From w4wj at aol.com Sun Aug 4 21:17:27 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (w4wj at aol.com) Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 01:17:27 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: TxDOT Dallas District (Mesquite office) Radio Coordinator Job Open References: <1599548568.960703.1564967847422.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1599548568.960703.1564967847422@mail.yahoo.com> job opening for a real radio guy Job opening for a real Radio Job!! 73DonW4WJ From: memberlist at www.arrl.org To: w4wj at aol.com Sent: 8/4/2019 4:12:44 PM Central Standard Time Subject: TxDOT Dallas District (Mesquite office) Radio Coordinator Job Open Greetings to All !!! The Texas Dept of Transportation (TxDOT, who I work for) has another jobopening for a Radio Coordinator (radio tech). This opening is located at the Dallas District Headquarters on the eastside of Mesquite, TX, in the DFW area. TxDOT is looking for a ?Real Radio Person? to fill the RadioCoordinator position in the Dallas District. The current person hasmoved to a position as the Houston District Radio Coordinator This is not? repeat?NOT!!! an IT job?this is real, no kidding RFradio work job. I like to say we do ?Professional Ham Radio?. TxDOT uses VHF, 700/800MHz, DMR (MotoTurbo), P25 and analogcommunications, Motorola radios and a real! HF network. Experience with Motorola trunking systems is a huge plus. Pay will depend on number of years of experience and work experience inradio (mainly public safety or military related, but ham radio doescount). See the job posting for job qualifications at the following URL... https://careers.txdot.gov/psc/pshcma1/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=114835&PostingSeq=1&languageCd=ENG Required additional qualifications are: FCC General Radio Operators License or an Amateur Radio License, ofGeneral class of higher. An Amateur license of Technician class may workif upgraded to general quickly. Preferred certifications include:COML, COMT, AUXCOM certifications Other experience needed is Programming experience with Motorola equipment such as MotoTurbo/DMR,X-series, Quantar repeaters, APX series radios. Please see the job posting for details on qualifications needed. If you have contacts in any other areas, places or email lists, pleasedistribute. Interested persons need to apply via the TxDOT website ASAP as I am toldthey will start interviewing very soon. BTW, yes, the lucky winner will be working very closely with me. I can answer some questions by phone. In Service,Paul Gilbert Paul Z. Gilbert. KE5ZW, CTCMCOMT TtT / COML / AUXCOM / CETARRL South Texas Section Manager1209 Doris LnCedar Park, Texas 78613512-940-0441? ? ? ? ? ? ke5zw at arrl.org Day Job?? Paul Z. Gilbert. KE5ZW, CTCMCOMT TtT / COML / AUXCOM / CETTexas Dept. of TransportationState Radio CoordinatorRadio and Technology SupportEmergency Management - Maintenance DivCedar Park Campus, Building 51, Wing E9500 N. Lake Creek ParkwayAustin, Texas 78717512-940-0441? ? ? ? Paul.Gilbert at txdot.gov --------------------------------------------------------------------ARRL South Texas SectionSection Manager: Paul Z Gilbert, KE5ZWke5zw at arrl.org-------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from messages, go to:http://p1k.arrl.org/oo/d76d3cf85bf6f5fa07f1c6e214376f77 From cw4evr at hctc.net Tue Aug 6 13:17:10 2019 From: cw4evr at hctc.net (Fred) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 12:17:10 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Club Web Page Message-ID: The club web page has been moved to back to the kerrhams.org website.? This could not have been done without the help of Jim, K5KTF who got it up and running. Fred/w0lpd From w4wj at aol.com Thu Aug 8 16:55:29 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (w4wj at aol.com) Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 20:55:29 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: [CTDXCC] Fw: Save the date Saturday, Aug 24 References: <733409929.2254032.1565297729853.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <733409929.2254032.1565297729853@mail.yahoo.com> FYI... Meet and greet with Candidates for West Gulf DivisionDirector and Vice Director. Also a link with their web site. 73DonW4WJ From: ctdxcc at lists.kkn.net Reply-to: k6rv_donaldlee at yahoo.com To: ctdxcc at lists.kkn.net, wcarc at yahoogroups.com Sent: 8/8/2019 2:54:49 PM Central Standard Time Subject: [CTDXCC] Fw: Save the date Saturday, Aug 24 QST! QST! ? Announcing ?Stand for Ham Radio?? Meet & Greet ? Where: K5AND, 16400 Hamilton Pool Rd (near Bee Cave); see Google Maps or use WAZE app When: Saturday, August 24, 10am ? 1pm ? Please stop by to meet and hear Alan Brown, K5AB, and Madison Jones, W5MJ, tell you why they should be elected as our next West Gulf Division Director and Vice Director. Please see their website at https://standforhamradio.com/ to learn more about them and their qualifications for office. ? There will be free TexMex snacks, margaritas, ice tea, water and Blue Bell ice cream. There will also be a shack tour of K5AND station, antennas, and home. ? Rarely in our wonderful hobby has there been a time that is more important than now to have Directors in place who will truly represent and protect our interests. So come on out, meet them, ask them questions and enjoy some food/drinks and shack tour. ? Please RSVP to Donald, K6RV, k6rv at earthlink.net, or Dick, K5AND, dick at lazyh.me, by Tuesday, Aug 21 so we can plan food and drinks. ? Stay thirsty my friends! ? | ? | _______________________________________________ CTDXCC mailing list CTDXCC at lists.kkn.net https://lists.kkn.net/mailman/listinfo/ctdxcc From k5hab at arrl.net Fri Aug 9 15:14:37 2019 From: k5hab at arrl.net (k5hab at arrl.net) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 14:14:37 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Yesterdays presentation on Antennas Power Spapabear@deercreekcamp.comystems and Radio Station Message-ID: <963E382C-20D0-49AF-B365-579D45CA2D60@arrl.net> Antennas, Power and Radio Station Yesterday at the Medina Radio Club meeting I had on display some of what I use for my Field Day and Search and Rescue operations to try to answer various questions I had received regarding antennas, back up power systems and radio set ups ANTENNA Your Antenna is everything. This is where you start. Without a good antenna you might as well go home. HF I had my H50 Rohn 50 foot metal push up poll. It goes up 43 foot. It can be purchased in Plano for less than $200. http://www.texastowers.com/h50.htm With it I had ropes and stakes to secure the poll and a base plate. A Tee Pee 20 - 40 fan dipole. Easy to build or buy and very efficient. See attached G5RVs, off center fead dipoles, end feed dipoles do not get it. Do not waste your time and effort. It requires a 6 foot ladder to erect the poll. Lots of coax, 100s of feet RX8X is the thin flexible high loss coax - about 3.6 db 100? on two meters. 213 is thicker and less lossy. This is the coax i use in my station. The next step up is LMR-400 for a serious VHF station. I use The Wireman?s (800) 727-WIRE more flexible version of LRM-400 - about 2.4 db 150 ft 2 meters We learned how to use the MFJ 259B Antenna Analyzer to test the the coax loss. We tested every coax we had before we used it We were careful to leave a loop where the coax connects to the antenna so it would not stress the PL 259 connector. We were careful to not twist or step on or pull on the coax. I try to treat it like my best dress jacket. VHF I brought out two different stands that I use. One, a bar that plugs into my Van and the other a construction stand. I displayed about 15 four foot Aluminum tubing mast sections - military. These can be purchased on line or hamfests. Do not buy plastic. I use a Cushcraft Ringo AR-2 2meter vertical for VHF. We erected the Ringo about 20 feet up and put the MFJ 259 antenna analyzer on it to check to see if it was resonate, X=0 or as close a you can get. You do not care about SWR. Remember a dummy load has a 1:1 SWR. The Ringo was tuned to 155, not our 146. Sure enough X=0 at 155. We then looked at R. R was 55. Radios like to see close to 50 ohms. Then we happened to glance at SWR and it was 1:1. We needed to retune or make the antenna longer so it would be tuned on 146 unless we were going to operate on the fire department channel. I showed an 8 foot ground rod with polyphasers and braided ground strap on it?s top. Power I had a Honda 2000ie generator. The current model is a 2200ie I purchased my Honda from Mayberrys (800) 696-1745. He is a ham and has advertised in QST for 20 years. I had a plywood panel to place the generator on to keep it out of the dirt. I really like the inverter technology generators because they do not need to run at 1800 or 3600 RPM so they do not wear themselves out, use a lot of fuel or make noise. Dollar for dollar you get more from a Honda. It was propane powered with a Hutch Mountain 435-494-1975 propane conversion. I had a heavy duty AC power cords to get the generator away from the operating position. I showed a Power Werx SS30DV power supply, purchase from HRO or Elecraft Batteries - deep cycle only - with amp hour AH ratings. It may say deep cycle on the side but No AH rating no deep cycle. Over ninety percent of batteries die because they are over charged. You can blow up a battery with a 2 amp Battery Tender. I use a product called Battery Minder 128CEC1 8 amp charger. Flooded or AGM batteries do not like to be discharged more that 50%. It will shorten their lives. The only way to tell when you get to 50% is with a battery monitor. The best source for battery in formation is Battery University. Isidor Buchmann is the expert. https://batteryuniversity.com I brought a 12v deep cycle battery in a plastic case with cable and fuse and Anderson Power Poll. I also brought two six volt golf cart batteries on a furniture dolly in plastic cases with a battery monitor and fused rig runner installed. Everything 12volt had Anderson Power Pole connectors. Be careful of Chinese copies. Noting smaller than 12 gauge wire. 8 gauge works. Lots of fuses, distribution connectors and cables. West Mountain rig runners for fused Anderson power poll power distribution. I brought three West Mountain PWRgate including the new Epic which has a solar controller built in. These will switch automatically from your power supply to your batteries. I use the PWRgate PG40s for my station currently. I had various solar panels for demo purposes only. You need at least a 100 watt panel as a place to start. Anything smaller is just for show. I had an amp meters for demo. STATION Table and chairs LED desk lamps paper pencils pens log books fans Elecraft K3S. If you are going to Field Day, where other radios we be present, you need a K3. Good used K3s can be purchase for as little as $1,200 An Icom IC-2300 2 meter transceiver, I brought an IC-2100 which can be purchased for $50. A logging computer connected to the K3S. Numerous headsets, speakers, cables and adapters. I did not bring a canopy or tent or ac, but you may want them. I had bags of cables and connectors and test meters and tools and soldering irons. Whatever can break will. Spare radios, antennas, switches and on and on are a good idea. Lots of coffee. Spare parts for your fun meter. Let me be clear: There are many ways to do this with many options. I have tried most of them. That is why I do it the way I do. I have already made those mistake. Can you do it for less money - yes. Will it work (With Out Real Knowledge) probably not. You will end up spending more money because you will learn what I have learned and have to sell what you saved money on to do it correctly. Three of the things I was trying to get across were: How easy it is to erect a real resonate antenna. As part of that how to use an MFJ 259B or C antenna analyzer to check coax and see if the antenna is resonate. X = 0 How to set up a real off grid power system. The radios you need. If you do it correctly you will be amazed by how well it will work and how much fun you will have. Thanks for your time. Call with questions Peter Medina Raio Club Technical Coordinator, South Texas Section ARRL 505-610-7800 From w4wj at aol.com Tue Aug 13 03:13:33 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (w4wj at aol.com) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 07:13:33 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Tower Lighting References: <1495138543.3331763.1565680413190.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1495138543.3331763.1565680413190@mail.yahoo.com> The subject of the FAA and new tower lighting rules was mentioned last night on the Hill Country FM Net. These rules cover towers in the 50 to 200 foot heightrange.? Here is a link with a quick summation of whatis and is not covered under the new rules. 73DonW4WJ http://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2016/new-faa-rules-will-require-some-50-to-200-foot-towers-to-be-marked/ From tower2 at stx.rr.com Tue Aug 20 20:10:09 2019 From: tower2 at stx.rr.com (Harvey N. Vordenbaum) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:10:09 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] test Message-ID: <006401d557b4$ccbd3760$6637a620$@rr.com> Test From tower2 at stx.rr.com Tue Aug 20 20:23:42 2019 From: tower2 at stx.rr.com (Harvey N. Vordenbaum) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:23:42 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] WWV/WWVH Message-ID: <006901d557b6$b174bda0$145e38e0$@rr.com> DE K5HV This message was forwarded by, I believe, Frank W3LPL, to alert everyone about the WWV Survey being taken to provide info for decision-makers about the continued need for the existence of WWV. It would be a terrible loss for us all if WWV went away merely to save $$$ in some bureaucrat's budget. Please submit the survey on the link below ASAP and forward this to as many Hams as possible before the dates listed. You can use the link for the survey rather than listening directly to WWV.TNX/73, Bob K8BL From: Paul English englishp at hotmail.com Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019, 11:15:47 AM CDT Subject: DOD Broadcast and Listener Survey on WWV and WWVH >From 14-24 August, WWV and WWVH will be broadcasting a DOD message at 10 mins. past the hour on WWV and 50 mins. past the hour on WWVH. As part of the message, all listeners are asked to take a listener survey at the URL specified in the message. http://www.dodmars.org/home/wwv-survey The results of this survey are shared with WWV/H personnel to show their NIST chain of command how often their stations are monitored and how the various timing signals and messages are used by the listeners. Please take a listen to this message and take the survey...as the saying goes, "every vote counts" and your input to this survey is being used to help demonstrate the importance of these stations. Thanks for your consideration in this effort. Paul English, WD8DBY Chief, Army MARS K5HV From lee at besing.com Mon Aug 26 04:13:12 2019 From: lee at besing.com (Lee Besing) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 03:13:12 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Ham help needed October 5th-6th for San Antonio's BikeMS ride Message-ID: <0bbe7eb7-c4f2-4d7d-9aac-229ce951eb57.maildroid@localhost> Hams Needed ? BikeMS October 5-6th 2019 We're looking for more ham radio operators to volunteer for the annual National MS Society BikeMS Valero Ride to the River cycling event on October 5-6th 2019? Please share with your clubs or other hams. Please contact me directly (not back to the groups please) for more details about this annual event. We do have a few assignments for non hams as well, such as a driver or navigator paired up with a ham, etc.. You can volunteer for 1 or both days as Breakpoint operators, but SAG Teams & Tour shadows are generally 2-day assignments. Breakpoint hams, SAG Teams Teams, Shadow operators for police and Event Tour Directors, Net Control ops, etc. Motorcycle Marshals are being coordinated by Raymond McLeaird, N5RAM. This ride starts at Rolling Oaks Mall, on the north side of San Antonio Saturday morning and ends up at the Comal County Fairgrounds in New Braunfels that evening. It passes east thru Seguin before heading back to New Braunfels. On Sunday, the routes loop out from the Fairgrounds into the Hill Country near Canyon Lake, including River Road. There are 2 routes on Sunday. Note: you can change volunteer category assignments on this page by using the drop down menu at the top of the page. Choices include general Ham Radio Operators, SAG Teams and Motorcycle Marshals among others. We've got 7-8 rest stops / breakpoints to staff on Saturday and 5 on Sunday. Net control will be in New Braunfels at the Fairground both days. We prefer to have a driver / navigator for all 15 SAG Teams. Some will drive pickup trucks while the others will be in 15-passenger white vans. Rental vehicles are provided for SAG Teams and fuel is covered by a temporary use fuel card, so no cash out of hand for those types of assignments. Motorcycle Marshals also get fuel provided. This volunteer link below is just to get your name into the BikeMS volunteer system. Actual assignments will be made manually by Lee Besing N5NTG and Mary Ann Horn N5MYN. Sign up at this link for the volunteer page for our HAM radio operators. Feel free to forward and share with others. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/bikemscac2019ham Lee Besing, N5NTG email: lee at besing.com or info at sanantoniohams.org cellphone: 210-771-7075 (leave voicemail or text msg, I work nights & sleep in) San Antonio TX From john at ac4ca.us Wed Aug 28 13:37:08 2019 From: john at ac4ca.us (John AC4CA) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:37:08 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] SteppIR DB18E For Sale Message-ID: <000201d55dc7$37c01d30$a7405790$@ac4ca.us> For Sale - SteppIR DB18E (40m-6m) with boom and element truss options, two SDA 100 controllers with ELP, extra DE EHU, 350' 24-conductor control cable two DB25 control cable splicers. Excellent condition. P/U in Fredericksburg, TX if you want to inspect, or will deliver free to TX Hill country, San Antonio, and Austin. Can make arrangements for Houston or Dallas/Ft. Worth. $3500. Email: See QRZ.com. John - AC4CA From w4wj at aol.com Wed Aug 28 15:49:40 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (w4wj at aol.com) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:49:40 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: Route 66 On The Air Special Event Returns References: <981037709.8903.1567021780701.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <981037709.8903.1567021780701@mail.yahoo.com> FYI RT66 On The Air 73DonW4WJ From: memberlist at www.arrl.org To: w4wj at aol.com Sent: 8/27/2019 6:21:43 PM Central Standard Time Subject: Route 66 On The Air Special Event Returns Route 66 On The Air Returns ??? The 20th Annual Amateur Radio special operating event, known as?Route 66 On The Air? returns on September 7-15, 2019. ??? Organized by the Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club of San Bernardino,California in 1999 to celebrate the anniversary of Bobby Troup?s 1946hit song ?Get Your Kicks On Route 66?, the event now involves over20 cities on the ?Mother Road? being activated by multiple AmateurRadio clubs and individuals. ??? Oklahoma and Texas will again activate portions of the Mother Road.Oklahoma expects to have special event stations in Tulsa, Oklahoma Cityand Elk City. Texas expects to have a station in Amarillo. The list ofall the planned special event stations along the Mother Road can befound at? http://w6jbt.org/?page_id=117 and the operating frequencyguidelines can be found at http://w6jbt.org/?page_id=25 ??? Aaron Scott, K5ATG, an Oklahoma City resident, has announced he intendsto operate ?recumbent tricycle mobile? while traveling a 30-mileroute between the ?Round Barn? in Acadia, Oklahoma and theOverholser Bridge, west of Bethany, Oklahoma. ? ? ? The FCC has issued each of the participating stations specialcall signs in recognition of the event. Anyone who works any of thespecial event stations will receive a certificate with endorsementsidentifying which of the participating cities they contacted. ? ? You may not be able to travel the length of the Mother Road, butwith this event, you can at least talk to it. ? ? PS: Operating mobile from a Corvette won?t get you any morecertificates, but would be a bucket of fun! John Robert Stratton? ? ? N5AUSWest Gulf Division Director --------------------------------------------------------------------ARRL West Gulf DivisionDirector: John Robert Stratton, N5AUSn5aus at arrl.org-------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from messages, go to:http://p1k.arrl.org/oo/1a380811467b37313c7c7b275b50279a From w4wj at aol.com Fri Aug 30 03:43:51 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (w4wj at aol.com) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 07:43:51 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Huge antenna project... and disaster References: <829810458.133411.1567151031561.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <829810458.133411.1567151031561@mail.yahoo.com> http://w6dsr.com/LP1005AA/index.html 73DonW4WJ From bucket at janeandjohn.org Fri Aug 30 09:11:12 2019 From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 08:11:12 -0500 Subject: [HCARC] Huge antenna project... and disaster In-Reply-To: <829810458.133411.1567151031561@mail.yahoo.com> References: <829810458.133411.1567151031561.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <829810458.133411.1567151031561@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5ee53c47-1b23-870e-5765-2f27b1e543be@janeandjohn.org> Holy cow! John WB5THT On 8/30/2019 2:43 AM, Don Murray via HCARC wrote: > http://w6dsr.com/LP1005AA/index.html > > > > 73DonW4WJ > ______________________________________________________________ > 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