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Re: WARC BANDS
Due to FT8 taking over 18.100, most go to 18097 for 17M.
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Jim, K5SP #483 Executive Director/Member Services Director
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Re: WARC BANDS
Hi Buz...
I think you may be a bit high in freq. on 17m, and low on 12m.
I was looking on your posted freq's but didn't see anything there.
(Didn't see anything on the freq's from our website either.)
Milt. N6MG
070-650
LONP #76
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From: Buz Johnson <wa5amm.sc.usa@...> To: main@070Club.groups.io Sent: Sat, Jul 24, 2021 11:39 am Subject: [070Club] WARC BANDS Does anybody want to work some WARC Bands? I'll be calling CQ on 18.103 from 18:30 to 19:00, then QSY to 24.917 for another 30 minutes.
Buz, WA5AMM
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WARC BANDS
Does anybody want to work some WARC Bands? I'll be calling CQ on 18.103 from 18:30 to 19:00, then QSY to 24.917 for another 30 minutes.
Buz, WA5AMM
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Re: Solar Flux is UP
Has anyone tried EU on 17m at morning grey line?
I've been printing a few here in Southern W6 land.
Currently,
SFI = 89
A = 11
K = 1
Milt. N6MG
070-650
LONP #76
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From: Ray Clements <r.clements@...> To: main@070Club.groups.io Sent: Fri, Jul 23, 2021 9:18 am Subject: Re: [070Club] Solar Flux is UP If you check the common FT8 frequencies, you will see that most of the bands are open, even 10m and 12m. However, the few PSK signals that you might find are primarily on 20m 14.070.
I just made PSK contact with W4PKU in VA. I am in 9-land near Chicago.
There are a few others on frequency as well, but I have to get ready to take my wife out for a pizza, so I am QRT for now.
Ray N9RWC
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Received: 10:45 AM CDT, 07/23/2021 From: "Jim K5SP" <jinnis@...> To: main@070Club.groups.io Subject: Re: [070Club] Solar Flux is UP Day before yesterday, I had a solid 599 copy from an F5 station. First France I have heard in many, many moons here in the vast RF wasteland of North Texas.
Maybe things are looking up.
Bob, worked K4VBM for his 365 yesterday, said he was looking for you but neither one of us ever saw you.
Jim K5SP
On 7/23/2021 10:28 AM, Bob Motyl KK6KMU wrote:
Thanks to the heads up Milt. -- Jim, K5SP #483 Executive Director/Member Services Director
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Re: Solar Flux is UP
There used to be a lot of EU on in the morning but that has shifted to the late afternoon. Have seen some good propagation to the Caribbean and had a contact with FM4TI, Martinique and 8P6RY, Barbados, twice in the past week. 22:00z to 01:00z.
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Re: Solar Flux is UP
Ray Clements
If you check the common FT8 frequencies, you will see that most of the bands are open, even 10m and 12m. However, the few PSK signals that you might find are primarily on 20m 14.070.
I just made PSK contact with W4PKU in VA. I am in 9-land near Chicago.
There are a few others on frequency as well, but I have to get ready to take my wife out for a pizza, so I am QRT for now.
Ray N9RWC
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Received: 10:45 AM CDT, 07/23/2021 From: "Jim K5SP" <jinnis@...> To: main@070Club.groups.io Subject: Re: [070Club] Solar Flux is UP Day before yesterday, I had a solid 599 copy from an F5 station. First France I have heard in many, many moons here in the vast RF wasteland of North Texas. Maybe things are looking up. Bob, worked K4VBM for his 365 yesterday, said he was looking for you but neither one of us ever saw you.
Jim K5SP
On 7/23/2021 10:28 AM, Bob Motyl KK6KMU wrote:
Thanks to the heads up Milt. -- Jim, K5SP #483 Executive Director/Member Services Director
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Re: Solar Flux is UP
Day before yesterday, I had a solid 599 copy from an F5 station. First France I have heard in many, many moons here in the vast RF wasteland of North Texas. Maybe things are looking up. Bob, worked K4VBM for his 365 yesterday, said he was looking for
you but neither one of us ever saw you. Jim K5SP
On 7/23/2021 10:28 AM, Bob Motyl KK6KMU
wrote:
Thanks to the heads up Milt. --
Jim, K5SP #483 Executive Director/Member Services Director
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Re: Solar Flux is UP
Bob Motyl KK6KMU
Thanks to the heads up Milt.
Bob KK6KMU
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Solar Flux is UP
0600 Z
SFI = 90 A Index = 11 K Index = 1 Things are looking up. Milt. N6MG 070-650 LONP #76
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Reminder 2021 FD Stickers
stan W9SMR
Last day to upload to ARRL - Tuesday, July 27, 2021 I hope that you participated in the 2021 FD and enjoyed that experience. The PODXS 070 Club offers Stickers to reward you for that participation and for uploading to ARRL. There are two stickers available. 1) Firstly there is the existing Field Day Participation Sticker This is for anyone who participates in Field Day in any way, (including setup/tear-down, KP duty, etc.) either individually or as part of a group.
The second Sticker is for folks who participate on their own (not part of another group) and upload their log info to ARRL For 2021 Field Day Entry go to: https://field-day.arrl.org/fdentry.php
Important: If you participated in FD, please upload to ARRL indicating your club affiliation as PODXS 070. “PODXS 070” will appear in the drop-down for Club or Group Name. All you have to do is select (click on) it. "Cabrillo log or list of stations worked by band/mode (dupe sheet)"
You may upload using only 1 Club association. So if you are already part of another Field Day group and uploading your log as part of their score, you can’t earn our Field Day Club Upload Sticker. You can still earn the Field Day Participation Sticker.
Simply send an email directly to me robinstan (at) Hotmail (dot) com by Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Last day to upload to ARRL) Please use 2021 Field Day in the subject line. The body of your email needs only your Call and Member number. Please note if you also uploaded your log info to ARRL. You will be eligible for the FD Participation Sticker even if you do not upload to ARRL. So far I have recorded 29 members who participated in Field Day. See listing below. Of those, 16 indicated they uploaded under PODXS 070 Club. Seven members uploaded with another club. Six members did not indicate their upload situation. If you did upload, let me know. I can get that info from ARRL eventually and you will receive your Field Day Club Upload Sticker and the Field Day Participation Sticker.
The Field Day Club Upload Sticker may not be available next year. Grab it while you can. Last year 36 members participate in FD and 17 members uploaded and we had a 5,198 Score. Did we beat that this year!
73,
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Re: Stickers
#information
Thanks for all u guys do. Appreciate it.
-- Dave NU4N #1657 73's
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Re: Stickers
#information
The packages of materials were mailed to the mailing team Friday.
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They have yo sort/prepare the envelopes and mail them. Jim K5SP
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Jim, K5SP #483 Executive Director/Member Services Director
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Re: Tarheel Model 75A
Paul Butzi (W7PFB)
So, if I'm understanding this correctly, you removed the whip, and attached your long wire to the top of the coil, not clipped to the top of the whip?Exactly. And yes, on my Little Tarheel II, using a really long whip, bandwidth on 80m is really narrow and even one turn moves the resonant point pretty far. As far as batteries go the battery backed power supply in my home shack has just been replace with a LiFePO4 battery backed solution. One nice thing is that the LiFePO4 battery charges at a heck of a clip compared to how fast I could charge the AGM battery it replaced. Its also much smaller, vastly lighter. I'm pretty pleased with that. I may try to get portable again this coming August in the second half of the month. If I do, it will be the IC-7300 that gets taken along instead of the KX3/KXPA-100. Bigger radio but connections are far simpler and less prone to problems in the field. -p W7PFB 73, don't forget to smile and have fun!
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Stickers
#information
Have the stickers for the first half of the been mailed out yet. Just asking. Tnx
-- Dave NU4N #1657 73's
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Re: Tarheel Model 75A
Paul,
This is great info! Exactly the experience I'm looking for.
So, if I'm understanding this correctly, you removed the whip, and attached your long wire to the top of the coil, not clipped to the top of the whip?
I've also installed a quick coupler to the bottom of the whip, and I'm also using a TuneMatic Lite. What a trick little box!
I used my CA-500 analyzer for initial tuning, then from the IC-7300 on low power in AM mode for final tuning prior to memorizing into the controller. You mentioned 3.580. I've successfully tuned it there, but what a narrow bandwidth! Like one click up or down on the controller made for drastic moves on the analyzer.
I've added a 2nd battery to my car and have it connected via a "battery isolator".
It's a 100 amp/hr deep cycle RV battery and I'm hoping it works per my expectations.
I've hardly ever been disappointed before...Hi Hi...
Thanks again for your input.
APE bound in a few more weeks.
I'll be using N6MG as well as W6QP, 070-1454, intermittently.
Milt.
N6MG
070-650 LONP #76
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From: Paul Butzi (W7PFB) via groups.io <w7pfb@...> To: main@070Club.groups.io Sent: Mon, Jul 19, 2021 7:08 am Subject: Re: [070Club] Tarheel Model 75A Milt, I'm using the Baby Tarheel II on a HUGE three magnet magmount. On top of the Tarheel I've got a quick release whip mount, and I have the mate to the mount on the end of several different whip options. I'm using a Tunematic Lite controller.
As an NVIS experiment I tried a long wire (I don't recall length) mounted directly to the top of the Tarheel and then stretched out horizontally perhaps 100 feet, adjusting the Tarheel to tune it. I used an antenna analyzer to get it tuned, and it worked just fine, tuning to perhaps 1:1.2. It wasn't as good on 80m as my 135' OCFD up at 35 feet but I didn't really expect that. The problem I was trying to get around was that with the radio I was using at the time trying to work psk31 on 3.580MHz the RFI would drive my cheap laptop into a catatonic state, and getting the radiator a little bit away from directly over my head seemed like a good move. One of the nice things about the Buddipole whips is that they are collapsible, so you don't end up with a long long whip you have to cart around or worry about low bridging. -p W7PFB 73, Don't forget to smile and have fun!
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Re: Last date
Geary McDowell
Thanks Rick, I have looked at the WTW, and others, regularly. I think I have it figured out, and when my station starts working better I think I can complete that one easily. I have not seen Mexico but twice this year, Europe once, Cuba none, and Asia none. That is how my station is doing. I see US stations almost daily working all over, but I have a little broken basic station, which is my preference. I think I need to look at the WTW again and see if there are certain letters or such I should look for but I will work 99% of the stations I see and who can see me. There are only two I avoid, I put up with negative ugliness long enough teaching for 38 years. HI HI HI. A fellow HAM who climbs my tower is helping me some, we are going to trace out all my coaxes next time and clean the ends or put on new ones if needed. I like seeing the positive comments and suggestions I have been reading here, so much better than ANY of the Facebook HAM groups I follow. Thanks again Rick and everyone for your support and positive words. My handicap is finally getting worse so I am trying to get my little station as good as I can get it before I can no longer walk and do much with my hands. I sure like PSK, that is where I work probably 98% of the time, the other as net control for our storm team in SW OK, I keep trying to retire from that. HI HI 73 all, Geary KE5IRK
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 6:55 AM Rick - N7WE <n7we1980@...> wrote: Geary- --
When all else fails, Amateur Radio works.
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Re: Tarheel Model 75A
Paul Butzi (W7PFB)
Milt, I'm using the Baby Tarheel II on a HUGE three magnet magmount. On top of the Tarheel I've got a quick release whip mount, and I have the mate to the mount on the end of several different whip options. I'm using a Tunematic Lite controller.
As an NVIS experiment I tried a long wire (I don't recall length) mounted directly to the top of the Tarheel and then stretched out horizontally perhaps 100 feet, adjusting the Tarheel to tune it. I used an antenna analyzer to get it tuned, and it worked just fine, tuning to perhaps 1:1.2. It wasn't as good on 80m as my 135' OCFD up at 35 feet but I didn't really expect that. The problem I was trying to get around was that with the radio I was using at the time trying to work psk31 on 3.580MHz the RFI would drive my cheap laptop into a catatonic state, and getting the radiator a little bit away from directly over my head seemed like a good move. One of the nice things about the Buddipole whips is that they are collapsible, so you don't end up with a long long whip you have to cart around or worry about low bridging. -p W7PFB 73, Don't forget to smile and have fun!
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Re: Last date
Geary-
Don't overlook the WTW Endorsement. It is one of the Big Three - 366, 24/7, and WTW. And the nice thing about the Big Three is they don't depend on good propagation. You have already completed 4 of the 9 WTW countries, so you are well on your way. And you can gather the letters you need while working on other endorsements. The 070-WTW option in the Awards Progress Menu Bar  (which still works for tracking this one!) shows you which letters and how many you need to complete each country. Just focus on getting the letters you need for the next country in line and it will all come together. GL and enjoy PSK31! -- Rick - N7WE 070 - #1602
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Re: Last date
Chuck Bridges
Woo hoo, congrats on your 366!
Chuck Bridges, AK6DV, 070 #153
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Re: Last date
Have actually helped a few hams with smoke detectors they kept tripping. Problem is that those cheap smoke detectors you get at WalMart and hardware stores are not designed to operation in RF fields. This is because they have a high impedance front end (little radioactive sticker saying contains Americium is a dead give away.). The best solution is to replace them with photo electric type smoke detectors which are usually a bit more expensive, but have low impedance front ends. any hams used to go through local churches PA systems because they were using Hi-Z microphones with unshielded speaker wiring. Had one ham a few years back who had all sorts of problems with his alarm system when was on the air. Asked him to trace ground wire which he did and he found it was good at alaerm panel, but the other end was connected to NOTHING. He connected it and all was well. HAd another case where dumb installer connected ground to PVC pipe ! Doh !? Just thought I'd pass these tips along. 73, Jerry n9avy #454
On Sunday, July 18, 2021, 05:03:49 PM CDT, Geary McDowell <ke5irk@...> wrote:
Thanks Jim, my shack has lots of issues, but I no longer get into the surround sound subwoofer or smoke alarms. HI HI I have lots of grounding but after watching a guy from DX Engineering talk one night during an Austin ARC club meeting, I am adding more. I don't get much help locally, mostly because I am not a contester in the ARRL contest like the ones here who have the knowledge to help. So I welcome positive comments and suggestions all the time. 73, Geary KE5IRK On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 1:45 PM Jim K5SP <jinnis@...> wrote: Geary, getting good advice on connections. When all else fails, Amateur Radio works.
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