I was monitoring the emergency net on 80 meters the other day when a
group of old boys started up their regular net about 2k down and
started bleeding all over the e. net.
I went down to see who they were and tuned in just in time to hear
some guy from the e. net break in and ask them to move
At 00:47 05/09/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It would be great if all this worked, but am sad to say you are still at the
mercy of the official at the point of import who may not understand or want
to understand the rules and can place import duty on the package. This ramps
up considerably
Would welcome advice from the more experienced on a suggested feed line
arrangement.
I am erecting a horizontal loop (more rectangular than square) which will be
95 to 105 metres in circumference, up about 8 to 10 metres.This is to be
connected to a KAT100 tuner. The loop configuration has
At 00:47 05/09/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Others have got their consignment without any hindrance of this type. Just
the luck of the draw on the day or which way your personal Customs official
gets out of bed in the morning.
Just to balance the horror stories: I have had a number (~7) of
In a message dated 9/4/05 8:50:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
This is really tiring to hear. CW subbands has always been the short
way of saying the frequency segments where voice (and later other wide
modes) are not allowed.
Yup, but a lot of us say CW/data
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 20:23:28 +1200, Nigel wrote:
3) Balun at the ant (?:1) plus RG213 to tuner
This is a good configuration if the antenna is long enough
to load on all the bands on which you want to use it. BUT,
with a feedline only 5m long, and a transmitter power of
only 100 watts, RG-213
As we all know, there is traffic on 14.265 with occassional inactivity
(inactivity is good).
I too, am surprised with the success of using phone. Satern uses
phone and their protocols require use of phonetics when in doubt.
They also require use of pro-words during traffic handling which
As I understand it, legislation has been approved to start daylight saving a
month earlier and end it a month later, but not until 2007...
Jerry, wa2dkg
I heard something about Daylight Savings Time changing
late this year but have not had this confirmed. Do any of you
know about this?
Check out the following nets http://www.aa8vs.org/nren both CW and Winlink
http://www.qsl.net/w8ihx CW net been running since '35. The nets are
running and traffic is being passed and ops are standing by to assist 7.050
and 14.050 Just need to get the word out.
- Original
The XYL to the rescue, AGAIN!...She saved the newspaper clipping and says
daylight saving will be extended one month overall, not a month in the spring
and another in the fall...It will begin three weeks earlier, on the second
Sunday in March, and end a week later on the first Sunday in
As a new K2 and antenna system loom in the near future (K2 is in transit), I
am working on the design and modeling the new antenna. This will be very
simple, an 80 metre doublet feed with homemade open wire feeder. I will use
the antenna on all bands 160 to 10 meters. I will also tie the feeder
Come on, Vic. Where is a CW operator going to set up? Are they going to set
up some place like the Superdome with all that pandemonium? Are they going
to walk around operating HF with 10' poles sticking out of their back pocket
like W0RW/PM? It just doesn't make sense when a ham on foot with a
I went to the Satern web site to read about past emergencies that they were
involved in. I was surprised at the level of traffic. In most emergencies
they were only handling a few hundred messages. I bring this up certainly
not to minimize the importance of these messages to those involved, but to
Hi folks.
I just picked up an MFJ 434 Voice Keyer which I would like to use with my K2 in
an upcoming contest. I'm sure some of you have done this. What jumper settings
did you use?
Thanks Ted WB3AVD
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It is my understanding from a communication with WB8RCR, a member of the
Michigan Net, that CW is used because of a geographical anomaly in Upper
Michigan. Because of the high latitude and presence of aurora in Winter, CW
makes a regional net more reliable. It is the only instance I was able to
Hi Paul,
In reference to your post here on the Elecraft forum
about the order of completing the KDSP2, KNBs and
KPA100. I did the KNB first as it is pretty simple
and requires no major adjustments and was easy to
finish. Next I did the DSP2. It does require more
effort and adjustment and I
Paul,
Those particular options have no effect on each other and can be installed
in whatever order you might choose. Pick whichever seems easiest (or more
important) to you for the first one.
73,
Don W3FPR
-Original Message-
Hello allI have acquired the KDsp2, KNB2 and
KPA100
OK, guys, get ready to hate me.
Here in Alaska, (that's a bit North of Michigan, to our flatlander
friends) - Aurora is the norm. As in - every day, 365 days a year.
Some days it's no big deal, some days it eats your lunch, it's just a
fact of life.
As often as not, SSB will get
Why hate anyone, that is why a communicator needs to be versed in all the
tools. That would be SSB, digital, CW, etc... You are forced, since
emergancies are not scheduled to take what ever mode works the best at the
specific time and get the information applied in a standard format
So much for the rationale for the ONLY CW emergency net I could come up
with. Hi. I suspect the REAL reason it is used is because it has been around
since 1935 and it is an UP Michigan tradition, but I don't know that. I just
relayed the rationale that John gave me.
Another point that is missed
Thank you Matt.
You have clarified what was ringing in the back of my brain. I had heard
something was going to change with Daylight Savings Time but not the
particulars. Thus we may (or may not) have to wait until next year for
the change to occur. Thank you Ben Franklin and the US
EricJ wrote:
Come on, Vic. Where is a CW operator going to set up? Are they going to set
up some place like the Superdome with all that pandemonium? Are they going
to walk around operating HF with 10' poles sticking out of their back pocket
like W0RW/PM? It just doesn't make sense when a ham on
After about 2 weeks, 40-50 hours and some troubleshooting, K2 number 5037 is
alive and beaconing on 20 meters at 30 watts.
This one has the KPA100, KSB, K2IO, noise filter, audio filter and 160
adapter. Pretty much the full boat.
Observations. The KPA 100 is almost as much work as building the
EricJ wrote:
Another point that is missed is that emergency traffic is not just endless
numbered messages relayed verbatim.
But this is exactly what health welfare traffic is. It is slightly
lower priority than emergency traffic, but it is very high volume. The
police, etc., have their
Hi Jim,
That was interesting. In 1958 I was on the National Geophysical Expedition
to the North Pole on Drift station Alpha. KL7FLA and W9DVM/MM. We were
floating. When we had severe aurora and you could turn all gains wide open
and hear nothing, CW was always the first to be heard from
Oops ... in my previous post regarding use of the MFJ 434 voice keyer with my
K2, I probably should have noted that I am currently set up to use the Elecraft
Heil MD2 microphone. Now ... what internal jumpers in the MFJ unit might be
best? Thanks again.
Phil wrote:
That was interesting. In 1958 I was on the National Geophysical Expedition
to the North Pole on Drift station Alpha. KL7FLA and W9DVM/MM. We were
floating. When we had severe aurora and you could turn all gains wide open
and hear nothing, CW was always the first to be heard from
Jim, KL7CC wrote:
As often as not, SSB will get through when CW won't. FACT - not a typo!
==
When I lived in Michigan (closer to the magnetic north pole than Alaska),
the aurora didn't make a hoot of difference on HF between SSB and CW --
weak CW was still easier to copy than weak
I wanted to add: When the aurora conditions were so bad that it was like
having your receiver not plugged in, and I constantly monitored because of
being at the North Pole, it was always exciting to hear a signal somewhere
but unreadable, and then see
It come up little by little and WOW! There
I was wondering if anyone know if the KAT100 will work with the 6meter
transverter?
The specs don't list a frequency range.
Thanks,
Tom
K2/100 #5020
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HMMM DST now terminates on the first Sunday in October. If it is to
end the first Sunday in November beginning in 2007, then that is a FULL
month more in the fall. ?
Clarification please, Jerry, from your XYL.
Milt, N5IA
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From: Jeremiah McCarthy
Milt Jensen, N5IA wrote:
HMMM DST now terminates on the first Sunday in October. If it is to
end the first Sunday in November beginning in 2007, then that is a FULL
month more in the fall. ?
Clarification please, Jerry, from your XYL.
Milt, N5IA
From the horse's mouth:
On
Milt, if you set your clocks back on the first Sunday in October, you
will be out of sync with the rest of us for about three weeks.
Current law has us setting the clocks back on the LAST Sunday in
October. Well, except for the clocks we keep on GMT/UTC...
On Sep 5, 2005, at 4:30 PM, Milt
Just to add my experiences.
My first order for a K2 (Jan 2004) came through parcel force and full duty
was charged. Parcelforce collect the duty for customs, but would not admit
that they were in the wrong. I did manage to contact customs by phone, but
only by way of a helpful receptionist
Life was so much easier when I lived in Arizona!
73, Bob N7XY
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 04:48:13PM -0700, Jack Brindle wrote:
Milt, if you set your clocks back on the first Sunday in October, you
will be out of sync with the rest of us for about three weeks.
Current law has us setting the
What next will my Government complicate for us and how? I have to get
the instruction manual, like I know where I put that, to even figure out
how to set the clocks, and our multitude of phones are another issue ...
I suppose Ubiquitel will set our cell phones and my truck (he says
hopefully
Fred,
Windows Xp has a registry entry that keeps all the time zone
information. All Microsoft has to do is update that entry; it should
be a very simple change.
Only a politician would think he could change the length of a day by
passing a law...
On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:13:22 -0700, Fred
Thank you Ron ;)
My first experience with the Amateur Radio Service was through
participation in nets. These were FM repeater nets initially, then SSB HF
nets, and finally CW NTS nets. I learned to pass traffic for NTS both
using voice and via CW. It takes practice. Net procedures,
I've recently built at KAT100 to use with my HFPacker amplifier and K2.
I know not to use a pre-made serial cable to connect the KIO2 to a computer.
However, looking at the schematic for the KAT100 and J3, it looks like a
regular serial cable would work fine between the KAT100 and the K2, if
This one will be a real pain. There are LOTS of devices with clocks
that use the time change algorithm that has been in use since the
70s. Every one of those devices will become obsolete. So, just think
of your favorite devices, such as VCRs, wrist watches, etc. You will
get to replace
Jack Brindle wrote:
This one will be a real pain. There are LOTS of devices with clocks
that use the time change algorithm that has been in use since the 70s.
Every one of those devices will become obsolete. So, just think of your
favorite devices, such as VCRs, wrist watches, etc. You will
In a message dated 9/5/05 9:49:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There are LOTS of devices with clocks
that use the time change algorithm that has been in use since the
70s. Every one of those devices will become obsolete. So, just think
of your favorite devices,
I submit that the reason virtually ALL emergency nets are phone is that
CW requires a skill few Hams have today: even routine CW ops.
In the Ham world, using phone means that more operators are available
everywhere, so there are likely more operators available any time and
in any place
Craig wrote:
I suspect that both ham radio and the federal government are living in the
past. The Internet has eliminated much of the traditional ham radio activity
surrounding disasters (with the exception of course of local VHF activity),
and 24-hour news networks have become better eyes and
I am not familiar with the MFJ 434, so if someone with better information
than my assumptions has better information, ignore my contribution.
First, I will assume that you would want to have the voice keyer and the MD2
both connected to the K2 at the same time.
To me, that should mean that I
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