Re: Need to take down my steppir
Barring family emergency, I can be there .
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On Dec 16, 2022, at 10:48 AM, Joe Schippert via groups.io <joe_schippert@...> wrote:
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Hi Dave,
I've got family flying in this Sunday, will unfortunately be unable to throw in with you guys.
73, Joe AJ2Y
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On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 10:32:54 AM EST, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:
Thanks for all the offers.? Looks like some might be available this weekend, so if I can get 2 or 3 folks this Sunday (say 1pm, after it warms up a bit) we can take the steppir down.? If I can figure out what’s wrong with it and get it fixed, maybe I can get it back up the week after xmas. ? So can a couple folks make it Sunday?? (I’ll have two of my boys to help as well). ? Maybe we can go grab lunch at biscuits and more afterwards?? I’ll buy.? ? Dave UW ? ? Gents, Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir?? It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.? Same drill as taking the antennas down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks. I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.? Dave UW
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Re: Need to take down my steppir
Hi Dave,
I've got family flying in this Sunday, will unfortunately be unable to throw in with you guys.
73, Joe AJ2Y
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On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 10:32:54 AM EST, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:
Thanks for all the offers.? Looks like some might be available this weekend, so if I can get 2 or 3 folks this Sunday (say 1pm, after it warms up a bit) we can take the steppir down.? If I can figure out what’s wrong with it and get it fixed, maybe I can get it back up the week after xmas. ? So can a couple folks make it Sunday?? (I’ll have two of my boys to help as well). ? Maybe we can go grab lunch at biscuits and more afterwards?? I’ll buy.? ? Dave UW ?
From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dave Moss Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2022 9:25 PM To: [email protected]Subject: [N4N-Field-Day] Need to take down my steppir ? Gents, Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir?? It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.? Same drill as taking the antennas down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks. I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.? Dave UW
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Re: Need to take down my steppir
I'm totally out this Sunday.? Sorry.? I'd take you up on the offer at BAM!
Tim
On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 10:32 AM Dave Moss < davemoss@...> wrote: Thanks for all the offers.? Looks like some might be available this weekend, so if I can get 2 or 3 folks this Sunday (say 1pm, after it warms up a bit) we can take the steppir down.? If I can figure out what’s wrong with it and get it fixed, maybe I can get it back up the week after xmas. ? So can a couple folks make it Sunday?? (I’ll have two of my boys to help as well). ? Maybe we can go grab lunch at biscuits and more afterwards?? I’ll buy.? ? Dave UW ? ? Gents, Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir?? It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.? Same drill as taking the antennas down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks. I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.? Dave UW
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Re: Need to take down my steppir
Thanks for all the offers.? Looks like some might be available this weekend, so if I can get 2 or 3 folks this Sunday (say 1pm, after it warms up a bit) we can take the steppir down.? If I can figure out what’s wrong with it and get it fixed, maybe I can get it back up the week after xmas. ? So can a couple folks make it Sunday?? (I’ll have two of my boys to help as well). ? Maybe we can go grab lunch at biscuits and more afterwards?? I’ll buy.? ? Dave UW ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dave Moss Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2022 9:25 PM To: [email protected]Subject: [N4N-Field-Day] Need to take down my steppir ? Gents, Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir?? It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.? Same drill as taking the antennas down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks. I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.? Dave UW
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Re: Need to take down my steppir
Dave,
? ? ? ? ? I am working that week but don't have the girls. If daylight permits, after my drive over from the airport after work, I could help.?
Sincerely,?
Drew
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From: Jeff Otterson <jeffrey@...>
Date: 12/16/22 7:53 AM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] Need to take down my steppir
I am working most days.? I have the 26th off
Jeff
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 9:24 PM Dave Moss < davemoss@...> wrote:
Gents,
Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir??
It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.?
Same drill as taking the antennas
down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then
pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks.
I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.?
Dave UW
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Re: Need to take down my steppir
If Matt's in then I think I'm game to help out, too.
I should be free most days that week.
-Matt
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 9:24 PM Dave Moss < davemoss@...> wrote:
Gents,
Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir?? It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.?
Same drill as taking the antennas down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks.
I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.?
Dave UW
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Re: Need to take down my steppir
I don't have too much in my calendar that week.? I should be able to help.
Tim
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 9:24 PM Dave Moss < davemoss@...> wrote:
Gents,
Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir?? It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.?
Same drill as taking the antennas down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks.
I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.?
Dave UW
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Re: Need to take down my steppir
I should be free most days that week.
-Matt
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 9:24 PM Dave Moss < davemoss@...> wrote:
Gents,
Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir?? It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.?
Same drill as taking the antennas down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks.
I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.?
Dave UW
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Re: Need to take down my steppir
I am working most days.? I have the 26th off
Jeff
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 9:24 PM Dave Moss < davemoss@...> wrote:
Gents,
Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir?? It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.?
Same drill as taking the antennas down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks.
I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.?
Dave UW
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Re: Need to take down my steppir
I’m in depending on the day.
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On Dec 15, 2022, at 9:43 PM, Edmund Thompson <Edmundthompson@...> wrote:
?I'm available 17, 18, 24, and 31 Dec.
73, Eddie? AE4TQ? On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 21:24, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:
Gents,
Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir?? It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.?
Same drill as taking the antennas down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks.
I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.?
Dave UW
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Re: Need to take down my steppir
I'm available 17, 18, 24, and 31 Dec.
73, Eddie?
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 21:24, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:
Gents,
Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir?? It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.?
Same drill as taking the antennas down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks.
I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.?
Dave UW
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Need to take down my steppir
Gents,
Anybody available the week between xmas and new year to help me take down my steppir?? It has a short somewhere in the cable/reflector control unit that I need to get it down to sort out.?
Same drill as taking the antennas down after Field Day—pull one section at a time from the rocket launcher mast until it drops from 35 ft to 10 ft, then pop off the top piece with antenna and rotor attached.? Should take an hour or less.? But I need a critical mass of 5 folks.
I’ll pick a day when it’s within the window of the 10 day forecast and hopefully choose a day we can count on good WX.?
Dave UW
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Checkout today’s paper - Living & Arts section
Pg E4 is a near-full page article featuring our own Tom Crowley.
No mention of ham radio ?
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Re: Chopmist Hill, Rhode Island's Secret Listening Post in WWII
Yeah Eric,? That is a very cool article.? Thanks for sharing!
W2FMU
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Re: Chopmist Hill, Rhode Island's Secret Listening Post in WWII
Hey Eric,
Nifty article.? Great site as well!?
TNX and 73, Joe? AJ2Y
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On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 07:21:05 AM EDT, Eric Howell <erhowell@...> wrote:
Interesting article. I do like the quote from the article. ? “It was not the receptivity of the location, but the advanced secret radio equipment used there that made Chopmist Hill’s place in history.” He added, “Though reception was remarkably good, it was 99 percent knowhow that created such a success between 1941 and 1945.” ? Just before Pearl Harbor, Chopmist Hill in Scituate, R.I., was the center of the world. That’s what the Federal Communications Commission discovered in 1941. The hill’s geographic and atmospheric conditions were extremely favorable for radio reception, and its receivers could grab wireless signals from much of the globe.... ? ? Eric ? ? ? ? de Eric Howell W4MC w4mc@... . . .? _ . _ ? ? -- Eric Howell W4MC w4mc@...
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Re: Chopmist Hill, Rhode Island's Secret Listening Post in WWII
That place was conveniently located a couple hours drive from the HQ of National Radio.? One of the pix shows what looks to be some kind of National receiver.
There was a bunch of National stuff on display at Bletchley Park when I was?there.
Jeff n1kdo
On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 9:26 AM Tom Crowley < crowleytj@...> wrote: Eric, great article! ? Tnx, ? Tom KT4XN ? Sent from for Windows ? From: Eric Howell
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 7:21 AM
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Subject: [N4N-Field-Day] Chopmist Hill, Rhode Island's Secret Listening Post in WWII ? Interesting article. I do like the quote from the article. ? “It was not the receptivity of the location, but the advanced secret radio equipment used there that made Chopmist Hill’s place in history.” He added, “Though reception was remarkably good, it was 99 percent knowhow that created such a success between 1941 and 1945.” ? Just before Pearl Harbor, Chopmist Hill in Scituate, R.I., was the center of the world. That’s what the Federal Communications Commission discovered in 1941. The hill’s geographic and atmospheric conditions were extremely favorable for radio reception, and its receivers could grab wireless signals from much of the globe....
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Re: Chopmist Hill, Rhode Island's Secret Listening Post in WWII
Eric, great article! ? Tnx, ? Tom KT4XN ? Sent from for Windows ?
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From: Eric HowellSent: Monday, September 19, 2022 7:21 AM To: [email protected]Subject: [N4N-Field-Day] Chopmist Hill, Rhode Island's Secret Listening Post in WWII ? Interesting article. I do like the quote from the article. ? “It was not the receptivity of the location, but the advanced secret radio equipment used there that made Chopmist Hill’s place in history.” He added, “Though reception was remarkably good, it was 99 percent knowhow that created such a success between 1941 and 1945.” ? Just before Pearl Harbor, Chopmist Hill in Scituate, R.I., was the center of the world. That’s what the Federal Communications Commission discovered in 1941. The hill’s geographic and atmospheric conditions were extremely favorable for radio reception, and its receivers could grab wireless signals from much of the globe.... ? ? Eric ? ? ? ? de Eric Howell W4MC w4mc@... . . .? _ . _ ? ?
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Re: Chopmist Hill, Rhode Island's Secret Listening Post in WWII
Too bad they did not have a few K4D and maybe some KX2 for portable stations. Steve WM6P
On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 7:21 AM Eric Howell < erhowell@...> wrote: Interesting article. I do like the quote from the article. ? “It was not the receptivity of the location, but the advanced secret radio equipment used there that made Chopmist Hill’s place in history.” He added, “Though reception was remarkably good, it was 99 percent knowhow that created such a success between 1941 and 1945.” ? Just before Pearl Harbor, Chopmist Hill in Scituate, R.I., was the center of the world. That’s what the Federal Communications Commission discovered in 1941. The hill’s geographic and atmospheric conditions were extremely favorable for radio reception, and its receivers could grab wireless signals from much of the globe....
? ? Eric ? ? ? ? de Eric Howell W4MC w4mc@... . . .? _ . _ ? ? -- Eric Howell W4MC w4mc@...
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Chopmist Hill, Rhode Island's Secret Listening Post in WWII
Interesting article. I do like the quote from the article. ? “It was not the receptivity of the location, but the advanced secret radio equipment used there that made Chopmist Hill’s place in history.” He added, “Though reception was remarkably good, it was 99 percent knowhow that created such a success between 1941 and 1945.” ? Just before Pearl Harbor, Chopmist Hill in Scituate, R.I., was the center of the world. That’s what the Federal Communications Commission discovered in 1941. The hill’s geographic and atmospheric conditions were extremely favorable for radio reception, and its receivers could grab wireless signals from much of the globe.... ? ? Eric ? ? ? ? de Eric Howell W4MC w4mc@... . . .? _ . _ ? ? -- Eric Howell W4MC w4mc@...
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Re: The Navy-Marine Corps Team Needs Amateur Radio Operators
I actually ran a watch station at the MARS station at Corey Field in Pensacola. I was the MARS Chief while I was stationed there. When I was transferred to Diego Garcia I found that they revoked my call so I didn’t bother trying to get it back. While at Corey we ran a lot of phone patches for the Ships in the Atlantic, Med, and Indian Oceans. I had operators on every night. For many of them it was their introduction to Ham Radio. ? ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Moss
Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 12:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] The Navy-Marine Corps Team Needs Amateur Radio Operators? Yea, I used to operate the MARS station from Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNN0NYN). Then around 1985 the guy in charge of the MARS station started giving me (and others) a ration of crap for not logging enough hours. It was the solar cycle minimum and bands were often dead. So I told the guy to pound sand and ran phone patches from home on the ham bands when propagation allowed. Kept a schedule with McMurdo Sound until the operator rotated back stateside. Lots of fond memories, especially around Christmas.? UW
On Sep 5, 2022, at 8:50 PM, Eric Howell <erhowell@...> wrote:
? -------- Original message -------- Date: 9/5/22 7:01 PM (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] The Navy-Marine Corps Team Needs Amateur Radio Operators Thanks for the info.? As an old MARS operator this was of particular interest. Fighting Communists since 1968. ? ? On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 2:07 PM Eric Howell <erhowell@...> wrote:
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Jeff Otterson n1kdo
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