From w4wj at aol.com Mon Dec 2 19:37:08 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 00:37:08 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: ARLX011 Past ARRL Chief Technology Officer Paul Rinaldo, W4RI (SK) References: <157903388.1710374.1575333428545.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <157903388.1710374.1575333428545@mail.yahoo.com> FYI... 73DonW4WJ From: memberlist at www.arrl.org To: w4wj at aol.com Sent: 12/2/2019 2:17:12 PM Central Standard Time Subject: ARLX011 Past ARRL Chief Technology Officer Paul Rinaldo, W4RI (SK) SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX011ARLX011 Past ARRL Chief Technology Officer Paul Rinaldo, W4RI (SK) ZCZC AX11QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 11? ARLX011From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT? December 2, 2019To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX011ARLX011 Past ARRL Chief Technology Officer Paul Rinaldo, W4RI (SK) A titan of Amateur Radio, past ARRL Chief Technology Officer Paul L.Rinaldo, W4RI, of Burke, Virginia, died on November 29 after aperiod of failing health. An ARRL Life Member, Rinaldo was 88. "This is really sad news," ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR,remarked upon learning of Rinaldo's passing. "I worked with Paul ona number of things, and he amazed me with his knowledge and thedifferent ways to consider issues. Smart. Highly respected. He surehelped us through the years in so many ways." First licensed in 1949 as W9IZA (he also held W3FFH and K4YKB overthe years), Rinaldo's focus was always in the arena of technicalexperimentation. He studied radio engineering at ValparaisoTechnical Institute in Indiana. Rinaldo was a cofounder and servedas president of the Amateur Radio Research and DevelopmentCorporation (AMRAD). His first association with ARRL was an article,"Amateur Radio in the Computer Age," for the September 1979 editionof QST. Subsequently, he served in volunteer roles, among them asthe first editor of QEX: The ARRL Experimenters' Exchange. In 1983, Rinaldo succeeded Doug DeMaw, W1FB, as ARRL TechnicalDepartment Manager and Senior Technical Editor. His efforts led tohis appointment as Publications Manager and, 5 years later, asManager of Technical Development with responsibility for preparingfor the 1992 World Administrative Radio Conference. This led toRinaldo's supporting role in the International Amateur Radio Union(IARU), and he attended IARU Administrative Council (AC) meetingsfrom 1996 to 2008, serving on several occasions as recordingsecretary. "Paul's presence at the AC meetings was never simply clerical andwas primarily to allow the AC to tap his unique expertise," IARUSecretary David Sumner, K1ZZ, noted. Rinaldo also took part inseveral International Telecommunication Union (ITU) conferences andserved on numerous working parties and task groups. Sumner saidamateur radio's successes at the just-ended WRC-19 were, in largepart, because of Rinaldo's good work over the years. In 1992, Rinaldo established ARRL's Technical Relations Office inthe Washington, DC, area, which expanded as preparations for WorldRadiocommunication Conferences became an ongoing need. In 2004, theARRL Board of Directors elected Rinaldo as ARRL's first ChiefTechnology Officer, a post he held until his retirement in 2008."For the past 16 years, Paul has been the face and voice of amateurradio in the technical circles of the federal government and one ofour most visible representatives at the ITU," Sumner said at thetime. "We all had enormous respect for Paul and what he brought to IARU,"IARU Region 1 President Don Beattie, G3BJ, commented. "People withhis breadth of knowledge and experience, and the ability to apply itin a sensitive way, are all too rare." Rinaldo was a board member of the United States ITU Association anda Life Senior Member of the IEEE. He also served on the IEEE-USACommittee on Communications Policy. Murphy Funeral Homes of Falls Church, Virginia, is handlingarrangements.NNNN/EX From keith at keithwatson.com Mon Dec 2 20:24:56 2019 From: keith at keithwatson.com (Keith Watson) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 19:24:56 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Kenwood PS-53 Needs Help Message-ID: Hi all, I have a Kenwood PS-53 power supply that seems to need help. It has a very bad AC hum on the output. I could use some help troubleshooting the cause of the problem if anyone has the ability and is willing. Thanks in advance. Keith... N9TX From keith at keithwatson.com Wed Dec 4 19:08:19 2019 From: keith at keithwatson.com (Keith Watson) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 18:08:19 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Kenwood PS-53 Needs Help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, Thanks to everyone who responded to my email on my ailing power supply. After further examination of the power supply, it appears that it is not as sick as I first thought. I took it apart and checked for any possible physical damage and to check the two large electrolytics. I then put an AC voltmeter on the output, and low and behold, there isn't any AC ripple anymore. I can't explain it, but I will take it. Thanks again for all the support. It means a lot. Keith... N9TX On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 7:24 PM Keith Watson wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Kenwood PS-53 power supply that seems to need help. It has a very > bad AC hum on the output. I could use some help troubleshooting the cause > of the problem if anyone has the ability and is willing. > > Thanks in advance. > > Keith... > N9TX > From w4wj at aol.com Wed Dec 4 20:14:36 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 01:14:36 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Kenwood PS-53 Needs Help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1743250572.5947745.1575508476360@mail.yahoo.com> Keith... Good job Keith!! Your p.s; needed some attention from it's human!!? ;-) 73DonW4WJ In a message dated 12/4/2019 6:45:50 PM Central Standard Time, keith at keithwatson.com writes: Hi all, Thanks to everyone who responded to my email on my ailing power supply. After further examination of the power supply, it appears that it is not as sick as I first thought. I took it apart and checked for any possible physical damage and to check the two large electrolytics. I then put an AC voltmeter on the output, and low and behold, there isn't any AC ripple anymore. I can't explain it, but I will take it. Thanks again for all the support. It means a lot. Keith... N9TX On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 7:24 PM Keith Watson wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Kenwood PS-53 power supply that seems to need help. It has a very > bad AC hum on the output. I could use some help troubleshooting the cause > of the problem if anyone has the ability and is willing. > > Thanks in advance. > > Keith... > N9TX > ______________________________________________________________ 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 jgpreski at gmail.com Fri Dec 6 07:02:08 2019 From: jgpreski at gmail.com (Joe Preski) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 06:02:08 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Kenwood PS-53 Needs Help In-Reply-To: <1743250572.5947745.1575508476360@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1743250572.5947745.1575508476360@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: HCARC Christmas Party... XYL and I have been overseas for the last several months so was were unable to sign-up for the Christmas party but were back now and would like to attend. Have emailed and left voice messages for Sherry but no answer. Can anyone tell me if we can still attend and who we can contact to tell us what to bring. Thanks, Joe Preski KG6KH 619-609-8898 On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 7:14 PM DON MURRAY via HCARC wrote: > Keith... > > Good job Keith!! > Your p.s; needed some attention from it's human!! ;-) > > 73DonW4WJ > > In a message dated 12/4/2019 6:45:50 PM Central Standard Time, > keith at keithwatson.com writes: > > Hi all, > > Thanks to everyone who responded to my email on my ailing power supply. > After further examination of the power supply, it appears that it is not as > sick as I first thought. I took it apart and checked for any possible > physical damage and to check the two large electrolytics. I then put an AC > voltmeter on the output, and low and behold, there isn't any AC ripple > anymore. I can't explain it, but I will take it. > > Thanks again for all the support. It means a lot. > > Keith... > N9TX > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 7:24 PM Keith Watson wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I have a Kenwood PS-53 power supply that seems to need help. It has a > very > > bad AC hum on the output. I could use some help troubleshooting the cause > > of the problem if anyone has the ability and is willing. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Keith... > > N9TX > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 tower2 at stx.rr.com Fri Dec 6 09:56:10 2019 From: tower2 at stx.rr.com (Harvey N. Vordenbaum) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 08:56:10 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Kenwood PS-53 Needs Help In-Reply-To: References: <1743250572.5947745.1575508476360@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <003101d5ac45$4dd58f20$e980ad60$@rr.com> Don't worry about it. Just bring a side dish and come anyway. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE ON THE REFLECTOR. Harvey K5HV -----Original Message----- From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Preski Sent: Friday, December 06, 2019 6:02 AM To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [HCARC] Kenwood PS-53 Needs Help HCARC Christmas Party... XYL and I have been overseas for the last several months so was were unable to sign-up for the Christmas party but were back now and would like to attend. Have emailed and left voice messages for Sherry but no answer. Can anyone tell me if we can still attend and who we can contact to tell us what to bring. Thanks, Joe Preski KG6KH 619-609-8898 On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 7:14 PM DON MURRAY via HCARC wrote: > Keith... > > Good job Keith!! > Your p.s; needed some attention from it's human!! ;-) > > 73DonW4WJ > > In a message dated 12/4/2019 6:45:50 PM Central Standard Time, > keith at keithwatson.com writes: > > Hi all, > > Thanks to everyone who responded to my email on my ailing power supply. > After further examination of the power supply, it appears that it is not as > sick as I first thought. I took it apart and checked for any possible > physical damage and to check the two large electrolytics. I then put an AC > voltmeter on the output, and low and behold, there isn't any AC ripple > anymore. I can't explain it, but I will take it. > > Thanks again for all the support. It means a lot. > > Keith... > N9TX > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 7:24 PM Keith Watson wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I have a Kenwood PS-53 power supply that seems to need help. It has a > very > > bad AC hum on the output. I could use some help troubleshooting the cause > > of the problem if anyone has the ability and is willing. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Keith... > > N9TX > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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 bsteg316 at gmail.com Wed Dec 11 10:14:47 2019 From: bsteg316 at gmail.com (Bill Stegemueller K5KB) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:14:47 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Sir Norman Rigsby K5LYO Message-ID: <8841e7f4-33b1-5b50-b0c7-fb0494e57e6b@gmail.com> Norman Riggsby K5LYO (age 94) is a survivor of Omaha Beach on D-Day. Norman landed on Omaha Beach at approximately 7 AM, June 6th 1944. He earned two purple hearts for that morning and later during the battle. The first was for injuries sustained morning of D Day on Omaha Beach. His second Purple Heart was for injuries sustained from being blown up by a German tiger tank. He actually spent several weeks in a coma after the tank blast. The French government on November 10th, 2018 presented Norman Riggsby with the Legion of Honour, France's highest distinction. "This is the most commendable example of bravery and trust in humanity and those universal values that unite us" according to Alex Andres, French Consul General. The ceremony took place on the steps of the Texas State Capitol. For this honor Norman Riggsby has been appointed the rank of knight. Sir Norman as he is now known has lived a full, adventurous and storied life. Unfortunately this past July, Sir Norman took a fall on his property in Medina Texas. As a result of the fall, he is yet to recover fully. Today he resides at a nursing center in Kerrville Texas. The holidays can be a challenging time for some. This year the holidays will be especially challenging for Sir Norman Riggsby. I'm asking for a little help from a few friends and family members this holiday season. Attached below is Sir Norman's mailing address at the facility in Kerrville. If you have a few moments of your time and would like to make the season much better for this hero, please send him a card and or a note. It will be greatly appreciated. Also if you were to be in the Kerrville Texas area, the nursing center is just off of Interstate 10 and Highway 16. He always welcomes visitors and your time spent with him will be a blessing not just for him, but for yourself. Additionally if you feel led to do so, please share this email with others who may desire to do the same. Thank You... He LOVES to talk HAM RADIO God Bless & Merry Christmas Bill Stegemueller K5KB From bill at k5kb.com Wed Dec 11 16:41:22 2019 From: bill at k5kb.com (K5KB) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:41:22 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Norman Rigsby K5LYO Message-ID: <22f08cf5-b898-4460-0ca1-61f2541f1bad@k5kb.com> Somebody pointed out that I did not include a room number for Norman Room 313A,? Alpine Terrace Nursing Home Kerrville Texas Bill K5KB From kerryk5ks at hughes.net Wed Dec 18 20:53:14 2019 From: kerryk5ks at hughes.net (Kerry) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 01:53:14 +0000 Subject: [HCARC] Maximum Sunspot Number - Monday night HCARC Net Message-ID: <62197d90-541f-25ba-b032-51a437cfc041@hughes.net> In response to question from Steve, WD5ENH, here are some solar data from 1957-58. I haven't actually found the peak sunspot number for Cycle 19 which peaked in late 1957, however, I have some data. The sunspot numbers are not easy to deal with as there are at least 3 different sets of numbers. These are the International or Zurich numbers which go back to 1749. There are numbers from before 1749, however, these were estimated by Wolf and Fritz using various non-solar observations. A year or so ago, these numbers were 'corrected' and have changed slightly. The second set of numbers are the the Boulder numbers. These tend to be about 50% higher than the Zurich numbers. The third set are the AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers) numbers. The AAVSO numbers tend to be about 10% higher than the Zurich numbers. The difference between the numbers is because of the way the actual observed numbers are 'adjusted' so they are comparable to the older numbers. This is caused by the fact that modern telescopes tend to be better and larger than the old ones. I don't believe that the Boulder numbers have been adjusted at all. I think the telescope used at Boulder is about 20" but I'm not sure. Naturally, up to a point, the larger the telescope the higher the number of sunspots seen. The AAVSO gets sunspot counts from several observers. I understand each observer has a correction factor to make his numbers comparable to Zurich. The Zurich numbers have been using a similar process for centuries. So when you see sunspot numbers you have to be careful to compare them to like numbers. The numbers I used I believe are Zurich numbers but I can't be positive. The number I've seen for the maximum daily sunspot number is about 350. The high monthly average is 286 for March 1958. The high smoothed number is 201. Admire these numbers but use with care - I'm not sure they all relate to each other! The 10.7 cm solar flux numbers I have are much more accurate. They came from a paper "A Working Collection of Daily 2800 MHz Solar Flux Values 1946 - 1973" by Arthur E. Covington of the National Research Council of Canada. !946 is the start date because that is the day when they recorded the first 10.7 cm solar flux measurement. While we only see the number there are actual units associated with these numbers so the numbers don't depend on an observer and are comparable no matter what equipment is used. The highest daily value was 383.4 on 23 Dec 1957. The highest monthly average was 286.5 for Dec 1957. There were 27 days with a solar flux above 300 between Sep 1957 and Apr 1958. Remember that neither the 10.7 cm solar flux nor the sunspot number have any effect on the ionosphere and HF propagation, they are just convenient to observe or measure and give us a general idea of the level of solar activity. What really counts is the EUV and X-ray flux which we've only been able to measure since we've been able to get above the earth's atmosphere. Kerry From w4wj at aol.com Fri Dec 20 10:16:43 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY) Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:16:43 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: [SFDXA] Over-the-Horizon Radars Causing Widespread Interference on 40 Meters References: <1812072573.1182727.1576855003159.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1812072573.1182727.1576855003159@mail.yahoo.com> FYI 73 Don W4WJ From: Bill Date: Friday, December 20, 2019 Subject: [SFDXA] Over-the-Horizon Radars Causing Widespread Interference on 40 Meters To: SFDXA >From Tony N2MFT: > Over-the-Horizon Radars Causing Widespread Interference on 40 Meters > > 12/19/2019 > Over-the-horizon (OTH) radars continue to plague various amateur radio bands. Those operating on exclusive ham radio allocations have been complaining for years, but military systems have a blanket waiver to use amateur radio frequencies. The latest edition of the International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System (IARUMS) newsletter reports that a radar in northern Iran ? likely military ? has been operating 40 meters (6978 ? 7022 kHz). Several Russian and Chinese OTH radars have become mainstays in the ham bands. While these sort of signals are operating on exclusive amateur radio allocations, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Convention essentially gives military stations free reign in the spectrum. Article 48 says, ?Member States retain their entire freedom with regard to military radio installations.? Member states are countries that have agreed to follow the Convention, and that is not a given. > The Convention goes on to say, however, ?Nevertheless, these installations must, so far as possible, observe statutory provisions relative to giving assistance in case of distress and to the measures to be taken to prevent harmful interference[emphasis added], and the provisions of the Administrative Regulations concerning the types of emission and the frequencies to be used, according to the nature of the service performed by such installations.? > > According to IARUMS, the Iranian OTH radar was centered on 7000 kHz using amplitude modulation on pulse (AMOP) at 81 sweeps per second. Recordings of military transmissions are available on the SIGIDWIKI signal identification site. > > The South African Amateur Radio League (SARL) News reported this week that radio amateurs in Europe and South America have reported major interference from Russian OTH radar stations on several parts of 40 meters ? with 12 kHz-wide signals. The radar transmissions have been heard on 7064, 7109, 7170, and 7190 kHz. > > Several European IARU member-societies have already sent complaints to their respective telecommunications regulators. > > http://www.arrl.org/news/over-the-horizon-radars-causing-widespread-interference-on-40-meters > > ______________________________________________________________ South Florida DX Assoc. "SINCE 1974" SFDXA WebSite: http://www.SFDXA.com SFDXA Repeater 147.33+ 103.5 Tone To Post: mailto:SFDXA at mailman.qth.net To UNSUBSCRIBE/EDIT: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/sfdxa This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net From sgriffin1 at windstream.net Sat Dec 21 08:19:31 2019 From: sgriffin1 at windstream.net (Steve) Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 07:19:31 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Sunspot Message-ID: <4DBFF07B-E587-483B-8519-9ACF2F5E5441@windstream.net> Thank you Kerry for the information about the sunspot Numbers back in the 50s I know that was probably a lot of researching to do but I couldn?t imagine being a ham operator back then. 73 WD5ENH Steve Sent from my iPhone From tower2 at stx.rr.com Thu Dec 26 09:05:25 2019 From: tower2 at stx.rr.com (Harvey Vordenbaum) Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 08:05:25 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Sunspot In-Reply-To: <4DBFF07B-E587-483B-8519-9ACF2F5E5441@windstream.net> References: <4DBFF07B-E587-483B-8519-9ACF2F5E5441@windstream.net> Message-ID: <000c01d5bbf5$854f5c50$8fee14f0$@rr.com> I can remember two or three sunspot cycles back when there could be worldwide propagation on 20 M. even at night. Hv -----Original Message----- From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2019 7:20 AM To: Hcarc Subject: [HCARC] Sunspot Thank you Kerry for the information about the sunspot Numbers back in the 50s I know that was probably a lot of researching to do but I couldn?t imagine being a ham operator back then. 73 WD5ENH Steve Sent from my iPhone ______________________________________________________________ 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 w4wj at aol.com Tue Dec 31 11:56:18 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:56:18 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] WANTED: Icom 2m FM Mobile References: <1326232723.3439972.1577811378626.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1326232723.3439972.1577811378626@mail.yahoo.com> Looking for ICOM 2m FM Mobile. Anyone have one excess to their needs? TNX for checking!! 73 & Happy New YearDonW4WJ