Yes Gary, it is still active. Lack of much activity must be because of
the summer doldrums. Long days, short nights and all.
73
Jim/W5JO
Moderator
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Is this list still active???
This is the last
I've received???
Gary
Now K4XK and back home in Alabama
Brian the final is losing drive from the driver/buffer/VFO. Check all
tubes first then if that doesn't fix it you will be troubleshooting
under the chassis to find out what components may be changing value.
Jim/W5JO
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My Heathkit DX-60 grid current drops after
Bernie, I routinely receive those invites. It seems like someone joins
and facebook instantly takes their address book and sends out
invitations. I don't know how or why this happens but the one post is
because someone hit reply and this address was there. I always just
ignore the message.
Brett may be right however, someone a while back had the same problem.
Who, skips me at the moment but it was someone who knew better than make
an attachment and no one could find out why. So this is the perfect
time to mention a couple of things.
1.If you use the Microsoft email client
Think about how much interference we would have on all bands if more
than 75% of the licensed hams were active. That last number I saw was
over 700,000. Man, what a din that would create.
Jim/W5JO
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HI Dave: not to throw water on you premise, but the sample
Hal, since call books are by the call and not alphabetized by name, it
will be a very long look. Can he remember the prefix (probably a W7)
and at least the next letter to narrow the search. Otherwise it will be
a very, very long look.
Jim/W5JO
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I would like
Hi Allen,
Don't know if you received an answer or not but check The Radio Handbook
(by Bill Orr). I have the 21st edition and on page 22.40 is a diagram
and layout for a single 8877 in GG for 80 through 10 meters.
73
Jim/W5JO
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Looking for schematics for
I encountered the same situation with the FCC over the air handler unit
to my HVAC, it is a multi speed motor that is controlled by a PWM
signal.The noise it puts out is nothing like this thing though but I
followed up with the manufacturer and they would not, (first) admit the
problem
This is precisely why I try to allow posts that contain references in
them across the board. In cases where they get too far out of hand, I
will email the people involved directly and we discuss the problem
individually. That has worked well for me and almost every person here,
to a man and
I hope all of you understand that the current political climate is
probably leading to this type of exchange and frustration. At least
that is what I believe.
The one thing we try to do here is be reluctant to stop any conversation
if we can avoid it. I have my political opinions but do my
From my memory there was only $5000 involved in this transaction and the
contract was questionable. I had a friend deeply involved in the manual
business who had a couple of guys run at him with a similar claim. The
copyright attorney he talked to told him to forget these claims for
Heath
Come on guys, please don't inject personality into the discussion. It
is easy to slip up and everyone does it from time to time.
73
Jim/W5JO
Moderator
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That sort of attitude, while understandable, reflects the me first
mode of modern America.
Before we get carried away with this topic let's stop right now. Life
does not come with a guarantee so you can read what you will into any
message. John, there will be references to things every so often that
you may not like nor approve.
The great number of posts here are fine and, with
This recent discussion kind of hit home today. My shack is self
contained and about 25 ft. from the back of my house. About 3 months
ago the power company hired a tree trimming company to clear branches
from near the power line service in the area near where we live. They
have almost
Hey Guys
The list owner said to stop this discussion. So, let's STOP it.
Jim/W5JO
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That is why he has been banned. Have you followed the discussion?
Brian posted that decision earlier today. We will not stand for this
type of thing.
Jim/W5JO
Moderator
P.S. This topic is closed, LET ME SAY IT LOUDER, THIS TOPIC IS CLOSED.
From this point on, anyone who feels it necessary
This sounds like one that should be sent to the FAA via Laura Smith.
The email message is good evidence. Just send it intact with the
header.
Jim/W5JO
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I have reported dozens of illegal radios and amps to ebay. They say
they will check it out but nothing
Don't forget your Division Directors and Vice Directors. Send them
copies of anything you send to anyone directly connected to Newington.
Jim/W5JO
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Let's stand up for our mode, my fellow AMers. Don't just send your
comments to the published email addy, but
You are correct Brett except if anyone ever complained. If your signal
is clean and under 6-7 KC they probably wouldn't care because of the
fact that the signal at the receiver only moves just a bit with each
doubling of power.
I believe W6HLH is an example of what you say, as is a number of
How about a double antenna fed with home made of all cryonigenic treated
wire? Seems as if you look around you will find hams buying things that
are almost equally silly sounding. If you don't believe me look at some
of the ads on that very popular board that caters to amateurs on the
We have had a number of new people join our groups recently and I want
to thank them for joining the merriment. More and more people are
trying AM and using the mode on a regular basis on the bands, the good
thing about all this is those people then join us here and that makes
our group grow.
The ice storm that we had over a week ago did a lot of damage in Lum's
neighborhood. A friend of his just got power back day before yesterday,
it might have been the same for him. Also his wife is in assisted
living and he spends a lot of time with her.
Jim/W5JO
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Greek for Whhhaaattt? :)
- Original Message -
2.5 kW AM by Sparta (Greek for shit). I
installed it in 1979, who knows where it is now.
Dennis
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Sometime in the recent past there was a ham in Houston, TX (I believe)
who had interference that he traced to a neighbor who had two of those
electric scooters, one for him and one for his wife. The noise was on
every night and the battery charge circuits put trash on the AC lines
that tore
I just finished watching 2 hours of 24 and when it was over decided to
go to the shack to see if I could find anyone on 160 meters or 75. I
was disappointed because I could not hear any AM signals at all so I
decided to tune around in the LF part of the band.
In past postings Don/K4KYV
For years people have attempted to draw a correlation between RF and
magnetic fields with some sort of maladies. The subject has been
studies numerous time and no connection has ever been found. It seems
as if this topic surfaces from time to time when some one with a friend
who is in the
Did you see that frequency response claim? 1/2 Db from 21 to 20 K. Now
that is flat. In my world I have some trouble understanding why people
buy a Lexus when a Mazda or Toyota will get one around quite nicely for
much less, but that is the free market.
What is disconcerting about building
I would never make it Bry. I don't have the guts to price something so
simple and standard at outrageous prices like these guys. Even when I
want to sell stuff I have here I never get those premium prices. But
you are right about transformer guys. The only thing I can see is where
would
BW also has some that you can buy. The cost is a bit more than most
people want to pay but if you need it, then what is a fellow to do? I
believe they are limited to some extent as well.
http://www.bwantennas.com/coils/coilcat.htm
73
Jim/W5JO
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You can still
I am aghast at this. Wonder what this thing cost the user. If you are
wondering about the subject, it is an audio amplifier, tube type of
course. 4-400s? 4-250s? and those rectifiers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7qMVYf85sMNR=1
No wonder young people became hams in the 50s and 60s, now I remember
watching the 866s in my Elmer's rig and being fascinated. Maybe we
should all build something like this and take it to the schools and put
it by the computers. I bet we could get some young recruits.
73
Jim/W5JO
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Home brew, nicely done and includes an RF ammeter. Long wire type
antenna connection on the side and could be either an 80 meter (using
160 meter crystals) or other doubling scheme from 40 meter crystals
upward.
I can't see the final tank circuit but if it is plug in like the driver,
then
That, John, is a very good find. They have all kinds of Mica Caps that
are hard to find. TNX.
73
Jim/W5JO
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Seasons Greetings to all.
Some of you may already know about this but I found a site that
appears to
have lots of hard to find parts for the really
The HT and HK types are used in a lot of transmitters and do go bad from
time to time. I have two WRL Globe transmitters that have 8 of them in
the output tank circuit. I have been hoarding a set for years just in
case. I won't worry so much now.
Interesting the only way to contact them is
You might remove one of the end bells and try inserting something
between the bobbin and the laminations at the end. Maybe that is a mite
loose.
Jim/W5JO
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:39 AM, AirRadio airra...@dsl.pipex.com
wrote:
I have a mains transformer in my latest boatanchor, it is
Ron and all:
Your assessment is correct. Brian, Todd and I view this as a forum in
which topics of discussion are considered a QSO. People are free to
post as many messages that are on topic as they wish. If things wander
substantially off topic or become personal, we will stop it. Until
John,
I am confused. Do you like to see any post made by others about a
topic? Do you think that the moderator should, after several posts,
tell the rest to hold their comments?
Do you wish to see a time limit on a topic? Do you not wish to see a
time limit?
Do you wish to control what is
Ok John,
Here are the inappropriate submissions to the reflector. You will note
that there is no limit on any topic or type of answer unless the rules
address it specifically.
Now in this list is one rule that I might interpret as applicable to
what you are saying,
* Replies to individuals'
I installed another like variable across the existing one and tied it to
the bandswitch button that is in use when the final band switch is in
the 160 meter position. When in 160 it adds the variable and when
switched to 80 it is eliminated from the circuit. That is the top most
button on
Hi Mikey,
Unfortunately no. What I did to get 50 ohms for 160 on my Champ was to
replace the bandswitch with one out of a DX 100. It is set up with an
additional wafer to switch in another coil which in my case was an L
coil to lower the impedance to 50 ohms from the 300. 11 uh. following
Ok guys and gals, I was out of town for 3 days and suprised that the
encroachment topic was still alive. So here's the deal. Everyone can
have any say they wish unless and until it becomes personal. When that
happens either Todd, Brian or me will step in and stop what is
happening.
This
Ok Brad,
Here is the method that will unsubscribe you.
To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net
with
the word unsubscribe in the message body.
This simple statement is at the bottom of every message sent through the
reflector. Had you followed the directions
Once upon a time, nets had priority if they published their frequency
and time of operation. That is not true anymore. You don't see net
directories in QST or any other publication. Not too long ago someone
in the 7290 Traffic Net, which claims to be part of the national traffic
system,
Ladies and Gentlemen, please allow me to step in for just a moment and
thank you for the way your are behaving. This subject can become very
heated and someone can wind up insulting another. I do know that the
subject has and will be rehashed for a while.
I ask your patience because I
Pete, mine is different. There are two knobs at the bottom of the dial.
One is a 2 position rotary switch, which is assume is and in line/out of
line switch and the tuning knob.
The dial indicator is a round display not square like the one in the
picture The indicator is only about 1.5
. They made these for 10-11 meters, 75, 6, and I
think 2 meters. They didn't have a model number assigned to them as
far
as I know.
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/gonset_10_11_meter_converter.html
Pete, wa2cwa
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:04:29 -0600 Jim Wilhite w...@brightok.net
writes:
Pete, mine
Spread the gospel Mike, most of the guys sounded good here in the South
of Oklahoma. Operate AM anywhere you choose with anyone you choose.
73
Jim/W5JO
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I knew I felt my ears burning yesterday . Well since I was one of the
people
that was talking on 3860 I
It is hard for me to tell Bry, I had my NC 183D on and I must admit
that 5 Kc is hard to tell. I dial around in the afternoons and have
never run across this bunch on AM and I didn't bother to turn on the
Icom to pinpoint the frequency. But from their conversation they
sounded like this is
Welcome Charlie,
In AZ there are several stations that operate in the mornings on 160.
Or at least they did in past years. Frequency was 1.885. Two who I
know are Gary/W7GMK in Vail and Lock/W1ZD in Phoenix. Great guys to
have around for a nice QSO. There are many others in that
I guess to them it was funny but to me it approaches the level of humor
that I have heard on that other band. Speaking of that bunch on 3.895,
have they disbursed to some degree. I note the group on 78 seems to
have moved or died.
Now I only hear one or two on those frequencies and one
Well the SSB crowd is all over the normal AM operating frequencies like
fleas on a stray dog. They seem to love to zero beat an AM carrier and
call and call. What toads are produced by the organization that
sponsors sweepstakes.
Never mind, around 8 PM I heard N0BF and old friend up in the
I don't know Brett. They must have very tight filters if they zero beat
a contact in progress and call CQ. Those are the ones that give the
nice guys a bad name. If they want to have fun that is fine, but when
they become a irritant on purpose that is too much.
And they did that tonight.
I registered and have yet to receive a notification of conformation.
Following my submission the page said I was viewing content but there
wasn't anything.
Jim/W5JO
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Bob:
I did that. I think Don said he did, as well.
73, Barrie, W7ALW
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Thanks Greg, I found what I was looking for from the nice people here.
I didn't realize that battery is so commonly used that they are still
making them.
Shortly after receiving my Conditional ticket back in 1956, I attended
my first hamfest. I won the pre-registration prize which was an AF
I have heard others say what Bry told you. Don't know where you are,
but a larger auto parts store should have that stuff in a spray can. It
is a Pontiac color from 1959 IIRC. If you can find it in Dupli-Color
all the better. The automotive paint they sell in cans comes with a
nozzle that
A long time ago I remember someone or several someones talking abut the
modulator tubes bias battery in the AF 67/68. It is a 22.5 volt battery
that I am going to need. I don't recall if the discussion turned into
how to get the needed voltage from something in the radio or the battery
is
Every now and then there is someone who wants to re-letter the panel of
their radio. This is a problem since most of the stuff we see has used
the screen print method and that is expensive and difficult to do
because you have to mix ink/paint. Now there is another way.
I was tooling around
Greg if you replace tube rectifiers with SS plug in units, do remove the
filament line and take the output from pin 4 in the case of 866s. Other
wise you might ruin a transformer someday and you really don't want
that. I don't know about the KWS 1, but if the voltage is taken from
the
Does anyone have an answer for this? Dave and I have talked about it
and both of us have run our string out trying to find out why his
postings are showing as attachments. Funny thing is the server should
strip attachments, but what you see is the result. It is going to take
someone with
Randall, that is a very open question, but I will see if I understand
what you mean. You have place a question on the list so to initiate a
conversation, just address the message as you have here and send it. If
you wish to respond to something already posted, choose the Reply button
then
Gentlemen for some reason Dave Knepper's message comes in a quite
unusual way and is not displayed correctly. In the event you didn't
read it Phil, I have moved over here and it follows.
Jim/W5JO
Moderator
Phil, why don't you send me a picture for this issue of the Collins
Journal.
The past few evenings, I have heard our Mountain Time Zone colleagues on
their normal frequency of 3.875. The group includes several Colorado,
Nebraska and Wyoming stations.
Last night I couldn't help but get in briefly to say hello to them
before the band went out. While I was listening,
Along that line Pete, a friend sent me a replacement (Thanks Friend)
that is new. I checked it with my audio oscillator and I could hear it
work from ~80 cycles up to over 5K. It will sound a bit better than the
original provided the transmitting station has good audio. I was taken
by
That is the problem I ran into while I was doing the initial search.
All the big ones are woofers and I saw some that cut off at 2.5K. Even
at 66 I haven't lost all of my high end hearing and the one that was in
the cabinet sounded good to me when it worked. I have owned the speaker
for over
Roll those things to the door and feed them with a audio amp at 20
cycles and listen to the dogs howl. What size is your studio anyway?
:)
Jim/W5JO
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From: Gary Schafer garyscha...@comcast.net
If you guys want some real base response I have a pair of 30 inch
Boy my ears are pinned back on this one. I need a 10 inch speaker for
my old HQ 129 speaker. The cone in the present one is just about gone.
So I thought about shellac and toilet paper or something similar, but am
not that good with my hands. So I looked a couple of places on the web.
I
That thought crossed my mind Larry, but I always thought the price of
reconing would be more than replacement cost. Now I wonder and if I
don't find anything, I will look around for someone that recones.
Thanks for the suggestion
Jim/W5JO
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Hi Jim,
Go to
Peter, AES was the first place I looked. I did not find anything under
$100. Do you have a part number or link that I can follow? I have
found one at Angela Instruments in the $25 range which is in line with
what I would think. But I don't have an account with them and do at AES
so would
Hi Paul,
Tacky tape is almost like Coax Seal in appearance and consistency. The
stuff I have is 1/2 wide and probably near 1/16 thick. I found this
by accident as well and did a search for it based on the name on the
cardboard roller at the center of the roll. Here is the website for it
so
For almost all the past week it has been foggy, drizzly and dark here so
I spent most of my time in the shack working on things indoors. One
thing I did is hook my antenna analyzer to the feedline of each of my
antennas to see how they might perform this winter season. I do regular
Thanks for the info Steve, but not quite what I had in mind. Is the
resistor you use a wirewound (given the wattage, it must be)? Something
many people overlook is the voltage value of resistors. Most carbon
comp or film are good only up to ~500 volts and many of them only to
350. So in
Steve,
What kind of resistor do you use in this type of rectifier build to
simulate the voltage drop?
Jim/W5JO
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I've made my own solid-state plug-in replacement rectifiers for a
variety of tube types. I look up the tube specs and select
solid-state
diodes
Jim
You might want to contact John/K5PRO out in Los Alamos, NM. He may have
his email on one of the call lookup programs like QRZ.
He has a 314 that he has done a lot of work on so knows what he is
doing..
Jim/W5JO
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looking for screen modulation circuit from
Hi Guys and Gals,
It is the intent of this reflector to discuss the AM mode, equipment and
issues relating to the operation of AM. The FCC rules do not omit any
class of license except Novice from operating the mode so let's please
not get into a discussion about which class of license is
Ladies and Gentlemen if one at a time mail is too much then you may try
changing to the Digest Mode. In that fashion you will receive several
messages bundled in one so you can read or ignore any message you choose
at your pleasure. Then when you delete the digest, you will remove
several
I just made noise for about 5 CQ calls on 7.164 (7.159 was busy) and no
one answered. Will keep trying later if the static is gone South far
enough.
Jim/W5JO
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I will fire up on 7160 or close this evening 6 PM EST or so and see if
we
can generate some
You are correct Todd, that is precisely what I meant. There are several
groups like this scattered around mostly in the lower part of the phone
segment. I have had run ins with them not only on AM but SSB. Rod,
amateur radio is not an intercom now does anyone own a frequency as Todd
says.
Keep in mind that some of the here stations may be within your cone of
silence. I live in The South of Oklahoma and there is a guy over in
Central New Mexico near Alberquirky that I haven't heard in about 2
years.He is very active on 7.290 but propagation is not favorable
for us any
There are people like that everywhere and if you don't hear any activity
for more than a minute or two, then that is too bad. Many operators
listen to a frequency and claim ownership. Just call and if I hear you
and have time, I will answer and talk to you as time permits.
Don't let those
The method of negative feedback in the audio section of the Ranger is
unique and very effective.
Jim/W5JO
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I wonder why the Ranger would be among the best stock audio and the
Valiant among the worst? Same maker, same vintage, etc.
73 de W3NU
In line with your message, some time back maybe a year or more,
John/K5PRO found a DX 100 in stock state. He began to read and look
for modifications for the transmitter. And as most of you know,
there are many that have been published so he gathered them together
and, one at a time, made
In that message I meant clippers to be wire clippers Bry, not a
circuit.
Jim
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From: Jim Wilhite w...@brightok.net
my message is think about what you are doing before taking the
clippers to a radio.
Ah ha! A little unintended double entendre
Very good, it looks the same as the dash board of the Ercoupe 415C I
once owned. Very thick and wrinkled. Are you using the oven strategy
or putting the surface under heat lamps?
Strangle my face is developing the same kind of wrinkles.
Jim/W5JO
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I've added
Sounds like silicone spray of some type. Try vinegar followed by
distilled alcohol then prime. No guarantees, that stuff is almost
impossible to remove.
Jim
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Hey Todd,
Yes, it's Krylon wrinkle. I've found that the thicker you can lay it
on,
the better
I could say a Gates is too :). But I won't. Imagine what you will
sound like on the SX 28 and that speaker in a plywood box.
73
Jim/W5JO
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WOW That is way overkill for Ham Radio ...Bob
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This one here:
For some reason I can't get it to work, even w5ami.net
- Original Message -
From: WA5AM ars.w5...@gmail.com
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
amradio@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] SX-28A restoration project
Nuts how
Hi All,
I am looking for a heavy ceramic switch for RF. It should have 1
pole and 6 positions but any number of positions will do provided
the stop is adjustable. The body is 2 in diameter and size is
critical since it is under a 2 inch chassis. What is currently
there is a CRL 231-006.
...@dsl.pipex.com wrote:
Jim,
Maybe something like off a BC-375 or BC-191, might do the job, I
think Fair
radio had something like that a while ago, the TU's had a 6
position switch
for the antenna coupling.
73 Max M0GHQ/KJ4ISS
- Original Message -
From: Jim Wilhite w...@brightok.net
to pack up one or twoo and send them to you.
The
ruler sort of killed that idea.
I do believe it would actually do better than 100W. Sure beats
those
seen in Heathkit and Yaesu rigs!
Bob - N0DGN
Jim Wilhite wrote:
Thank you Dennis. According to what it says, the switch is for
100
- I have such heavy duty switches, BUT they are over 3 X 3.
They
can even be stacked.
They would probably handle far beyond the power you are looking
at. I'd
put a double layer one aside with 8 positions for a 4-1000
project.
Bob
Jim Wilhite wrote:
Thank you for thinking of me Bob
Many of you in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas remember Gary.
He lived in Oklahoma City and used a Globe Champion with a 75A
series receiver. Over a year ago he developed a viral infection
that paralyzed him and confined him to a long term care facility.
Gary passed away the 10th of this
I can't speak to the quality of this stuff, but it is a site I ran
across a few years back. I kept it because it is one place that says
they can do white with an inkjet printer on their paper.
They also can do the decals for you.
http://www.beldecal.com/inkjet_decals.cfm
Maybe it can be of
It doesn't happen frequently thank goodness.
Jim/W5JO
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Don wrote:
Here we go again...
Keeping For-Sale postings off the list may be a lost cause!
Steve WD8DAS
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Thanks John. Be sure to sign up for AM Swap. Most people who are
here see that reflector as well.
73
Jim/W5JO
Moderator
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Sorry all, I wasn't aware that For Sale postings were not desired
on this
list. Won't happen again.
73, John, W4AWM
Good afternoon gentlemen and ladies,
Recently we have had a spate of mis-postings that did not adhere to
the rules. Unfortunately one of the incidents cost us some members
of the AM Radio list. So I have some suggestions that I ask you
read and do your best to comply with.
First, at the
Who can upload to BAMA? I don't have and FTP program that will and
don't want to buy one to use only a couple of times in the next 5
years. Also I can't find a freeware version that will work with
BAMA so I have a dilemma.
I have scanned my original manual for the Globe King 500A and want
Hi Jim Tonne and gang,
I used Smart FTP for years and when I bought a new computer
recently, I noticed that they wanted to charge for the program. I
can't afford on my budget to pay for a program that I will not use
much and I don't maintain a web page so there is no need to
purchase one
Guys, let's get back to discussion of radios, propogation, and the
like.
Jim/W5JO
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OK guys, this is enough on the topic of Michael Jackson or anything
related to this type of thing. No more will be accepted at all and
if you do, I will place you on moderation.
There are blogs for this type of thing and this reflector is about
radios. So this is your last warning, stop it.
Ok Guys let's drop this now.
Jim/W5JO
moderator
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Sorry couldn't resist:
What was Michael Jackson's idea of a perfect 10?
Two five year olds.
What does MJ think is the best thing about twenty-nine year olds?
There's twenty of them.
Thought I would
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