Hi Mike.? Same here although we were able to do the ARES HF net
this evening (5-12) and the Golden Bear Net on 3.975.? Friday all
bands were dead at my location.? The aurora was quite strong here
as well both Friday and Saturday night.? May be more this evening.
Joel KD7JG
On 5/11/2024 6:08 AM, KF7STP Mike
Orcutt wrote:
An extreme G5
geomagnetic storm??last
night, according to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. The G5 storm is the
strongest () to hit
Earth since October 2003. The storm triggered the
aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern
lights, in many parts of the US and around the
world ().?Geomagnetic
conditions could persist through this weekend and
potentially disrupt?some telecommunications and
power grids.
My radio is
flatline on all bands. Is anybody doing better??
Mike
KF7STP
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An extreme G5 geomagnetic storm??last night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The G5 storm is the strongest () to hit Earth since October 2003. The storm triggered the aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights, in many parts of the US and around the world ().?Geomagnetic conditions could persist through this weekend and potentially disrupt?some telecommunications and power grids. My radio is flatline on all bands. Is anybody doing better?? Mike KF7STP |
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I'll send out some SSTV tomorrow just after 6:30pm on 145.500 FM. I'll run the radio at about 60 watts and will do about 4 or 5 transmissions between 6:30 and 7.?? A cell phone and an HT is all that is needed to receive these images. Apple and Android both have software that is available to do the conversion, just look for SSTV in the respective store.
If you have any questions on what software just let me know. I'm really familiar with Android, but not Apple.
Tyson W7BL
541-910-2784
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Re: High frequency sma cable
On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 9:29?PM W7BL, Tyson Brooks via <tyson.brooks5= [email protected]> wrote:
Here is what I found out about the company. If it looks like what I've seen on similar parts on ebay, i think there might be limited use for it. It looks like it was for microwave. But as long as it is 50ohms you should be able to use it for something though, but you probably can't run to many watts through it.
Tyson
W7BL
Adams-Russell was folded into M/A-COM a long time ago,?which was sold to Amp, to Tyco, then to Cobham. ? On March 31, ?2009?Cobham divested M/A-COM Technology Solutions to GaAs Labs:
UK-based aerospace technology developer Cobham plc has completed its planned divestment of M/A-COM¡¯s commercial division, now named M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc (MTS), for up to $90M. The transaction excludes cash and the freehold of the Walker Building in Lowell, MA, USA (valued at $10M).
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Re: High frequency sma cable
Here is what I found out about the company. If it looks like what I've seen on similar parts on ebay, i think there might be limited use for it. It looks like it was for microwave. But as long as it is 50ohms you should be able to use it for something though, but you probably can't run to many watts through it. Tyson W7BL
Adams-Russell was folded into M/A-COM a long time ago,?which was sold to Amp, to Tyco, then to Cobham. ? On March 31, ?2009?Cobham divested M/A-COM Technology Solutions to GaAs Labs:
UK-based aerospace technology developer Cobham plc has completed its planned divestment of M/A-COM¡¯s commercial division, now named M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc (MTS), for up to $90M. The transaction excludes cash and the freehold of the Walker Building in Lowell, MA, USA (valued at $10M).
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In the minutes, I've included a correction for the dates for Field Day. The dates mention in the meeting are in the document, but in red I've included the correct dates.
Tyson
W7BL
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Field Day dates are incorrect in our meeting
I am in the process of putting the minutes together tonight and I noticed that it was mentioned (I think my me) that Field Day is on the last weekend of the month. That is incorrect. It is the 4th weekend of the month. Sometimes it aligns with it being the last, but not this year. The correct date is June 22 11am to June 23rd 11am. That would make the dinner on 21st, not the 27th.
In the minutes, I have the dates originally talked about listed, but I have added text in red showing the correction. Normally I don't think I should put that correction in the actual minutes outside of a meeting, but because of the nature of the event, I want to make sure it is listed and that everyone is informed.
The minutes will be out tonight.
Source: http://www.arrl.org/field-day
Tyson
W7BL
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Here is a picture of the sma rf cable, google only turns up EBAY hits, can't find specs as yet.
73 KE6JMG Harold
Thanks in Advance!
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Just an FYI if you have not seen the announcement from MFJ. ? Tyson W7BL ?
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From: MFJ Enterprises Inc. <mfj@...>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2024 2:20 PM
To: tyson Brooks <tyson.brooks5@...>
Subject: A Heavy Sad Heart? | ? Dear Fellow Hams and Friends, ?????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? April 25, 2024
Dear Fellow Hams and Friends, ??????????????????
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?? As many of you have heard by now, MFJ is ceasing its on-site production in Starkville, Mississippi on May 17, 2024.? This is also the same for our sister companies¡¯ Ameritron, Hygain, Cushcraft, Mirage and Vectronics.
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?? Times have changed since I started this business 52 years ago.? Our product line grew and grew and prospered.? Covid changed everything in businesses including ours.? It was the hardest hit that we have ever had and we never fully recovered.?
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?? I turned 80 this year.? I had never really considered retirement but life is so short and my time with my family is so precious.
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?? I want to thank all of our employees who have helped build this company with me over the years.? We have many employees who have made MFJ their career for 10, 20, 30, 40 and more years.?
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?? We are going to continue to sell MFJ products past May 17, 2024.? We have a lot of stock on hand. We will continue to offer repair service work for out-of-warranty and in-warranty units for the foreseeable future.?
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?? Finally, a special thanks to all of our customers and our dealers who have made MFJ a worldwide name and a profitable business for so many years.? You all are so much appreciated.
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???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Sincerely Yours, 73s
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Here is a link to the data displayer:
A lot of different uses for this, what I'm trying for mainly is to display decoded RTTY data from the many newer ham radios that have DATA connectors on them. And/or packet radio signal data.
(can "read the news" from far away, or respond to a CQ)
:-)
73 KE6JMG
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Meeting Agenda for 4/23/24
Members,?
attached is the meeting agenda notes from our meeting.?
See you in May,? C.? W7CDL.? 
Go Wildcats!
¡°They don¡¯t care what you know until they know that you care¡±
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As mentioned in the last meeting, we created an Amazon purchasing list for the membership. Please look for your ham club online email from the club with the link in it. I just sent it out today at 3:52pm
Tyson?
W7BL
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Well everyone, I'm really late getting this out. I'll try to be better going forward. I will bring some copies for everyone to look over tonight.
Tyson Brooks
W7BL
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4-23-24 Treasurer's report
Good Morning to All, Attached?is my 4-23-24 treasurer's report and members list. As always if you have any questions please let me know. Mike Orcutt KF7STP?   Treasurer
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Re: Two crank up 60ft towers are listed in Facebook Marketplace - La Grande
Here is the group I read sometimes, nice old time teletype info To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit ? ? ? ??
Here is a description?of my problem with MMTTY ::
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?The setting I'm looking for is when I am on the laptop with? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?running and have MMTTY running so that it is decoding?,? AND THEN send what MMTTY ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?is decoding out to the COM port of the laptop, this appears to be the big problem, I've tried many ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?configurations, and with the old dos MODE command, but to no avail. no radio problem, just ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?software control of MMTTY that still runs from me.
To find your old teletype ifo?+ schematics, not just military teletypes, but EVERYTHING else! ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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A guy in La Grande has two crank up 60ft towers for sale. They are listed in Facebook marketplace.
Tyson W7BL
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Two crank up 60ft towers are listed in Facebook Marketplace - La Grande
A guy in La Grande has two crank up 60ft towers for sale. They are listed in Facebook marketplace.
Tyson W7BL
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Tonight's Sunday Night Net Roster
Nice group tonight. Starting at 7pm and ending at around 7:45, we had 8 people participate.
KJ7TCH talked about a modified J-Pole antenna that he built. The plans are included in this email
Roster for tonight
W7BL
W7GQE
KJ7TCH
KE6JMG
KG7HRZ
KD7DB
KD7CEM
KG7WQM
Tyson Brooks W7BL
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Good evening everyone,
???? We have a new Technician! Cory Rush passed his test on Tuesday night, but unfortunately, the FCC systems crashed and he didn't get his call sign till this morning. So far it looks like he can reach NK7J's Union repeater on 147.060. Beaver Mt is just a little bit too far with just the standard HT antenna.
Tyson
W7BL
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Treasures report for 3-26-24
Good Morning All, Here's the Treasurer's report for 3-26-24 and I'm currently showing 13 paid members/families. If you haven't paid your 2024 dues and are unable to attend our meeting please feel free to mail it to me and please make the check ($20.00) payable to GRRAA?. Respectfully Mike Orcutt KF7STP? ? ? ? 541-200-4872 PO Box 507 Union, OR 97883
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Digital Mode of the Month - SSTV (Slow Scan TV)
Hello everyone,
???? Last month I talked about doing a short digital mode of the month talk at the club meetings. I was going to do RTTY, but figured SSTV would be an easy first mode to do and can be done by anyone.
If you are interested in the history and tech side of things, please visit
To participate in the demo you will need some software.
If you have an android based phone,
????? Robot36 - SSTV Image Decoder
????? SSTV Image Encoder
If you have an Apple based phone,
?????? SSTV Slow Scan TV by Black Cat Systems (does both encoding and decoding)
PC based (We won't be using these at the meeting)
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At the meeting we can select a few dates and I will transmit some Slow Scan TV. I will do this on 2m and some HF frequencies for everyone to try.
Tyson Brooks
W7BL
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