I would be interested in a couple also. Larry
On 11/19/2020 4:32 PM, Harley ki7xf via
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Made a couple of these in the
last year.
Find them very handy when
testing things.
Power Pole connectors on both
ends, so it feeds through.
The meter is available for
about 50 cents, if purchased in quantities of 10 or so.
My Grandson 3-d printed the
case.
If there is interest, we
could do an order for some of the little voltmeters.
Have some cases printed and
sell it as a DIY kit at cost.
You supply the power poles.
Posted a couple of photos on
the groups.io w7ed page.
One photo is attached:
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I would be interested in a couple of them Harley.? T
Made a couple of these in the last year. Find them very handy when testing things. Power Pole connectors on both ends, so it feeds through.
The meter is available for about 50 cents, if purchased in quantities of 10 or so. My Grandson 3-d printed the case.
If there is interest, we could do an order for some of the little voltmeters. Have some cases printed and sell it as a DIY kit at cost. You supply the power poles.
Posted a couple of photos on the w7ed page.
One photo is attached:
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I would be interested! kc7ewz
Made a couple of these in the last year. Find them very handy when testing things. Power Pole connectors on both ends, so it feeds through.
The meter is available for about 50 cents, if purchased in quantities of 10 or so. My Grandson 3-d printed the case.
If there is interest, we could do an order for some of the little voltmeters. Have some cases printed and sell it as a DIY kit at cost. You supply the power poles.
Posted a couple of photos on the w7ed page.
One photo is attached:
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Made a couple of these in the last year. Find them very handy when testing things. Power Pole connectors on both ends, so it feeds through.
The meter is available for about 50 cents, if purchased in quantities of 10 or so. My Grandson 3-d printed the case.
If there is interest, we could do an order for some of the little voltmeters. Have some cases printed and sell it as a DIY kit at cost. You supply the power poles.
Posted a couple of photos on the groups.io w7ed page.
One photo is attached:
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The Belgrade Fall Festival has been canceled this year. KD7TQM?
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To all, With true sadness today I learned of the death of Tom Duffy. He was one of the helicopter pilots that we used for many years to fly us and our equipment to Bridger Ridge. His dad Mark Duffy is the owner of Central Helicopter. Tom had just flown us down from Bridger Ridge less than two weeks ago when we changed out the 88 repeater. I have many great memories of nearly 20 years of flights with him. My thoughts are with the Duffy family and everyone at Central Heliocopter. Neil KL7JGS
-- Neil Ramhorst KL7JGS
P.O. Box 4424
Bozeman, MT 59772-4424
406-581-1575
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What radios are available to be sold? J. Bruce Robertson, M.D., FACS, CPE, AME Gallatin Urology & Aviation Medical Exams 2002 N. 22nd Ave., Suite 1 Bozeman, MT? 59718-3153 Office:? (406) 551-2306 Fax:? ? ?(406) 551-2309 Cell:? ? ?(406) 570-9655
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 12:55 PM Neil kl7jgs < kl7jgs@...> wrote: Hello all,
A couple of things going on with ERA:
Have three more donations:
Don KC7EWZ
Gary KI7QVZ
Wendall NV7W
Also:
Trevor donated several radios to be sold and the proceeds donated to ERA.
Thanks!
Neil
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Hello all,
A couple of things going on with ERA:
Have three more donations:
Don KC7EWZ
Gary KI7QVZ
Wendall NV7W
Also:
Trevor donated several radios to be sold and the proceeds donated to ERA.
Thanks!
Neil
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Hello all,
Summer is starting to wind down.
The trip up to the Bridger Ridge site was a success, our fear was that the antenna had gone bad. Harley and Pat were able to repair the bad receive pre-amp, as well as install a new MTR2000 Motorola repeater.
As the Treasurer of ERA I wanted to extend a thanks to all who have donated to ERA this year.
Below is a list of everyone that I show has donated this year. If I've missed anyone, please let me know. It is important that we acknowledge everyone who has helped.
Our rent for the Bridger Ridge site is caught up now. We were behind by about a half year. That leaves us with about 225.00 left in the account. Our insurance is due soon for the equipment and liability.
I've applied for several grants, but no success yet.
We need to have a little more reserve going into the end of the year. Any contributions will be appreciated. There is a P.O. box and also Pay Pal for the Association. P.O. Box 4381 Bozeman, MT 59772
73,
Neil KL7JGS
2020 Contributors
AC7V Eric??? ??? KF7TAH Felicia??? Scott AA7SR??? Rich W7AMT Wade WA7YD??? Todd WA7U??? Ray KG7RAU??? Darrel KI7JLH??? Norm KD7TQM??? Vivian K7CUB??? Jim WA7MKN??? Bill AB7KK
Bruce KJ7EX??? John KG7BLO??? Rob NR7B??? Larry KF7L??? Michael AF7DQ??? Larry K6PJ??? Ralph KC7PFH??? Glen AG7MH??? Don N7FLT Troy AF7HG ?? Darrell KG7KCU ??? Matt KI7LNA ?? Bruce Walker KE7SJZ
Curtis W0GIS??? Neil KL7JGS??? Big Sky Wind Drinkers
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Thank you, to all involved in the repeater upgrade.
Larry KF7L
On 8/6/2020 5:25 PM, Harley ki7xf via
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Today, Thursday, a
replacement 88 repeater was installed on Bridger ridge.
The old GE Mastr II served us
well for around 20 years.
The replacement repeater is a
Motorola MTR2000.
Power to the antenna is now
around 52 watts. Was around 30 watts before.
The squelch opens at about .1
uV
There is nothing on the
MTR2000 that can be adjusted with a screwdriver.
All is done with via
software, using an old Laptop running XP.
It should reach out better,
and hear better.
Would like to hear what
differences in coverage you folks notice.
Or any problems that you
discover.
The change-over was made by
ae7nz & ki7xf.
Other hams that helped were
kl7jgs and kg7kcv.
The MTR2000 was donated to
ERA by Gallatin County, a "hand me down" as they upgraded.
73
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On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 17:54, Todd wa7u <wa7u77@...> wrote: Thanks Harley and all. Great improvement. WA7U? On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 5:38 PM Don kc7ewz < kc7ewz@...> wrote: THANKS for all of yours work!
Today, Thursday, a replacement 88 repeater was installed on Bridger ridge. The old GE Mastr II served us well for around 20 years.
The replacement repeater is a Motorola MTR2000. Power to the antenna is now around 52 watts. Was around 30 watts before.
The squelch opens at about .1 uV There is nothing on the MTR2000 that can be adjusted with a screwdriver. All is done with via software, using an old Laptop running XP.
It should reach out better, and hear better.
Would like to hear what differences in coverage you folks notice. Or any problems that you discover.
The change-over was made by ae7nz & ki7xf. Other hams that helped were kl7jgs and kg7kcv.
The MTR2000 was donated to ERA by Gallatin County, a "hand me down" as they upgraded.
73
-- . Todd G.
WA7U
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Thanks Harley and all. Great improvement. WA7U?
On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 5:38 PM Don kc7ewz < kc7ewz@...> wrote: THANKS for all of yours work!
Today, Thursday, a replacement 88 repeater was installed on Bridger ridge. The old GE Mastr II served us well for around 20 years.
The replacement repeater is a Motorola MTR2000. Power to the antenna is now around 52 watts. Was around 30 watts before.
The squelch opens at about .1 uV There is nothing on the MTR2000 that can be adjusted with a screwdriver. All is done with via software, using an old Laptop running XP.
It should reach out better, and hear better.
Would like to hear what differences in coverage you folks notice. Or any problems that you discover.
The change-over was made by ae7nz & ki7xf. Other hams that helped were kl7jgs and kg7kcv.
The MTR2000 was donated to ERA by Gallatin County, a "hand me down" as they upgraded.
73
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THANKS for all of yours work!
Today, Thursday, a replacement 88 repeater was installed on Bridger ridge. The old GE Mastr II served us well for around 20 years.
The replacement repeater is a Motorola MTR2000. Power to the antenna is now around 52 watts. Was around 30 watts before.
The squelch opens at about .1 uV There is nothing on the MTR2000 that can be adjusted with a screwdriver. All is done with via software, using an old Laptop running XP.
It should reach out better, and hear better.
Would like to hear what differences in coverage you folks notice. Or any problems that you discover.
The change-over was made by ae7nz & ki7xf. Other hams that helped were kl7jgs and kg7kcv.
The MTR2000 was donated to ERA by Gallatin County, a "hand me down" as they upgraded.
73
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Can't wait to give it a try.? Thank you, KI7XF, et al.!??
Rob
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Today, Thursday, a replacement 88 repeater was installed on Bridger ridge. The old GE Mastr II served us well for around 20 years.
The replacement repeater is a Motorola MTR2000. Power to the antenna is now around 52 watts. Was around 30 watts before.
The squelch opens at about .1 uV There is nothing on the MTR2000 that can be adjusted with a screwdriver. All is done with via software, using an old Laptop running XP.
It should reach out better, and hear better.
Would like to hear what differences in coverage you folks notice. Or any problems that you discover.
The change-over was made by ae7nz & ki7xf. Other hams that helped were kl7jgs and kg7kcv.
The MTR2000 was donated to ERA by Gallatin County, a "hand me down" as they upgraded.
73
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Any one want to handle this?
Harley
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I
am the new STEAMlab coordinator at the Montana Science
Center in Bozeman, and have been a ham since
1990, AE7PJ. It has been a while since I have been to
any W7ED meetings, but was fairly active as a
non-voting member for a few years.
The Montana Science Center was formerly the Bozeman
Children's Museum, and has recently rebranded
and relocated to across Huffine from the mall. In the
rebranding, one of our goals is to raise the
average age of our customers, begin to target middle
and high school students, and get them excited
in all things technology related. In that effort, I
feel that creating a ham station at the Science
Center is perfectly in line with our vision.
When I was active with W7ED, one of the areas of
focus was to attract the interest of younger
hams. What better way, than to bring ham radio to
where there are middle and high school students
are, who already have expressed an interest in
technology. However, I can not do it all myself. There
is plenty of opportunity for the Gallatin Ham Radio
Club to help! I know there are members
who have built many more stations than I have, so I
would greatly appreciate some consultation in
planning and installing one when the time comes. Any
hardware that could be donated to bolster the
utility of the station would be fabulous. I also plan
on providing license classes, and could use
the help of your experienced instructors and VEs
My long term goal is to start a youth ham club at the
Montana Science Center to participate in
the various aspects of ham radio, both in the shack
and in the field. I think W7ED would be a great
Elmer club to help it get off the ground, and maintain
a healthy relationship between the
generations of hams.
Best regards,
Tim Schober
STEAMlab Coordinator
Montana Science Center
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Re: Looking for Dual Band mobile
Hi Trevor,
I've got an older Yaesu FT-530 dual band I'd take $50 for. I bought
it new. It hasn't been used very much but works fine. I've got the
AA battery case and two rechargeable cases with NiMH batteries but
they don't hold a charge. Both the large and small rechargeable
packs can be rebuilt by Batteries Plus and others. Have original
manuals and case.
If something like that will work let me know.
Larry
KF7L
On 6/8/2020 8:31 PM, Trevor kg7kcv
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Anyone have an extra radio to liquidate? Yaesu would be
preferred.?
Thanks!
Trevor KG7KCV
570_5672
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Looking for Dual Band mobile
Anyone have an extra radio to liquidate? Yaesu would be preferred.?
Thanks!
Trevor KG7KCV
570_5672
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Re: New , High power tv on highflat
Hi, I just reviewed the FCC data for KBZK.? It appears they went to a taller tower, and a non-directional antenna.? Consequently, their ERP is a bit lower at about 14kw. However their assigned channel is 13, which is 210-216mhz.? That is a lot of RF in the vicinity of sensitive repeaters.? I could get my spectrum analyzer up there and see how clean the neighborhood is.
--
W7CLS
Jim Shelden
Sweetgrass Engineering
Radio/TV/Broadcast Certification, Repair, Design
Four Corners, MT
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Re: New , High power tv on highflat
HI: It is a new tower for KBZK
David w7cxc
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven kf7ecj <steven.potratz@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, May 19, 2020 6:20 am
Subject: Re: [W7ED] New , High power tv on highflat
I wish I knew more to lend a credible voice to the conversation. Is it a new tower or on the same one?
On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 9:57 PM Don kc7ewz < kc7ewz@...> wrote: As the new TV broadcasters go online on HiFlat, It will be interesting to see if the increased noise floor will affect the various repeaters that have to listen.? Ham, SAR , Public Safety.
Thoughts?
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Harley ki7xf
Rob nr7b