[BVARC] Generator for sale

[Larry via BVARC]

I hope it is OK to post this on the reflector. 

I wanted to offer them to the HAM community first.

If this is against the rules, please delete the post.

 

Nikota 3500 watt generator  

Recently serviced. Starts easy, runs good. Low hours on unit.

During recent service the carburetor was cleaned, the fuel shut off valve
replaced, oil changed, starter pull cord replaced. Performs like new.
Original owner's manual and spark plug wrench included.

Asking $250



 

Generac GP5000 generator

5000 running watts, 6250 starting watts. 398 hours on unit. 

Recently serviced. New fuel shut off valve, new carburetor, new spark plug,
new air filter, new fuel filter, new fuel line, new fuel gauge. Recent oil
change.  Starts easy, runs good.

Asking $400



Additional photos available.

 

Thanks for your consideration,

Larry Daze

KB5WWW

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Re: [BVARC] OT: Cable modem and router recommendations

[Larry via BVARC]

I had a similar problem with Comcast, intermittent outages that would last
from 5 minutes to 3 or 4 hours, they kept telling me it was my equipment,
not their system.  After replacing the modem, router and lastly the PC, the
problem continued.

 

I finally got them to come out to my house and they found the underground
coax from the pole to the house was bad!

 

The replacement drop from the pole to the house was installed overhead
because with all the radials I have in the back yard I was not going to let
them dig in the ground.

 

I did not mind replacing the modem and router as they were old and the new
hardware was faster.  

If you buy a new modem, make sure it is on the Comcast/Infinity supported
device list. 

My old Motorola modem was on the supported list when I bought it about 10
years earlier but was no longer on the supported list when I had these
problems.

 

The new modem is an Asus model: CM-16, the router is a TP-Link model:
AC-1750.

They are not the top of the line models, but they work fine with my 85 mbit
down speed.

 

Good luck.

 

Larry - KB5WWW

 

From: BVARC  On Behalf Of Allen Brier via BVARC
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 1:58 PM
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Subject: [BVARC] OT: Cable modem and router recommendations

 

I am starting to have service dropouts every afternoon (weird) with Comcast
and am thinking maybe I need to replace may more than a decade old cable
modem and router. I currently have a Motorola SUFboad SB6141 cable modem and
a Netgear N900 Dual Band Gigabit router. I seem to have these dropouts
between noon and 3pm every day. Anyone else having this problem with
Comcast?

 

Anyway I think maybe it is time to upgrade my equipment so looking for
recommendations. 

 

Allen R. Brier N5XZ

1515 Windloch Lane

Richmond, TX 77406

713-705-4801

 

 


 
 

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Re: [BVARC] Newest version of WSJT-X has deleted any power output

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Marty,
Make sure the VFO-B setting is USB-Dig not USB-cw (mine comes up with this 
frequently and there is no output).
Larry

From: Martin Blaise via BVARC 
Sent: Sunday, 4 August, 2019 6:57 PM
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Cc: Martin Blaise 
Subject: [BVARC] Newest version of WSJT-X has deleted any power output

I upgrade to the 2.1.0 version of WSJT-X and now I have zero power output on 
FT8 so any chance of working E44WE is gone. Can someone tell me why a newer 
version of software would destroy my power output? Can I go back to the 
previous version so I can make contacts on FT8? I did tests and on cw digital 
software my signals are 100 watts out. On FT8 now they are zero despite what 
the meter says. PSKreportermap and hamspots say I have zero signal from WSJT-X. 
I don't understand how a software upgrade can change my power to nothing. Sorry 
I don't know how to go about fixing this. I am sending a message to the WSJT 
group and I've looked at all their documentation. When you upgrade to try and 
work a rare DX and the software ruins your chances that is truly frustrating. 
Anyone have any suggestions?


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Re: [BVARC] VEC

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Mark, 
I am very much interested in being a part of the new VE testing program. 
Unfortunately, I will not be available on Feb 2 – on vacation. I would be able 
to make it in March. Will there be an early session in Mar as well as one at 
the Hamfest?
Larry K5LJ

From: mark janzer via BVARC 
Sent: Wednesday, 26 December, 2018 11:37 AM
To: bvarc@bvarc.org 
Cc: mark janzer ; RE Goldy 
Subject: Re: [BVARC] VEC

The restart of BVARC testing will begin on Saturday, February 2nd and 10:30 am 
at Bayland Park (off Bissonnet).
Please contact me for being added on to the list of available VE's.

The testing will be monthly, on this date (for now) at Bayland Park. We'll also 
have testing at the Greater Houston Hamfest in March.

One of the reasons we've moved the testing date and location, is this coincides 
with the monthly board meeting (and Hamfest meeting).

73
Mark Janzer
K5MGJ

On ‎Wednesday‎, ‎December‎ ‎26‎, ‎2018‎ ‎11‎:‎18‎:‎08‎ ‎AM‎ ‎CST, RE Goldy via 
BVARC  wrote: 


I noted a name of person volunteered to be VEC for BVARC.

Will he contact me when he is ready to start testing? 

I have had my name on list for volunteer VE with BVARC for some

time. VE cert through 2028.



Richard Goldy

316-857-7512

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Re: [BVARC] Thank you for a great night

[Larry via BVARC]

Ditto!

From: NIzar Mullani via BVARC 
Sent: Friday, 9 November, 2018 9:00 AM
To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' 
Cc: NIzar Mullani ; 'Rick Hiller -- W5RH' 
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Thank you for a great night

Rick,

 

Your dedication to keeping BVARC and its activities alive are now becoming 
legendary. My earliest recollections of you and BVARC go back to 1992. Since 
then, you have tirelessly contributed your precious time and energy to making 
the BVARC programs successful. You have been doing this for so long that I 
almost take it for granted. 

 

Thank you for all you do for BVARC. You are the best!!!. WE really appreciate 
everything you do.

 

Nizar K0NM

 

From: BVARC [mailto:bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org] On Behalf Of Rick Hiller -- W5RH 
via BVARC
Sent: Friday, November 9, 2018 8:08 AM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Cc: Rick Hiller -- W5RH
Subject: [BVARC] Thank you for a great night

 

A big thank you for a great night last evening at the Chili Supper.  44 folks 
in attendance enjoyed a wide selection of chili, even the Cajun style, and a 
rogue pot of spaghetti.   10 different chili entre's along with stuff jalapenos 
(my personal favorite), plenty of add-ons and condiments, plus a multitude of 
desserts from fresh apples to cup cakes and a very dark chocolate cake.  

 

We also had elections.   Mark Janzer is again V.P.,  Scott Medbury is again a 2 
Year At Large Director and Jimmy Vance is the 1 Year At Large Director.   After 
it was all over Jeff Greer stepped forward to handle the Corresponding 
Secretary spot.  A special thanks to these folks for stepping up to the plate 
to help run the club.   Disappointing that we had no one nominated for the 
2019-2020 Treasurer spot.  So keep your eyes pealed for a number cruncher 
amongst our ranks

 

Set up and tear down ran smoothly due to the special help of Kelli Medbury and  
Daphne Rawlinson.   Thank you, Ladies.  Many others pitched in to assist also.  
 The room looked good coming in and going out.  All of your assistance was 
greatly appreciated.

 

The lucky raffle winning Ham that now has a Station in a Box is Walter 
Bazarsky, W5KFL.  Congratulations Walter.  

 

Again, thanks to all for a great evening.

 

Rick -- W5RH -- Chili Supper and Election Coordinator

 

The Radio Hotel  -- W5RH

 

 

 


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[BVARC] ARRL SSB DX Contest K5LJ

[Larry via BVARC]

ARRL DX SSB Contest Summary for K5LJ



Almost same Q counts as for the CW contest two weeks ago but fewer multipliers. 



 Category:  SAL 

 Total Contacts = 317

 Total Points = 182,016

 Total Contacts by Band and Mode:

 Band QSOMult

  160 9   8

   803728

   406742

   208860

   159742

   101912

 Total  317  192



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Re: [BVARC] HELP! Computer video is hosed again!

[Larry via BVARC]

Yeah, the latest updates gray-out the “restore earlier version” tab. This is a 
problem with the AMD chip set in older PC’s. PCs with Intel chips set don’t 
have a problem. Now you’ve got to restore an earlier version of the operating 
system( earlier version of Win10).

Go to settings in the startup display. Click on the “Update & Security” tab, 
then click on “view installed update history”, then click on “recovery 
options”, under Go back to the previous version of Win10, click on “get 
started”. This will restore the previous version where the video worked OK. It 
will take a while. 

There are methods on the web for permanently blocking window update from 
installing new video drivers but I have not tried this yet.

Larry


From: Allen Brier N5XZ via BVARC 
Sent: Saturday, 9 December, 2017 10:29 AM
To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' ; tdxs-l...@tdxs.net ; 
n...@mailman.qth.net ; ctd...@kkn.net 
Cc: Allen Brier N5XZ 
Subject: [BVARC] HELP! Computer video is hosed again!

Well, I did it again! I let Windows do an update BEFORE the contest (I knew it 
was a bad idea) and now it once again does not recognize my video card and has 
reduced the resolution and will not span across two monitors. Last time this 
happened, K5LJ suggested I roll back the video driver and that worked, but this 
time the option to do that is grayed out. Surely, someone know how to fix this 
for me.

 

The computer is an older HP running WIN 10 (upgraded for WIN 7) with an AMD 
chipset and an ATI Radeon HD 4200 video card. I have a new computer purchased, 
but it’s still in the box…. There must be a way! If you have the answer, call, 
email or text me!

 

BTW, the ARRL 10 Meter contest conditions suck, but there are occasional 
contacts to be made.

 

Allen R. Brier N5XZ

1515 Windloch Lane

Richmond, Texas 77406-2553

(281) 342-1882 (Home)

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Re: [BVARC] HELP! Computer video is hosed again!

[Larry via BVARC]

This a problem with the AMD chip set in older PCs. It does not occur with the 
Intel chip set. The latest updates gray-out the “restore to earlier version”, 
so this doesn’t work. Now you have to restore an earlier version of the 
operating system. Go to settings in the startup tab. click on “update & 
security”, then click on “view installed update history”, then click on 
“recovery options”, then click on “ get started” under the go back to the 
previous version of Win10. It will take a while but you’ll get back to the 
earlier version that worked. There are some options on the web to permanently 
block windows update from messing with the video drivers but I haven’t tried 
that yet. Just live with the earlier version of Win10.
Larry
From: Allen Brier N5XZ via BVARC 
Sent: Saturday, 9 December, 2017 10:29 AM
To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' ; tdxs-l...@tdxs.net ; 
n...@mailman.qth.net ; ctd...@kkn.net 
Cc: Allen Brier N5XZ 
Subject: [BVARC] HELP! Computer video is hosed again!

Well, I did it again! I let Windows do an update BEFORE the contest (I knew it 
was a bad idea) and now it once again does not recognize my video card and has 
reduced the resolution and will not span across two monitors. Last time this 
happened, K5LJ suggested I roll back the video driver and that worked, but this 
time the option to do that is grayed out. Surely, someone know how to fix this 
for me.

 

The computer is an older HP running WIN 10 (upgraded for WIN 7) with an AMD 
chipset and an ATI Radeon HD 4200 video card. I have a new computer purchased, 
but it’s still in the box…. There must be a way! If you have the answer, call, 
email or text me!

 

BTW, the ARRL 10 Meter contest conditions suck, but there are occasional 
contacts to be made.

 

Allen R. Brier N5XZ

1515 Windloch Lane

Richmond, Texas 77406-2553

(281) 342-1882 (Home)

(713) 705-4801 (Cell/Text)

 




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Re: [BVARC] Computer problem, need advice

[Larry via BVARC]

Allen,
Had exactly same thing happen to my wife’s PC. Evidently there was a driver 
update yesterday (11/23/2017) that was funky. Had to tell it to revert back to 
earlier driver. Then everything was OK. If you haven’t got it fixed, give me a 
call.
Larry

From: Allen Brier N5XZ via BVARC 
Sent: Friday, 24 November, 2017 8:47 AM
To: tdxs-l...@tdxs.net ; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' 
Cc: Allen Brier N5XZ 
Subject: [BVARC] Computer problem, need advice

This morning I looked at my station monitors and the resolution had reverted to 
1024x768 and the video adapter does not recognize both monitors (the same 
display shows on both monitors but I cannot do a split screen). I rebooted and 
it said it could not recognize my personalized settings. I was able to set the 
resolution to 1280 x 1024 “Recommended” but the monitors will handle a lot 
higher resolution than that. 

 

Recommendations from the collective group?

 

Allen R. Brier N5XZ

1515 Windloch Lane

Richmond, Texas 77406-2553

(281) 342-1882 (Home)

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Re: [BVARC] Power supply

[Larry via BVARC]

Gayle,
What’s your SWR? If you’ve got hi SWR the output fold-back circuitry will 
reduce output. and you will only see full output in a key-down (CW) mode. Voice 
has a low duty factor so you would only see a low average power output in that 
circumstance.
Larry

From: Gayle Dotts via BVARC 
Sent: Saturday, 8 April, 2017 2:17 PM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 
Cc: Gayle Dotts 
Subject: [BVARC] Power supply

Got a question on power supply for my Yaesu FT-920.  

The FT-920 manual says: 13.5V DC….Rx(w/signal) @2.5A, Tx (100W) @22.0A.  My 
current power supply is a MFJ-4225MV 25A switching power.  Is this MFJ will 
power the Yaesu but I don’t really see the 100W on output Tx, although the amp 
meter on the MFJ shows 6-12A while transmitting running low to high on the RF 
PWR knob on the FT-920.  Do I need to increase the power supply??  Please 
advise.



Thanl you,

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Re: [BVARC] [BVARC_VE] "Second Tuesday" License Exam - 11/10/2015 --

[Larry via BVARC]

OK

-Original Message- 
From: John Moore via BVARC 
Sent: Friday, 27 November, 2015 3:02 PM 
To: bvarc@bvarc.org 
Cc: John Moore 
Subject: [BVARC] [BVARC_VE] "Second Tuesday" License Exam - 11/10/2015 -- 


   Results of the November 10th
  BVARC Amateur License Examination Session
   by: John Moore, KK5NU

B-VARC sponsored and administered the ARRL's Amateur Radio
Examination session that was held on Tuesday, November 10,
2015 at HCC's Scarcella Science & Technology Building here
in Stafford, TX.

MEMBERS OF THE VE TEAM:

Richard Goldy, K5GOL
Larry Jacobson, K5LJ
John Moore, KK5NU
Randy Pollard, AK5G

One examination element was administered during the evening
to one applicant. One upgrade to Amateur Extra class
license was attained, with the total number of elements
passed being 1. The overall "pass rate" for the evening was
100%.

Congratulations to the following who attained a license
and/or passed an exam:

   Kathy F. Keith - KG5FNG - Amateur Extra

Many thanks to all the Team Members and Assistants who
volunteer their valuable time and effort each month. All of
us at B-VARC again thank everyone at HCC Scarcella Science
& Technology Building for making these excellent classroom
facilities available to us for our exams each month.
   . 73 


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