From w7gj at q.com Sun Apr 2 20:26:03 2017 From: w7gj at q.com (Lance Collister, W7GJ) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 00:26:03 +0000 Subject: [50mhz] More Harris Platinum I Channel 2 TV amplifiers Message-ID: <28b076f8-67e3-b318-227b-5e047dc6fc39@q.com> As some of you may be are aware, I was involved a few years ago in adapting these high quality surplus amplifiers for use on 6m. Typically, 10 to 15w drive provides 1 kw output power. Information on how to build an effective cooling system and low pass filter (along with links to all the specifications) are shown on my website: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/HarrisAmps.htm There also is information on the above website on how to combine a pair of them if you want to create a solid state amp capable of 1500w+ continuous output for use on digital modes. I have recently been advised of another source of these Channel 2 amplifiers. Bill Heap has a number of these in storage, along with the rear panel RF output and RF input/DC power cables with the unique Harris connectors. All you would need to put these on 6m would be to construct the low pass filters and mount cooling fans on top of them. And of course, provide 50VDC. If you are interested in gearing up for 6m EME or a QRO Es season, please contact Bill directly: bill heap GL and CU on 6m! VY 73, Lance -- Lance Collister, W7GJ(ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ, E6M, TX5K, KH8/W7GJ, V6M, T8GJ, VK9CGJ, VK9XGJ) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834-0073 USA TEL: (406) 626-5728 QTH: DN27ub URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj Skype: lanceW7GJ 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the Magic Band EME email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web page (above)! From af5cc2 at gmail.com Tue Apr 4 12:09:30 2017 From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 11:09:30 -0500 Subject: [50mhz] FS: Yaesu HF plug 6m/2m/70cm all mode radio Message-ID: I have for sale a Yaesu FT857D HF/6m/2m/70cm all mode radio in good condition. This is the model that does 100 watts on HF and 6m, 50 watts on 2m, and 20 watts on 70cm. It is in pretty good condition physically, with some wear around the mobile mount holes from being used mobile, but the rest of the case looks good. There are no problems with the display, no lines or anything in it. This rig has built in DSP for noise reduction, auto notch, and band pass filtering. The audio peak filter on CW really helps to pull signals out of the noise. It has a built in CW memory keyer with 3 memories, and a digital VOX circuit for the ACC jack so interfacing to your computer for the digital modes is extra easy, just requiring a CT-39A packet cable. It comes with a mic, power cord, and manual. There is a very slight gap on the left side where the faceplate fits onto the radio, but the faceplate stays on tight. This is a great way to get the 3 most popular VHF/UHF bands, plus HF as well, for a good price. I am asking $470 shipped,in the US, these sell new for over $800. I can take paypal/check/MO 73 John AF5CC From w7gj at q.com Tue Apr 4 16:37:54 2017 From: w7gj at q.com (Lance Collister, W7GJ) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 20:37:54 +0000 Subject: [50mhz] VK9 6m DXpedition Update Message-ID: <282573b3-e514-5d82-8b84-48d4935fc7f9@q.com> Hello! I am very excited by all the new stations on 6m digital due to the widespread use of MSK144 on random meteor scatter! All these stations also have the capability to run JT65A mode, and many probably have the capability to operate 6m EME during their moonset or moonrise. Please spread the word to any newcomers to 6m digital about my upcoming 6m EME DXpedition, and invite them to try practicing with some big stations before next September ;-) Since my last update, I have been busy finalizing plans for the upcoming DXpedition, as well as checking out my equipment. A separate PTT was added to the FT-857 I am taking to VK9: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/FT857ptt.htm I also have been finishing a plan for the operating schedules at VK9. New EXCEL and PDF links to the planned operating schedules at VK9C and VK9X are on my webpage: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Indian%20Ocean%202017.htm Because I am so far away, the only possibility for eastern NA is during my moonset, and the only possibility for western NA is on my moonrise. Please refer to the posted planned operating schedules for details. If you think that you will not be able to be QRV for any of the times shown on the operating schedule, or are concerned that you think I may not be QRV during your only moon windows, please send me an email and I will try to make a special effort to watch for you. However, remember that I will have trouble elevating over 60 degrees elevation, so please try to work me when my moon is lower than that. I know there also are a number of new stations planning to come onto 6m EME in the coming months - please make sure that I have your callsigns and grid squares in my CALL3.txt file so I don't disregard your call as a false decode! Please note that the above planned operating schedules are subject to change. However, I am planning to operate from moonrise to moonset for 3 days from each DXCC during the 3 days of lowest Degradation each month. This hopefully will provide enough opportunity even for stations who are not in EU or NA. Please note that the days of lowest Degradation will also be over a weekend while I am in both DXCC, so I am providing activity at a time when I hope most stations can be active. Even though 6m EME conditions are not ideal, I also plan to be QRV from moonrise to moonset from VK9XGJ during the first weekend of the ARRL EME Contest, October 7-8. Please let me know if you have any questions. Good luck and I hope to see you from VK9 in just 5 months from now! Best wisehs for success during the upcoming Es season! VY 73, Lance -- Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ, E6M, TX5K, KH8/W7GJ, V6M, T8GJ, VK9CGJ, VK9XGJ) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834-0073 USA TEL: (406) 626-5728 QTH: DN27ub URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj Skype: lanceW7GJ 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the Magic Band EME email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web page (above)! From w2zv at w2zv.com Fri Apr 7 10:49:18 2017 From: w2zv at w2zv.com (Gary Greene) Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 10:49:18 -0400 Subject: [50mhz] SVHFS conference coming April 28 and 29, 2017, Registration ends April 15th In-Reply-To: <58DC5683.2000006@w2zv.com> References: <58DC5683.2000006@w2zv.com> Message-ID: <58E7A6EE.8090506@w2zv.com> Please mail in your registration, our pre-registration ends April 15th. We need the head count for Friday Lunch and Saturday Banquet by then. Note that the hotel has change it's lunch menu this year, it now offers a Chicken Salad option, and the Grilled Veggies and Cheese has become a Veggie Wrap for this year. I have modified the registration form for this change. If you have already registered, and want to change your lunch or diner selection, just email me and I will get it changed, and notify you within a couple of days. You can download the registration form at http://www.w2zv.com/gary/2017_SVHFS_registration.pdf and fill it out and send the money with the registration or by using PayPal to "treasurer at svhfs.org" by April 15th. Please include you call and lunch and diner choices in the PayPal notes, and remember to mail in the registration form so we have the hard copy a week before the conference. I hope to see many of you there, Gary Greene, W2ZV, committee member of the SVHFS conference for 2017. From dpclement at tds.net Sat Apr 8 11:41:50 2017 From: dpclement at tds.net (Mickie Clement) Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 11:41:50 -0400 Subject: [50mhz] Invitation To 2017 Eastern VHF-UHF-Microwave Conference -- April 21-22-23, -- Manchester, CT In-Reply-To: <1a46309a-3835-5fd5-8da4-ddfdac37fa6c@tds.net> References: <1a46309a-3835-5fd5-8da4-ddfdac37fa6c@tds.net> Message-ID: The Eastern VHF Conference is coming up on April 21-23 . Check out the latest line-up of Speakers, Agenda, Schedule, and List of Attendees at www.newsvhf.com Paul Wade, W1GHZ, has sent the Proceedings CD to the printer. It has all of the presentations plus 17 additional papers. It is not too late to register. We hope to see all of you VHF/UHF enthusiasts during this exciting weekend. 43rd ANNUAL EASTERN VHF/UHF/MICROWAVE CONFERENCE Fri./Sat./Sun. April 21-22-23, 2017 BAYMONT INN & SUITES, 20 Taylor St., Manchester, CT 06042 (just a few miles northeast of Hartford, CT off I-84, at Exit 63) To reserve a room for Friday and Saturday nights, call the Hotel at: 860-643-5645 Conference Registration ONLY $30.00 Includes: Saturday Pizza+Sub Lunch Thursday & Friday -- Evening Super Hospitality Room Proceedings CD Sat. Eve. Banquet Buffet $30. Extra Proceedings CD's -- $5ea. at the Registration Desk **Registration at www.newsvhf.com is on-line NOW FRIDAY----7am--FREE Continental BREAKFAST for those staying at the Baymont Inn Noon ? Lunch-- on your own Friday afternoon session - 2-5pm 6pm to 10pm-- SUPER HOSPITALITY ROOM & INDOOR SWAP & VENDORS SATURDAY----7am--FREE Continental BREAKFAST for those staying at the Baymont Inn 8am to 5pm -- Presentations 8am to 5pm -- Indoor Vendors Noon -- PIZZA+SUB+beverage LUNCH INCLUDED with reg.! 6pm -- Pre-Banquet Hospitality 7pm -- BANQUET BUFFET, Tom Kirby Award Presentation, Banquet Speaker, Trivia Quiz, Door Prizes SUNDAY--7am--FREE Continental BREAKFAST for those staying at the Baymont Inn 8 AM Yaesu Talk 9-11am -- SWAP/TAILGATE in Parking Lot (No Early Birds!) Sponsored by: North East Weak Signal Group (NEWS) QUESTIONS? Please Contact either Conference Co-Chairmen: Paul, W1GHZ, (presentations, proceedings) w1ghz at arrl.net Mark K1MAP, (hospitality, hotel, swaps/vendors) map92map at gmail.com (cell) 413-777-9828 (if no answer, please leave message) Bradley International Airport (Hartford, CT), is close by the site (1/2 hr). The New York, Boston, Providence, Albany airports are a 2-3 hour drive. The Hartford Amtrak Train station is only about 15 minutes from the hotel. ******Nearby Radio & Electronics Attractions: **Vintage Radio & Communications Museum of CT, 115 Pierson Lane, Windsor, CT (15 miles west) **ARRL Headquarters, 225 Main St., Newington, CT (20 miles south) **Cables & Connectors, 2307 Berlin Turnpike, -Rt.15, Newington, Ct (20 miles south) **Lentini Communications, 221 Christian Lane -Unit A, Berlin, CT (20 miles south) **Harbor Freight Tools-in Tri-City Plaza -35 Talcottville Rd, CT RT 83 (1 mile north) ******Other Nearby Attractions within 60 miles: New England Air Museum at Bradley Int'l Airport, Windsor Locks, CT (15 miles) Trolley Museum, East Windsor, CT (18 miles) Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, MA (25 miles) Springfield, MA Quadrangle Museums, (25 miles) Yankee Candle, South Deerfield, MA (55 miles) Old Sturbridge Village, Strubridge, MA (35 miles) Old Deerfield, Deerfield, MA (60 miles) Butterfly Conservatory, Deerfield, MA (56 miles) Eastern States Exposition (The Big E) West Springfield, MA (25 miles) Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, CT (40 miles) Mohegan Sun Casino, Montville, CT (35 miles) Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT (55 miles) Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT (55 miles) Buckland Mall, Manchester, CT (3 miles) ******Nearby Colleges within 60 miles: Amherst, Yale, UMass, UConn, Smith, Trinity, U of Hartford, Springfield, AIC, Western New England Univ, Hampshire College, WPI, and many more. --------------------------------------- Boston and New York are about 100 miles. Southern Vermont and New Hampshire are about 80 miles north. The Connecticut coast (Mystic, New London, New Haven) is only about 50 miles south. ______________________________________________________________ NEWSVHF mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/newsvhf Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From bpmiles at gmail.com Mon Apr 17 00:18:55 2017 From: bpmiles at gmail.com (Brian Mileshosky) Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 22:18:55 -0600 Subject: [50mhz] 2017 CSVHFS Conference -- Call for Papers, Presentations & Posters Message-ID: Greetings -- The Central States VHF Society is soliciting papers, presentations, and posters/tabletop displays for the 51st annual Central States VHF Society Conference, to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 27?30 July, 2017 at the Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel. Papers, presentations, and posters on all weak-signal VHF and above amateur radio topics are being sought. TOPIC AREAS SOLICITED Antennas including Modeling, Design, Arrays, and Control; Test Equipment including Homebrew, Commercial, and Measurement Techniques & Tips Construction of equipment such as Transmitters, Receivers, and Transporters Operating including Contesting, Roving, and DXpeditions RF power amps including Single and Multi-band Vacuum Tube, Solid-state, and TWTAs Propagation including Ducting, Sporadic E, Tropospheric, Meteor Scatter, etc. Pre-amplifiers (low noise) Digital Modes WSJT, JT65, etc. Regulatory topics Moon Bounce Software-defined Radio (SDR) Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Topics such as FM, repeater, packet radio, etc., are generally considered outside of the scope of papers, presentations, and posters being sought. However, there are always exceptions. Please contact the point of contact below if you have any questions about the suitability of a particular topic. You do not need to attend the conference nor present your paper to have it published in the Proceedings. Posters will be displayed during the Conference. KEY DEADLINES: For papers to be included in the Proceedings: Monday, 12 June 2017 For Presentations to be given at the Conference: Friday, 30 June 2017 For Posters and Tabletops to be displayed at the Conference: Abstracts due by: Friday, 30 June 2017. Completed poster should be brought for setup at the Conference on 27 July. POINT OF CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS, ABSTRACTS, DELIVERY: Ed James KA8JMW email: ka8jmw at arrl.net Snail mail: 10 Trade Ct., Edgewood, NM 87105 FORMATTING AND DELIVERY: See Conference website (http://2017.csvhfs.org ) for Proceedings, Presentation, and Posterboard formatting guidelines Submissions accepted via email, Dropbox, Google Drive, CD/DVD, USB stick/thumb drive, etc. CONFERENCE DETAILS: Visit the Conference website at http://2017.csvhfs.org , which is being populated with event details throughout the month of April. Online registration will open on or shortly after May 1. Additional conference details will be announced as opening of registration nears! In the meantime, please rally all of the VHF/UHF/Microwave hams you know in your area and across the country, mark your calendars for July 27-30, and plan to join us at the 2017 Central States VHF Society Conference in sunny Albuquerque, New Mexico. 73, Brian N5ZGT 2017 CSVHFS President From w7gj at q.com Fri Apr 21 17:29:28 2017 From: w7gj at q.com (Lance Collister, W7GJ) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 21:29:28 +0000 Subject: [50mhz] 6m BBQ in Austin TX at the end of September Message-ID: <4007964f-c993-efab-2d54-b14c680637b8@q.com> I understand there are plans for a 6m BBQ next fall after all: https://community.flexradio.com/flexradio/topics/save-the-date-for-the-2017-6m-bbq-in-austin-tx#.WOcz3o1EMS8.facebook Sorry to say, I will be moving the 6m EME station from VK9CGJ to VK9XGJ at that time, but hopefully will be able to contact many of you serious 6m DXers from each place, since the best days for EME will not conflict with dates for the BBQ ;-) GL and VY 73, Lance -- Lance Collister, W7GJ(ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ, E6M, TX5K, KH8/W7GJ, V6M, T8GJ, VK9CGJ, VK9XGJ) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834-0073 USA TEL: (406) 626-5728 QTH: DN27ub URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj Skype: lanceW7GJ 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the Magic Band EME email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web page (above)!