COMPARISON OF THE ICOM IC-7300 AND YAESU FT-DX10 TRANSCEIVERS
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Re: Breakfast Topic: FOX 7 - KTBC Broadcasting Frequency
The bandwidth of Television channels is 6MHz wide, so 174-18? MHZ.
Using the formula 28?8/freq.=1/2 wave at center frequency of 177MHZ=.15.8644?6779661?2"? for 1/4 wave, double that for 1/2 wave.
You should really make it a folded dipole for 3?? Ohms, then use 3?? Ohm twin lead to the TV, and a the good old 4:1 balun at the receiver.
This is old school, but this is best for low loss, and noise rejection.
"This was generated by AI"
(Another Idiot)
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Re: Breakfast Topic: FOX 7 - KTBC Broadcasting Frequency
Thanks Alex. That's about 16.9 inches for quarter wave. 34 inches for 1/2 wave. No wonder my little 4" antenna doesn't receive KTBC very well. I'll try building a simple wire Moxon.
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Breakfast Topic: FOX 7 - KTBC Broadcasting Frequency
Transmit Frequency 174.0 according?to?. I assume the units are MHz (not displayed).
The primary and sub channels are multiplexed on the same frequency according?to this:?.
Thanks for playing! ;-)
Alex Smith
WZ1Q
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KE5RS Foxhunt May 9th, 2024 Results
Hello Foxhunt Enthusiast
Foxhunt May 9th, 2024 has ended
Congratulations and thank you to to those who got out and hunted, found the fox or
just got close.
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End Date: Tue May 14th, 2024 @ 6:55 am |
Foxhunt results can be found
Again, congratulations.? Hope you all had fun.
John, KE5RS
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2024 ARRL Field Day - Sign up time!
Greetings, Hambuds!
?? Hope everyone is doing well, and getting beneficial rain.?
?? At breakfast last week, someone raised a question about antennas at Field Day.? So, if you are planning on bringing and operating a station, please reply to this thread and tell us on what band(s) your antenna(s) will work.? Also, please state which modes you are planning on operating.? Thanks!
Have a good week.
73,
Tim L.
N5TML
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The following files and folders have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group.
By: Brian Zwiener KF5CCN <kf5ccn@...>
The following files and folders have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group.
By: Brian Zwiener KF5CCN <kf5ccn@...>
Description:
Collins 30L-1
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Added Folder /File Archives/Amplifier Information and Articles
#file-notice
Brian Zwiener KF5CCN <kf5ccn@...> added folder /File Archives/Amplifier Information and Articles
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This will be mostly HF.
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Re: ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND TEST (11 May 2024)
OK - more input below from ARRL's recent email.
I just successfully contacted (0235Z - May 11) the USS Midway - callsign NIIW, in San Diego on SPLIT - I was listening on 14.476 and transmitting on 14.345. Pretty cool. I gave him a 59 and he had me at an improving 57 to 58.
The annual DOD message will be transmitted via RTTY on 14.667 kHz at
1400 and 2000 UTC. These tests provide opportunities and challenges
for radio operators to demonstrate individual technical skills in a
tightly controlled exercise scenario. Military stations will
transmit on selected military frequencies and announce the specific
ARS frequencies monitored. All scheduled times will be in Zulu, and
all scheduled frequencies will be upper sideband (USB), unless
otherwise noted.?
Information on frequencies, times, and other technical information
can be found at DoD MARS - Armed Forces Day at,
https://www.dodmars.org/mars-comex-information-website/armed-forces-day
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The Battleship IOWA Amateur Radio Association (BIARA) and the ship's
Innovation, Engineering and Technology Team will activate NEPM,
which was the ship's original radio station call sign from 1942
until 1997. It was reassigned to the ship in 2015. The activation
will begin at the same date and time as the Armed Forces Day
Crossband Test, from 1400 to 2000 UTC. All SSB operations are USB
only for transmit and receive.
Assigned transmit and expected receive frequencies are:?
* 4.0435 to 3.943 MHz USB
* 6.9035 to 7.295 MHz USB
* 9.9440 to 10.113 MHz CW
* 14.4635 to 14.343 MHz USB
* 18.2930 to 18.143 MHz USB?
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RCA female bulkhead connector need
I only need one solderable RCA female bulkhead connector. Anyone have one that is coming to breakfast tomorrow?
73, Greg
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KE5RS Foxhunt May 9th, 2024 Activated
Hello Foxhunt Enthusiast
There's a hidden fox in the area.
Let's get out
those yagis, loops, attenuators and all your other favorite
signal tracking, direction finding gear and get it dusted off, get outside and exercise those signal tracking skills.
Fox hunting is a lot of fun so let's
get out there and have some fun.
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| Start Date: Thu May 9th, 2024 @ 5:48 pm |
| End Date: Mon May 13th, 2024 ~ 8:00 pm |
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| Location Hint: The fox is hidden someplace North Central Cedar Park. |
Picture is optional, no need to submit a picture of the
fox.
When you find the fox, locate the colored tag hanging with it,
submit the tag color, your name and any comments you may have
More details of the foxhunt can be found here
Happy hunting and keep safe.
John, KE5RS
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ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND TEST (11 May 2024)
Can anyone clarify this "Crossband" test on Saturday?? Are we supposed to listen on channel A of our transceiver and SPLIT our Tx to whatever frequency they announce they will be listening on???? I've participated in DoD tests before on 60m, but never done this "crossband" version.
If you understand what they want, chime in,... don't guess.? My radios are not modified for MARS. Appears that they want us to stay in authorized ARS frequencies.?
73, Greg
ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND TEST (11 May 2024)
The Department of Defense will host this year¡¯s Armed Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test, scheduled for May
11, 2024. This annual event is open to all licensed amateur radio operators and will not impact any public or
private communications. For more than 50 years, military and amateur stations have taken part in this event,
which is an interoperability exercise between hobbyist and government radio stations.
The AFD Crossband Test is a unique opportunity to test two-way communications between military
communicators and radio stations in the Amateur Radio Service (ARS), as authorized in 47 CFR 97.111. These
tests provide opportunities and challenges for radio operators to demonstrate individual technical skills in a tightly
controlled exercise scenario that does not impact any public or private communications.
Military stations will transmit on selected military frequencies and will announce the specific ARS frequencies
monitored. All times are ZULU (Z), and all frequencies are Upper Side Band (USB) unless otherwise noted. The
frequencies used for the test will not impact any public or private communications and will not stray outside the
confines of the exercise.
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KE5RS Foxhunt Apr 26th, 2024 Results
Hello Foxhunt Enthusiast
Foxhunt Apr 26th, 2024 has ended
Congratulations and thank you to to those who got out and hunted, found the fox or
just got close.
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End Date: Tue Apr 30th, 2024 @ 2:31 pm |
Foxhunt results can be found
Again, congratulations.? Hope you all had fun.
John, KE5RS
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Re: [wcares] KE5RS Foxhunt Apr 27th, 2024 Activated
Hello Foxhunt Enthusiast
Sorry people for the last foxhunt notification email/s.? Ignore those I sent just before noon today. I did something, messed up on my end, cache memory in my phone that resent those emails with incorrect dates,
My bad.
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Arrggg ?
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John
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On Behalf Of John KE5RS via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2024 11:59 AM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: [wcares] KE5RS Foxhunt Apr 27th, 2024 Activated
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Hello Foxhunt Enthusiast
There's a hidden fox in the area.
Let's get out those yagis, loops, attenuators and all your other favorite signal tracking, direction finding gear and get it dusted off, get outside and exercise those signal tracking skills.
Fox hunting is a lot of fun so let's get out there and have some fun.
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Start Date: Sat Apr 27th, 2024 @ 11:58 am
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End Date: Wed May 1st, 2024 ~ 2:00 pm
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Location Hint: Someplace south of Waco but North of San Antonio in West Central Leander. Should be a pretty easy find.
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Picture is optional, no need to submit a picture of the fox.
When you find the fox, locate the colored tag hanging with it, submit the tag color, your name and any comments you may have
More details of the foxhunt can be found here
Happy hunting and keep safe.
John, KE5RS
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KE5RS Foxhunt Apr 27th, 2024 Activated
Hello Foxhunt Enthusiast
There's a hidden fox in the area.
Let's get out
those yagis, loops, attenuators and all your other favorite
signal tracking, direction finding gear and get it dusted off, get outside and exercise those signal tracking skills.
Fox hunting is a lot of fun so let's
get out there and have some fun.
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| Start Date: Sat Apr 27th, 2024 @ 11:58 am |
| End Date: Wed May 1st, 2024 ~ 2:00 pm |
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| Location Hint: Someplace south of Waco but North of San Antonio in West Central Leander. Should be a pretty easy find. |
Picture is optional, no need to submit a picture of the
fox.
When you find the fox, locate the colored tag hanging with it,
submit the tag color, your name and any comments you may have
More details of the foxhunt can be found here
Happy hunting and keep safe.
John, KE5RS
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Re: Time to get ready for ARRL Field Day 2024
Hi, Hambuds!
?? Thanks to everyone who responded!!? Great!? Hope everyone else is starting making plans to attend on Field Day.
73, Tim L.
I had a TR-7050!? Loved that radio.
I have a spare IC-7300 and puts out 100 watts.?? Having scouts
out would be awesome!
Marc
WA6HBR
On 4/26/24 15:01, Justin (KK7DTE) via
wrote:
I will be able to come out to Summer Field Day this year. I have
finally started to learn SSB, so I'm interested in learning more,
especially learning how to log faster and more efficiently. I'm
still using my Lab599 TX500 on QRP, with a Super Antenna MP1. I'm
also going to bring my Kenwood TR-7950, as I didn't realize older
radios came without tone boards. Mine has a tone board, but I'm
not sure how to use it or program my radio for local repeaters. I
guess I need an Elmer!?
Thanks for showing me last year how to install Anderson
Powerpoles!
I'll help if I can. I'd like to get Scouts out to field day for a
GOTA station. Let me know if there's interest in that and I can
arrange a signup for local Scouts. My QRP probably isn't the best
for a GOTA station, so if someone has a spare 100w rig, that would
be great.
--
Yes, that really is my last name.
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Email from MFJ -- GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
Dear Fellow Hams and Friends,
?????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? April 25, 2024
Dear Fellow Hams and Friends, ??????????????????
?
?? It is with a sad heart as I write this letter.
?
?? 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.
?
?? 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.?
?
?? 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.
?
?? 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.?
?
?? 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.?
?
?? 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.
?????????
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Sincerely Yours, 73s
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??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Martin F. Jue, K5FLU
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Re: Time to get ready for ARRL Field Day 2024
I had a TR-7050!? Loved that radio.
I have a spare IC-7300 and puts out 100 watts.?? Having scouts
out would be awesome!
Marc
WA6HBR
On 4/26/24 15:01, Justin (KK7DTE) via
groups.io wrote:
I will be able to come out to Summer Field Day this year. I have
finally started to learn SSB, so I'm interested in learning more,
especially learning how to log faster and more efficiently. I'm
still using my Lab599 TX500 on QRP, with a Super Antenna MP1. I'm
also going to bring my Kenwood TR-7950, as I didn't realize older
radios came without tone boards. Mine has a tone board, but I'm
not sure how to use it or program my radio for local repeaters. I
guess I need an Elmer!?
Thanks for showing me last year how to install Anderson
Powerpoles!
I'll help if I can. I'd like to get Scouts out to field day for a
GOTA station. Let me know if there's interest in that and I can
arrange a signup for local Scouts. My QRP probably isn't the best
for a GOTA station, so if someone has a spare 100w rig, that would
be great.
--
Yes, that really is my last name.
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Re: Time to get ready for ARRL Field Day 2024
I will be able to come out to Summer Field Day this year. I have finally started to learn SSB, so I'm interested in learning more, especially learning how to log faster and more efficiently. I'm still using my Lab599 TX500 on QRP, with a Super Antenna MP1. I'm also going to bring my Kenwood TR-7950, as I didn't realize older radios came without tone boards. Mine has a tone board, but I'm not sure how to use it or program my radio for local repeaters. I guess I need an Elmer!?
Thanks for showing me last year how to install Anderson Powerpoles!
I'll help if I can. I'd like to get Scouts out to field day for a GOTA station. Let me know if there's interest in that and I can arrange a signup for local Scouts. My QRP probably isn't the best for a GOTA station, so if someone has a spare 100w rig, that would be great.
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KE5RS Foxhunt Apr 26th, 2024 Activated
Hello Foxhunt Enthusiast
There's a hidden fox in the area.
Let's get out
those yagis, loops, attenuators and all your other favorite
signal tracking, direction finding gear and get it dusted off, get outside and exercise those signal tracking skills.
Fox hunting is a lot of fun so let's
get out there and have some fun.
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| Start Date: Fri Apr 26th, 2024 @ 2:09 pm |
| End Date: Tue Apr 30th, 2024 ~ 4:00 pm |
| ? |
| Location Hint: Someplace south of Waco but North of San Antonio in West Central Leander. Should be a pretty easy find. |
Picture is optional, no need to submit a picture of the
fox.
When you find the fox, locate the colored tag hanging with it,
submit the tag color, your name and any comments you may have
More details of the foxhunt can be found here
Happy hunting and keep safe.
John, KE5RS
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Brian Zwiener KF5CCN
John Benedict KE5RS
Justin (KK7DTE)