I'd double check the ground and make sure it's good... Have you found the
resonant spot at UHF? Where the SWR is lowest? If it's below 440, you might be
able to cut it but I would try not to do that except as a last resort...Most
dual band antennas are already pre tuned...Chris WB5ITT Sent via
It's the 2816The route map and info is at:
www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-trainOnly Texas stop planned so
far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT 5G
Evolution capable smartphone..so there!
Original message From: Robert Polinski via
Leaving Wednesday out of the Beaumont area for the Dayton Ham vention..If
anybody else is headed this direction, maybe we could make a convoy out of
it..Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT 5G Evolution capable
smartphone..so there!
I'm driving up Thursdaysharing a booth with N4NEQ out of Atlanta..Chris
WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT 5G Evolution capable
smartphone..so there!
Original message From: Scott Medbury via BVARC
Date: 5/10/24 6:10 PM (GMT-06:00) To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR
They're discontinuing production at the Starkville Mississippi location... That
doesn't mean that it couldn't be taken overseas From what I heard Martin
was asking too much for the entire company... He'll probably end up selling it
off in pieces.. It may make more money that way...I'm sure
Depends on what you needthere are two way shops that do installs but they
usually handle Motorola, etc professional lines .. Texas Bigfoot, owned by
W5JSC on the NW side, BEARCOM with shops in Deer Park and I think N Houston
proper, and some others...they bill pro rates so it may not be
I'm going to have to listen to them again...damn fast in fact, theyre IDing
faster than 20 words a minute and that's against part 90 rules...I didn't have
a chance to write them down and they're not even complete call signs...Chris
Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT 5G Evolution capable
Don't feel bad, we all felt that way when we first got licensed. Just get on
the frequency that your license allows and call CQ. Or find a conversation that
seems what you like and break into it. Nothing special about having a
conversation on the radio. Just talk normal and remember to ID every
Dillo is a closed system...to join requires knowing someone already a member
recommending you or knowing your background and it must be approved by a
membership committee...at least that's how it was last time I knew...Mike
Hardwick can possibly give you more details..I'm not sure if Mike is
It works off the audio received...shouldn't be affected any since a VOIP line
uses an ATA or analog terminal adapter to allow analog phones to be used.
.Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT 5G Evolution capable
smartphone..so there!
Original message From: AOL/
When VOIP first came out, the trick was to set the fax machine to the speed
below the fastest it could handle. If the modem was capable of 14400, locking
it at 12600 or even 9,600 usually gave you reliable communications...
Usually..One of my early Vonage boxes allowed me to run up to 1200 baud
Back in the 1990s, we had a great packet system around Houston called TCAPS.
Several nodes both 1200 and 9600 baud interconnected via 430.55 19200baud
backbone... Unfortunately it started falling apart about the time I moved to
Dallas in 96. I'm actually surprised there's still interest in
If anyone sees or hears of 190 ft of Rohn 45 from the Beaumont area, be advised
it was likely that which was illegally removed from an AM station in Lumberton
under legal litigation in Hardin County court and WILL BE restored at someone's
expense, not mine, once the court rules in my favor. My
there is a repeater on 146.72 in Port Arthur that is part of the Cross
Roads Repeater System. its not listed on the map but it is on their web page at
https://crhrc.org/repeaters/.
73
John Denison
KD5YOU
On 1/21/2024 3:21 PM, wb5itt via BVARC wrote:
I wish they'd fix the 440 repeater in Por
Technically, the 146.94 repeater is not owned nor operated by BVARC... It is
licensed to the old Pasadena Radio Relay League which was started back in the
late 1960s or early '70s when the repeater originally came on the air... Even
though it's still under a club call it is technically owned by
Would be better if the video wasn't private..Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e,
an AT 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there!
Original message From: Robert Polinski via BVARC
Date: 1/8/24 7:07 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR
RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski
Yeah I've dealt with the expensive analyzers etc. However I bought the Mini1300
off of eBay... It was only $135, now they're up to 175 but they are fantastic.
SD card, network connection, does Smith chart, TDR built in and multiple
frequency SWR check plus panoramic band scan for resonance...
, Jun
18, 2023, 9:02 AM wb5itt via BVARC wrote:CW is allowed
anywhere under the frequency limits of the operator licensewhat was being
transmitted via the repeater was MCW, a tone modulating the FM carrier...legal
only in phone bands above 29.5 MHz..a tone fed into a SSB transmitter
CW is allowed anywhere under the frequency limits of the operator
licensewhat was being transmitted via the repeater was MCW, a tone
modulating the FM carrier...legal only in phone bands above 29.5 MHz..a tone
fed into a SSB transmitter is considered A1A or true CW, not MCW which is A2 or
The Beaumont Club did something similar recently and made about a $5,000
profit. You might want to check with WA5GEO who was spearheading it... Larry
used to be in news anchor on Channel 6 here in Beaumont and of course checked
all the legal ramifications..Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung
It's on the channel 13 auxiliary tower east of the Sr Road antenna farm with
the antenna at approximately 900 ft if I remember correctly.. It is a Kenwood
TKR 750 repeater basically the same repeater as the 146.94 in Beaumont...
The Houston repeater uses the internal controller / CWID...
Latest addition to the W5APX system...under construction...range will be
50+mile radius..RB is being updated.UHF link hub will also be installed...freq
will be confidential..to allow linking across SE Texas.Also 220 and 440 planned
as well as 10&6m transmitters...remote rcvrs with voter system
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