est. It takes about 3-4 weeks for
> them to show up LoTW.
>
> 73, Jim WE4S
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> On Jan 9, 2023, 4:31 PM, at 4:31 PM, Jim Brown
> wrote:
> >On 1/9/2023 9:47 AM, Steve London wrote:
> >> What kind of ca
What kind of card checking is done for LoTW confirmations ?
73,
Steve, N2IC
On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 10:43 AM Jim Brown wrote:
> On 1/9/2023 6:48 AM, STEVE MCDONALD wrote:
> > Highly unlikely at 1:30 in the afternoon in California.
>
> All of this is an example of why ARRL card checkers must
Did he say which ocean ?
Sorry, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 4:34 AM Paul Mcl wrote:
> I recently worked WB6CJT twice on CW:
>
> 160m on 24Nov22 @ 2130Z
> 80m on 7Dec/22 @ 2215Z
>
> I emailed to ask if he was transmitting from CA
8JI recommended soaking a piece a paper in a liquid
> > > hydrocarbon (I think he used Xylene) and then passing that paper
> between
>
> > > the contacts of the relays in order to transfer any foreign material
> to
> > > the paper without causing undue abrasio
undue abrasion to the relay contacts. I've
> > > done this and it has fixed the problem of an RCS-4 going deaf on
> receive
> > > despite still working for transmit. For receive only applications you
> > > might have to do it more often.
> > >
> > > 73, Mike
I am using an Ameritron RCS-4 antenna switch to select between beverage
antennas. Recently, it has developed a bad case of relay bounce causing an
S9 spike every time I switch between antennas. Any suggestions on how to
improve this ? Since it's only used for RX antenna selection, I'm amenable
to
Ron,
I'm surprised you didn't have a better USA opening. From here in New
Mexico, we had an outstanding Pacific opening on Saturday from 1215Z-1415Z.
Many JA, but also:
QSO: 1813 CW 2022-01-29 1315 N2IC 599 NM ZM4T 599 32
QSO: 1813 CW 2022-01-29 1345 N2IC 599 NM
Tower leg ground clamps all have stainless steel between the tower and the
copper strap.
Seems like the lower conductivity of stainless could be a huge issue during a
lightning event. Yet, I haven't heard of this being an issue.
73,
Steve, N2IC
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with the coax Z zero in mind.
73, Guy K2AV
On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 12:47 PM Steve London <mailto:n2ica...@gmail.com>> wrote:
This has been a very interesting thread - Thanks for all the input.
Perhaps I have set my expectations too high.
A typical application is on 15 met
This has been a very interesting thread - Thanks for all the input.
Perhaps I have set my expectations too high.
A typical application is on 15 meters, late in the opening, working JA's from
here in SW New Mexico. Absent any local QRN, the band is very quiet. Any local
noise covers the bottom
So, I'm troubleshooting a beverage issue this morning. The receiver just happens
to be on 1823.5. It's 1535Z - local sunrise+2.5 hours. Lo, and behold, there's
DL2LDE calling and calling T30GC. Solid 579 signal from here in SW New Mexico.
Remarkable propagation to DL this morning on 160 !
73,
> hi guys,
> you have me confused. 4U1ITU is easy from southern arizona. Bordered by
> France/Switzerland and Germany all are easily workable.
> I don't understand the "black hole" comments.
> Larry
(Re)read what N6TR said about the 4U1ITU QTH.
I was there for CQWW CW a few years later. It was
Here we go again with this remote discussion.
It's like the movie Groundhog Day.
Can we QRX this discussion, for, say, 6 months before rehashing the same
tired arguments ?
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 02/25/2015 02:54 PM, Joe K2UF wrote:
Money talks, see full page 8 add in recent QST mags.
K2UF
The only thing that was temporarily lost was the information on
Clublog. That was done intentionally by the team to fix an issue with 10
MHz RTTY QSO's not being sent correctly to Clublog. The team cleared out
Clublog, and then re-uploaded all of the QSO's to Clublog with the
correct
On 02/05/2015 09:45 AM, Wayne Kline wrote:
I my self enjoy the HUNT the listening on the other VFO trying to guess
what and how he is operating.. Some OP's are predictable some it's a crap
shoot.
but that the FUN IMHO My .02 and then some
And folks will have that same
Yes, Milt has it 100% correct !
Paul has chosen his legal (mis)interpretation of Part 97, the RHR guys
and the ARRL have chosen their (correct) interpretation. If Paul doesn't
agree with their interpretation, and thinks they should cease and
desist, that is why we have the FCC, and failing
I'm leary of shunt feeding a tower with a SteppIR on it. You are betting
that when transmitting on 160, you do not end up with a high voltage
point at any of the SteppIR motors that could damage them.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 01/29/2015 10:07 AM, Tree wrote:
I spent yesterday loading NE7D's tower
Rodents and wildland fires are good reasons why the bottom section of
all guy wires should be steel, not synthetics.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 01/21/2015 08:05 AM, Jim Garland wrote:
Rodents chewed through a set of kevlar guy lines for my Spiderbeam 26m
vertical while I was out of town last week.
This Saturday, from 1800Z-0600Z is the NAQP CW. Check 160 from about
0300Z until 0600Z. Some of those states will be there, but it would be
nice if you would work everyone you hear. The exchange is name and
state/province.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 01/09/2015 10:50 AM, James Bennett wrote:
Hi
I have been hesitant to talk about this, for fear of incurring the wrath
of the purists, but since Lloyd went first...
I obtained a quantity of new-old-stock of the old 15000 pound
Phillystran a few years ago. I had the same issue - the ends. It dawned
on me that in my application, the
Rule 6 of the Stew Perry is a joke in so many ways.
enjoy the contest the way we did back when Stew Perry was around
contradicted by:
We do realize band scopes can show that someone is on 1829.3 - but
since they don't tell you who is actually there, that is okay.
Therefore, remote receivers
station to work properly, requires just as much design skill and
ingenuity as the old timers used to set up their stations.
73, Greg, ZL3IX
On 2013-12-29 08:39 a.m., Steve London wrote:
Rule 6 of the Stew Perry is a joke in so many ways.
enjoy the contest the way we did back when Stew Perry
Why doesn't Rob do us all a favor and sell Idiom Press to a company that
seems to have its act together, such as DX Engineering, Array Solutions
or W4PA (Vibroplex/Spiderbeam USA) ? He's certainly not going to make
any money the way he currently runs the company.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On
Great empirical info, Eddie.
Can you say something qualitative about your ground conditions ? For
example, irrigated soil, rocky hilltop, sand, etc.
You are doing something right - Huge signal on topband, and you also
hear very well.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 09/20/2013 06:31 AM, Eduardo Araujo
On 01/23/2013 07:39 AM, Bill Tippett wrote:
Weather Events in the Upper Atmosphere
D-region Winter Anomaly is a period of enhanced radio wave absorption
usually occurring in late winter and thought to be associated with a sudden
stratospheric warming
When we last left this adventure, I was shunt feeding my 110' tower on
160, which supports a multitude of yagis and wires. Unfortunately, I was
coupling so much energy into the 80 meter wire array that the 80 meter
baluns were heating up. There were a number of interesting and useful
On 01/11/2013 04:32 PM, ZR wrote:
I dont know what you are using for 80M Steve and why all the feeds, etc
are located at the top of the tower.
In the 80's I had a 100' Rohn 25 with a stack of yagis and shunt fed on
160 which worked well once I went to 4' x 50' galvanized 2x4 rabbit
fencing
See the thread titled Shunt fed towers and common mode chokes, that
began on December 6, 2012.
I'm afraid you will be replacing that 4:1 balun.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 12/25/2012 08:52 PM, Ron Spencer wrote:
Anyone have problems running a KLM antenna with the 4:! balun and
elements insulated from
On 12/08/2012 12:52 PM, Tree wrote:
It's very unusual to work the morning opening during
a sunspot maximum.
A solar flux of 97 is not what I would call a solar maximum. More like a
bump in the new Mayan Minimum. Who knows what will happen on December 21
:) . Don't forget that in previous
On 12/07/2012 08:29 AM, Tom W8JI wrote:
In this case the original poster has a two-dipole 80-meter antenna
attached high on a tower. He needs to isolate common mode 160 meter
tower antenna currents and voltages from that array.
1.) He clearly stated electrical length (and by definition that
After many frustrating experiences with unwelcome interaction between
various 160 antennas and towers, I am thinking about going back to
basics by removing all the other 160 wires, and shunt feeding the 110
foot tower (which has a number of yagis on it). All else being equal
(such as ground
Last night (31 Oct UTC) was very good on 160. AA0RS and W5XZ were trolling in
the Europeans. The band seemed to be open all evening with OH3XR and PA3FQA
being beacons, and RI1ANF with a big signal. But that was about it. Not even the
usual east coast suspects.
C'mon guysit's time to test
How about this one:
Copy what the other station sends.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 10/20/2012 04:50 PM, Jorge Diez CX6VM wrote:
Is there any grid square list file to use with N1MM?
73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W
GF27xu
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-Original Message-
From:
Yes, I have played around in the 160 contests during the mid-afternoon, too.
From SW New Mexico, I can typically work the better equipped east coast
stations at sunsetbut I'm not talking about my sunset, but their sunset
around 21Z. At the same time, the closer-in stations in W8 and W9
Herb,
You simply have no common darkness with 9M0L this time of year.
KV4 sunrise: 1002Z
9M0L sunset: 1033Z
KV4 sunset: 2236Z
9M0L sunrise: 2211Z
What do you want them to do ? Change the declination of the earth's axis ?
This is no different than the Kerguelen DXpedition a few years back.
On 03/17/2012 08:12 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 3/17/2012 6:34 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
Four 24 hour Stew's a year is a good deal, at the equinoxes and the
soltices.
While I LOVE the concept of the Stew, it seriously lacks critical mass,
even in the main event in December. As a result, I
?
Something less formal than a full blown contest?
Dave WX7G
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Jim Brownj...@audiosystemsgroup.comwrote:
On 3/18/2012 6:55 AM, Steve London wrote:
Hence, my suggestion to make the already-popular, all-HF-band, SSB/CW,
IARU HF
contest the summer 160 meter
I'll throw out a related suggestion. Why not use the IARU HF contest as the
summertime 160 contest ? It's 24 hours long and has excellent worldwide
activity on all bands except 160 meters.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 03/17/2012 05:12 AM, Doug Turnbull wrote:
Dear OMs and Yls
A July Stew Perry
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