From galeheise at windstream.net Sat Oct 1 14:49:03 2016 From: galeheise at windstream.net (galeheise at windstream.net) Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 13:49:03 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Ham Equipment for Sale Message-ID: <6EA6E86FCFCC4EA09434173779F465AB@GalePC> To All- As a courtesy to Dennis Desoto I?m posting equipment that he has for sale. I met him this afternoon to compile an inventory of his equipment as follows: 1. Four 10 ft. sections of straight Rohn 25 tower. 2. One tapered top section of a Rohn 25 tower. 3. One 3 ft. tilt base section of Rohn 25 tower. 4. Compatible anchor plate for the tilt base. 5. CDE AR-33/ TR-4 Rotator and Controller 6. 2 meter beam/ long boom. 7. 440 MHz beam/ long boom. 8. Pyramid Power Supply PS-26KX. 9. Kantronix KPC-3 TNC 10. MC50 Mike 11. Kenwood TS-830S Transceiver 12. 440 Preamp 13. MFJ Versa Tuner If interested, please contact Dennis directly via his attached email or call 830-777-9413. Dennis said he is open to offers. Take care, Gale KM4DR From W4wj at aol.com Thu Oct 6 16:34:49 2016 From: W4wj at aol.com (W4wj at aol.com) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 16:34:49 -0400 Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: [Rmg] Transatlantic Contact Completed on 2 Meters! Message-ID: <4db007.6d48ed4f.45280f69@aol.com> An interesting FYI... 73 Don W4WJ ____________________________________ From: n5ba at comcast.net To: rmg at k5rmg.com Sent: 10/6/2016 1:16:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time Subj: [Rmg] Transatlantic Contact Completed on 2 Meters! >From ARRL Web page Transatlantic Contact Completed on 2 Meters! 10/05/2016 Amateurs in South America and Africa successfully completed a transatlantic contact on 2 meters on October 4 and 5. Setting the new record were Marcos da Silva, PY1MHZ, in Rio de Janeiro (GG87jc), who copied the 2 meter QRA64 signal of Pieter Jacobs, V51PJ, in Rosh Pinah, Namibia (JG82IE) via tropospheric ducting. The distance between the two stations is 5987 kilometers (approximately 3712 miles). Developed by Nico Palermo, IV3NWV, QRA64 has been incorporated into the WSJT digital suite of Joe Taylor, K1JT. The contact will not qualify for one of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society (_IRTS_ (http://www.irts.ie/) ) _Brendan Awards_ (http://www.irts.ie/cgi/st.cgi?brendan) , which require that one of the transatlantic endpoints be in Europe. The contact took place on 144.250MHz, with PY1MHZ heard at a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of ?36 dB, and V51PJ copied at an SNR of ?37 dB. The contact took place from 2038 UTC on October 4 until 0028 on October 5. PY1MHZ was running 400 W into a 2 ? 12 element horizontal array, using a 16 dB preamp on receive. V51PJ was running 1 kW into a 2 ? 13 element array. ?Look at those SNRs of ?37 and ?36 dB!? enthused Ward Silver, N0AX. ?That? s a signal 4000 times weaker than the noise, and it did not take massive dishes or arrays.? He said the continued progress of digital-mode development demonstrated by the WSJT suite of protocols ?represents true innovation by amateurs.? Silver noted that the Brazil-to-Namibia path is 50 percent longer than the Southern California-to-Hawaii path. He speculates that even longer transpacific paths may exist, for which no amateur stations are currently available. Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, commented, ?Only thanks to the persistence and determination of these OMs was this historic achievement possible.? He expressed appreciation to WSJT developer Joe Taylor, K1JT, for continuing to provide state-of-the-art Amateur Radio digital software. From n5baa at hctc.net Fri Oct 21 21:18:02 2016 From: n5baa at hctc.net (Gary Johnson) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 20:18:02 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Be Glad You Live In Texas Message-ID: <0BDC4F976A6C418BBF32B3291E6D8564@GaryPC> http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/723481/Earth-ICE-AGE-big-freeze-solar-activity 73, Gary J N5BAA From n5baa at hctc.net Wed Oct 26 12:53:46 2016 From: n5baa at hctc.net (Gary Johnson) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:53:46 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Off Topic - Porcupines Message-ID: <6ADF70DE489A4C57B9944F0B4ED03EA0@GaryPC> Just a note for those that live out of the city and have dogs. Porcupines are mating and are out and active. Keep your dogs in early in the morning and at night. How do I know?? I had all 3 of my dogs with noses full of quills. Vet bill to remove them - $191.00. 73, Gary J N5BAA From n5baa at hctc.net Wed Oct 26 13:12:14 2016 From: n5baa at hctc.net (Gary Johnson) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:12:14 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Off Topic - Porcupines In-Reply-To: <91007537-9444-a54b-028c-1e7cc45486e8@owencomps.com> References: <6ADF70DE489A4C57B9944F0B4ED03EA0@GaryPC> <91007537-9444-a54b-028c-1e7cc45486e8@owencomps.com> Message-ID: I remove them depending on how many quills and how calm the dog is. In this case quills were in the mouth, tongue, as well as the nose. Without sedation it was too much for me. Gary J N5BAA -----Original Message----- From: Ray Owen Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 11:57 AM To: Gary Johnson Subject: Re: [HCARC] Off Topic - Porcupines Just an FYI. If you cut the end off the quills, they are hollow. This makes it easier to remove them. I wish I didn't know that LOL. Ray Owen Owen Computer Solutions http://www.owencomps.com 830.998.0914 K5WRO On 10/26/2016 11:53 AM, Gary Johnson wrote: > Just a note for those that live out of the city and have dogs. Porcupines > are mating and are out and active. Keep your dogs in early in the morning > and at night. How do I know?? I had all 3 of my dogs with noses full of > quills. Vet bill to remove them - $191.00. > > > > 73, > > > > 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 > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From n5baa at hctc.net Mon Oct 31 14:07:24 2016 From: n5baa at hctc.net (Gary Johnson) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:07:24 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Rain This Week Message-ID: Accuweather.com predicts rain starting tomorrow and ending Saturday with thunderstorms Friday. Nothing severe expected with total amounts in the range of .65 inches. As little as we have had recently, I?ll take it. As always be prepped if SKYWARN called ? this is Texas, you never know!! 73, Gary J N5BAA