. The big IF is still IF the 817 will "really" do 9k6 packet well. It'll be on my list for Santa if it does. Bill - WA7NWP > > Vy 73, AI2Q, Alex in Kennebunk, Maine QRP-L #687 > http://users.adelphia.net/~alexmm/ai2q.htm > > .-.-. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU]On Behalf Of > Bill Vodall - WA7NWP > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:14 AM > To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion > Subject: QRP 9k6 packet with FT-817?? > > > > Lots of Kenwood FT-817 owners here. Has > anybody here tried using the FT-817 for 9600 packet? > > I'm thinking the combination of the 817 with a > soundcard modem setup should give a vast range > of modes and frequencies. The big question is > if it'll really work for 9600 packet. > > Thanks, > Bill - WA7NWP > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:38:56 -0500 (EST) From: "Thom R. Lacosta" To: "qrp-L@Lehigh.EDU" Subject: [163389] QRP Web Ring Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Please be advised that the datafile for the QRP web ring home site has been lost in a system crash. I'm in the process of moving to code to my server and request that any webmasters who had their sites listed contact me. The server that houses the web page, which I control is NOT affected. 73 Thom http://www.zerobeat.net http://www.baltimorehon.com/ Home of the Baltimore Lexicon http://www.tlchost.net/ Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:01:44 -0800 From: "Lyle Johnson" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163390] RE: QRP 9k6 packet with FT-817?? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The ARRL test Lab reports include BER data for 9600 bps operation on 144 and 440 MHz. See QST for April, 2001 or download the review and expanded test report from the ARRL website. Not a member? Now you have another reason to join! 72, Lyle KK7P And the answer is yes, it does 9600 bps packet :-) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:45:32 -0500 From: "Mike Yetsko" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163391] FT-817 Message-ID: <00c701c3c668$afd6e360$0200a8c0@charter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I see the 817 is down to $469 ADVERTISED price... Mike ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:59:57 -0500 From: Ed Lawson To: myetsko@insydesw.com Cc: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163392] Re: FT-817 Message-ID: <20031219145957.03846737.k1vp@grizzy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:45:32 -0500 "Mike Yetsko" wrote: > I see the 817 is down to $469 ADVERTISED price... > Where? Santa wants to know. Ed Lawson K1VP ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:55:59 -0500 From: "carl seyersdahl" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163393] op-amp Message-ID: <00c901c3c672$835716c0$073eca44@tampabay.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Can anyone here point me to a source of the Intersil p/n ca3160a ?? This morning I requested a sample from Elantec/intersil and they promised me the would ship me a sample asap.!! Well, just now they said, "sorry, we dont give samples of that p/n.!! All the "distributors" they mentioned don't have the part either. I'd like to build a low power wattmeter/swr meter, and need the part for it's special input / output characteristics. \ Any help out there?? thanks to all. carl / kz5ca ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:04:19 -0500 From: "Tom" To: "qrp-l" Subject: [163394] Paddles are here Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My paddle kit (SN #125) arrived in Virginia today, now I need to find the time to get it done. 73, de Tom kf4yyd Fredericksburg Virginia IDHACWID* QRP Club #1 *I Don't Have A Clue What I'm Doing ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:08:05 -0700 From: "Ron KU7Y" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163395] VK land Message-ID: <003c01c3c674$3d213bc0$67910b45@ku7y> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All, Please excuse the BW but I'd like to know if there is anyone on the list that lives near Cooma, Australia. Thanks, 73, Ron, KU7Y ku7y@qsl.net Brenda, AZ (or somewhere close!) http://www.qsl.net/ku7y http://www.BrendaJamFest.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:10:39 -0600 (CST) From: "Brian.Buydens@usask.ca" To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Cc: Brian Buydens Subject: [163396] DDS Daughter Card Message-ID: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I am looking at getting the DDS Daughter Card along with the PIC-EL card. I understand one thing I can do with it is make a digital VFO. Question: I have an FT-101ZD which has a port for an external VFO. Would the daughter card work for this? Thanks. Brian Buydens Veterinary Electronic Data Specialist Computing Services, University of Saskatchewan email: Brian.Buydens@usask.ca http://duke.usask.ca/~buydens VE5RDV -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am a proud citizen of "Soviet Canuckistan" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:14:09 -0600 From: "Michael Melland, W9WIS" To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion , njqrp@njqrp.org Subject: [163397] RE: FS: Idiom Press SCAF-1 Filter - SOLD Message-ID: <002e01c3c675$0b439e80$4986e98d@winad.it.uwosh.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit The SCAF-1 filter has been sold. Thanks to all expressing interest. Mike, W9WIS ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:32:27 -0500 From: "John J. McDonough" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Cc: Subject: [163398] Re: DDS Daughter Card Message-ID: <024a01c3c677$9a8437b0$090044c0@BrianBoru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You would need to check with someone who is familiar with the FT101, I presume that you will need to do something to adjust the levels. I would be startled if the VFO level coming from the DDS daughtercard was exactly what the FT101 needed. As far as frequency, that's another animal. The PIC-EL will have software which allows you to set the frequency of the daughtercard, but the readout is the DDS frequency. Surely, the VFO frequency in the 101 will be offset by the IF and possibly by some sort of multiplier. You could use it, but you would need to do some math in your head. However, during the course of the Elmer 160 series, you will learn how to modify the software so that it can reflect these differences. Chances are, you will think of a dozen other modifications you want to do, too. 72/73 de WB8RCR http://www.qsl.net/wb8rcr didileydadidah QRP-L #1446 Code Warriors #35 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian.Buydens@usask.ca" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 4:10 PM Subject: DDS Daughter Card > I am looking at getting the DDS Daughter Card along with the PIC-EL card. > I understand one thing I can do with it is make a digital VFO. > > Question: I have an FT-101ZD which has a port for an external VFO. Would > the daughter card work for this? > > Thanks. > > > Brian Buydens > Veterinary Electronic Data Specialist > Computing Services, University of Saskatchewan > email: Brian.Buydens@usask.ca > http://duke.usask.ca/~buydens > VE5RDV > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I am a proud citizen of "Soviet Canuckistan" > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:36:42 +0000 From: "Bruce Prior" To: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [163399] Crossmode SOS Contact Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed In my "K1 and KX1 Comparison" piece, I wrote, "Since my life was once saved by just such a cross-mode contact, I'll admit a personal bias strongly in favor of the KX1 because of this feature." "Steven J Baumrucker, MD" then issued this plea: "Ok, you can't just let that statement slip by! Is this something you wish to elaborate on? It sounds like QUITE a dramatic story! (and it might help in our argument to preserve morse code as well!)" Well, it was a long time ago and it was a hypothermia situation. It's written up in L. Peter Carron Jr.'s book, Morse Code: The Essential Language, published by the ARRL, pp. 1-5 to 1-6, but that write-up contains some inaccuracies. I was operating as VE7CKF at the time, and was I using my first rather than my middle name. The cartoon shows me in shorts and tee-shirt, which isn't quite accurate! Here's the story: I was on a solo snowshoeing trip to the Five Fingers Range west of Pitt Lake, British Columbia, not very far from Vancouver. Pitt Lake is one of the very few tidal freshwater lakes in the world. At high tide the Fraser River level rises and backs up through the short channel of Pitt River, becoming an inlet into the large fjord Pitt Lake, and at low tide the Fraser River level goes down so that the current in Pitt River reverses, draining Pitt Lake. I chartered a float plane to take me near the northern end of Pitt Lake and made arrangements for a pick-up five days later. I had my Ten-Tec Argonaut along, but it was too heavy to carry into the mountains, so I left it at the lakeside in a garbage bag at the lakeside. My only radio was an Icom IC-2AT, which was only useable when I got high into the mountains. During my first night camping on a mountain side, it began to snow. By morning the accumulation was substantial and I got concerned about avalanche hazard, so I decided to retreat as the snowstorm continued. By the time I reached sea level, the temperature was just above freezing, and the heavy snow had become heavy rain. I was completely soaked. I spent a miserable night in my tent on the shore of Pitt Lake. My only decent insulation was a pile inner sleeping bag. My main sleeping bag, although made of artificial fiber insulation, was too wet to be effective. I don't know why I didn't have the presence of mind to build a fire. Even in the wet forest, I could have done so, since I still had white gas for my camp stove. I think my hypothermia was effecting my judgement. When the light of morning finally arrived, I considered my options. I had a tiny dingy along, and I thought of using it to travel a short distance to a dock at a cabin, where I thought I might be able to break in and later compensate the owner. If the dingy capsized, I would surely die, so I abandoned that idea. The clouds were pretty low, but it looked like the ceiling was high enough for a float plane to fly above the lake. I decided to set up my Argonaut. I had a simple 20 m halfwave dipole and an RG-174 feedline. I could only manage to toss the dipole over some low tree branches. I tuned around and heard VE6BLJ in a USB QSO with a Vancouver station which I could barely hear on 14.140 MHz, the Canadian 20 m calling frequency. I quickly scribbled out a message in ARRL format, then I interrupted Jean Ness' QSO with an SOS. She stopped talking and asked me to repeat my transmission. When I repeated my SOS, she asked for details. I sent her my message in what must have been very shaky CW. I heard her then relay it to the Vancouver amateur, who then phoned the float plane company. I didn't have a microphone along, just a momentary switch which I used as a straight key. It was very hard to send in my cold state. In about 90 minutes I could hear the plane. During the mad scramble of packing up my gear, I actually warmed up a bit. When it came into sight, I fired a flare, since I was on the other side of a large creek from where the pilot had dropped me off. I was soon inside a warm cockpit, headed home. Nowadays, of course, I always carry a QRP rig (or two!) whenever I go into the wilderness. At the moment, that would be a KX1, plus a DSW-80 modified to hear LSB, since I consider the ability to connect with 80 meter traffic nets is important for routine contact with the outside world. The KX1 alone can do the same job that the Argonaut did, since it is specifically designed to allow CW/SSB crossmode communication. 72, J. Bruce Prior N7RR Kairos Research 853 Alder Street Blaine, WA 98230-8030 360-332-6046 Patronize tobacco-free enterprises and institutions. _________________________________________________________________ Worried about inbox overload? Get MSN Extra Storage now! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:58:23 -0500 From: "Mike Yetsko" To: "Ed Lawson" Cc: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163400] Re: FT-817 Message-ID: <002601c3c67b$4715e480$0200a8c0@charter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The AES ad in the QST that arrived yesterday... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Lawson" To: Cc: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 2:59 PM Subject: Re: FT-817 > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:45:32 -0500 > "Mike Yetsko" wrote: > > > I see the 817 is down to $469 ADVERTISED price... > > > > Where? Santa wants to know. > > Ed Lawson > K1VP > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:18:33 PST From: James R Giammanco To: qrp-l@Lehigh.edu Subject: [163401] sQRPions paddle #15 Message-ID: <20031219.170742.8647.3.n5ib@juno.com> Finally polished and laquered #15 more or less to my satisfaction. A photo is on my key and paddle page, findable via The link to the keys is about halfway down the right side of the home page. Then the sQRPion paddle is lower right. I want to make a little wood travel case for it next. Also on the key/paddle page (lower left) are some pics of "restorations" - maybe "rennovations" is better - of a Lionel J-38 and a Speed-X that were acquired in pretty poor shape at a hamfest... the J-38 was just pieces in a cigar box full of odd key parts, the Speed-X had been cruelly wire-brushed in an attempt to remove flaking chrome. The cigar box yielded enough parts for perhaps up to three more keys, though not everything matches up and I'll have to make some replacement parts. Now to wire all of them in parallel again (like last year) for Straight Key Night. The challenge will be to use all 15 keys in each QSO :^)) Or maybe the *real* challenge will be for the OM/YL on the other end to figure out what I'm trying to send :^)) 72 Jim N5IB ________________________________________________________________ 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: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:28:11 -0500 From: "Dick" To: Subject: [163402] DDS and PIC El 160 as combo for R2Pro Message-ID: <000901c3c67f$632f0d00$6601a8c0@s> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is it feasible to use the PIC EL 160 PIC programmer and the DDS Daughter board to drive the two VFO signals (0 and 90degs) into the Rick Campbell R2Pro DC receiver? Dick N3HKN ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:36:27 -0600 From: "Nick Kennedy" To: , "'Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion'" Subject: [163403] RE: [qrp-l] DDS Daughter Card Message-ID: <000d01c3c691$4df11a70$0400000a@wa5bdu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You could probably make that work. Transceivers like the FT-101 typically have a VFO that tunes a fixed range, say 5.0 to 5.5 MHz. If it's exactly that on each band, you could just have your controller display 100's of kHz down to Hz and do the MHz part in your head. I did something similar with a Corsair once. Turned out it didn't tune exactly 5.0 to 5.5 on each band though--just minor differences, so I had the program do the adjustment and display the correct frequency on the PC screen. You could do the same, but the display would be your LCD instead of a PC screen. You could determine experimentally what the offset is for each band and hard code that into your PIC. Say you input 5050 kHz on 20 meters and your output frequency is measured as 14052.525 kHz. So you'd have a routine that adds 2.525 to the programmed frequency value before sending it to the display. In the case of my Corsair, the small (1 V p-p or so) signal out of the DDS was enough to drive the rig and I didn't need any additional amplification. You could need some amplification (or attenuation, but I doubt it), but it shouldn't be very hard to implement. If you have an RF voltmeter (diode type probe and DC voltmeter), you might measure what voltage the internal VFO is putting out as a starting point, and compare that to the published value for the DDS. Sounds like a fun project. 72--Nick, WA5BDU -----Original Message----- From: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian.Buydens@usask.ca I am looking at getting the DDS Daughter Card along with the PIC-EL card. I understand one thing I can do with it is make a digital VFO. Question: I have an FT-101ZD which has a port for an external VFO. Would the daughter card work for this? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:12:31 -0500 From: "Fred \(VE3FAL\)" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" , Subject: [163404] Terrible band CDX Message-ID: <00cf01c3c685$97a467f0$6d04d3d8@flesnick> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just got in the door, turned the rig on, and not hearing much. Went to WWV on 15 megs, and they are at a S3...10megs is an S5, but have a very high static level on all bands. On 10 Megs I have heavy QSB with WWV dropping to S3-S9; I can hear WWVH in the background on 10 Megs. It is currently 23:10 on Friday. I also hear some ola's under WWV on 10 megs.... Fred VE3FAL ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:15:17 -0500 From: "David LeDuc" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163405] RE: FT-817 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gigaparts and HRO has them for the same price. $569 with $100 rebate. -----Original Message----- From: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU]On Behalf Of Mike Yetsko Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 4:58 PM To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion Subject: Re: FT-817 The AES ad in the QST that arrived yesterday... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Lawson" To: Cc: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 2:59 PM Subject: Re: FT-817 > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:45:32 -0500 > "Mike Yetsko" wrote: > > > I see the 817 is down to $469 ADVERTISED price... > > > > Where? Santa wants to know. > > Ed Lawson > K1VP > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:16:40 -0500 From: "Thomas Lewis" To: n1olo@yahoo.com, qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Subject: [163406] RE: blt and dipole (send them up) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sounds similar to a sailor's "monkey fist". My dad taught me to tie one about 40 years ago. As I recall, we made a lead ball and tied the knot around it. It looks similar to a "turks head" which is the knot that your boy scout neckerchief (sp?) slide resembled. Can you imagine helping your kids use a plumber's pot to melt lead to make fishing sinkers, toy soldiers, and what not today? I even used it for plumbing when my dad remodeled the basement and we moved the underground sewer lines. Tom >From: John Kalotai >Reply-To: n1olo@yahoo.com >To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" >Subject: RE: blt and dipole (send them up) >Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 06:10:26 -0800 (PST) > > >I use a tree surgeon's throw bag and slick line. The throw bag is >made of balistic nylon and filled with fine lead shot. With a little >practice it can be thrown accurately up to about 50 feet or so. Slick >line is polypropylene line that slides nicely over branches. It can >be stuffed into a large coffe can for deployment. > >The two can be purchased together at tree surgeons or landscapers >supply for about $25. > >The best part is unlike fishing line and weights it doesn't have the >tendency to wrap around tree limbs. > > >73 & Happy Holly-Daze > >John N1OLO _________________________________________________________________ Tired of slow downloads? Compare online deals from your local high-speed providers now. https://broadband.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:24:21 -0800 From: "Lyle Johnson" To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: [163407] RE: DDS and PIC El 160 as combo for R2Pro Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Is it feasible to use the PIC EL 160 PIC programmer and the DDS Daughter > board to drive the two VFO signals (0 and 90degs) into the Rick Campbell > R2Pro DC receiver? Analog Devices has an appnote on how to slave two DDS chips to get phase quadrature. Check their website www.analog.com But be ready for the spurs! 72, Lyle KK7P ------------------------------ End of QRP-L Digest 3139 ************************ --------------------------------