Re: [Elecraft] NVIS HF vs VHF line-of-sight & CB in 9.0 quakes

2017-04-30 Thread Stanley Petrowski 
Thanks again Don. I'm working on that.  I agree that this skill set is 
fast fading. One of the interesting aspects of the ham circles I am 
affiliated with is that we are all well over 65 and most beyond that.
I have secured many hundreds of feet of good quality coax, spools of 
wire to build traps and more wire to use for building antennas. In the 
end it is all part of a huge learning curve and skill set development. I 
devote what time I can to it all but confess there isn't a lot of time 
left. I am very impressed with what antenna tuners can do and sincerely 
hope I don't blow the finals on a stupid experiment.


73
Stan
KG7FYI
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On 04/30/2017 08:20 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
One important thing I forget to mention is that you should learn how 
to construct your own effective antennas.
To my mind, that skill may be critical in an emergency. and with the 
proliferation (and acceptance) of ready made manufactured antennas, I 
am afraid that skill is decreasing in ham radio circles.  Yes, it does 
take a bit of studying and experimenting, but is not really that 
difficult. If you can do simple multiplication and division, you can 
calculate the length of a halfwave antenna that can be used for 
effective communications - all it takes is some wire and a feedline.


73,
Don W3FPR 


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Re: [Elecraft] K3 P3 and KAT500

2017-04-27 Thread Stanley Petrowski 

Words of wisdom. That ranks high with me, Ron.
Fortunately this is not my first rodeo and such are the times. I'm 
willing to be beat over the head and shoulders if I learn what I came 
here for. :)


73, Stan KG7FYI


On 04/27/2017 04:36 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

I routinely use the delete key for such outbursts and try to avoid judging
someone by their worst comment.

73, Ron AC7AC

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Thanks Joe. I am learning but the entitlement attitude is a new one for me.
I'll have to figure that one out.


On 04/27/2017 11:18 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV-4 [via Elecraft] wrote:

On 4/27/2017 12:18 PM, KG7FYI wrote:

On the other hand our ARES usually also does check ins on 28.400 MHZ
which is not open on my K3.

You obviously do not know how to operate your K3 (probably a failure
to red the manual) since 28.400 MHz is squarely within the amateur
10 meter band and works just fine with a stock K3, K3S - even the K2,
KX2 and KX3.

Again, I certainly hope you learn more about amateur radio and get
rid of the entitlement attitude.

73,

 ... Joe, W4TV


On 4/27/2017 12:18 PM, KG7FYI wrote:


Thanks for all the input.
I hope you aren't getting the impression that I am preparing to be a

loose

cannon. We regularly carry on sets in anticipation of the type of
emergencies the State is preparing for. Nonetheless my desire is to

have as

many options as possible available for our small community. We have

been

submitting grant proposals to upgrade our 2M equipment to be better
integrated into the ARES net system here. On the other hand our ARES

usually

also does check ins on 28.400 MHZ which is not open on my K3. Not

reasonable

at all, hence my hope to scale things up. Our ARES group has done

ARES/RACES

certification to qualify for participation. I'll touch in with our

club to

see where we are regarding our RACES commitment. In the mean time

also I'll

make contact on my own. Thanks.



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