From billandmattie at windstream.net Tue Jul 1 18:28:05 2014 From: billandmattie at windstream.net (Bill Tynan) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 17:28:05 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] FW: [Rmg] Alpha 8406 amp for sale Message-ID: _____ From: Dick Hanson [mailto:dick at dkhanson.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 1:46 PM To: RMG ; CTDXCC ; NTMS; LSDXA Subject: [Rmg] Alpha 8406 amp for sale Hello. I'm the original, non-smoking owner of the above amp. It has had all of the factory updates and has been my 'daily driver' on six meters for over a year. 30 watts of drive produces 1700 watts output. Final tube is a 4CX1500B tetrode, so amp is very 'clean'. Prefer local pickup, cut can deliver to Summerfest or CSVHFS here in Austin. $2500 plus shipping and insurance. 73, Dick, K5AND 512-263-4121 PS I'm selling because of having received a new, solid-state amp from Klitzing Electronics Be sure to join us at the 48th Annual CSVHF Conference on July 24-27 in Austin, TX. Visit www.csvhfs.org for more information. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3986/7777 - Release Date: 07/01/14 From thipskind at suddenlink.net Tue Jul 1 20:02:33 2014 From: thipskind at suddenlink.net (Terry Hipskind) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 19:02:33 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Ozona 2 Meter Repeater Message-ID: I have found and verified an unlisted 2 Meter Repeater (147.120 + no tone) in the Ozona area. Actual repeater is located 30 miles south of Ozona on the highest elevation in Crocket County. Coverage includes Ozona, Uvalde, Senora and Eldorado. I verified Ozona and Senora. Owner of the repeater has also provided cross band communications on 441.000 (simplex no tone). Terry W?HIP From thipskind at suddenlink.net Wed Jul 2 10:05:17 2014 From: thipskind at suddenlink.net (Terry Hipskind) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 09:05:17 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] WINMOR/WINLINK Message-ID: <0ECFE9A7DF5D45668FA997A935DB234A@HipskindMain> Kevin McCoy, KF5FUZ, from Austin will be here next week and is offering a WINMOR/WINLINK class on the evening of 7/9/2014 for anyone that is interested. If interested please email me at thipskind at suddenlink.net or call 956-605-8095. Terry W?HIP From qltfnish at omniglobal.net Thu Jul 3 15:54:13 2014 From: qltfnish at omniglobal.net (Gary J - N5BAA) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 14:54:13 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] June 2014 Minutes - Don't Faint!!! Message-ID: <5ECDB44640A04634A14E551FD2C22123@GaryPC> HILL COUNTRY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Meeting Minutes 5 June 2014 MEETING COMMENCEMENT The meeting was called to order by President Terry Hipskind (W0HIP) who led us in the Pledge Of Allegiance. There were 38 people in attendance with 4 guests ? Carl Schwing W3FAJ, Don Lambert KG5BTV, Hunter Rathke unlicensed, and Mike Averitt unlicensed. MEMBER AND GUEST RECOGNITION President Hipskind explained the 50/50 and gave out tickets to the following people for having helped during the past month: Gale Heise (KM4DR) was helped by Chuck Brainard (KA1PM), Bob Ritchie (K5YB) was helped by Fred Gilmore (W0LPD) and Sam Jones (N5PHI); Gale Heise was thanked by new techs for helping get antenna tuners; Pete Schuyler (N9OF) was helped by John Huecksteadt (AC4CA). Barb and Pete Schuyler (N9NM and N9OF) were thanked for refreshments. MINUTES AND TREASURERS REPORT The minutes were posted and approved. The Treasurers report was read and approved OLD BUSINESS Repeater Committee: Chuck Brainard and Harvey Vordenbaum (K5HV) have been working on the repeater. No candidates so far for the next VE Test. NEW BUSINESS June 7/8 is the Museum Ships On The Air Contest. N5P will operate from the Nimitz Museum Mass casualty exercise with RC this weekend (7/8/ June) 8-11 June ? Radio Roundup in support of Red Cross VHF Contest was 14-16 June BREAK FOR REFRESHMENTS FROM Mort McKenzie (WB2GEU) and Barb and Pete Schuyler (N9NM, N9OF respectively) The presentation was by Gary Johnson (N5BAA) on Field Day preparations. 50/50 was won by Submitted: Gary Johnson N5BAA HCARC Secretary 2013/14 From qltfnish at omniglobal.net Fri Jul 4 16:20:26 2014 From: qltfnish at omniglobal.net (Gary J - N5BAA) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 15:20:26 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Field Day Observations Message-ID: <3A88804C76F943D18FAC48A6B3E8F867@GaryPC> First, I would like to thank all of you who participated in Field Day, especially those of you who brought goodies to eat and MOST ESPECIALLY those of you who indicated in advance that you would be there to support Field Day. Field Day is quite an undertaking and as the COORDINATOR (it?s your Field Day, not mine) and to go into the weekend not knowing what/who would be there supporting the endeavor is a scary event at the very least. PLEASE next year support the COORDINATOR with a commitment in advance that you would be there (1) HELP SET UP, (2) OPERATE, (3) HELP TEAR DOWN, AND (4) HELP WITH FOOD. Not knowing the size of the crew available is uncomfortable at the very least, and makes for significant amounts of unnecessary worry. ALL that I kept seeing on the Reflector was this person and that person, etc etc would not be attending. I began to wonder if I was going to be the only one in attendance ? nah, I knew I could count on Terry H, Robert Russell, Mike and Tony (our resident Brits), Charlie, Dale and Chuck. Fortunately many more showed up. I passed out a few paracord key chains last night to guys whom I had sufficient little white letter and number cubes to make their call signs. I have more letter and number cubes coming to finally make one for each club member that signed our attendance sheet as a remembrance of FD 2014 and to thank you in some small way. Second, if we decide to hold Field Day again at the Red Cross (RC) we need to do something about the antenna situation. Having only one of 4 coax positions connecting to the 3 antennas on the roof is almost unworkable. During the day at least one of the antennas (40/20) are not being used and the same goes for the night (80/40 and possibly 20). We need to make sure that the antennas can be uncoupled and attachable to the ?Extra Coax? position. The coax on the outside need to be color coded just the same as they are now in the radio room, except that the 80/40/20 each need their own color coding system to prevent them from being hooked up wrong. We also need to be able to put up additional antennas. I didn?t get to Dr Jim early enough to get the club?s tower trailer moved down and that is my fault. If the club and Dr Jim are amenable and since Dr Jim is trying I understand to sell his ranch, I propose to move the trailer down to my property in Center Point. It needs some welding done and since I am not trying to sell my property I can probably make it easier for club members to get for use than having it in Fredericksburg. Dr Jim is a very busy man and sometimes it is hard to get in his busy schedule. All of my ?busy? is usually feeding my sheep and they don?t wear watches or have complex schedules. Having the tower trailer at Field Day would allow us to get better separation between the ?other antennas? we might want to string up. To that end we did leave a semi-permanent pulley and halyard on the tower to obviate needing to climb the tower next year to put up a dipole. I just got a Butternut HF-5B beam antenna from Gale Heise that should be easier to assemble and put up on the tower trailer next year ? it only has a 12 foot long beam and is much smaller than the Cushcraft A4S we used last year. That will give us additional 20/17/15/12/10 meter capability however only 20/15/10 are usable on Field Day. As it turns out according to the presentation by the MARS folks last night 6 meters might have been a good band and maybe even 10 meters. We tried some 10 meters but apparently not enough. We need access to the Ionosond info that Lew spoke about last night for Field Day too. All it would take is a computer attached to the internet. We wouldn?t have to guess the bands to use. Third ? someone needs to instruct me in the proper use of the Band Pass filters I picked up earlier this year for Field Day use. Would they have helped keep one local radio from talking to another?? Would they permit more than one radio to be on 15 or 20 meters (different antennas) at the same time?? How far apart do the antennas/radios need to be to safely be one the same band?? There is so much I don?t know about operating in a radio dense situation. Of course that is what Field Day is supposed to teach us. last there were about 38 total attendees prior to passing the attendance sheet last night. Many were guests several of whom are very interested in a Ham radio. Thanks again to Ruthie Guida for making the bread and Banana bread. The ability to make brisket sandwiches and have a sweet pick me up at 2 am was invaluable. Thanks also to the Red Cross for the use of their facility ? it was great and I hope we left it in as good a condition as we found it. Gary J N5BAA HCARC Secretary 2014 Field Day COORDINATOR From qltfnish at omniglobal.net Fri Jul 4 16:40:07 2014 From: qltfnish at omniglobal.net (Gary J - N5BAA) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 15:40:07 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Field Day Observations In-Reply-To: <3A88804C76F943D18FAC48A6B3E8F867@GaryPC> References: <3A88804C76F943D18FAC48A6B3E8F867@GaryPC> Message-ID: <2CA72693A9F649B9BD3135C3F4C82395@GaryPC> I should have said "having only one Coax position of 4 available connecting to the 3 HF antennas on the roof". I know, having the 3 antennas feeding the one station is fine for most normal times, however there is at least one and I think more manual switches on the shelf collecting dust that could be put into the system to allow more flexibility in antenna connection. -----Original Message----- From: Gary J - N5BAA Sent: Friday, July 4, 2014 3:20 PM To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCARC] Field Day Observations First, I would like to thank all of you who participated in Field Day, especially those of you who brought goodies to eat and MOST ESPECIALLY those of you who indicated in advance that you would be there to support Field Day. Field Day is quite an undertaking and as the COORDINATOR (it?s your Field Day, not mine) and to go into the weekend not knowing what/who would be there supporting the endeavor is a scary event at the very least. PLEASE next year support the COORDINATOR with a commitment in advance that you would be there (1) HELP SET UP, (2) OPERATE, (3) HELP TEAR DOWN, AND (4) HELP WITH FOOD. Not knowing the size of the crew available is uncomfortable at the very least, and makes for significant amounts of unnecessary worry. ALL that I kept seeing on the Reflector was this person and that person, etc etc would not be attending. I began to wonder if I was going to be the only one in attendance ? nah, I knew I could count on Terry H, Robert Russell, Mike and Tony (our resident Brits), Charlie, Dale and Chuck. Fortunately many more showed up. I passed out a few paracord key chains last night to guys for whom I had sufficient little white letter and number cubes to make their call signs. I have more letter and number cubes coming to make one for each club member that signed our attendance sheet as a remembrance of FD 2014 and to thank you in some small way. Second, if we decide to hold Field Day again at the Red Cross (RC) we need to do something about the antenna situation. Having only one of 4 coax positions connecting to the 3 antennas on the roof is almost unworkable. During the day at least one of the antennas (40/20) are not being used and the same goes for the night (80/40 and possibly 20). We need to make sure that the antennas can be uncoupled and attachable to the ?Extra Coax? position. The coax on the outside need to be color coded just the same as they are now in the radio room, except that the 80/40/20 each need their own color coding system to prevent them from being hooked up wrong. We also need to be able to put up additional antennas. I didn?t get to Dr Jim early enough to get the club?s tower trailer moved down and that is my fault. If the club and Dr Jim are amenable and since Dr Jim is trying I understand to sell his ranch, I propose to move the trailer down to my property in Center Point. It needs some welding done and since I am not trying to sell my property I can probably make it easier for club members to get for use than having it in Fredericksburg. Dr Jim is a very busy man and sometimes it is hard to get in his busy schedule. All of my ?busy? is usually feeding my sheep and they don?t wear watches or have complex schedules. Having the tower trailer at Field Day would allow us to get better separation between the ?other antennas? we might want to string up. To that end we did leave a semi-permanent pulley and halyard on the tower to obviate needing to climb the tower next year to put up a dipole. I just got a Butternut HF-5B beam antenna from Gale Heise that should be easier to assemble and put up on the tower trailer next year ? it only has a 12 foot long beam and is much smaller than the Cushcraft A4S we used last year. That will give us additional 20/17/15/12/10 meter capability however only 20/15/10 are usable on Field Day. As it turns out according to the presentation by the MARS folks last night 6 meters might have been a good band and maybe even 10 meters. We tried some 10 meters but apparently not enough. We need access to the Ionosond info that Lew spoke about last night for Field Day too. All it would take is a computer attached to the internet. We wouldn?t have to guess the bands to use. Third ? someone needs to instruct me in the proper use of the Band Pass filters I picked up earlier this year for Field Day use. Would they have helped keep one local radio from talking to another?? Would they permit more than one radio to be on 15 or 20 meters (different antennas) at the same time?? How far apart do the antennas/radios need to be to safely be one the same band?? There is so much I don?t know about operating in a radio dense situation. Of course that is what Field Day is supposed to teach us. last there were about 38 total attendees prior to passing the attendance sheet last night. Many were guests several of whom are very interested in a Ham radio. Thanks again to Ruthie Guida for making the bread and Banana bread. The ability to make brisket sandwiches and have a sweet pick me up at 2 am was invaluable. Thanks also to the Red Cross for the use of their facility ? it was great and I hope we left it in as good a condition as we found it. Gary J N5BAA HCARC Secretary 2014 Field Day COORDINATOR ______________________________________________________________ HCARC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7797 - Release Date: 07/04/14 From galeheise at windstream.net Sun Jul 6 14:00:39 2014 From: galeheise at windstream.net (galeheise at windstream.net) Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 13:00:39 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Science Fair 200 in 1 Electronic Project Lab 28-265 Message-ID: <67371EBD77B04DD9A871A25F42FED124@GalePC> Anyone interested in experimenting in electronics may want this item that I picked up recently. They have sold for as much as $85 + shipping on eBay. I?ll sell to a club member for $30. If interested, I can send photos. Please answer direct via email or 830-896-9593. Gale KM4DR From dale.gaudier at windstream.net Sun Jul 6 18:33:04 2014 From: dale.gaudier at windstream.net (Dale Gaudier) Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 17:33:04 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014 Message-ID: <000501cf996a$40f98070$c2ec8150$@gaudier@windstream.net> All: There is an online petition circulating among the ham radio community in support of a bill pending in Congress called the "Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014" (HR.4969). This bill would require the FCC to apply the requirements of PRB-1, which requires state and local governments to reasonably accommodate ham radio activities, including allowing outdoor antennas, to private homeowner associations and override anti-antenna deed restrictions. Having lived in a deed-restricted community in Houston for 12 years, I have a lot of sympathy for the petition and getting the bill enacted. Email me if you are interested in the petition and I will send you privately the link to the petition's site. The more who sign, the louder the message will be to our elected representatives. 73, Dale - K4DG From thipskind at suddenlink.net Tue Jul 8 18:09:57 2014 From: thipskind at suddenlink.net (Terry Hipskind) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 17:09:57 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] WINMOR/WINLINK Class (Update) Message-ID: Kevin has a Red Cross commitment on Thursday night. He is available Wednesday (tomorrow) or Friday evening (6:00 or 7:00). Give me your druthers. 73 Terry From dale.gaudier at windstream.net Tue Jul 8 21:26:50 2014 From: dale.gaudier at windstream.net (Dale Gaudier) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 20:26:50 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Need Suggestion on Grading Road up to my Tower Message-ID: <006e01cf9b14$dc857a20$95906e60$@gaudier@windstream.net> All: I need to regrade the road to the top of the hill where my tower is located. It has gotten deeply rutted from the rains we had this past winter and spring and is barely passable. In addition to regrading and adding fresh gravel, I may want to chip coat the surface. If you know of someone reputable and reliable who does this sort of work please email me off the HCARC list at k4dg at arrl.net. Thanks and 73, Dale - K4DG From thipskind at suddenlink.net Wed Jul 9 07:53:25 2014 From: thipskind at suddenlink.net (Terry Hipskind) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 06:53:25 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] WINMOR/WINLINK Class Message-ID: Kevin will present the class on Friday at 07:00 PM. For those of you that had expressed an interest but are unable to attend, we will have a makeup. 73 Terry From qltfnish at omniglobal.net Wed Jul 9 21:26:01 2014 From: qltfnish at omniglobal.net (Gary J - N5BAA) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 20:26:01 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Grounding Club Station Message-ID: <72EAEE4CA29D46348B94A7C14B1C4556@GaryPC> Harvey, Good show on grounding the club station. Johnny McGown asked me on Field Day why it wasn?t grounded and I had to tell him I had no clue, hadn?t even thought to look ? but grounding is never a bad thing. Terry Hipskind also indicated that while working on the grounding you discovered an extra Coax run from the outside that we/you didn?t even know we had. That?s great, as it will allow us one more way to connect with the outside of the building. Running the coax through the back door worked ? sort of ? I?m sure the RC won?t like to have paid extra for A/C as a good bit of warm air was coming in the partially open door. If we were to move the 20-10 Vertical to it?s own Coax for Field Day we could for safety?s sake move the 20-10 position on the antenna switch directly to the Cantenna with a short piece of Coax to prevent someone from accidently switching to it and trying to transmit into an antenna that was no longer hooked up. Never can be too careful!! Gary J N5BAA From rowen at owencomps.com Thu Jul 10 12:23:25 2014 From: rowen at owencomps.com (Ray Owen) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:23:25 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Calling all hoarders Message-ID: <53BEBDFD.5080100@owencomps.com> I'm looking for a few things and I'd rather spend my money locally than buy online. 1: Need an 8-pin Yaesu Mic (I know Harvey would appreciate my returning his LOL) 2: 440/2M duplexer to let my radio outputs share my dual band antenna 3: a usb signalink If you have any of these and want to offload them for a reasonable price, you can reach me at the information below. Thank yall. -- Ray Owen Owen Computer Solutions http://www.owencomps.com 830.998.0914 KF5VNC From hcarc at mailman.qth.net Thu Jul 10 14:40:50 2014 From: hcarc at mailman.qth.net (Don Murray via HCARC) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 14:40:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [HCARC] WRTC Message-ID: <7caec.7f606c6.40f03832@aol.com> Hello all... Are you missing out on the W1AW/x stations this week??? Well there is a reason for that... Instead of the ARRL Centennial Activity this week, we instead have: 0700 local time Saturday to 0659 local time Sunday be on the lookout for the 2014 WRTC competition stations. These stations will be signing calls in the K1x, N1x and W1x block. Read all about the activity at: http://www.wrtc2014.org/ Enjoy... 73 Don W4WJ From galeheise at windstream.net Thu Jul 10 19:23:14 2014 From: galeheise at windstream.net (galeheise at windstream.net) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:23:14 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Linear Amplifier Message-ID: I have a Vintage Hammarlund HXL-One Linear amplifier with two 572B tubes. I?ll be checking it out tomorrow. Due to it?s heavy weight (56 pounds), I?d prefer to sell locally but I certainly understand the desire for more modern equipment. If you?re interested a manual may be downloaded from the following website. http://www.rigpix.com/linears/hammarlund_hxlone.htm Gale KM4DR From billandmattie at windstream.net Mon Jul 14 21:02:56 2014 From: billandmattie at windstream.net (Bill Tynan) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:02:56 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Central States VHF Conference Coming up in Austin Message-ID: <17E51F0C45F44387AE911492EC64DB62@billaa2360cec6> All in HCARC who have any interest in VHF and above, this is a great opportunity Hope to see some of you there. 73, Bill Tynan, W3XO From: Stephen Hicks, N5AC There is still time to register* for the Central States VHF Conference in Austin, Texas. The conference is only two weeks away (7/24-27) and you know what you'd really like to do is get out of town and have a nice visit with all your Central States friends down in Texas. Just imagine how fun it would be to sit back on the Lone Star Riverboat, grab a beer or a margarita (yes, K5AND will be bringing multiple gallons of margaritas) and have a nice chat about how awful HF propagation will be as we exit the sunspot cycle and how VHF propagation will not suffer the same fate! We've arranged over one million bats to share in your conversation and wish us well with propagation conditions. They will also eat up all the insects so you can have a insect-free boat trip! Your friends will miss you if you don't come, but you'll also be missing out on some great speakers -- *Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR*, President and CEO of FlexRadio Systems will be talking at the Friday luncheon about noise. Over the last several years designing he has performed a great deal of research into noise on the bands, noise in radio systems, and how best to measure radio performance to more closely understand how radio designs respond to noise. You will hear interesting and surprising facts about noise along with some true, but very counter-intuitive ways that radio settings can adversely affect noise. *Jim Klitzing, W6PQL*, will be flying in from the Bay Area in California to share his insights into electronic design and high power amplifiers. Jim has been supplying the amateur world with high power amplifier boards and filters and excellent advice on building a VHF and microwave stations. Jim will be talking about RF components and important information that both designers and operators should know. Our banquet speaker is *Jimmy Treybig, W6JKV*. Jimmy founded and was the CEO of Tandem Computers, a Slicon Valley manufacturer of fault tolerant computers. Tandem delivered its first product in 1975, went public in 1977, was ranked by Inc Magazine as the fastest growing public company in 1980, and was on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies in 1984. Jimmy retired in 1996 when Tandem was a $2.3 Billion company with 8000 people worldwide. Today Tandem is part of HP. Jimmy has done over SEVENTY six and two-meter DXpeditions to *over 50 countries*. Jimmy will be sharing his perspectives on family and DXpeditions. Of course we have a whole cadre of technical speakers for the conference including: K0MHC, W0ZQ, N6NB, WA5VJB, K5TRA, K4SME, W4ZST, N5YC, K6MIO, K5AND and W6PQL. So c'mon and register and come down to Texas and have some fun with us -- *http://www.csvhfs.org/2014conference/2014Registration.html >* We'll have a good time even if you don't come, but it would be better if you were here with us! *We know sometimes life gets in the way and maybe you can't make it this year...* We'll miss you, but you can still get a copy of the proceedings to read all the excellent papers our authors have written for you. We have the proceedings in hand and would be glad to mail you a copy -- to get yours, just use the registration link above, but deselect conference registration and instead select "Extra Proceedings (deliver to home)." We'll drop your copy right in the mail! 73, Steve Hicks? ?, N5AC 2014 CSVHFS President? From galeheise at windstream.net Thu Jul 17 10:02:50 2014 From: galeheise at windstream.net (galeheise at windstream.net) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:02:50 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Heathkit HD-16 Code Practice Oscillator Message-ID: For those of you who might be interested in practicing CW I just picked up the referenced code oscillator. I just put in two Duracell 9 volt batteries plus a 1.5 volt battery at the cost of about $7.00 and tested it. There are two modes, light and sound. The sound works but the lamp is burned out and needs to be replaced. I confirmed the lamp is getting voltage when keyed in the light mode. It?s for sale for $15. If you?re interested and want to try it out before you purchase, let me know. Gale KM4DR From k5xa at godfather-ridge.com Sun Jul 20 18:59:47 2014 From: k5xa at godfather-ridge.com (John K5XA) Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 17:59:47 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] testing Message-ID: Test From k5xa at godfather-ridge.com Sun Jul 20 19:02:26 2014 From: k5xa at godfather-ridge.com (John K5XA) Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 18:02:26 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] testing Message-ID: Test From k5xa at godfather-ridge.com Sun Jul 20 19:06:09 2014 From: k5xa at godfather-ridge.com (John K5XA) Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 18:06:09 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Austin Summerfest Message-ID: HCARC Members- Here is a note regarding this years Summerfest in Austin. First check out the website for the details: http://www.austinsummerfest.org/ And here is a list of Door Prizes, supplied by K6RV Donald Schliesser: Elecraft - $750 Gift Certificate. Array Solutions - $750 Shared Apex Loop Receiving Array Begali Key - $475 - Prize for first place in the High Speed CW Pileup Competition M2 Antennas - $500 6M5HXP Antenna - 5 el. on 6M ARRL - $300 = 6 $50 Gift Certificates INRAD - $100 Gift Certificate INNOV/FORCE 12 Antennas - $100 Gift Certificate Trifid Technologies, K5VH - $25 - Book on Moxon Antennas 73 K5XA John Guida From qltfnish at omniglobal.net Wed Jul 23 18:17:28 2014 From: qltfnish at omniglobal.net (Gary J - N5BAA) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:17:28 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Station Grounding - Whew!!! Message-ID: <2DA6D9F4BF1A4FB2B93102BF6E3A4725@GaryPC> Ever want to really know the proper grounding techniques for your shack/station. See the grounding articles in the June, July, and August 2002 QST. It is thorough and I?d bet few in the club meet the recommendations. I don?t and it will be quite a while to even get close. Gary J N5BAA From qltfnish at omniglobal.net Sun Jul 27 16:50:41 2014 From: qltfnish at omniglobal.net (Gary J - N5BAA) Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:50:41 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? Message-ID: <950C8ED670174DF49636D01A39E21E0A@GaryPC> Wow ? 400 feet. Weighs over 420,000 lbs. 680 yds of concrete in the base. Flagpole Facts: a.. 400-foot flagpole weighs approximately 420,000 pounds b.. There are two versions of the 60- by 120-foot flag: - 220 pound flag is flown during normal conditions - 350 pound flag is flown during harsher weather c.. Each star is 3 feet high and each stripe is 4 1/2 feet wide d.. 680 cubic yards of concrete used in foundation e.. Over 500 gallons of paint cover the pole f.. 11-foot diameter at base tapers to 5 1/2-foot diameter at top g.. Three pendulum-style tuned mass dampers reduce movement and vibration h.. Designed to withstand a low temperature of -42?F http://mortenson.wistia.com/medias/tejnwpitig Quite a few wavelengths even at 80/160 meters Gary J N5BAA From hankfolk at hotmail.com Sun Jul 27 17:47:51 2014 From: hankfolk at hotmail.com (Harry Folk) Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:47:51 -0400 Subject: [HCARC] America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? Message-ID: One way to get around HOA antenna restrictions. --- Original Message --- From: "Gary J - N5BAA" Sent: July 27, 2014 4:51 PM To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCARC] America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? Wow ? 400 feet. Weighs over 420,000 lbs. 680 yds of concrete in the base. Flagpole Facts: a.. 400-foot flagpole weighs approximately 420,000 pounds b.. There are two versions of the 60- by 120-foot flag: - 220 pound flag is flown during normal conditions - 350 pound flag is flown during harsher weather c.. Each star is 3 feet high and each stripe is 4 1/2 feet wide d.. 680 cubic yards of concrete used in foundation e.. Over 500 gallons of paint cover the pole f.. 11-foot diameter at base tapers to 5 1/2-foot diameter at top g.. Three pendulum-style tuned mass dampers reduce movement and vibration h.. Designed to withstand a low temperature of -42?F http://mortenson.wistia.com/medias/tejnwpitig Quite a few wavelengths even at 80/160 meters Gary J N5BAA ______________________________________________________________ HCARC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:HCARC 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 qltfnish at omniglobal.net Sun Jul 27 18:04:19 2014 From: qltfnish at omniglobal.net (Gary J - N5BAA) Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:04:19 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Unlikely to be portable for Field Day Gary J N5BAA -----Original Message----- From: Harry Folk Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 4:47 PM To: Gary J - N5BAA ; hcarc at mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [HCARC] America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? One way to get around HOA antenna restrictions. --- Original Message --- From: "Gary J - N5BAA" Sent: July 27, 2014 4:51 PM To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCARC] America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? Wow ? 400 feet. Weighs over 420,000 lbs. 680 yds of concrete in the base. Flagpole Facts: a.. 400-foot flagpole weighs approximately 420,000 pounds b.. There are two versions of the 60- by 120-foot flag: - 220 pound flag is flown during normal conditions - 350 pound flag is flown during harsher weather c.. Each star is 3 feet high and each stripe is 4 1/2 feet wide d.. 680 cubic yards of concrete used in foundation e.. Over 500 gallons of paint cover the pole f.. 11-foot diameter at base tapers to 5 1/2-foot diameter at top g.. Three pendulum-style tuned mass dampers reduce movement and vibration h.. Designed to withstand a low temperature of -42?F http://mortenson.wistia.com/medias/tejnwpitig Quite a few wavelengths even at 80/160 meters Gary J N5BAA ______________________________________________________________ HCARC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7930 - Release Date: 07/27/14 From qltfnish at omniglobal.net Sun Jul 27 18:13:45 2014 From: qltfnish at omniglobal.net (Gary J - N5BAA) Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:13:45 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Constitutional Rights Message-ID: I occasionally fish down in Corpus at Padre Island National Seashore (PINS). Recently a couple of the Park Wardens (FEDS) have been pushing their ?right? (which they don?t have without probable cause) to search peoples vehicles as they exit the Park. One of the fisherman has posted a link to 38 minutes of video that everyone should review annually if not more often. It tells you what to do and what not to do when confronted by the police. I thought I knew my rights, but I was wrong ? I didn?t. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4nQ_mFJV4I&feature=youtu.be it?s at FlexYourRights.org Gary J N5BAA From mikerey.perez at me.com Sun Jul 27 19:48:59 2014 From: mikerey.perez at me.com (Michael R Perez) Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 18:48:59 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Amazing Flagpole--Re: HCARC America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2E15735C-EAE2-4789-98DC-AD3FF4D77EB5@me.com> Amazing Flagpole. Thanks for video. Sent from my iPad > On Jul 27, 2014, at 5:04 PM, hcarc-request at mailman.qth.net wrote: > > Send HCARC mailing list submissions to > hcarc at mailman.qth.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > hcarc-request at mailman.qth.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > hcarc-owner at mailman.qth.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of HCARC digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Heathkit HD-16 Code Practice Oscillator > (galeheise at windstream.net) > 2. testing (John K5XA) > 3. testing (John K5XA) > 4. Austin Summerfest (John K5XA) > 5. Station Grounding - Whew!!! (Gary J - N5BAA) > 6. America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? (Gary J - N5BAA) > 7. Re: America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? (Harry Folk) > 8. Re: America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? (Gary J - N5BAA) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:02:50 -0500 > From: > To: "HCARC Reflector" > Subject: [HCARC] Heathkit HD-16 Code Practice Oscillator > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > For those of you who might be interested in practicing CW I just picked up the referenced code oscillator. I just put in two Duracell 9 volt batteries plus a 1.5 volt battery at the cost of about $7.00 and tested it. > > There are two modes, light and sound. The sound works but the lamp is burned out and needs to be replaced. I confirmed the lamp is getting voltage when keyed in the light mode. > > It?s for sale for $15. If you?re interested and want to try it out before you purchase, let me know. > > Gale > KM4DR > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 17:59:47 -0500 > From: "John K5XA" > To: > Subject: [HCARC] testing > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Test > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 18:02:26 -0500 > From: "John K5XA" > To: > Subject: [HCARC] testing > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Test > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 18:06:09 -0500 > From: "John K5XA" > To: > Subject: [HCARC] Austin Summerfest > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > HCARC Members- > > Here is a note regarding this years Summerfest in Austin. > > First check out the website for the details: > > http://www.austinsummerfest.org/ > > And here is a list of Door Prizes, supplied by K6RV Donald Schliesser: > > Elecraft - $750 Gift Certificate. > > Array Solutions - $750 Shared Apex Loop Receiving Array > > Begali Key - $475 - Prize for first place in the High Speed CW Pileup > Competition > > M2 Antennas - $500 6M5HXP Antenna - 5 el. on 6M > > ARRL - $300 = 6 $50 Gift Certificates > > INRAD - $100 Gift Certificate > > INNOV/FORCE 12 Antennas - $100 Gift Certificate > > Trifid Technologies, K5VH - $25 - Book on Moxon Antennas > > 73 K5XA John Guida > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:17:28 -0500 > From: "Gary J - N5BAA" > To: > Subject: [HCARC] Station Grounding - Whew!!! > Message-ID: <2DA6D9F4BF1A4FB2B93102BF6E3A4725 at GaryPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Ever want to really know the proper grounding techniques for your shack/station. See the grounding articles in the June, July, and August 2002 QST. It is thorough and I?d bet few in the club meet the recommendations. I don?t and it will be quite a while to even get close. > > Gary J > N5BAA > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:50:41 -0500 > From: "Gary J - N5BAA" > To: > Subject: [HCARC] > Message-ID: <950C8ED670174DF49636D01A39E21E0A at GaryPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Wow ? 400 feet. Weighs over 420,000 lbs. 680 yds of concrete in the base. > > Flagpole Facts: > > a.. 400-foot flagpole weighs approximately 420,000 pounds > b.. There are two versions of the 60- by 120-foot flag: > - 220 pound flag is flown during normal conditions > - 350 pound flag is flown during harsher weather > c.. Each star is 3 feet high and each stripe is 4 1/2 feet wide > d.. 680 cubic yards of concrete used in foundation > e.. Over 500 gallons of paint cover the pole > f.. 11-foot diameter at base tapers to 5 1/2-foot diameter at top > g.. Three pendulum-style tuned mass dampers reduce movement and vibration > h.. Designed to withstand a low temperature of -42?F > > http://mortenson.wistia.com/medias/tejnwpitig > Quite a few wavelengths even at 80/160 meters > Gary J > N5BAA > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:47:51 -0400 > From: Harry Folk > To: Gary J - N5BAA , > Subject: Re: [HCARC] America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > One way to get around HOA antenna restrictions. > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Gary J - N5BAA" > Sent: July 27, 2014 4:51 PM > To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net > Subject: [HCARC] America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? > > Wow ? 400 feet. Weighs over 420,000 lbs. 680 yds of concrete in the base. > > Flagpole Facts: > > a.. 400-foot flagpole weighs approximately 420,000 pounds > b.. There are two versions of the 60- by 120-foot flag: > - 220 pound flag is flown during normal conditions > - 350 pound flag is flown during harsher weather > c.. Each star is 3 feet high and each stripe is 4 1/2 feet wide > d.. 680 cubic yards of concrete used in foundation > e.. Over 500 gallons of paint cover the pole > f.. 11-foot diameter at base tapers to 5 1/2-foot diameter at top > g.. Three pendulum-style tuned mass dampers reduce movement and vibration > h.. Designed to withstand a low temperature of -42?F > > http://mortenson.wistia.com/medias/tejnwpitig > Quite a few wavelengths even at 80/160 meters > Gary J > N5BAA > ______________________________________________________________ > HCARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:04:19 -0500 > From: "Gary J - N5BAA" > To: "Harry Folk" , > Subject: Re: [HCARC] America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; > reply-type=original > > Unlikely to be portable for Field Day > > Gary J > N5BAA > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Folk > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 4:47 PM > To: Gary J - N5BAA ; hcarc at mailman.qth.net > Subject: RE: [HCARC] America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? > > One way to get around HOA antenna restrictions. > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Gary J - N5BAA" > Sent: July 27, 2014 4:51 PM > To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net > Subject: [HCARC] America's Tallest Flagpole - Antenna Mast??? > > Wow ? 400 feet. Weighs over 420,000 lbs. 680 yds of concrete in the base. > > Flagpole Facts: > > a.. 400-foot flagpole weighs approximately 420,000 pounds > b.. There are two versions of the 60- by 120-foot flag: > - 220 pound flag is flown during normal conditions > - 350 pound flag is flown during harsher weather > c.. Each star is 3 feet high and each stripe is 4 1/2 feet wide > d.. 680 cubic yards of concrete used in foundation > e.. Over 500 gallons of paint cover the pole > f.. 11-foot diameter at base tapers to 5 1/2-foot diameter at top > g.. Three pendulum-style tuned mass dampers reduce movement and vibration > h.. Designed to withstand a low temperature of -42?F > > http://mortenson.wistia.com/medias/tejnwpitig > Quite a few wavelengths even at 80/160 meters > Gary J > N5BAA > ______________________________________________________________ > HCARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7930 - Release Date: 07/27/14 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > HCARC mailing list > HCARC at mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc > > > ------------------------------ > > End of HCARC Digest, Vol 39, Issue 4 > ************************************