From bucket at janeandjohn.org  Sat Feb  1 18:10:18 2020
From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield)
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 17:10:18 -0600
Subject: [HCARC] In need of an amp doctor
In-Reply-To: <CANf7LJcPAzxhhSRn1+QRXHsrXcHmFRtW9PT=n_BrJFwoVmWZcg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CANf7LJejXOwFmGGTBFPOOw89jCjD0z-3CvukZtX+wviMY6SpHg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CC751941-1F13-4350-8978-2D181979EDE8@janeandjohn.org>
	<CANf7LJcPAzxhhSRn1+QRXHsrXcHmFRtW9PT=n_BrJFwoVmWZcg@mail.gmail.com>
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Wow, that's ugly!!

John wb5tht 

On January 31, 2020 8:58:32 PM CST, Keith Watson <keith at keithwatson.com> wrote:
>Do you think this had anything to do with it?
>
>
>
>On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 4:38 PM John Canfield <bucket at janeandjohn.org>
>wrote:
>
>> Look at the tube socket - in the February issue of QST there was a
>tip
>> about the socket losing tension on the tube pins due to heating.
>Something
>> easy to check.
>>
>> On January 31, 2020 12:07:33 PM CST, Keith Watson
><keith at keithwatson.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have an Ameritron AL-80B that needs some attention. I acquired
>this amp
>>> from the family of a silent key, so I don't know a lot of its
>history. When
>>> I try to run it at around 400 to 500 watts, it will randomly hiss at
>me and
>>> the power drops to zero. The very next transmission, it usually
>works fine.
>>> Sometimes, instead of a hiss, I hear a click and power drops off. I
>am
>>> hoping someone out there has some experience working on these things
>and
>>> give it a look see for me.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Keith...
>>> N9TX
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>>

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From sgriffin1 at windstream.net  Thu Feb  6 09:07:51 2020
From: sgriffin1 at windstream.net (Steve)
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 08:07:51 -0600
Subject: [HCARC] Open spot
Message-ID: <4BE10AAD-A00F-47C8-974B-0D68B551AC17@windstream.net>


I wonder if someone can help me out,one night on the Monday night net there was a gentleman that got a new openspot 3. I just cannot remember his call if somebody knows, I would like to talk to him.
Thanks 
WD5ENH 
Steve 

Sent from my iPhone

From sgriffin1 at windstream.net  Thu Feb  6 10:41:34 2020
From: sgriffin1 at windstream.net (Steve)
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 09:41:34 -0600
Subject: [HCARC] Openspot
Message-ID: <6BABC8D5-9AAE-4F76-8A9D-0B8ED2B496E1@windstream.net>

Thank you Don and Harvey maybe they will be at the club meeting tonight just got some questions to ask thank you all for your help
73
WD5ENH 
Steve 

Sent from my iPhone

From w4wj at aol.com  Thu Feb  6 14:56:05 2020
From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY)
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 19:56:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: [SFDXA] ARLB005 ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Seeks
 Comments on Recommendations
References: <892405250.345820.1581018965768.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <892405250.345820.1581018965768@mail.yahoo.com>


Band plan comments needed!
.
73
Don
W4WJ

From: Bill <bmarx at bellsouth.net>
Date: Thursday, February 6, 2020
Subject: [SFDXA] ARLB005 ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Seeks Comments on Recommendations
To: 'SFDXA Reflector' <sfdxa at mailman.qth.net>, QCWA <qcwa69 at mailman.qth.net>
ZCZC AG05
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 5? ARLB005
 >From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT? February 5, 2020
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB005
ARLB005 ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Seeks Comments on Recommendations

The ARRL HF Band Planning Committee is seeking comments and suggestions 
from the Amateur Radio community on its report to the ARRL Board. At the 
Board's January meeting, the committee presented its specific 
recommendations in graphical form for each HF band and each US license 
class, with the goal of increasing harmony on the HF bands, particularly 
between CW and digital users.

The recommendations can be found online in PDF format on the arrl.org 
<http://arrl.org> web site.

"In general, the committee is of the opinion that there is justification 
for additional space to become available for digital modes, as well as 
for the operation of digital stations under automatic control," the 
committee told the Board. "The very changes in spectrum usage that have 
required our committee's resurgence indicate that digital modes of 
communication are already increasing in popularity, and the trend is 
expected to continue or even
accelerate. To this end, we have tried to ensure that digital 
allocations are sufficient for at least a modicum of growth."

The committee also anticipates an increase in automatically controlled 
digital stations (ACDS). The report further points to "significant use" 
of modern data modes in emergency communication and said its 
recommendations provide significant support for the evolution and 
continued relevance of amateur radio.? "Our failure to adapt to these 
needs could consign amateur radio to the technological scrap heap," the 
report said.

The committee was revived last summer to consider conflicts between FT 
and JT modes and other modes. The panel's approach has been to designate 
distinct assignments for CW, narrowband (NB) data 500 Hz, wideband (WB) 
data 2800 Hz, and ACDS. For its work, the committee presumed approval of 
three ARRL petitions to the FCC: RM-11708 (WT Docket WT 16-239-"symbol 
rate" proceeding), RM-11759 (80/75 meter allocations), and RM-11828 
(enhanced Technician privileges).? The committee also assumed that users 
can agree to sharing arrangements within a given allocation-narrowband 
vs wideband sharing within the ACDS allocation, for example. It also 
took into consideration how mode usage is regulated or planned elsewhere 
in the world.

In terms of mode classes, the committee agreed on CW, NB data, WB data, 
NB with ACDS, and WB with ACDS. The committee said it considered these 
mode classes incompatible and that they should not have overlapping 
allocations, with the exception of CW, which is authorized within any 
amateur radio allocation. The committee's approach would maintain the 
existing low-end 25-kHz CW-only sub-bands for exclusive use by Amateur 
Extra class licensees.

The panel encouraged CW identification and a listen-before-transmitting 
protocol for ACDS, if feasible. It also decided that a single allocation 
for ACDS without regard to bandwidth would be the best approach. "We 
note that this will put responsibility on the digital community to hold 
an effective dialog on the issue and to then self-regulate the users of 
this segment to adhere to the eventual agreement." A need for 
flexibility in allocations is desirable, the committee said, and 
considered whether allocations might be time-of-day or time-of-week 
dependent, for example.

"Modern amateurs must expect to adapt to this kind of fluid assignment 
of spectrum to incompatible uses, using time-based sharing, rather than 
only a single assignment," the committee said, expressing the hope that 
as band plan/sharing agreements are reached that they consider the 
advantage of non-simultaneous sharing possibilities.

Reiterating the position ARRL has taken in recent FCC filings, the 
committee said it sees encryption and open-source as enforcement matters 
as being outside the scope of the Band Planning Committee.

The Committee would like comments by February 19. Comments may be filed 
online at, http://www.arrl.org/bandplan .
NNNN
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From w4wj at aol.com  Thu Feb 13 17:56:44 2020
From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY)
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 22:56:44 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: [SFDXA] [Radio Officers,
 &c] Recording of 100th Anniversary of Marconi Spanning Atlantic
 re-enactment.
In-Reply-To: <7062dc8c-4a00-f768-396b-687d3ddddcf5@bellsouth.net>
References: <68f07b39-c3d3-75bd-cbc1-40d376ab1fd0@verizon.net>
	<7062dc8c-4a00-f768-396b-687d3ddddcf5@bellsouth.net>
Message-ID: <2028419701.1968463.1581634604997@mail.yahoo.com>

FYI...?73DonW4WJ??
From: bmarx at bellsouth.net
To: sfdxa at mailman.qth.net, qcwa69 at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 2/13/2020 11:19:45 AM Central Standard Time
Subject: [SFDXA] [Radio Officers, &c] Recording of 100th Anniversary of Marconi Spanning Atlantic re-enactment.

>From Bill NA2M:?Recording of 100th Anniversary of Marconi Spanning Atlantic re-enactment.??Here are a few recordings made at the time of the centennial of the trans-Atlantic spark transmission by Marconi. VE3BBN had permission to use spark on 80m amateur radio band.All he was allowed to send was what you hear repeated over and over!?http://qsl.net/n1ea/spark/dec12.wav?http://qsl.net/n1ea/spark/spark.mp3?http://qsl.net/n1ea/spark/ve3bbn12dec01-1.mp3?http://qsl.net/n1ea/spark/ve3bbn12dec01-2.mp3?The one spark.mp3 appears to be close enough to hear the musical note of the spark. Probably done by diode detection at the VE3BBN site.?More info here: https://www.qsl.net/g4rfr/marconi.htm??______________________________________________________________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 tower2 at stx.rr.com  Thu Feb 13 20:34:31 2020
From: tower2 at stx.rr.com (Harvey Vordenbaum)
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 19:34:31 -0600
Subject: [HCARC] Finding North
Message-ID: <003701d5e2d6$e8161e20$b8425a60$@rr.com>

( http://www.solar-noon.com/ )

 


Let's see if this will send.....

K5hv

 


From w4wj at aol.com  Thu Feb 13 22:09:00 2020
From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 03:09:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [HCARC] Finding North
References: <856311465.2037294.1581649740098.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <856311465.2037294.1581649740098@mail.yahoo.com>


Harvey...

I have a site that does the job a
bit differently 

I'll see if I can find it.


73
Don
W4WJ

On Thursday, February 13, 2020 Harvey Vordenbaum <tower2 at stx.rr.com> wrote:
( http://www.solar-noon.com/ )

 


Let's see if this will send.....

K5hv

 

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From w4wj at aol.com  Fri Feb 14 17:55:04 2020
From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 22:55:04 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [HCARC] Finding North
In-Reply-To: <856311465.2037294.1581649740098@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <856311465.2037294.1581649740098.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<856311465.2037294.1581649740098@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <252536459.2320980.1581720904257@mail.yahoo.com>

Hello all...?Here is a site that has a lot of Solar Tools...?www.solarearthtools.com?The site looks confusing, but I suggest that you makesure that SOLAR TOOLS is selected in the top and thatSUN POSITION is also selected.?Then you will need to enter your LAT and LON to getstarted.? There is a lot to see!?I? was able to determine that at 1250 local time, the sun wasat 180.01 AZ and 46.71 EL for MY location.?So, if I wanted to set a? N/S line,? I could mark the shadow froma tower, at the precise time of 1250...? that would be a veryaccurate N/S line.?There is so much to look at after you enter your coordinates,that you may need to take a breather!!?ENJOY??73DonW4WJ????In a message dated 2/13/2020 9:09:14 PM Central Standard Time, hcarc at mailman.qth.net writes:?
?Harvey...?I have a site that does the job abit differently ?I'll see if I can find it.??73DonW4WJ?On Thursday, February 13, 2020 Harvey Vordenbaum <tower2 at stx.rr.com> wrote:( http://www.solar-noon.com/ )????Let's see if this will send.....?K5hv???______________________________________________________________HCARC mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarcHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net?This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html______________________________________________________________HCARC mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarcHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net?This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

From w4wj at aol.com  Fri Feb 14 17:55:04 2020
From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 22:55:04 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [HCARC] Finding North
In-Reply-To: <856311465.2037294.1581649740098@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <856311465.2037294.1581649740098.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
	<856311465.2037294.1581649740098@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <252536459.2320980.1581720904257@mail.yahoo.com>

Hello all...?Here is a site that has a lot of Solar Tools...?www.solarearthtools.com?The site looks confusing, but I suggest that you makesure that SOLAR TOOLS is selected in the top and thatSUN POSITION is also selected.?Then you will need to enter your LAT and LON to getstarted.? There is a lot to see!?I? was able to determine that at 1250 local time, the sun wasat 180.01 AZ and 46.71 EL for MY location.?So, if I wanted to set a? N/S line,? I could mark the shadow froma tower, at the precise time of 1250...? that would be a veryaccurate N/S line.?There is so much to look at after you enter your coordinates,that you may need to take a breather!!?ENJOY??73DonW4WJ????In a message dated 2/13/2020 9:09:14 PM Central Standard Time, hcarc at mailman.qth.net writes:?
?Harvey...?I have a site that does the job abit differently ?I'll see if I can find it.??73DonW4WJ?On Thursday, February 13, 2020 Harvey Vordenbaum <tower2 at stx.rr.com> wrote:( http://www.solar-noon.com/ )????Let's see if this will send.....?K5hv???______________________________________________________________HCARC mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarcHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net?This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html______________________________________________________________HCARC mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarcHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net?This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

From w4wj at aol.com  Sat Feb 15 09:36:05 2020
From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY)
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:36:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [HCARC] Solar Noon etc
References: <1788675107.2450704.1581777365891.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1788675107.2450704.1581777365891@mail.yahoo.com>

Hello all...

?Here is a FANTASTIC app for getting all types of SOLARdata...? not propagation...? Android or IOS.?Solar noon (when the SUN is due South of your location)time is shown on the phone!!?The web page gives you a glimpse of the good stuff!!??https://www.vvse.com/products/en/lunasolcal.html?AND...? for finding actual NORTH on your phone...?https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/crowdmag.shtml?CROWDMAG does the job!!??73DonW4WJ?

From k5hab at arrl.net  Sat Feb  8 16:29:15 2020
From: k5hab at arrl.net (k5hab at arrl.net)
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 21:29:15 -0000
Subject: [HCARC] Medina Ham Radio meeting may interest you . 2/13/2020 10am
References: <1128825669.1051076.1581109235811@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <89C0D64B-23BB-4438-9C2B-488AD2631C69@arrl.net>


> 
>  
> 
> February 13, 2020 Meeting
> 10:00-11:00am
> Medina United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
>  
> In an emergency when there's no electricity or telephone, will you be able to communicate?  Peter Naumburg N5YJ will show you how to create a battery backup system for your radio base station.  Learn also about the different types of batteries and how to charge and care for them. 
> 
>