From keith at keithwatson.com Wed Nov 6 23:00:44 2019 From: keith at keithwatson.com (Keith Watson) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 22:00:44 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Tower needs new home Message-ID: I have a Rohn 20/25 tower that needs a new home. There are five sections, two sections are damaged but can be cut down for concrete base sections. The remaining three pieces include on top section that is Rohn 20, and the other two consist of a 20 and 25 section. In other words, only one section is Rohn 25. The other four are Rohn 20. It is free to a good home. However, you must take it all. Donations are gladly accepted. I will be at the November meeting if you have any questions. Keith... N9TX 512-497-2244 From john at ac4ca.us Tue Nov 12 17:31:21 2019 From: john at ac4ca.us (John AC4CA) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:31:21 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Need Tower Climber Message-ID: <000701d599a8$e8c77980$ba566c80$@ac4ca.us> The high winds here yesterday loosened the mast in my SPID rotor. Is there someone who can climb or help me find a climber to tighten the bolts? The tower is 130' of Rohn-45. I am 8 miles west of Fredericksburg. Thanks. From keith at keithwatson.com Fri Nov 15 00:45:31 2019 From: keith at keithwatson.com (Keith Watson) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 23:45:31 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Help with Kenwood TS-590SG Message-ID: Hi all, I have a 590 that came from a silent key recently. I am trying to check out the USB port to make sure it can be used with digital modes. However, I am having problems making it do what I think it should do. Mainly, I am trying to set up the virtual com port on my windows 10 box, but have not had any luck. If someone has one configured like this, I would love to bring mine over and see if it works there. If you know how to do this on a Mac, even better, but I will settle for Windows for now. Thanks in advance. Keith... N9TX 512-497-2244 From bucket at janeandjohn.org Fri Nov 15 09:48:07 2019 From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:48:07 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Help with Kenwood TS-590SG In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9adf4504-7be8-0f0a-6a1e-0af08b301ea0@janeandjohn.org> Keith, I had my TS590S configured for digital modes (Ham Radio Deluxe) a long time ago but I remember absolutely nothing about the configuration. Check out the TS590 group - there should be some help/answers there (https://groups.io/g/TS-590/topics) John wb5tht On 11/14/2019 11:45 PM, Keith Watson wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a 590 that came from a silent key recently. I am trying to check out > the USB port to make sure it can be used with digital modes. However, I am > having problems making it do what I think it should do. Mainly, I am trying > to set up the virtual com port on my windows 10 box, but have not had > any luck. If someone has one configured like this, I would love to bring > mine over and see if it works there. > > If you know how to do this on a Mac, even better, but I will settle for > Windows for now. > > Thanks in advance. > > Keith... > N9TX > 512-497-2244 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 Fri Nov 15 16:08:37 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:08:37 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: [SFDXA] Radio In A Box - RIB In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <584861976.610598.1573852117434@mail.yahoo.com> From: South Florida DX Assn Reflector... Radio in a Box An Interesting Concept! 73DonW4WJ Subject: [SFDXA] Radio In A Box - RIB I read about George's Proposals some time back as well. Tony N2MFT posted this information:***Radio In A Box - RIB*Some time back, I had heard some comments about doing something like this at BS7-Scarborough Reef.? As you know,to operate from there scaffolds and platforms must be built on the larger rocks to accommodate the operator, radio, antenna and generator.? As far as I can tell, this remote radio is on land (a rock) of the entity and that meets the DXCC requirement.? That requirement that the station be on land to be counted, when a station in a boat tied up to a dock a few feet from land will not be counted, seems like micro management nit picking. Obviously a pretty sincere investment for this Radio In a Box, so it will be interesting to see if and where it may materialize from some extreme place. Here's an interesting PowerPoint presentation by AA7JV which I believe will significantly change DXpeditioning as we know it today.? He has test driven it a number of times in The Bahamas. Basically it is a completely self-contained HF station which can be positioned on shore while operators 'operate' remotely, typically from a boat. I can see how a system like this would provide a huge benefit places like Scarborough Reef, The Spratleys, KP1, KP5, KH7K, etc. I applaud his creativity and use of multiple technologies to "make more QSOs".? The cost savings along should more than justify the packaging costs. 73, Jack-W4JS https://www.dropbox.com/s/hcew8mnx54s43wc/Station%20In%20a%20Box%20Pres%202.pptx?dl=0Station In a Box Pres 2.pptx______________________________________________________________South Florida DX Assoc. "SINCE 1974"SFDXA WebSite: http://www.SFDXA.comSFDXA Repeater 147.33+ 103.5 ToneTo Post: mailto:SFDXA at mailman.qth.netTo UNSUBSCRIBE/EDIT: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/sfdxaThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net From w4wj at aol.com Sat Nov 16 10:05:13 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 15:05:13 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: [SFDXA] Congratulation! Mickey N4MB and Jim KG4JSZ new SE Div and Vice Director References: <871443976.757152.1573916713228.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <871443976.757152.1573916713228@mail.yahoo.com> From: Bill Date: Saturday, November 16, 2019 Subject: [SFDXA] Congratulation! Mickey N4MB and Jim KG4JSZ new SE Div and Vice Director To: 'SFDXA Reflector' , QCWA ? ? 2019 ARRL Board of Directors Election Results 11/15/2019 A new Director and Vice Director have been elected in the ARRL?s Southeastern Division, based on results from ballot tabulations on Friday, November 15, in the 2019 ARRL Board of Director elections. Mickey Baker, N4MB, defeated incumbent Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, 2,132 votes to 1739 votes. Also, challenger James Schilling, KG4JSZ, (1,356 votes)defeated incumbent Vice Director Joseph Tiritilli, N4ZUW, (1,209 votes) and challenger Jeff Stahl, K4BH, (1,281 votes). In the other contested race, incumbent Director John Robert Stratton, N5AUS, defeated challenger Madison Jones, W5MJ, to be re-elected as Director of the West Gulf Division. The vote was 2498 for Stratton and 1,405 for Jones. Seats for Director and Vice Director in three other ARRL Divisions ? Pacific (Director Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, and Vice Director Kristen McIntyre, K6WX); Rocky Mountain (Director Jeff Ryan, K0RM, and Vice Director Robert Wareham, N0ESQ); and Southwestern (Director Richard Norton, N6AA) -- were unchallenged, with incumbents running for election in all but one case. Also, in the West Gulf Division Vice Director Lee Cooper, W5LHC, was running unopposed. In the Southwestern Division, Mark Weiss, K6FG, ran unopposed for the seat being vacated by Ned Stearns, AA7A. All candidates having no opposition were declared elected at the close of the nominations period. http://www.arrl.org/news/2019-arrl-board-of-directors-election-results ______________________________________________________________ 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 keith at keithwatson.com Sat Nov 16 22:10:38 2019 From: keith at keithwatson.com (Keith Watson) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 21:10:38 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Help with Kenwood TS-590SG In-Reply-To: <9adf4504-7be8-0f0a-6a1e-0af08b301ea0@janeandjohn.org> References: <9adf4504-7be8-0f0a-6a1e-0af08b301ea0@janeandjohn.org> Message-ID: Hi John, I'm pretty sure I understand how it is to be done. It just does not work. There is a question if the USB port is functioning properly from the previous owner. I would like to find someone who has it hooked up via the USB port and connect my radio to test. The primary issue is that I can not set up the virtual com port. I can install it but it never shows in the ports list. I have been following the documentation provided by Kenwood. Keith... On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 8:48 AM John Canfield wrote: > Keith, I had my TS590S configured for digital modes (Ham Radio Deluxe) a > long time ago but I remember absolutely nothing about the configuration. > Check out the TS590 group - there should be some help/answers there > (https://groups.io/g/TS-590/topics) > > John wb5tht > > On 11/14/2019 11:45 PM, Keith Watson wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a 590 that came from a silent key recently. I am trying to check > out > > the USB port to make sure it can be used with digital modes. However, I > am > > having problems making it do what I think it should do. Mainly, I am > trying > > to set up the virtual com port on my windows 10 box, but have not had > > any luck. If someone has one configured like this, I would love to bring > > mine over and see if it works there. > > > > If you know how to do this on a Mac, even better, but I will settle for > > Windows for now. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Keith... > > N9TX > > 512-497-2244 > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 bucket at janeandjohn.org Sun Nov 17 09:57:15 2019 From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 08:57:15 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Help with Kenwood TS-590SG In-Reply-To: References: <9adf4504-7be8-0f0a-6a1e-0af08b301ea0@janeandjohn.org> Message-ID: So the problem is on the PC side of things? Maybe reload the com port driver? (https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers) John wb5tht On 11/16/2019 9:10 PM, Keith Watson wrote: > Hi John, > > I'm pretty sure I understand how it is to be done. It just does not > work. There is a question if the USB port is functioning properly from > the previous owner. I would like to find someone who has it hooked up > via the USB port and connect my radio to test. The primary issue is > that I can not set up the virtual com port. I can install it but it > never shows in the ports list. I have been following the documentation > provided by Kenwood. > > Keith... > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 8:48 AM John Canfield > wrote: > > Keith, I had my TS590S configured for digital modes (Ham Radio > Deluxe) a > long time ago but I remember absolutely nothing about the > configuration. > Check out the TS590 group - there should be some help/answers there > (https://groups.io/g/TS-590/topics) > > John wb5tht > > On 11/14/2019 11:45 PM, Keith Watson wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a 590 that came from a silent key recently. I am trying > to check out > > the USB port to make sure it can be used with digital modes. > However, I am > > having problems making it do what I think it should do. Mainly, > I am trying > > to set up the virtual com port on my windows 10 box, but have > not had > > any luck. If someone has one configured like this, I would love > to bring > > mine over and see if it works there. > > > > If you know how to do this on a Mac, even better, but I will > settle for > > Windows for now. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Keith... > > N9TX > > 512-497-2244 > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 Sun Nov 17 20:47:52 2019 From: tower2 at stx.rr.com (Harvey N. Vordenbaum) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 19:47:52 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] ROSTER Message-ID: <004201d59db2$32c309c0$98491d40$@rr.com> I found a really old HCARC roster from 1994. Lots of 'SK''s and lots who have moved away or dropped out. Many of whom I can't quite remember. I'll put in the Club Historical scrap book in the Station. Hv K5HV From tower2 at stx.rr.com Fri Nov 22 20:07:03 2019 From: tower2 at stx.rr.com (Harvey N. Vordenbaum) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:07:03 -0600 Subject: [HCARC] Repeater Message-ID: <006901d5a19a$52ec48b0$f8c4da10$@rr.com> What's going on with the repeater? K5hv From w4wj at aol.com Tue Nov 26 21:45:24 2019 From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:45:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: [SFDXA] ARLB023 ARRL to Oppose Proposal to Eliminate 3.3 - 3.5 GHz Amateur Allocation References: <2062217628.3843717.1574822724653.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2062217628.3843717.1574822724653@mail.yahoo.com> FYI...? FCC NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making) 73DoonW4WJ From: bmarx at bellsouth.net To: sfdxa at mailman.qth.net, qcwa69 at mailman.qth.net Sent: 11/26/2019 7:38:31 PM Central Standard Time Subject: [SFDXA] ARLB023 ARRL to Oppose Proposal to Eliminate 3.3 - 3.5 GHz Amateur Allocation SB QST @ ARL $ARLB023ARLB023 ARRL to Oppose Proposal to Eliminate 3.3 - 3.5 GHz AmateurAllocation ZCZC AG23QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 23 ARLB023> From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 26, 2019To all radio amateursSB QST ARL ARLB023ARLB023 ARRL to Oppose Proposal to Eliminate 3.3 - 3.5 GHz AmateurAllocation At its December 12 open meeting, the FCC will consider adopting aNotice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to remove theamateur radio 9-centimeter allocation at 3.3 - 3.5 GHz. ARRL plansto comment in opposition to the proposed action. According to an FCC"Fact Sheet," the proceeding WT Docket 19-348, "Facilitating SharedUse in the 3.1 - 3.55 GHz Band," is a follow-on from the MOBILE NOWAct, approved by the 115th Congress, which requires the FCC and theUS Department of Commerce to make available new spectrum for mobileand fixed wireless broadband use. It also requires the FCC to workwith the National Telecommunications and Information Administration(NTIA) to evaluate whether commercial wireless services and federalincumbents could share spectrum between 3.1 and 3.55 GHz. NTIAmanages spectrum allocated to federal government users. The Fact Sheet can be found online in PDF format at,https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-360941A1.pdf . "This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would propose to remove theexisting non-federal allocations in the 3.3 - 3.55 GHz band as astep towards potential future shared use between federal incumbentsand commercial users," the FCC Fact Sheet explains. "By taking theinitial step needed to clear the band of allocations for non-federalincumbents, the Commission furthers its continued efforts to makemore mid-band spectrum potentially available to support nextgeneration wireless networks - consistent with the mandate of theMOBILE NOW [Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment andLimiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless] Act." The NPRM proposes to clear the 3.3 - 3.55 GHz band of existingnon-federal users by removing non-federal secondary radiolocationand amateur allocations [emphasis added] in the 3.3 - 3.55 GHz bandand to relocate incumbent non-federal users out of the band. The FCCwould seek comment on relocation options and "transition mechanisms"for incumbent non-federal users, either to the 3.1 - 3.3 GHz band orto other frequencies, and on how to ensure that non-federalsecondary operations in the 3.1 - 3.3 GHz band will continue toprotect federal radar systems. Regarding the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Service allocations, theFCC NPRM asks whether existing amateur spectrum in other bands mightsupport operations currently conducted in the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz band.The 3.40 - 3.41 GHz segment is designated for amateur satellitecommunication. "We seek comment on the extent to which the band isused for this purpose, whether existing satellites can operate onother amateur satellite bands, and on an appropriate timeframe forterminating these operations in this band," the FCC NPRM says. Also at its December 12 meeting, the FCC will consider another NPRMin WT Docket 19-138 that would "take a fresh and comprehensive look"at the rules for the 5.9 GHz band and propose, among other things,to make the lower 45 MHz of the band available for unlicensedoperations and to permit "Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything" (C-V2X)operations in the upper 20 MHz of the band. The FCC is not proposingto delete or otherwise amend the amateur allocation, and it wouldcontinue as a secondary allocation, but the primary allocation for5.850 - 5.925 GHz would change. The amateur radio 5-centimeter allocation is 5650.0 - 5925.0 MHz,and the NPRM, if approved, would address the top 75 MHz of thatamateur secondary band. While no changes are proposed to the amateurallocation, anticipated more intensive use by primary users couldrestrict secondary amateur use. The band 5.850 - 5.925 GHz has been reserved for use by dedicatedshort-range communications (DSRC), a service in the intelligenttransportation system (ITS) designed to enable vehicle-relatedcommunications, the FCC said in a Fact Sheet in WT Docket 19-138."The Commission initiates this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to takea fresh and comprehensive look at the 5.9 GHz band rules and proposeappropriate changes to ensure the spectrum supports its highest andbest use." ARRL also will file comments opposing any changesaffecting the 5-centimeter amateur allocation. This Fact Sheet can also be found online in PDF format at,https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-360940A1.pdf . Both draft FCC proposals are subject to change prior to a vote atthe December 12 FCC meeting, and there will be opportunity to filecomments and reply comments on the final proposals after they arereleased.NNNN/EX ______________________________________________________________South Florida DX Assoc. "SINCE 1974"SFDXA WebSite: http://www.SFDXA.comSFDXA Repeater 147.33+ 103.5 ToneTo Post: mailto:SFDXA at mailman.qth.netTo UNSUBSCRIBE/EDIT: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/sfdxaThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net