[HCARC] Sam Jones - N5PHI
Charley & Peggy Robinson
ccrobins at ktc.com
Fri Apr 14 18:16:45 EDT 2017
For those who didn't know, Sam had surgery last Monday to remove part of
his cancerous liver. He is in a hospital in SA. I talked to Sam's XYL,
Ruby, this afternoon. She says Sam is doing well. So much so that they
are planning on him going home tomorrow. Keep him in your thoughts, gang.
73,
Charley Robinson, af5ao
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> 2. AK5M SK (Bill Tynan)
> 3. Re: Icom BNC Connectors For RX Antenna Connections (W4wj at aol.com)
> 4. Re: Icom BNC Connectors For RX Antenna Connections
> (Gary J - N5BAA)
> 5. Re: AK5M SK (Harvey N. Vordenbaum)
> 6. MFJ 336T (James Wesseling)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 19:36:14 -0500
> From: AA6RK <aa6rk at aol.com>
> To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [HCARC] Eimac 3-500Z
> Message-ID: <ABA99E9B-800F-423E-8355-6249468CAD3A at aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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> I have two of these USA made finals surplus to my needs. Fully functional. Contact me via email.
> Thanks. Bob...
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> Please visit my web site:
> www.trumpetbob.com
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 21:08:24 -0500
> From: "Bill Tynan" <billandmattie at windstream.net>
> To: <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [HCARC] AK5M SK
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Thanks to K5HV for posting the sad news re Harvey West, AK5M.
>
>
>
> AK5M was a major participant in the Club when I arrived in1989. Among other
> contributions, he had arranged several grants of significant amounts of
> money for the Club from his former employer, Exxon.
>
>
>
> I talked with him on the phone last year and he wasn't doing well then.
>
>
>
> According to the Daily Times, he was 96.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Bill Tynan, W3XO
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Harvey N. Vordenbaum [mailto:tower2 at stx.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 7:55 PM
> To: Harvey N. Vordenbaum <tower2 at stx.rr.com <mailto:tower2 at stx.rr.com> >
> Subject: SK, HARVEY WEST, AK5M
>
>
>
> Long time, and probably, original Club Member, Harvey O. West, AK5M, passed
> away Sunday April 2 at home.
>
> Services are pending at Grimes Funeral Chapels.
>
> In one of the first Club meetings I ever attended, in about 1994, Bob
> Nelson, N5EW, then WD9HSE, was elected President. As was the custom then,
> the former President, Harvey West, immediately sat down and the new
> President had to carry on with the meeting.
>
> I thought that was unique.
>
> That was when we were meeting in the garage apartment building behind the
> Kerr Regional History Center on Water Street.
>
> 73
>
> Harvey
>
> K5HV
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 22:29:23 -0400
> From: W4wj at aol.com
> To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [HCARC] Icom BNC Connectors For RX Antenna Connections
> Message-ID: <14ff41.5b8edb89.4615b083 at aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> Hello all...
>
> I still believe the usage of the BNC comes down to
> the minimal space that is occupied by the connector.
>
> Back in the day... some rigs had "RCA" connectors for
> outboard receiver. I have no further commen on this!! ;-)
>
> Here are the Amphenol specs for TYPE N, BNC and UHF
> (PL-259) connectors. Interesting reading...
>
> I have also included links to the wikipedia discussion
> of each connector format.
>
> TYPE N
> http://www.amphenolrf.com/connectors/n-type.html
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_connector
>
> BNC
> http://www.amphenolrf.com/connectors/bnc.html
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_connector
>
>
> UHF (PL-259)
> http://www.amphenolrf.com/connectors/uhf.html
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF_connector
>
>
> 73
> Don
> W4WJ
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/4/2017 7:37:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> robertson at ctesc.net writes:
>
> Don & Gary,
>
> I would think if the truth were known, the BNC connector is closer to the
> N
> in quality than the PL-259.
>
> Dennis -- W5FBG
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Murray via HCARC" <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
> To: <n5baa at hctc.net>; <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 7:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [HCARC] Icom BNC Connectors For RX Antenna Connections
>
>
>> Gary...
>>
>> Not only to prevent an OOPS... but also the BNC occupies
>> less area of the rear panel... where space can be at a premium.
>>
>> 73
>> Don
>> W4WJ
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 4/4/2017 11:45:19 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> n5baa at hctc.net writes:
>>
>> Is there any reason other than size and lack of need to handle any TX
>> power that Icom (and others) use the BNC connector on their receive only
>> antenna connections?? This is true of even the Icom 7800 series radios
>> that cost
>> $13,000.00 plus. You would not expect in a $13,000.00 radio (Icom 7851)
>> that there would not be a need for a ?cost cutting? measure. As one
>> might
>> tell, I am somewhat ignorant when it comes to these fittings.
>> Fortunately
>> even Amphenol BNC?s are inexpensive (around $1.00) to buy. Just seems
>> that we could settle on one fitting for radios to keep things simple.
>>
>> Could the BNC?s be used to prevent receive only antennas from being
>> attached to antenna ports that COULD carry transmit power. That would
>> make the
>> most sense.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Gary J
>> N5BAA
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 22:37:37 -0500
> From: "Gary J - N5BAA" <qltfnish at omniglobal.net>
> To: <W4wj at aol.com>, <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [HCARC] Icom BNC Connectors For RX Antenna Connections
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> Thank you so much for the info and the research to find it. Sometimes one
> wonders about why the choices that are made, are made that way..
>
> 73,
>
> Gary J
> N5BAA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Murray via HCARC
> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 9:29 PM
> To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [HCARC] Icom BNC Connectors For RX Antenna Connections
>
> Hello all...
>
> I still believe the usage of the BNC comes down to
> the minimal space that is occupied by the connector.
>
> Back in the day... some rigs had "RCA" connectors for
> outboard receiver. I have no further commen on this!! ;-)
>
> Here are the Amphenol specs for TYPE N, BNC and UHF
> (PL-259) connectors. Interesting reading...
>
> I have also included links to the wikipedia discussion
> of each connector format.
>
> TYPE N
> http://www.amphenolrf.com/connectors/n-type.html
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_connector
>
> BNC
> http://www.amphenolrf.com/connectors/bnc.html
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_connector
>
>
> UHF (PL-259)
> http://www.amphenolrf.com/connectors/uhf.html
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF_connector
>
>
> 73
> Don
> W4WJ
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/4/2017 7:37:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> robertson at ctesc.net writes:
>
> Don & Gary,
>
> I would think if the truth were known, the BNC connector is closer to the
> N
> in quality than the PL-259.
>
> Dennis -- W5FBG
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Murray via HCARC" <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
> To: <n5baa at hctc.net>; <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 7:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [HCARC] Icom BNC Connectors For RX Antenna Connections
>
>
>> Gary...
>>
>> Not only to prevent an OOPS... but also the BNC occupies
>> less area of the rear panel... where space can be at a premium.
>>
>> 73
>> Don
>> W4WJ
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 4/4/2017 11:45:19 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> n5baa at hctc.net writes:
>>
>> Is there any reason other than size and lack of need to handle any TX
>> power that Icom (and others) use the BNC connector on their receive only
>> antenna connections?? This is true of even the Icom 7800 series radios
>> that cost
>> $13,000.00 plus. You would not expect in a $13,000.00 radio (Icom 7851)
>> that there would not be a need for a ?cost cutting? measure. As one
>> might
>> tell, I am somewhat ignorant when it comes to these fittings.
>> Fortunately
>> even Amphenol BNC?s are inexpensive (around $1.00) to buy. Just seems
>> that we could settle on one fitting for radios to keep things simple.
>>
>> Could the BNC?s be used to prevent receive only antennas from being
>> attached to antenna ports that COULD carry transmit power. That would
>> make the
>> most sense.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Gary J
>> N5BAA
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 07:14:47 -0500
> From: "Harvey N. Vordenbaum" <tower2 at stx.rr.com>
> To: "'Bill Tynan'" <billandmattie at windstream.net>,
> <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [HCARC] AK5M SK
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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>
> Thanks for putting it on the reflector, Bill.
> Hv
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HCARC [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Tynan
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 9:08 PM
> To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [HCARC] AK5M SK
>
> Thanks to K5HV for posting the sad news re Harvey West, AK5M.
>
>
>
> AK5M was a major participant in the Club when I arrived in 1989. Among other
> contributions, he had arranged several grants of significant amounts of
> money for the Club from his former employer, Exxon.
>
>
>
> I talked with him on the phone last year and he wasn't doing well then.
>
>
>
> According to the Daily Times, he was 96.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Bill Tynan, W3XO
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Harvey N. Vordenbaum [mailto:tower2 at stx.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 7:55 PM
> To: Harvey N. Vordenbaum <tower2 at stx.rr.com <mailto:tower2 at stx.rr.com> >
> Subject: SK, HARVEY WEST, AK5M
>
>
>
> Long time, and probably, original Club Member, Harvey O. West, AK5M, passed
> away Sunday April 2 at home.
>
> Services are pending at Grimes Funeral Chapels.
>
> In one of the first Club meetings I ever attended, in about 1994, Bob
> Nelson, N5EW, then WD9HSE, was elected President. As was the custom then,
> the former President, Harvey West, immediately sat down and the new
> President had to carry on with the meeting.
>
> I thought that was unique.
>
> That was when we were meeting in the garage apartment building behind the
> Kerr Regional History Center on Water Street.
>
> 73
>
> Harvey
>
> K5HV
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 11:22:26 -0500
> From: James Wesseling <jimwess at technologist.com>
> To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [HCARC] MFJ 336T
> Message-ID: <7cd15af9-c17b-fefa-8a09-4ee91b396fd4 at technologist.com>
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> I have a MFJ 336T magnetic mount with a 17ft cable that I will sell for
> 10 bucks. It's a little rusty on the top side, but magnetic side is
> fine. This is a heavy duty magnetic mount.
>
> Jim Wesseling KF5LI
> 830-522-5024
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