I have been to St. Croix years ago on business at the petroleum terminal
on the South side of the island. Had some time to kill and enjoyed it
immensely. Scuba/snorkeling tours were fun and beautiful. Prices
reasonable. Good place for a expedition setup with a QRP rig and a
Buddipole for
YES The 75 ohm series are UG-260/U connectors, the 50 ohm series is
the UG-88/U. If they don't have this stamped into the rear barrel of
the connector, THEY ARE Counterfeits or JUST PLAIN TRASH!
There is a lot of crap parts available at hamfests these days! Be
careful what you buy!!
The big difference of the 75 and 50 ohm connectors is the fit of the
connectors to the coax size, NOT the center pin size which is the same.
BNC connectors are really NOT constant impedance especially at VHF/UHF
frequencies like proper N series connectors are. This makes no
difference
think my comments on RM-11708 went thru.
This is very serious to ANYONE who wants to retain narrow band digital
communications like JT9 and PSK31 and RTTY!! Also to CW Dxers and
contesters! If this passes, it will change amateur radio as we have
known it forever. There will be no weak
What I am curious about is: Will they stop the use of AM on the MW
Broadcast band, the private/commercial VHF and UHF aircraft band, (that is
picking the primary users of AM) and the amateur bands? Also will they
decide that the use of CW will become illegal on the amateur bands, FM
services
NO! I wondered about that for YEARS, even when I was working in avionics!
The REAL reason for using AM instead of FM is the FM capture effect. A
slightly stronger signal on the channel will takeover the channel. You
can't hear weaker signals thru it like AM. This was the real reason for
, July 16, 2013 6:21 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Aircraft radio FM
On 7/16/2013 2:27 PM, Sandy Blaize wrote:
I think Aeronautical AM will be around for many more years IF some dumb
ass non engineer decides AM is Obsolete and screws things up.
Seeing the present bright
To ALL,
Agreed, we should have clean signals as there is a plethora of lids who
are only interested in getting the absolute amount of power out of ANY
amplifier, be they simple, or super fancy. Too many GOOD amps are
overdriven and cause a lot of trouble on the band they are used on, let
What I HATE abou Gmail AND Google, they keep changing things for no good
reason. Too much time spent on learning what the new features are which is
sometimes a pain in the butt.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
-Original Message-
From: Gary K9GS
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 3:10 PM
To:
Obviously you are not listening. In the Elecraft line, the QRP rigs ALL use
the BNC connector. They work well. Adapters are available for BNC/binding
Posts...very practical in a filed installation. Who wants to be bothered
with perhaps the poorest connector ever devised for no big impedance
TOO MUCH, especially on weekends! Shouldn't there be a small segment of
the bands set aside for non contest use? Or would this be asking too
much??
73,
Sandy W5TVW
-Original Message-
From: Scott Manthe
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:05 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
, March 21, 2013 10:27 AM
To: Sandy Blaize
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Is ham radio a sport ??
Sandy,
Actually, ALL WARC BANDS (30, 17, 12 meters) are already off limits to contest
activity. This is strictly enforced by contest organizers by rejecting any
QSOs submitted for those bands. Although
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