From w4tas at gte.net Sun Feb 1 17:45:46 2015 From: w4tas at gte.net (w4tas) Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 17:45:46 -0500 Subject: [AReU] Next Tuesday Message-ID: <12A1C45664C947DBBFAA8A0D7C33EC58@tonyslaptop> If everything goes as planned, I will bring some test gear for AREU next Tuesday. The exercise (nothing physical I assure you) will be to set up a test range for a few of the unusual antennas I have collected over the years. Some of them have been given to me by members of AREU, BARS or other ham friends. Others have been collected at ham fests or purchased from various sources. I have an RF generator and a test antenna for the reference signal source. Some of the antennas to be tested are: 1. Small horn (home brew) with waveguide transition 2. Large horn (home brew) with waveguide transition 3. Dielectric (from Ray-W4BYG) with waveguide transition 4. Conical (from Terry WA4BYK) 5. Vivaldi (purchased from Kent Britain WA5VJB) 6. LPDA (purchased from Kent Britain WA5VJB) 7. Spiral (not a helix) (purchased at a long ago ham fest) 8. Open end of a WR90 waveguide transition with tuning stub (from Ray-W4BYG) 9. Open end of a WR90 waveguide transition without tuning stub (from E-Bay) 10. I will bring an old Dish Network 18 inch dish and we will see how much extra gain it will deliver over the non enhanced antennas. You will be very-very surprised. All of the tests will conducted in the meeting room at a distance of about 10 ft. The test frequency will be 10223 MHz. The signal source will be a converted ?brick? oscillator by Ma-Com. It has a power output in the neighborhood of 20 to 30 mill watts (not important when measuring relative antenna gain). The test receiver will be an HP 435 power meter with an 8484 D power sensor. I have not performed this test before so I have very little to say about the outcome. I know there will be some surprises and some antennas that you have never seen before. Tony From w4tas at gte.net Sat Feb 7 13:39:11 2015 From: w4tas at gte.net (w4tas) Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 13:39:11 -0500 Subject: [AReU] n4dlw e mail Message-ID: Dave, Would you send your e mail address to me. I have some sstv pics for you. Tony From w4tas at gte.net Sat Feb 14 12:48:00 2015 From: w4tas at gte.net (Photobucket) Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:48:00 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [AReU] w4tas has shared an album with you. Message-ID: <14b89344824.7d7e.18fcaf@ismtpd-084> Hello! w4tas Shared an album with you. Here are some photos of my AO 40 setup in the 90's and the Brandon VHF and UHF repeaters. I am testing this site to post photos, Any feedback about how it works will be appreciated. Tony Here's a link to that file. http://s1296.photobucket.com/user/w4tas/library/ ____________________________________________ Photobucket | For the love of photos. Manage your email settings: http://photobucket.com/settings/notifications Unsubscribe from emails like this: http://photobucket.com/unsubscribe Photobucket.com - http://photobucket.com From ka4inm at gmail.com Sat Feb 28 21:11:27 2015 From: ka4inm at gmail.com (KA4INM) Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 21:11:27 -0500 Subject: [AReU] <----- March, 2015 Your club meeting notice In-Reply-To: <547A1114.2030901@gmail.com> References: <547A1114.2030901@gmail.com> Message-ID: <54F2754F.3080703@gmail.com> [AReU] March, 2015 meeting It's almost time for another fine AReU meeting: Next Tuesday March 3, 2015 we will meet at our usual place es at our usual time. Be a part of the best technical HAM club hereabouts, a place to meet with fellow HAMs to share experiences, get help from more seasoned HAMs about everything from operating, equipment es to get help with your repair problems. (with no demands upon you es no pressure or red tape of any color) So remember: 03-03-15 NEXT Tuesday is our next monthly AReU meeting day. REGULAR PLACE Bell Shoals Baptist, Church building "C" REGULAR TIME 7 pm RC, 7:30 meeting begins BTW: Everyone is encouraged to post any HAM related questions that you or your friends have right here any time in the month. That is what this reflector is for, that es these meeting notices. It has come to my attention that the North door is no longer a path to our meeting room, please walk around the corner to the West side of the building es enter through the kitchen door. (closest to the sports complex next door es it's parking lot) So join us at the Bell Shoals Baptist church building "C" in South Brandon at 7 for RC or 7:30 for the program, when we have one. If you are bringing a program, please let me know so we can advertize it. ARe U going? Talk in is on 147.165 MHz + offset