The material is Delrin.
This web site has some info that may help.
Which is the better dielectric, Teflon or Delrin?
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Which is the better dielectric, Teflon or Delrin?
I'm about to purchase some BNC plugs to make up my own antenna cable runs and I
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On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 09:33:26 PM CDT, john Parmalee via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
Does any one know the electrical properties of Dalron. When I search Google it
keeps coming back to Dalton a small town in northwest Georgia than familiar
with. this is a hard plastic developed by Phillips chemical in the 70s. They
were using it for bearings in pumps. I have a small Quantity of the material
that I’m thinking of using as bushings in an antenna I am designing my
Moterhome.
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On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 9:18 AM, Kori Rahman via BVARC <[email protected]>
wrote:
Jimmy,
Thanks for reaching out. The BVARC reflector is a great resource for asking
questions. You have the call sign correct (WX5KR), I'm glad to hear you are
interested in getting involved and thank you so much for joining BVARC!
Congratulations on your General License as well.
So as far as getting on the air, if you haven't already done so, I highly
recommend adding the 146.940MHz repeater (offset is -600 kHz and CTCSS tone is
167.9 Hz) to your radio. If you're having trouble with that, please give me a
call at my number below. I can meet with you sometime this week to get you
squared away on operating your radios. Also (if you have time) we will be
having an event at Brazos Bend State Park on Sunday 10/23/22 which you are
absolutely welcome to attend, and I or other folks in the group can give you
some hands-on assistance with your rado there as well.
A good resource to find repeaters to program in your radio would be
RepeaterBook.com. I'm sure you've taken a look at YouTube as well, but it's
always a good spot to check for detailed information. We have a few other
organizations you may want to look into here in the area, and that is ARES
District 14 and District 1 (depending on your location). There are many public
service opportunities that are publicized by that group and BVARC (e.g. Bike
rides, the Wings Over Houston Airshow, the Houston Marathon etc.)
There are many nets on the 146.940MHz repeater, including the BVARC Stir-Crazy
net weekdays at noon till we finish (usually around 1pm), we have the Monday
Night net at 8pm, the local traffic net on Mondays at 6:30pm, Tuesdays at 7pm
we have the QuestionAir net, and on some Wednesdays we have the ARES D14 SW
Unit net at 8pm.
Like I said, give me a call and I can make time to meet with you about your
radio and getting on the air. I wish you the best of luck in your ham radio
endeavors and as we say, 73!
Thanks,
Kori Rahman, WX5KR
Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
Cell: (770) 298 8516
[email protected]
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 10:46 AM Jimmy Newland via BVARC <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hello all,Back in 2018, I took Dr. Pat Reiff's class on the physics of HAM
radio at Rice University as teacher professional development. I passed the
technician exam back then. (I teach physics and astronomy at a school in
Houston ISD.) Now I am taking the class again for credit as a graduate student
at the University of Houston and last night I passed the general exam. I have a
DMR and a handy talkie, both by TYT. But I am still struggling to learn how to
actually make contacts and how to use my radios.
Dr. Pat connected to a BVARC net back in August and I made a contact with the
operator. (If I entered the details into my QRZ logbook correctly, I made
contact with WX5KR.) That night I joined BVARC. I also recently joined the UH
ARC as well. But I still don't know what I am doing really. I am looking for
advice on how to learn to use my 2 radios. As a teacher and a graduate student,
I don't have a lot of time to attend meetings but I want to get involved in the
community at large.
The DMR handset is a TYT model MD-UV390 with a code plug from 2018. The handy
talkie is TYT model TH-UV88.
I am a technically competent person with a lot of knowledge about the physics
of radio waves and lots of "computery" skills but I can't even figure out how
to change frequencies on the TYT handy talkie. I can muddle through on the DMR
handset but again, using the interface on the unit makes me feel clumsy and
frustrated.
I am looking for some good resources on learning HAM stuff so I can become a
competent user of my equipment and can make contacts. I'd like to get a home or
car setup eventually but I need to master these little radios and make some
contacts first.
Any advice is
appreciated.Thanks,JimmyN5JFX________________________________________________
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