From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Wed Jun 1 12:56:35 2016 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 12:56:35 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] SARA June Meeting Tomorrow - June 2 Message-ID: Just a reminder that our monthly meeting will take place tomorrow, Thursday, June 2nd at 8pm in the 6th Floor Safety Training Room of Stamford Govt Center (888 Washington Blvd) in Stamford. Pizza at 6:15 at John the Baker, 30 Long Ridge Rd in Stamford. The subject of the meeting will be Field Day planning. Hope to see you all tomorrow. 73 Jon, WB2RYV P.S. Remember, SARA does not have meetings in July and August. From tom at k1ta.com Fri Jun 3 08:02:55 2016 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 08:02:55 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Congratulations Lisa Neuscheler Message-ID: Congratulations Lisa Neuscheler on her new call - *KC1YL* Tom Alessi Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW From tom at k1ta.com Fri Jun 3 08:13:42 2016 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 08:13:42 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Norwalk Comm Center, Saturday 6/4 Message-ID: QST * QST * QST K1TA to all radio amatuers: The Norwalk Comm. Center will be open, tomorrow, Saturday June 4, from 0900 - 1200 local. Stop by and operate the club station, get questions answered by our Elmers, have a cup of coffee or tea (maybe a donut) or just come by and say hello! Located at 100 Fairfield Ave, Norwalk, CT Directions: http://tinyurl.com/GNARC-COMM-CENTER Talk in on SNE/DMR or W1NLK 146.475MHz. Hope to see you there. 73 de K1TA Tom Alessi Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW From tc4racer at gmail.com Sun Jun 5 15:37:54 2016 From: tc4racer at gmail.com (Paul Lourd) Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 15:37:54 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] NPOTA - Weir Farm Tomorrow - 6/6 Message-ID: While in the Lowes parking lot just now, I spotted a ham visiting the area (the VHF, 10 meter and screwdriver antennas were a dead giveaway!). I said hello, and it turns out he is activating Weir Farm in Wilton TOMORROW MORNING. 08:30 to 11:30. He is going to try 40 meters first, SSB and CW. So, if you are home, lets light him up!! Get that rig on and give him some points!! His call is W1TEF and is from South Carolina. Paul WB2JVB From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Mon Jun 6 09:16:49 2016 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 09:16:49 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] ARRL CEO at Fairfield Message-ID: Last chance - anybody want to go to Fairfield for the meeting with the ARRL CEO? It's tonight at 7pm at the Fairfield Police Station on Reef Road in Fairfield. 73 Jon From samd65 at gmail.com Tue Jun 7 13:23:44 2016 From: samd65 at gmail.com (samd65 .) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 13:23:44 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Repeater mapping Message-ID: Hello all, 2 weeks ago I tried an experiment: drive around the MS Ride route with one of those $20 dongles, a GPS, and an old computer, and see what I can get. Many thanks go out to Frank (KB1QZH), Paul (WB2JVB) and Jon (WB2RYV) for their help. Special thanks go to my friend Matt (not a ham...yet), for spending about 6 hours helping to adapt the original code written by Alexander Nikolaev, as well as teaching me how it all works. http://sam.cantthinkofa.com/heatmap/index.html This is a work in progress, and unfortunately not all of the data collected was usable. The slider at the bottom chooses between the Wilton, Danbury, and New Milford repeaters (in that order). The slider on the right scrolls through time. Before people tell me "this is broken", I'm aware the displayed frequencies are wrong, and the band display is incorrect. I'm working on that. I'm also working on incorporating the Stamford DMR into this, but since we won't be using it for the MS Ride it wasn't a priority. Original heatmap can be found here . 73, Sam - NV1P From samd65 at gmail.com Tue Jun 7 19:45:20 2016 From: samd65 at gmail.com (samd65) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 19:45:20 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Followup on the maps Message-ID: All, I've received quite a bit of feedback from people about my maps, and I figure instead of answering the same questions individually I'd just let everyone know. On the bottom slider: LEFT 440.76 is the Wilton repeater. MIDDLE 440.97 is Danbury. RIGHT 445.75 is New Milford. Yes, I realize that those frequencies aren't quite right. Yes, I know the page is broken. Red indicates strongest signal strength, orange is a strong signal, yellow is medium signal strength, and green is low signal strength. Unfortunately, the map makes it look like all of the repeaters can be heard at all times. There are a number of reasons why this happened. Some I confirmed, some I have hypothesized. The end result is that it's a $20 dongle and there's only so much you can do to make it pretend to be a piece of real test equipment. For anyone wanting to try this themselves the link was included in the previous email. The original project is at http://www.tautology2.net/heatmap/. From there, you can click on the github https://github.com/ati/heatmap. If you use this yourself just remember that you need to change the API key to your own. There's also a link on that page where you can upload your own data, and it will crunch the numbers for you. However, that is only good for looking at one frequency at a time, and since the data I collected was for 440-449MHz all it showed was red (since there was always a strong signal somewhere in the 9MHz). 73, Sam - NV1P From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Thu Jun 9 22:05:27 2016 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 22:05:27 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Fwd: [GNARC] Need people for MS Ride In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hams needed for the MS Ride coverage on Sunday. Please folks - even if you can only volunteer for a few hours. J ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: samd65 Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 8:29 PM All, Due to dropouts and route restructuring, as of right now I have 10 people that need to fill 13 slots. If anyone is available on Sunday please contact me as soon as possible 73, Sam NV1P From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Sat Jun 11 13:04:53 2016 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 13:04:53 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] VE Session Results Message-ID: 2 new Technicians 3 existing technicians upgraded to General 2 new members of the club A good day 73 Jon, WB2RYV From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Sun Jun 12 20:14:11 2016 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 20:14:11 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Fwd: [GNARC] MS Ride In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you everyone. And especially the SARA members who participated. 73 Jon, WB2RYV ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: samd65 Date: Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 7:16 PM Subject: [GNARC] MS Ride To: gnarc Hello everyone, This years MS Bike ride started at Cranbury Park in Norwalk, spanned 4 different routes (10, 25, 62, and 100 miles), used two repeaters for coverage, as well as APRS to keep track of all SAG and scout vehicles. The longest of the routes went up north to the Danbury/Bethel area, with the first riders leaving at 7:30 am, and the last of them arriving back at 4:30 pm. With our assistance the majority of the 160+ riders were able to traverse the course in relative safety with a reduced amount of confusion. I would sincerely like to thank everyone who helped make sure today's bike ride went as smoothly as possible, despite all of the logistical issues that presented themselves. Many thanks to: WB2RYV, Net control AB1QK, George K1BIM, Frank K1WYQ, Toy KA1NGF, Greg KB1QXR, Chris KB1SQU, Laurie KB1YYN, Marc KB1VWJ, Rachel KB1YLQ, Steve KC1PWH, Peter N1ARG, Art N1KWV, Herb N1PLH, Mike W1GIG, Tim WA1JBO, Terry I would also like to thank both the Norwalk and Candlewood Amateur Radio Clubs for the use of their repeaters, without which none of the communications today would have been possible. 73, Sam Dick - NV1P ______________________________________________________________ GNARC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:GNARC 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 art.ballentine at gmail.com Thu Jun 16 15:33:48 2016 From: art.ballentine at gmail.com (Franklyn A. Ballentine, Jr) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:33:48 +0000 Subject: [CTSARA] Crowdfunded SDR - LimeSDR Message-ID: Hi All, I apologize for spamming the lists but I wanted to get the word out about the LimeSDR crowdfunding campaign in case anyone missed it. Yes I backed it and I really want to see it funded and succeed. LimeSDR is similar to the HackRF or BladeRF. It's a USB3 full duplex open source SDR. There's also a PCIe version. One of the goals of the project is to make SDRs easier for everyone. One of the ways they are going about this is to use the Snappy Ubuntu Core, Ubuntu for Internet of Things (i feel dirty typing that). Basically, the aim is make it easier find and load apps for LimeSDR. Their website can do better job of explaining https://www.crowdsupply.com/lime-micro/limesdr Check out the updates to see the projects people of have come up with so far: https://www.crowdsupply.com/lime-micro/limesdr/updates The point I want to get across is the campaign ends in five days and they are 75% funded. They have release another around of lower price units and have knocked the price down on the acrylic case. Thanks and 73 frank b kb1qzh From tom at k1ta.com Fri Jun 17 09:46:49 2016 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:46:49 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] 1x2 Vanity call available MUST APPLY TODAY Message-ID: QST - QST - QST ATTENTION EXTRA CLASS AMATEURS W1WP is available. Applications MUST be put in by midnight today. http://ae7q.com/query/list/GenLicAvail.php?REGION=1 It doesn't matter if you have other applications in, you can always withdraw and application if you actually get a call you like. Lets try to keep the 1st District in New England ! Tom Alessi Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW From tom at k1ta.com Fri Jun 17 10:13:22 2016 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:13:22 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Norwalk Comm Center OPEN - Saturday 6/18 Message-ID: QST * QST * QST K1TA to all Radio Amatuers: The Norwalk Comm. Center will be open, tomorrow, Saturday June 18, from 0900 - 1200 local. Stop by and operate the club station, get questions answered by our Elmers, have a cup of coffee or tea (maybe a donut) or just come by and say hello! Located at 100 Fairfield Ave, Norwalk, CT off I-95 Exit 14 Northbound. Directions: http://tinyurl.com/GNARC-COMM-CENTER Talk in on SNE/DMR or W1NLK 146.475MHz. Hope to see you there. 73 de K1TA Tom Alessi Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW From kb1ylq at gmail.com Sun Jun 19 18:03:28 2016 From: kb1ylq at gmail.com (kb1ylq at gmail.com) Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 18:03:28 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Tweet from Steve Urso - KB1YLQ (@kb1ylq) Message-ID: Steve Urso - KB1YLQ (@kb1ylq) tweeted at 5:56 PM on Sun, Jun 19, 2016:Stamford Amateur Radio Association 2016 Field DayJune 25 -26The Observatory-Stamford MuseumDirections:https://t.co/KN5xvYAD4o(https://twitter.com/kb1ylq/status/744650156130316289?s=09) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download?s=13 Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Tablet From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Mon Jun 20 11:02:15 2016 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:02:15 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Field Day Transportation Message-ID: If anyone needs transportation to/from our Field Day site, please contact me. 73 Jon, WB2RYV From tom at k1ta.com Mon Jun 20 12:03:22 2016 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:03:22 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] 1x2 District call available MUST apply TODAY ONLY. Message-ID: QST - QST - QST W1GK is available for application by Extra Class Licensees Application MUST be made TODAY ONLY. To Apply sign into your ULS account and apply online FREE. https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/licManager/login.jsp Good luck to all who apply. 73 de K1TA Tom Alessi Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW From tom at k1ta.com Tue Jun 21 14:21:10 2016 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:21:10 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Upgrade Inspiration Message-ID: If anyone needs inspiration to upgrade take a look at this: https://www.facebook.com/groups/100wattsandawire/1767399060139501 9 year old Hope Lea just passed her Extra. Shes been a ham since she was 8. Tom Alessi Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW From tc4racer at gmail.com Tue Jun 21 15:40:26 2016 From: tc4racer at gmail.com (Paul Lourd) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:40:26 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] [GNARC] Upgrade Inspiration In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Kids are good at memorizing. It is not possible that a 9 year old understands any of the theory, unless of course she is also a genius, which I suppose is possible. WB2JVB On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Tom Alessi wrote: > If anyone needs inspiration to upgrade take a look at this: > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/100wattsandawire/1767399060139501 > > 9 year old Hope Lea just passed her Extra. Shes been a ham since she was > 8. > > Tom Alessi > Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com > C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 > *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW > ______________________________________________________________ > GNARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:GNARC 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 pdanzer at optonline.net Tue Jun 21 16:23:50 2016 From: pdanzer at optonline.net (P. Danzer) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:23:50 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] [GNARC] Upgrade Inspiration In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000001d1cbfa$d2c84da0$7858e8e0$@optonline.net> Years ago, when I taught the old novice course (theory and 5-wpm code) there were a number of smaller kids passing. One I remember was W1FSM's daughter, who's hand was so small she could barely handle the straight key. Once they could read and do simple arithmetic they could pass. Paul, N1ii -----Original Message----- From: GNARC [mailto:gnarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul Lourd Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 3:40 PM To: Tom Alessi Cc: ctsara Mailman ; gnarc Subject: Re: [GNARC] Upgrade Inspiration Kids are good at memorizing. It is not possible that a 9 year old understands any of the theory, unless of course she is also a genius, which I suppose is possible. WB2JVB On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Tom Alessi wrote: > If anyone needs inspiration to upgrade take a look at this: > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/100wattsandawire/1767399060139501 > > 9 year old Hope Lea just passed her Extra. Shes been a ham since she > was 8. > > Tom Alessi > Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com > C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 *"CW Forever > !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW > ______________________________________________________________ > GNARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:GNARC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ GNARC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:GNARC 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 lelievre992 at gmail.com Wed Jun 22 11:23:12 2016 From: lelievre992 at gmail.com (Charles Lelievre) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:23:12 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] [GNARC] Upgrade Inspiration In-Reply-To: <167954214.7638470.1466608175841.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <167954214.7638470.1466608175841.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <167954214.7638470.1466608175841.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: What about Philo Farnsworth? He wasn't 9 years old when he invented "image dissector" or first TV... but he was well on his way at 9 years old.. At 16 he invented TV.. No tests.. No Certifications.. We need more "little" hams getting into this hobby.. Regardless of how they pass the test, radio is the gateway to a lifetime of STEM type learning and exploration. FWIW, there are tons of "Extra Class" Hams that have no clue or real understanding of any of the theory on the test. The challenge with RF is that no two people grasp/understand the theory in the same manner. Some require a more applied approach, and others just stick to the math. -C On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:09 AM, A Ham via GNARC wrote: > Hi Giuys, > > `Kids are good at memorizing......not possible they understand the > ..theory..' > > I disagree with that statement. Not entirely however. > > I have an extremely good memory (now that I need ti due to disabilities i > am thankful for that), I remember way back when somethings I did not > exactly understand, as in theory. other things I KNEW the theory but the > why behind the theory. only that is `just was' that way. In stil other > cases, I wold have `my own' made up theory as to the why it is. rather > correct actual theiry. > > So in some cases Kids do understand, in other cases they know `it just is > that way' and still in other cases, their understanding is simp;y that > fairyland construct (Fiaryland construct is well as na example the > famous question; `where do babies coome om?') > > Since each one is unique, we shall never know for sure which kid or how > many kids actually understand the theory, can merely recite it because it > is, or which ones have the fairyland construct. Hmm for that matter a > number of adult ham have a fairyland construct of certain theories in HAM > radio LOL > > unless you quiz them and get clear cut answers, you will never know for > sure. > > Do NOT ever Sell ANY kid short, after all one of them MIGHT understand > way more then you think they do and actually come up with a better idea or > way of doing something then so called adults who supposedly know the > theory. > > Just a few thoughts from a big `old' kid > > 146 > Hanley & Todd KD2CBV > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Tue, 6/21/16, P. Danzer wrote: > > Subject: Re: [GNARC] Upgrade Inspiration > To: "'Paul Lourd'" , "'Tom Alessi'" > Cc: "'ctsara Mailman'" , "'gnarc'" < > gnarc at mailman.qth.net> > Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 4:23 PM > > Years ago, when I taught the old > novice course (theory and 5-wpm code) > there were a number of smaller kids passing. One I remember > was W1FSM's > daughter, who's hand was so small she could barely handle > the straight key. > Once they could read and do simple arithmetic they > could pass. > > Paul, N1ii > > -----Original Message----- > From: GNARC [mailto:gnarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] > On Behalf Of Paul Lourd > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 3:40 PM > To: Tom Alessi > Cc: ctsara Mailman ; > gnarc > Subject: Re: [GNARC] Upgrade Inspiration > > Kids are good at memorizing. It is not possible that a > 9 year old > understands any of the theory, unless of course she is also > a genius, which > I suppose is possible. > > WB2JVB > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Tom Alessi wrote: > > > If anyone needs inspiration to upgrade take a look at > this: > > > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/100wattsandawire/1767399060139501 > > > > 9 year old Hope Lea just passed her Extra. Shes > been a ham since she > > was 8. > > > > Tom Alessi > > Tom at K1TA.com > | www.K1TA.com > > C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) > 813-4091 *"CW Forever > > !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > GNARC mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:GNARC at mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support > this email > > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > GNARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:GNARC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > GNARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:GNARC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > GNARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:GNARC 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 jon.perelstein at gmail.com Fri Jun 24 08:39:32 2016 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:39:32 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Field Day Reminders Message-ID: Yes, this weekend IS Field Day. We will be setting up today (Friday) from about 9ish to 5ish. We will finish setting up Sat morning and then Field Day operations start at 2pm local time on Saturday. For those operating and/or setting up, we will have lunch on Saturday, dinner on Saturday, breakfast on Sunday, and lunch on Sunday. We need people to help take everything down Sunday afternoon. We operate at the Stamford Observatory, which is part of the Nature Center. The key word being "Nature". There is a lot of nature at the Nature Center - in the form of bugs, poison ivy, and other fun plants. - Long pants are recommended whether you're working on set up/take down or operating. - Ankle length (or higher) socks are recommended. - Closed toe shoes are recommended. - Long sleeves are recommended if you think you're going to be traipsing out into nature to put up/take down antennas. - Gloves are recommended if you think you're going to be traipsing out into nature to put up/take down antennas. - Don't forget a hat!!!! - Don't forget bug repellant!!! - Don't forget sunblock!!! We will have plenty of water and other fluids, but play it safe and bring some of your own. See you at the observatory. 73 Jon From tom at k1ta.com Fri Jun 24 15:45:02 2016 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:45:02 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Need assistance Message-ID: I moved offices and I cannot find my copy of PCAnywhere. Does anyone have a copy that will work on WINDOWS 7 ? Please contact me ASAP. Tom Alessi Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Fri Jun 24 20:19:03 2016 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:19:03 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] ARRL Field Day Message Message-ID: For any of you who copy it (Phone, Digital, or CW), please send what you copied to me so that I can cross-check it against what others copied so that we can make sure we have the text correctly. 73 Jon From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Sun Jun 26 17:26:53 2016 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 17:26:53 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Preliminary Field Day Results Message-ID: Terry, Ernest, Steve and the crew pulled off another great Field Day. If only they could make sure that the bands stayed open - 10 and 15 were mostly dead, 20 and 40 were strong at times and dead at times. First, the big big big news: Thanks to new member Emily K1DID - we got TWO satellite QSOs!!! First time ever for the club. Emily was incredible. The following numbers are very preliminary - we still have to check them for dupes (the software should prevent it (but ya never know) and check and make sure that we recorded section and class for each QSO. Having said that -- raw numbers: HF Phone: 1250 QSOs this year vs. 960 last year HF CW: 425 this year vs. 879 last year (we had only one CW operator this year versus two last year) HF Digital: 138 QSOs this year vs. 12 last year VHF all modes: 18 this year vs 24 last year (but two of those were satellite) GOTA (all HF phone): 67 this year vs. 214 last year (interestingly, we had more GOTA visitors this year, but they didn't run up big numbers like last year). A damned good performance in these band conditions (and we got two satellite QSOs). 73 Jon From ranceiii at aol.com Mon Jun 27 09:54:08 2016 From: ranceiii at aol.com (ranceiii at aol.com) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 09:54:08 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Preliminary Field Day Results In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1559223815b-5eba-97e@webprd-m22.mail.aol.com> Hello all, Thanks to everyone that turned out for the event, especially to those that helped with the setup and tear down. Now excuse me while I go back to sleep, and dream of stampeding bulls once again! 73, Terry -----Original Message----- From: Jon Perelstein To: Stamford Amateur Radio Association Sent: Sun, Jun 26, 2016 5:29 pm Subject: [CTSARA] Preliminary Field Day Results Terry, Ernest, Steve and the crew pulled off another great Field Day. If only they could make sure that the bands stayed open - 10 and 15 were mostly dead, 20 and 40 were strong at times and dead at times. First, the big big big news: Thanks to new member Emily K1DID - we got TWO satellite QSOs!!! First time ever for the club. Emily was incredible. The following numbers are very preliminary - we still have to check them for dupes (the software should prevent it (but ya never know) and check and make sure that we recorded section and class for each QSO. Having said that -- raw numbers: HF Phone: 1250 QSOs this year vs. 960 last year HF CW: 425 this year vs. 879 last year (we had only one CW operator this year versus two last year) HF Digital: 138 QSOs this year vs. 12 last year VHF all modes: 18 this year vs 24 last year (but two of those were satellite) GOTA (all HF phone): 67 this year vs. 214 last year (interestingly, we had more GOTA visitors this year, but they didn't run up big numbers like last year). A damned good performance in these band conditions (and we got two satellite QSOs). 73 Jon ________________________________________________ CTSARA mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:CTSARA at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html All posts must be sent in Plain Text, no HTML. Links will Function. No attachments are allowed. Unsubscribe from CTSARA: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara 146.655MHz -600KHz PL100 Hz Analog Repeater. NOW IN SERVICE SARA Repeaters: NOW DIGITAL (DMR) 447.125 Out 442.125.Color Code 2. LISTEN SARA DMR REPEATER LIVE AUDIO FEED. ECHOLINK, WB1GRB-L Node(128679) Simplex: Local RF- 147.525 PL-100 Hz. RF-65 watts. 24/7 (NOT SARA RELATED) From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Mon Jun 27 10:03:09 2016 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:03:09 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Preliminary Field Day Results In-Reply-To: <1559223815b-5eba-97e@webprd-m22.mail.aol.com> References: <1559223815b-5eba-97e@webprd-m22.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: For those of you who don't know the stampeding bulls reference ... Late Friday afternoon Terry was in the back parking lot of the Observatory (near the CW tent) when three bulls (yes, male cows with horns) came charging down the road from the Observatory right at him - and Terry didn't even have a red cape. However, just before they reached him, they hung a sharp right onto the internal road leading back to the Nature Center and were last seen as a literal cloud of dust stampeding away from Terry. No, he was not dreaming or hallucinating. He later had it confirmed from the Nature Center people that the bulls occasionally go for an unauthorized quick visit to the Observatory. 73 Jon On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 9:54 AM, wrote: > Hello all, > > Thanks to everyone that turned out for the event, especially to those that > helped with the setup and tear down. > > Now excuse me while I go back to sleep, and dream of stampeding bulls once > again! > > 73, > Terry > > From tom at k1ta.com Tue Jun 28 14:13:15 2016 From: tom at k1ta.com (Tom Alessi) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:13:15 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Antenna Question Message-ID: I have a general antenna question. Actually I am looking for opinions and I know there are people in the club with more antenna knowledge. So here it is: QUESTION: Which antenna would work better on 80m - 10m ? A. Off Center Fed Zepp (Fed with Ladder line with 4:1 balun near the window entry point) B. Windom (OCF 80-6m with 4:1 Balun at the antenna, fed with RG-8X) I have the Zepp and I am considering changing it out with a Windom... Is it worth changing??? Tom Alessi Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW From andrew at siegel.org Tue Jun 28 14:23:23 2016 From: andrew at siegel.org (Andrew Siegel) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:23:23 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Antenna Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Have you looked at a ZS6BKW? It is like a G5RV, but with dimensions optimized for a better match on more bands. You need to have it up over 40 feet in order to allow the matching stub to clear the ground. I use one and have been very happy. On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Tom Alessi wrote: > I have a general antenna question. Actually I am looking for opinions and > I know there are people in the club with more antenna knowledge. So here > it is: > > QUESTION: > > Which antenna would work better on 80m - 10m ? > > A. Off Center Fed Zepp (Fed with Ladder line with 4:1 balun near the > window entry point) > > B. Windom (OCF 80-6m with 4:1 Balun at the antenna, fed with RG-8X) > > I have the Zepp and I am considering changing it out with a Windom... Is it > worth changing??? > > Tom Alessi > Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com > C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 > *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW > ________________________________________________ > CTSARA mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:CTSARA at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > All posts must be sent in Plain Text, no HTML. Links will Function. No > attachments are allowed. > > Unsubscribe from CTSARA: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara > > 146.655MHz -600KHz PL100 Hz Analog Repeater. NOW IN SERVICE > > SARA Repeaters: NOW DIGITAL (DMR) 447.125 Out 442.125.Color Code 2. > LISTEN SARA DMR REPEATER LIVE AUDIO FEED. > > ECHOLINK, WB1GRB-L Node(128679) Simplex: Local RF- 147.525 PL-100 Hz. > RF-65 watts. 24/7 (NOT SARA RELATED) > -- Andrew Siegel 113 Gary Rd Stamford, CT 06903 203-461-9011 andrew at siegel.org From jon.perelstein at gmail.com Tue Jun 28 23:04:49 2016 From: jon.perelstein at gmail.com (Jon Perelstein) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 23:04:49 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Field Day QSO Results Message-ID: Our QSO count from Field Day 3A -------------- HF Phone: 1250 HF CW: 434 HF Dig: 130 VHF PH: 10 GOTA -------------- HF Phone: 67 TOTALS -------------- Phone: 1327 CW: 434 Dig: 130 GRAND TOTAL ------------------------ 1891 Last year we had a total of 2065 QSOs. We saw a drop in HF CW QSOs due to having only one CW operator instead of three CW operators, a drop in GOTA, an increase in Digital, and an increase in HF Phone. Note that our one CW operator (Andy N2CN) put up a full half of what three CW operators did last year. Remember that this is just the QSO count. Now we have to apply all the arcane rules to compute points. A great job of leadership by Terry W1TSM, our Field Day captain. 73 Jon From zzgocartman at gmail.com Wed Jun 29 09:11:07 2016 From: zzgocartman at gmail.com (Matt Canil) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:11:07 +0000 Subject: [CTSARA] Field Day QSO Results In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Excellent job guys. -Matt On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 11:06 PM Jon Perelstein wrote: > Our QSO count from Field Day > > 3A > -------------- > HF Phone: 1250 > HF CW: 434 > HF Dig: 130 > VHF PH: 10 > > > GOTA > -------------- > HF Phone: 67 > > > TOTALS > -------------- > Phone: 1327 > CW: 434 > Dig: 130 > > > GRAND TOTAL > ------------------------ > 1891 > > Last year we had a total of 2065 QSOs. We saw a drop in HF CW QSOs due to > having only one CW operator instead of three CW operators, a drop in GOTA, > an increase in Digital, and an increase in HF Phone. > > Note that our one CW operator (Andy N2CN) put up a full half of what three > CW operators did last year. > > Remember that this is just the QSO count. Now we have to apply all the > arcane rules to compute points. > > A great job of leadership by Terry W1TSM, our Field Day captain. > > 73 > Jon > ________________________________________________ > CTSARA mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:CTSARA at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > All posts must be sent in Plain Text, no HTML. Links will Function. No > attachments are allowed. > > Unsubscribe from CTSARA: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara > > 146.655MHz -600KHz PL100 Hz Analog Repeater. NOW IN SERVICE > > SARA Repeaters: NOW DIGITAL (DMR) 447.125 Out 442.125.Color Code 2. > LISTEN SARA DMR REPEATER LIVE AUDIO FEED. > > ECHOLINK, WB1GRB-L Node(128679) Simplex: Local RF- 147.525 PL-100 Hz. > RF-65 watts. 24/7 (NOT SARA RELATED) > From gflayiii at gmail.com Wed Jun 29 09:36:11 2016 From: gflayiii at gmail.com (George Flay) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:36:11 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] [GNARC] Antenna Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: NO. (The verbose answer follows.) Throwing all caution to the wind, I'll jump in here. I cannot wait to hear from the many, other, more qualified, readers of this discussion. For starters, I'm very certain that Tom has an answer in his pocket... as he posed his question. Resonant Antennas, cut for a specific frequency are always the most efficient choice. At resonance, they 'Ring like a Bell.' But we Hams want to operate over a wide range of Bands. Even a simple, single band dipole can be tweaked to favor either the CW or the PHONE end of the design band. With Multi-Band antennas we have a compromise. Essentially both the ZEPP & the WINDOM antennas are multi-band, non resonant, or NotVeryResonant, long wire, antennas. It is interesting how physics operates regardless of metaphorical adjectives. The fact that they are both OFF CENTER FED intimates that some impedance matching is being done by the selection of the 'feed point.' and the usable BAND is determined by the lengths of the elements. Antenna "B", Mr WINDOM, is being called upon to operate over a more extended frequency range. Mr ZEPP has his own 'hang ups.' Both use a 4:1 Balun for impedance matching, so the primary difference is the 'Feed Line.' This is similar to a Beauty Contest, isn't it? 'Commercial Window' & 'Open Wire' have significantly less line loss than coax. Antenna tuners would be advantageous to these antennas. So, I am reminded of the famous gun fighter, Wyatt Earp; because ultimately, all these parameters are working to maximize "Effective Radiated Power" and minimize losses. I would go with the either the Open Wire or the Window, and use a Balanced Tuner, with my Balun close to the shack. (I presume this is what Tom referred to by saying "near the Window Entry Point," ) Now if only I had a few 70 foot tall, sparsely exfoliated, trees and sufficient real estate... 73 George - AB1QK Saying "hello" to Sara! On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Tom Alessi wrote: > I have a general antenna question. Actually I am looking for opinions and > I know there are people in the club with more antenna knowledge. So here > it is: > > QUESTION: > > Which antenna would work better on 80m - 10m ? > > A. Off Center Fed Zepp (Fed with Ladder line with 4:1 balun near the > window entry point) > > B. Windom (OCF 80-6m with 4:1 Balun at the antenna, fed with RG-8X) > > I have the Zepp and I am considering changing it out with a Windom... Is it > worth changing??? > > Tom Alessi > Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com > C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 > *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW > ______________________________________________________________ > GNARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:GNARC 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 sbdick at optonline.net Wed Jun 29 10:26:57 2016 From: sbdick at optonline.net (Steve Dick) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:26:57 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] [GNARC] Antenna Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <42214ABA5A454B179B8C4C607CDF0953@Palindrome> I agree with George. Won't make much difference. But open wire feedline preferable as it has much lower loss if you have a long feed length. I came across this interesting article on multiband off-center fed antenna: http://hamwaves.com/cl-ocfd/en/index.html -----Original Message----- From: George Flay Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9:36 AM To: Tom Alessi Cc: ctsara Mailman ; gnarc Subject: Re: [GNARC] Antenna Question NO. (The verbose answer follows.) Throwing all caution to the wind, I'll jump in here. I cannot wait to hear from the many, other, more qualified, readers of this discussion. For starters, I'm very certain that Tom has an answer in his pocket... as he posed his question. Resonant Antennas, cut for a specific frequency are always the most efficient choice. At resonance, they 'Ring like a Bell.' But we Hams want to operate over a wide range of Bands. Even a simple, single band dipole can be tweaked to favor either the CW or the PHONE end of the design band. With Multi-Band antennas we have a compromise. Essentially both the ZEPP & the WINDOM antennas are multi-band, non resonant, or NotVeryResonant, long wire, antennas. It is interesting how physics operates regardless of metaphorical adjectives. The fact that they are both OFF CENTER FED intimates that some impedance matching is being done by the selection of the 'feed point.' and the usable BAND is determined by the lengths of the elements. Antenna "B", Mr WINDOM, is being called upon to operate over a more extended frequency range. Mr ZEPP has his own 'hang ups.' Both use a 4:1 Balun for impedance matching, so the primary difference is the 'Feed Line.' This is similar to a Beauty Contest, isn't it? 'Commercial Window' & 'Open Wire' have significantly less line loss than coax. Antenna tuners would be advantageous to these antennas. So, I am reminded of the famous gun fighter, Wyatt Earp; because ultimately, all these parameters are working to maximize "Effective Radiated Power" and minimize losses. I would go with the either the Open Wire or the Window, and use a Balanced Tuner, with my Balun close to the shack. (I presume this is what Tom referred to by saying "near the Window Entry Point," ) Now if only I had a few 70 foot tall, sparsely exfoliated, trees and sufficient real estate... 73 George - AB1QK Saying "hello" to Sara! On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Tom Alessi wrote: > I have a general antenna question. Actually I am looking for opinions and > I know there are people in the club with more antenna knowledge. So here > it is: > > QUESTION: > > Which antenna would work better on 80m - 10m ? > > A. Off Center Fed Zepp (Fed with Ladder line with 4:1 balun near the > window entry point) > > B. Windom (OCF 80-6m with 4:1 Balun at the antenna, fed with RG-8X) > > I have the Zepp and I am considering changing it out with a Windom... Is > it > worth changing??? > > Tom Alessi > Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com > C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 > *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW > ______________________________________________________________ > GNARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:GNARC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ GNARC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:GNARC at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From kb1sun at aol.com Wed Jun 29 10:24:49 2016 From: kb1sun at aol.com (Tony K1OC) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:24:49 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] Antenna Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <934EF7EB-05FC-4446-A7FB-396A06F71B28@aol.com> C. Buckmaster 7-band OCF. Will work without a tuner on 80, 40, 20, 10, and 6, and with a 3:1 tuner on 30 and 15 (although I do use the tuner on the other bands). It's 135 feet long. If you have room for it (260 feet), the 8-band version will give you 160 meters and better performance on 80 (although the 7-band version is just fine on 80). It's built like a tank, mine was up continuously for nearly four years (until I moved) and survived Sandy as well multiple storms and nor'easters. It's coax-fed to a balun, so no ladder line to worry about. A choke (25 feet or so of coax around a 4-inch form) at the shack entrance helps reduce the noise. I can't recommend it highly enough if you're looking for a single, all-purpose, multi-band antenna. I've used a Carolina Windom at Field Day, and I like the Buckmaster better. Vry 73, Tony K1OC > On Jun 28, 2016, at 2:13 PM, Tom Alessi wrote: > > I have a general antenna question. Actually I am looking for opinions and > I know there are people in the club with more antenna knowledge. So here > it is: > > QUESTION: > > Which antenna would work better on 80m - 10m ? > > A. Off Center Fed Zepp (Fed with Ladder line with 4:1 balun near the > window entry point) > > B. Windom (OCF 80-6m with 4:1 Balun at the antenna, fed with RG-8X) > > I have the Zepp and I am considering changing it out with a Windom... Is it > worth changing??? > > Tom Alessi > Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com > C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 > *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW > ________________________________________________ > CTSARA mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:CTSARA at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > All posts must be sent in Plain Text, no HTML. Links will Function. No attachments are allowed. > > Unsubscribe from CTSARA: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara > > 146.655MHz -600KHz PL100 Hz Analog Repeater. NOW IN SERVICE > > SARA Repeaters: NOW DIGITAL (DMR) 447.125 Out 442.125.Color Code 2. > LISTEN SARA DMR REPEATER LIVE AUDIO FEED. > > ECHOLINK, WB1GRB-L Node(128679) Simplex: Local RF- 147.525 PL-100 Hz. RF-65 watts. 24/7 (NOT SARA RELATED) From ssimons at manitousys.com Wed Jun 29 11:02:22 2016 From: ssimons at manitousys.com (Steven M. Simons) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:02:22 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] [GNARC] Antenna Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <040701d1d217$3f214200$bd63c600$@com> Tom, Good morning. The 1st question I would ask is: "Work better" for what application ? DX or local or ? Once you define the application, then you can home in on an antenna type. I'd suggest that you get a copy of the ON4UN "Low Band DXing" book (from ARRL) as this is one of the bibles on the subject. Good luck, Steve W1SMS ARRL CT Section Tech Coordinator W1SMS Steven M. Simons w1sms at manitousys.com? Tel.203.733.2110???? Fax.203.746.1459 33 Ball Pond Road? Danbury, CT 06811 Mailing Address: PO Box 8066? New Fairfield, CT 06812 FN31FK Lat 41.442718 Long -73.505777 -----Original Message----- From: GNARC [mailto:gnarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom Alessi Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 2:13 PM To: ctsara Mailman Cc: gnarc Subject: [GNARC] Antenna Question I have a general antenna question. Actually I am looking for opinions and I know there are people in the club with more antenna knowledge. So here it is: QUESTION: Which antenna would work better on 80m - 10m ? A. Off Center Fed Zepp (Fed with Ladder line with 4:1 balun near the window entry point) B. Windom (OCF 80-6m with 4:1 Balun at the antenna, fed with RG-8X) I have the Zepp and I am considering changing it out with a Windom... Is it worth changing??? Tom Alessi Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW ______________________________________________________________ GNARC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:GNARC 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 hugo at aa1xv.net Thu Jun 30 11:04:59 2016 From: hugo at aa1xv.net (Hugo W. Catta) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:04:59 -0400 Subject: [CTSARA] [GNARC] Antenna Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Tom, I was away for a few days and I suppose that at this point you got a waterfall of opinions and suggestions. Everything else being equal, the short answer IMHO is no. What I would do, if the balun is at or near the window, is to have the option of switching baluns from 4:1 to 1:1 as needed. (In my old QTH, I had replaced a window pane in my basement with plexiglass and the baluns were mounted inside the window and easy to swap by hand or with switches. An Antenna analyser or noise bridge will help you decide which one to use on what band. The commercial OCFs are a neat package to sell but not better, if anything, a little lossier than what you have. 1- The large size 4:1 un-un they use tells why: heat. It is the reason why they don't manufacture them with a smaller, cheaper core. (this may open another can of worms). 2- RG8X is light and less conspicuous than ladder line but somewhat lossier. OTOH, a couple dBs drop here and there will not make a difference at the receiving end, according to some seasoned experts in QST, but I disagree with that statement. 73 DE Hugo - AA1XV On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Tom Alessi wrote: > I have a general antenna question. Actually I am looking for opinions and > I know there are people in the club with more antenna knowledge. So here > it is: > > QUESTION: > > Which antenna would work better on 80m - 10m ? > > A. Off Center Fed Zepp (Fed with Ladder line with 4:1 balun near the > window entry point) > > B. Windom (OCF 80-6m with 4:1 Balun at the antenna, fed with RG-8X) > > I have the Zepp and I am considering changing it out with a Windom... Is it > worth changing??? > > Tom Alessi > Tom at K1TA.com | www.K1TA.com > C: (203) 253-7745 | O: (914) 231-1691 | F: (914) 813-4091 > *"CW Forever !"* Look for me on 20m, 30m or 40m CW > ______________________________________________________________ > GNARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/gnarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:GNARC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Hugo - AA1XV