Well, 45 minutes and I’ve heard nothing. Have a good weekend, folks.
From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of N6RAM--- via BVARC Sent: Friday, February 6, 2026 8:22 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]; 'Chris Boone' <[email protected]>; 'RollingRob' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Quick question. I’m on 28.488 and there’s no traffic whatsoever. From: BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Chris Boone via BVARC Sent: Friday, February 6, 2026 5:44 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Chris Boone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; RollingRob <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Quick question. You want a short as ground as possible so I wouldn't run it through the attic. I would run it alongside the house to the other side. Use plastic screw down clips to hold it off the ground or bury it up against the house. In telecommunications and broadcast sites, there's often a ring around the building outside that's buried, either of a big 00 copper wire or a 4-in copper strap with various ground rods spaced at about 4 ft each and exothermically welded to the ring or silver soldered. Of course for home use I don't think you're going to have to need that. I would just make sure that the ground wire you have runs as straight as possible from the electrical ground rod to where your shack is and make your curves very wide, not tight. Hope that helps. Chris WB5ITT Trustee W5APX WRXZ789 GMRS Society of Broadcast Engineers Vice Chairman and Frequency Coordinator, SBE134 SE TX and SW LA On Friday, February 6, 2026 at 05:26:42 PM CST, RollingRob via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Allen, Robert here, a newbie still waiting to get on the air. I have my radio, power supply, antenna analyzer, various antennas. What I’m waiting on is to get my house ground from electrical panel over to the other side of my house to where my shack room is at. I hired help for this since I’m in a wheelchair but I just need to ask you if this insulated copper cable will work to bring one ground rod connection to the other through the attic. From there I will have connection box with copper bar and insulator protection glass fused and then into my home. If you don’t know, might you know someone I could ask? Thank you for your time. Regards, Robert Garza 713.299.8028 KJ5NOR On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM Allen Brier via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Reminder: This coming weekend (starting at 0001 UTC tonight) is the 2026 Winter SSB QSO Party. If you plan on operating in this event, now is the time to make sure that your equipment is functional to include whatever logging software you plan on using. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or text me at 713-705-4801. I’ll check those occasionally throughout the weekend. I have the call history file for N1MM+ if you want to use that. We’ll be holding a special local net at 8pm on 28.488 both Friday and Saturday night for locals to work each other if they haven’t already. I’ll be net control. Rules: https://www.ten-ten.org/qso-party-rules/ Handbook: https://www.ten-ten.org/qso-party-handbook/ N1MM+ UDC (User Defined Contest) file: https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/mmfiles/tenten-zip/ N1MM+ Call History File: https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/mmfiles/1010rtty-017-txt/ Band conditions are pretty good right now so this could be a really fun contest. I’m of course going for 1st place again. 73, Allen #4530 Life Member 73/161, Allen R. Brier N5XZ 1515 Windloch Lane <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1515+Windloch+Lane+Richmond,+TX+77406+USA?entry=gmail&source=g> Richmond, TX 77406 USA <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1515+Windloch+Lane+Richmond,+TX+77406+USA?entry=gmail&source=g> 713-705-4801 <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Virus-free. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> www.avg.com ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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