From ke3fl at yahoo.com  Mon Mar  1 18:56:33 2010
From: ke3fl at yahoo.com (Philip Karras)
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:56:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Club Project Idea
In-Reply-To: <851815.12193.qm@web53906.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <509188.39709.qm@web112020.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Looks good to me, does NorCal no longer supply the boards/kits?

73 de ke3fl
Phil

--- On Sun, 2/28/10, Curt Milton <wb8yyy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Curt Milton <wb8yyy at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [K3PZN-List] Club Project Idea
> To: "Carroll County Amateur Radio Club" <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 9:43 PM
> I have run across a need from
> time-to-time in my own shack for a signal generator to test
> receivers.? A commercial version is available from
> Electraft, and the Norcal QRP club was kitting a SMT version
> - but they are currently 'closed.'? Sometimes it is
> better to make your own - and get it just the way you want
> it.? 
> 
> The device is designed to produce either a S9 or S1 signal,
> working in conjunction with a crystal for the band of
> interest.? The electronics involved is very simple - a
> single transistor and some discrete parts.? This device
> is especially useful to folk who restore old rigs or build
> rigs.? 
> 
> (Yes I have an old signal generator - but trust me is not
> stable enough to test good receivers with narrow filters -
> which is nearly everything we have in use).? 
> 
> I sense this could be built without a circuit board - but
> it will take a little ingenuity - which I suspect we can
> supply.? Yes I would propose conventional parts (not
> SMT).? The schematic is located on the last page of
> this manual:? 
> 
> http://norcalqrp.org/files/NorCal_S9_Assy_V1.pdf
> 
> If there are enough folk interested in making a homebrew
> version of this, we could 'commission'? a team, request
> a small budget from the treasury to purchase needed material
> - then sell the kits (to recoup the treasury) to interested
> builders.? Depending upon how many bands of xtals we
> supply (maybe just 40 and 20 meters) cost should be under
> $10 each.? 
> 
> Or maybe this will spawn other ideas.? 
> 
> 73 Curt
> 
> 
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From k4cgy at yahoo.com  Mon Mar  1 21:16:09 2010
From: k4cgy at yahoo.com (James Owen)
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:16:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Club Project Idea
In-Reply-To: <509188.39709.qm@web112020.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <959145.83414.qm@web51307.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

I've been reading the mail Phil. Why doesn't someone just lay out a board and have a shop make some for the club. You can do it on line for a reasonable with free software for a couple of places such as http://www.pad2pad.com/ though this may not be the cheapest. I also like tiny cad but have not become very efficient with it.? a little searching on Goggle may come up with better sources.
73 Jim

James C. Owen, III K4CGY

--- On Mon, 3/1/10, Philip Karras <ke3fl at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Philip Karras <ke3fl at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Club Project Idea
To: "Carroll County Amateur Radio Club" <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 6:56 PM

Looks good to me, does NorCal no longer supply the boards/kits?

73 de ke3fl
Phil

--- On Sun, 2/28/10, Curt Milton <wb8yyy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Curt Milton <wb8yyy at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [K3PZN-List] Club Project Idea
> To: "Carroll County Amateur Radio Club" <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 9:43 PM
> I have run across a need from
> time-to-time in my own shack for a signal generator to test
> receivers.? A commercial version is available from
> Electraft, and the Norcal QRP club was kitting a SMT version
> - but they are currently 'closed.'? Sometimes it is
> better to make your own - and get it just the way you want
> it.? 
> 
> The device is designed to produce either a S9 or S1 signal,
> working in conjunction with a crystal for the band of
> interest.? The electronics involved is very simple - a
> single transistor and some discrete parts.? This device
> is especially useful to folk who restore old rigs or build
> rigs.? 
> 
> (Yes I have an old signal generator - but trust me is not
> stable enough to test good receivers with narrow filters -
> which is nearly everything we have in use).? 
> 
> I sense this could be built without a circuit board - but
> it will take a little ingenuity - which I suspect we can
> supply.? Yes I would propose conventional parts (not
> SMT).? The schematic is located on the last page of
> this manual:? 
> 
> http://norcalqrp.org/files/NorCal_S9_Assy_V1.pdf
> 
> If there are enough folk interested in making a homebrew
> version of this, we could 'commission'? a team, request
> a small budget from the treasury to purchase needed material
> - then sell the kits (to recoup the treasury) to interested
> builders.? Depending upon how many bands of xtals we
> supply (maybe just 40 and 20 meters) cost should be under
> $10 each.? 
> 
> Or maybe this will spawn other ideas.? 
> 
> 73 Curt
> 
> 
> ? ? ? 
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From wo3l at comcast.net  Mon Mar  1 21:33:29 2010
From: wo3l at comcast.net (Andy Leeds)
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:33:29 -0500
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Scout Troop
Message-ID: <4B8C78F9.7040203@comcast.net>

Members = there is a scout troop in Finksburg looking for some help (see 
below). Is anyone able to help out?

Andy

ou're listed as officers on the Carroll County Ham
Radio Club's web page, so I thought you'd be able to
point me in the right direction.  Boy Scout Troop 395
in Finksburg is looking for some expertise in Morse
and flags to help our guys work on the Signaling Merit
Badge.  This was one of the original Merit Badges in
the Scouting program and has been brought back
along with three others for a limited time to honor the
BSA's Centennial celebration this year.

   I've copied the requirements below.  Please let me
know if you know of anyone who'd be interested in
helping some Scouts learn the basics of Signaling
and practice on their speed and accuracy of Morse
and flags.  I'd expect that the time commitment on
anyone who'd be willing to help us is low.  Ideally
we'd like to arrange a suitable Wednesday evening
when someone could give a half hour talk/demo at
one of our regular meetings and then set up a couple
of weekend afternoon practice sessions at some point
so the Scouts can practice their skills and earn this
Merit Badge.  While I'm sure that most of our Scouts
have never seen Morse code before, they're all from
the GameBoy generation and will likely pick things
up quickly.

   I'd be much obliged if you could put me in contact
with someone or some group who'd be interested
in helping out a local Scout Troop.  Thank you,

--Art McCann, Troop 395, Sandymount UMC Finksburg

BSA has announced a special program in honor of the
100th anniversary of the founding of the BSA, which
includes the reintroduction, for ONE YEAR ONLY, of
four Historical Merit Badges - Carpentry, Pathfinding,
Signaling, and Tracking.
? The original merit badge requirements will be used
wherever possible.
? Work on the badges is to be finished no later than
December 31, 2010.

Signaling

It was first offered in 1910 and discontinued in 1992.

Requirements:

1. Make an electric buzzer outfit, wireless, blinker, or other
signaling device. Send and receive in the International Morse
Code, by buzzer or other sound device, a complete message
of not less than 35 words, at a rate of not less than 35 letters
per minute.

2. Demonstrate an ability to send and receive a message in
the International Morse Code by wigwag and by blinker or
other light signaling device at a rate of not less than 20 letters
per minute.

3. Send and receive by Semaphore Code at the rate of not
less than 30 letters per minute.

4. Know the proper application of the International Morse
Code and Semaphore Codes; when, where, and how they
can be used to best advantage.

5. Discuss briefly various other codes and methods of signaling
which are in common use.





From n3sb at qis.net  Sun Mar  7 17:17:12 2010
From: n3sb at qis.net (n3sb at qis.net)
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:17:12 -0500
Subject: [K3PZN-List] February 2010 CCARC BoD Meeting Minutes
Message-ID: <20100307171712.13662ovhb8t4macg@webmail.qis.net>

Carroll County Amateur Radio Club
Board of Director's Meeting Minutes
February 17, 2010

Present at the Board Meeting were Andy WO3L, Pete W3GVX, John AK3Z,  
Rich N3III, Chuck N3TOT, Curt WB8YYY, Steve N3SB, and guest Gene KB3JHR.

1) Nominations Committee: The committee formed last month, and  
nominations remain open. Currently there is a full slate.

2) Field Day: The BoD going to see if the adjacent clubs might be  
interested in working a joint effort.

3) Hamfest: Targeting August 15 and October 24.

4) March meeting topic: Elections will be held. Also - Drag and Brag ?  
all members are encouraged to bring in a radio or a project and show  
it off to the group.

5) The DCS Committee is recommending that a chain & padlocks be  
procured to secure the club generator and county shelter kit boxes.

6) Holiday Party: Gene KB3JHR has volunteered to handle the Holiday  
Party gifts again.

7) The MS Walk is coming up on Sunday April 11, at the Farm Museum in  
Westminster.

8) The Silent Key plaque has been updated with an entry for Frank  
Rodski K3MTT and Dave Blanchard N3II.

Respectfully Submitted
Steve Beckman, N3SB
CCARC Secretary


From n3sb at qis.net  Sun Mar 14 16:01:02 2010
From: n3sb at qis.net (n3sb at qis.net)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:01:02 -0400
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Reminder: CARET Net Tuesday 8:30 PM 145.410 MHz,
 and MT-63 Practice Session
Message-ID: <20100314160102.20379j539acdyfls@webmail.qis.net>



Hi Folks;

Reminder - the CARET Net will be meeting this Tuesday evening at 8:30  
PM on 145.410 MHz. We're going to also get some MT-63 practice after  
the net concludes, so have your computers ready.

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Maryland-DC Section will be conducting a Digital  
Communications Test on Saturday, April 24. The purpose of this test  
(besides having some fun with the digital modes) is to see if we can  
tie all the local digital nets throughout the Section together so that  
we have effective digital communications at the Section level. Here in  
Carroll County we'll be holding a couple digital nets during the day  
to try out several of the popular digital modes. We're definitely  
going to have an MT-63 net on the 145.410 Repeater. I'd like to have a  
PSK-31 net (maybe on 10 meters) and an Olivia net. I'm looking for a  
couple volunteers to schedule a few practice sessions for these modes.  
If anyone would like to try any other digital modes, then please let  
me know - and consider taking the lead in scheduling a practice  
session or two.

On the day of the test, I will provide an activity that each of the  
net participants will need to perform, and provide the report of their  
results back to me in digital form. There will also be an activity  
that we will have to work out together. The results of that activity,  
and the report from each of the participants, for each of the nets  
conducted here in Carroll, will be collected and merged with the  
results from the other counties, and provided to the "customer".

73; Steve, N3SB




From ke3fl at yahoo.com  Sun Mar 14 18:24:14 2010
From: ke3fl at yahoo.com (Philip Karras)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:24:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Reminder: CARET Net Tuesday 8:30 PM 145.410 MHz,
	and MT-63 Practice Session
In-Reply-To: <20100314160102.20379j539acdyfls@webmail.qis.net>
Message-ID: <583048.19675.qm@web112003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

I guess it's about time I tried to download some of these digital modes, frankly I just don't have the time it will probably require nor the interest right now to take the time to learn & play with these modes.

73 de ke3fl
Phil

--- On Sun, 3/14/10, n3sb at qis.net <n3sb at qis.net> wrote:

> From: n3sb at qis.net <n3sb at qis.net>
> Subject: [K3PZN-List] Reminder: CARET Net Tuesday 8:30 PM 145.410 MHz, and MT-63 Practice Session
> To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 4:01 PM
> 
> 
> Hi Folks;
> 
> Reminder - the CARET Net will be meeting this Tuesday
> evening at 8:30? 
> PM on 145.410 MHz. We're going to also get some MT-63
> practice after? 
> the net concludes, so have your computers ready.
> 
> ANNOUNCEMENT: The Maryland-DC Section will be conducting a
> Digital? 
> Communications Test on Saturday, April 24. The purpose of
> this test? 
> (besides having some fun with the digital modes) is to see
> if we can? 
> tie all the local digital nets throughout the Section
> together so that? 
> we have effective digital communications at the Section
> level. Here in? 
> Carroll County we'll be holding a couple digital nets
> during the day? 
> to try out several of the popular digital modes. We're
> definitely? 
> going to have an MT-63 net on the 145.410 Repeater. I'd
> like to have a? 
> PSK-31 net (maybe on 10 meters) and an Olivia net. I'm
> looking for a? 
> couple volunteers to schedule a few practice sessions for
> these modes.? 
> If anyone would like to try any other digital modes, then
> please let? 
> me know - and consider taking the lead in scheduling a
> practice? 
> session or two.
> 
> On the day of the test, I will provide an activity that
> each of the? 
> net participants will need to perform, and provide the
> report of their? 
> results back to me in digital form. There will also be an
> activity? 
> that we will have to work out together. The results of that
> activity,? 
> and the report from each of the participants, for each of
> the nets? 
> conducted here in Carroll, will be collected and merged
> with the? 
> results from the other counties, and provided to the
> "customer".
> 
> 73; Steve, N3SB
> 
> 
> 
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From twimsatt at wimsatt.truepath.com  Mon Mar 15 20:13:01 2010
From: twimsatt at wimsatt.truepath.com (twimsatt at wimsatt.truepath.com)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:13:01 -0700
Subject: [K3PZN-List] SECTION-WIDE ECHOLINK NET FRI MAR 19 AT 8:00 PM
Message-ID: <20100315171301.114026cp51sf4wlc@207.158.10.13>

This month's section-wide Echolink net will be held on
Friday, March 19th at 8:00 PM EST on the echolink
WASH_DC server node 6154.

After the net you can stick around for "Amateur Radio
Newsline" at 9:00 PM on the WB3GXW repeater and the
WASH_DC node 6154 on the Internet Echolink server.

You may also join us via RF through several local
repeaters whose control operators may have a net
announcement on the repeater.
146.73, PL 141.3  FARG
http://www.farg.us/

Tom
KB3PNU
Wimsatt Website:
http://wimsatt.truepath.com/





From estarbrook at gmail.com  Tue Mar 16 12:37:23 2010
From: estarbrook at gmail.com (Emileigh Starbrook)
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:37:23 -0700
Subject: [K3PZN-List] De-Lurk
Message-ID: <8c363f551003160937w419be891l35d0f1a3ce62e389@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings Everyone,

I am going to be moving from California to Westminster sometime during
late April/early May and thought I would subscribe to the list to get
a feeling for the activities in the club.  I plan on joining the club
at either the May or June meeting.

We will be living on the southwest side of Westminster in an area
known as Sharon's Ridge.  It looked like a good location for a ham
since it has some elevation and the property size is quite good. It
has some very nice tall trees, and most likely I will put up an 80M
inverted L or dipole depending on the slope.

It will be a big change for me (currently living in a condo.) I'm used
to having to go to a park with a giant deep cycle battery and throw
big sinkers up into trees to raise a 20M dipole.  Not that this has
been bad - it is always great to get on the air and regularly work
across the pacific into JA, VK and ZL , into eastern Europe  and down
into South America and the Carribean. The dipole tunes really well on
17/15/12 and 10.

I would very much like to participate in Field Day with CCARC and can
bring equipment with me.  I have an Icom 746 Pro and an Icom 910
(sorry, no 1.2G module though).  I also have portable satellite
equiment for VHF/UHF and S-Band, though I will have to dust them off
having not used them for about 3 years.

In the past with the San Mateo Radio Club (W6UQ) where I worked sat,
6M/2M, and 70cm SSB.  I was also part of the Iron Man crew that did
the overnight operation on 20/40/80/160 meters. We used 80m V-Beams
pointing east.  In addition I have done PSK/RTTY/SSTV and Hellscriber.

Cheers,

Emily N1DID

From seadog2400 at comcast.net  Tue Mar 16 13:59:52 2010
From: seadog2400 at comcast.net (seadog2400 at comcast.net)
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:59:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] De-Lurk
In-Reply-To: <8c363f551003160937w419be891l35d0f1a3ce62e389@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <262018489.17017561268762392383.JavaMail.root@sz0148a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>

Welcome Emileigh, The Club Has Many Interesting Amateur Radio Activities And I Know They Will Appreciate Your Patronage.You Will Enjoy Carroll County Md. Alot. K3PZN Is A Great Club.........Best 73 Jeff W3JSE

----- Original Message -----
From: Emileigh Starbrook 
To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:37:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] De-Lurk

Greetings Everyone,

I am going to be moving from California to Westminster sometime during
late April/early May and thought I would subscribe to the list to get
a feeling for the activities in the club.  I plan on joining the club
at either the May or June meeting.

We will be living on the southwest side of Westminster in an area
known as Sharon's Ridge.  It looked like a good location for a ham
since it has some elevation and the property size is quite good. It
has some very nice tall trees, and most likely I will put up an 80M
inverted L or dipole depending on the slope.

It will be a big change for me (currently living in a condo.) I'm used
to having to go to a park with a giant deep cycle battery and throw
big sinkers up into trees to raise a 20M dipole.  Not that this has
been bad - it is always great to get on the air and regularly work
across the pacific into JA, VK and ZL , into eastern Europe  and down
into South America and the Carribean. The dipole tunes really well on
17/15/12 and 10.

I would very much like to participate in Field Day with CCARC and can
bring equipment with me.  I have an Icom 746 Pro and an Icom 910
(sorry, no 1.2G module though).  I also have portable satellite
equiment for VHF/UHF and S-Band, though I will have to dust them off
having not used them for about 3 years.

In the past with the San Mateo Radio Club (W6UQ) where I worked sat,
6M/2M, and 70cm SSB.  I was also part of the Iron Man crew that did
the overnight operation on 20/40/80/160 meters. We used 80m V-Beams
pointing east.  In addition I have done PSK/RTTY/SSTV and Hellscriber.

Cheers,

Emily N1DID
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From wb8yyy at yahoo.com  Tue Mar 16 15:53:27 2010
From: wb8yyy at yahoo.com (Curt Milton)
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:53:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] De-Lurk
In-Reply-To: <8c363f551003160937w419be891l35d0f1a3ce62e389@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8c363f551003160937w419be891l35d0f1a3ce62e389@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <949850.80159.qm@web53903.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Emily

It will be a joy to have you join us - we have diverse ham radio interests, from public service to contesting to QRP.? 

Of course we expect you to land in MD, join immediately and be the most active member.? Of course not - you have some adjusting to do!? Maybe a garden to plant in addition to antennas!? 

Satellite - wow - we have one member N8PK who also has done satellite work.? He is also involved with an external project that launches simulated satellite (large balloon payloads) and within the club sometimes launches very very small balloon/payloads with N3III.? 

Field day.? Still being planned.? Last few years we operated indoors as a class F station.? This years plans are TBD.? Our site should be an easy drive from your QTH.? 

My own interests: DX, QRP (kits and homebrew equipment).? I don't have a large antenna farm.? CW is my preferred mode, but I like all the other modes too.? We do have one member who hosts multi-multi-contest activities, and seeks participants who are not yet world-class.? 

When you get east, VK, ZL and JA are a little harder to work !? But I have enjoyed working these places recently with 100 watts and a vertical on 80m.? 

Our club is small - new, enthusistic members are desired!? Understatement.? 

73 Curt WB8YYY


?
----- Original Message ----
From: Emileigh Starbrook <estarbrook at gmail.com>
To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 12:37:23 PM
Subject: [K3PZN-List] De-Lurk

Greetings Everyone,

I am going to be moving from California to Westminster sometime during
late April/early May and thought I would subscribe to the list to get
a feeling for the activities in the club.? I plan on joining the club
at either the May or June meeting.

We will be living on the southwest side of Westminster in an area
known as Sharon's Ridge.? It looked like a good location for a ham
since it has some elevation and the property size is quite good. It
has some very nice tall trees, and most likely I will put up an 80M
inverted L or dipole depending on the slope.

It will be a big change for me (currently living in a condo.) I'm used
to having to go to a park with a giant deep cycle battery and throw
big sinkers up into trees to raise a 20M dipole.? Not that this has
been bad - it is always great to get on the air and regularly work
across the pacific into JA, VK and ZL , into eastern Europe? and down
into South America and the Carribean. The dipole tunes really well on
17/15/12 and 10.

I would very much like to participate in Field Day with CCARC and can
bring equipment with me.? I have an Icom 746 Pro and an Icom 910
(sorry, no 1.2G module though).? I also have portable satellite
equiment for VHF/UHF and S-Band, though I will have to dust them off
having not used them for about 3 years.

In the past with the San Mateo Radio Club (W6UQ) where I worked sat,
6M/2M, and 70cm SSB.? I was also part of the Iron Man crew that did
the overnight operation on 20/40/80/160 meters. We used 80m V-Beams
pointing east.? In addition I have done PSK/RTTY/SSTV and Hellscriber.

Cheers,

Emily N1DID
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From wo3l at comcast.net  Tue Mar 16 19:01:44 2010
From: wo3l at comcast.net (Andy Leeds)
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01:44 -0400
Subject: [K3PZN-List] De-Lurk
In-Reply-To: <8c363f551003160937w419be891l35d0f1a3ce62e389@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8c363f551003160937w419be891l35d0f1a3ce62e389@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4BA00DD8.7080305@comcast.net>

Welcome to the area. We're always happy to have new members.

Field Day plans are coming together, the April meeting should have some 
information for everyone.

Things not mentioned so far: Club station has 3 HF positions, plus 6m 2M 
and 70cm. PC's setup for rig control and digital modes.

The club has 3 repeaters 145.10, 449.875, and 53.09 in Westminster and 
147.285 in Sykesville.

WO3L Andy


On 3/16/2010 12:37, Emileigh Starbrook wrote:
> Greetings Everyone,
>
> I am going to be moving from California to Westminster sometime during
> late April/early May and thought I would subscribe to the list to get
> a feeling for the activities in the club.  I plan on joining the club
> at either the May or June meeting.
>
> We will be living on the southwest side of Westminster in an area
> known as Sharon's Ridge.  It looked like a good location for a ham
> since it has some elevation and the property size is quite good. It
> has some very nice tall trees, and most likely I will put up an 80M
> inverted L or dipole depending on the slope.
>
> It will be a big change for me (currently living in a condo.) I'm used
> to having to go to a park with a giant deep cycle battery and throw
> big sinkers up into trees to raise a 20M dipole.  Not that this has
> been bad - it is always great to get on the air and regularly work
> across the pacific into JA, VK and ZL , into eastern Europe  and down
> into South America and the Carribean. The dipole tunes really well on
> 17/15/12 and 10.
>
> I would very much like to participate in Field Day with CCARC and can
> bring equipment with me.  I have an Icom 746 Pro and an Icom 910
> (sorry, no 1.2G module though).  I also have portable satellite
> equiment for VHF/UHF and S-Band, though I will have to dust them off
> having not used them for about 3 years.
>
> In the past with the San Mateo Radio Club (W6UQ) where I worked sat,
> 6M/2M, and 70cm SSB.  I was also part of the Iron Man crew that did
> the overnight operation on 20/40/80/160 meters. We used 80m V-Beams
> pointing east.  In addition I have done PSK/RTTY/SSTV and Hellscriber.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Emily N1DID
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From patrick.l.kilroy at nasa.gov  Thu Mar 18 09:27:08 2010
From: patrick.l.kilroy at nasa.gov (Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680))
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:27:08 -0500
Subject: [K3PZN-List] De-Lurk
In-Reply-To: <8c363f551003160937w419be891l35d0f1a3ce62e389@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8c363f551003160937w419be891l35d0f1a3ce62e389@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <F0D6AD19FBE27346BC5FBD7D34D1A07F1BAAE8D3F9@NDMSSCC02.ndc.nasa.gov>

Hi Emily,

Good to hear from you again.  Looks like it 
is really gonna happen, eh?  I hope and trust 
you will enjoy the very laid back Carroll 
County, as I have since late 2001.  Welcome!  

There are a lot of little projects within 
this club that you will enjoy sampling.  I am 
biased, of course, and have been playing with 
microcontrollers (the PICAXE series and now 
the Arduino 2009 scene) with a bunch of the 
guys.  And, as Curt WB8YYY mentioned, a few 
of us are planning a tiny balloon launch at 
the biggest hamfest in the Mid-Atlantic area 
later this month, the ARRL Maryland State 
Convention / Greater Baltimore Hamboree & 
Computerfest at the Maryland State Fairgrounds 
just east of us in Timonium, Maryland over 
Saturday and Sunday, March 27 & 28, 2010.  
See http://gbhc.org/ for details, at least 
FYI, since it sounds like this happens just 
before you arrive.  

As an aside, I will be hosting the AMSAT booth 
in Exhibition Hall there, near the ARRL booth, 
with friends from upstate NY and from NJ, and 
along with the local bunch.  Satellite contact 
demos will be going all day on Saturday and on 
Sunday morning we have two one-hour forums 
starting at 9:00 AM, culminating with a micro-
controller driven simulated satellite balloon 
launch for beginners at 11:00 AM with Rich, 
Steve, Dave, Pete and others.  

Am starting to plan a local AMSAT-DC Workshop, 
to be held on a Saturday in late April or early 
May in Greenbelt, Md.  We expect to build a 
"PICetSat II" flight module (from a kit, some-
what similar to last year) and, perhaps, if I 
can find the additional technical support, a 
separate track to build a 70cm yagi antenna.  

And, yes, the K3PZN Field Day 2010 promises to 
be a lot of fun too.  I'm looking forward to 
it.  

Oops, sorry.  I'm rambling.  

Take care for now, and good luck on the 
BIG BIG move.  

Cheers,

Pat
N8PK


Mr. Patrick L. Kilroy
Integration & Test Manager
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Building 5, Mail Code 568
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
Phone: +1-301-286-1984
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-----Original Message-----
From: Emileigh Starbrook [mailto:estarbrook at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:37 PM
To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [K3PZN-List] De-Lurk

Greetings Everyone,

I am going to be moving from California to Westminster sometime during
late April/early May and thought I would subscribe to the list to get
a feeling for the activities in the club.  I plan on joining the club
at either the May or June meeting.

We will be living on the southwest side of Westminster in an area
known as Sharon's Ridge.  It looked like a good location for a ham
since it has some elevation and the property size is quite good. It
has some very nice tall trees, and most likely I will put up an 80M
inverted L or dipole depending on the slope.

It will be a big change for me (currently living in a condo.) I'm used
to having to go to a park with a giant deep cycle battery and throw
big sinkers up into trees to raise a 20M dipole.  Not that this has
been bad - it is always great to get on the air and regularly work
across the pacific into JA, VK and ZL , into eastern Europe  and down
into South America and the Carribean. The dipole tunes really well on
17/15/12 and 10.

I would very much like to participate in Field Day with CCARC and can
bring equipment with me.  I have an Icom 746 Pro and an Icom 910
(sorry, no 1.2G module though).  I also have portable satellite
equiment for VHF/UHF and S-Band, though I will have to dust them off
having not used them for about 3 years.

In the past with the San Mateo Radio Club (W6UQ) where I worked sat,
6M/2M, and 70cm SSB.  I was also part of the Iron Man crew that did
the overnight operation on 20/40/80/160 meters. We used 80m V-Beams
pointing east.  In addition I have done PSK/RTTY/SSTV and Hellscriber.

Cheers,

Emily N1DID



From estarbrook at gmail.com  Thu Mar 18 12:21:51 2010
From: estarbrook at gmail.com (estarbrook at gmail.com)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:21:51 +0000
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Replies to 'De-Lurk'
Message-ID: <0016e64b92b6dd33ff048215a03f@google.com>

Hi Everyone (and Pat)

Thanks for the warm welcome - I'm def looking forward to being part of the  
K3PNZ family when our relocation takes place. In the mean time...

1) FB on the Hamfest activities in Timonium. I actually attended it last  
year and am very sorry to miss it this year. Looks like a great hamfest and  
a place I can pick up some things I will need going forward with my antenna  
plans. But I know that CCARC sponsors a Hamfest in (is it October?) so I  
look forward to pitching in and attending it.

2) Even though I will be in MD I will be working for the Exploratorium  
Museum of Science here in San Francisco. I do 3D modeling of prototype  
exhibits, which is much less expensive than building prototypes in real  
life. I do 99% of my work from home as it is, so changing coasts won't  
affect that. I've also done projects for the European Space Agency and did  
some consulting for the Smithsonian, so hopefully I can expand that too!

3) We are seriously considering going off-grid and using solar power at our  
new home, so if there is anyone in CCARC who has done this please email me  
off list - I would love to hear about your experiences. We plan on putting  
in a backup emergency generator in either case once we have a feeling for  
our peak load.

Well that's it for now - see you all in May or sooner!

Cheers,

Emily

From wb8yyy at yahoo.com  Thu Mar 18 12:40:34 2010
From: wb8yyy at yahoo.com (Curt Milton)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:40:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Replies to 'De-Lurk'
In-Reply-To: <0016e64b92b6dd33ff048215a03f@google.com>
References: <0016e64b92b6dd33ff048215a03f@google.com>
Message-ID: <521637.57113.qm@web53908.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Emily

FB.? Not commuting to work here in MD is a good thing - as our traffic is beginning to approach LA levels of misery - and around DC they have exceeded it.? Our county roads do not handle rush hour very well.? 

Off grid?? I have met a few people in rural New England doing it.? Here in Maryland the issue is summer humidity.? I am originally from Ohio where AC is a luxury - here it is essential.? While Westminster is not as humid as the lower lying coast - through many months of the summer most of us require AC at home (and in our cars).? Some folk are beginning to use wind generators, but this requires adequate property set-backs to get the needed height.? Yes do explore carefully - and I sense in the future gasoline taxes will be rising here.? 

Best wishes in your transition - a similar ionosphere will be here for you.? 

73 Curt

?
----- Original Message ----
From: "estarbrook at gmail.com" <estarbrook at gmail.com>
To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thu, March 18, 2010 12:21:51 PM
Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Replies to 'De-Lurk'

Hi Everyone (and Pat)

Thanks for the warm welcome - I'm def looking forward to being part of the? 
K3PNZ family when our relocation takes place. In the mean time...

1) FB on the Hamfest activities in Timonium. I actually attended it last? 
year and am very sorry to miss it this year. Looks like a great hamfest and? 
a place I can pick up some things I will need going forward with my antenna? 
plans. But I know that CCARC sponsors a Hamfest in (is it October?) so I? 
look forward to pitching in and attending it.

2) Even though I will be in MD I will be working for the Exploratorium? 
Museum of Science here in San Francisco. I do 3D modeling of prototype? 
exhibits, which is much less expensive than building prototypes in real? 
life. I do 99% of my work from home as it is, so changing coasts won't? 
affect that. I've also done projects for the European Space Agency and did? 
some consulting for the Smithsonian, so hopefully I can expand that too!

3) We are seriously considering going off-grid and using solar power at our? 
new home, so if there is anyone in CCARC who has done this please email me? 
off list - I would love to hear about your experiences. We plan on putting? 
in a backup emergency generator in either case once we have a feeling for? 
our peak load.

Well that's it for now - see you all in May or sooner!

Cheers,

Emily
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From estarbrook at gmail.com  Fri Mar 19 13:35:01 2010
From: estarbrook at gmail.com (estarbrook at gmail.com)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:35:01 +0000
Subject: [K3PZN-List] FB?
Message-ID: <0016367b69a45ea66304822ac402@google.com>

Curt wrote:

>>> FB.?

oops - am I showing my age?

FB = fine business. I'm not sure what the origins of it are, but it seems  
to be universal. Some typical uses are:

"That K8DID is a FB operator."

"Setting up that dipole on field day was a FB move"

and most usually

TNX 4 FB QSO 73 DE N1DID QRT

There is also the little known Q code QFB, though I have never used it  
myself.

Emily/N1DID

From wb8yyy at yahoo.com  Fri Mar 19 14:33:31 2010
From: wb8yyy at yahoo.com (Curt Milton)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:33:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] FB?
In-Reply-To: <0016367b69a45ea66304822ac402@google.com>
References: <0016367b69a45ea66304822ac402@google.com>
Message-ID: <517679.21176.qm@web53906.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Emily

QSL - except in this case I am showing my age.? FB is one of those ham radio terms, kinda like hearing destinated on 2m FM.? or not so good, my daughter (think languages major) has caught me saying 'we' from my car when I don't have passengers - yes that is bad.? maybe FB's only virtue is its nice rhythm on CW.? yes it definitely takes up space at 10-20 WPM, but it lets the operator pause as is saying (or thinking for this ex-Toastmaster, I hope) uhhh.? 

I got re-addicted back into ham radio by a co-worker who took his HT on a business trip, and I think he began each transmission with fine business .... which on phone to me is more annoying than CW.? 

Yes I see you do CW !? At least in email that is - FB.? I haven't met a mode I didn't like some, but I guess CW is different than 'work' so I do it more than other modes!? 

What's new in my shack?? Well a little 80m QRP transceiver called the Fort Tuthill that is in vogue.? It's development was sponsored by a bay-area guy KI6DS but it's parts go into?a bag and envelope from AZ.? It was an interesting build, and nice for a little conversational CW (but I confess I generally have more spare time for DX).? 

Thanks for livening up our List with your observation.? It will be good to have another 'foreign number' op in the area.? 

73 Curt

?


----- Original Message ----
From: "estarbrook at gmail.com" <estarbrook at gmail.com>
To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 1:35:01 PM
Subject: [K3PZN-List] FB?

Curt wrote:

>>> FB.?

oops - am I showing my age?

FB = fine business. I'm not sure what the origins of it are, but it seems? 
to be universal. Some typical uses are:

"That K8DID is a FB operator."

"Setting up that dipole on field day was a FB move"

and most usually

TNX 4 FB QSO 73 DE N1DID QRT

There is also the little known Q code QFB, though I have never used it? 
myself.

Emily/N1DID
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From clcoffee at comcast.net  Fri Mar 19 16:18:22 2010
From: clcoffee at comcast.net (Charles Coffee)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:18:22 -0400
Subject: [K3PZN-List] FB
Message-ID: <4BA3DC0E.3080108@comcast.net>

Curt wrote:


>>> >>> FB.?
>>>       

oops - am I showing my age?

FB = fine business. I'm not sure what the origins of it are, but it seems  
to be universal. Some typical uses are:

TNX 4 FB QSO 73 DE N1DID QRT

=======================================

back in the day, around the time of WW II, "Five By Five" was used to
designate that you were solid copy, and that was later shortened
to "FB", especially if running CW.  As a matter of fact, used this
in the USN back in the sixties for voice OW and teletype OWs.

Of course most on here probably are too young to remember
some of this..

Chuck, KJ4GU


From estarbrook at gmail.com  Sat Mar 20 13:46:43 2010
From: estarbrook at gmail.com (Emileigh Starbrook)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:46:43 -0700
Subject: [K3PZN-List] FB and Fort Tuthill
Message-ID: <8c363f551003201046l74c45526t37578d1ec69b4cd4@mail.gmail.com>

Curt Wrote: >>>>>  What's new in my shack?? Well a little 80m QRP
transceiver called the Fort Tuthill that is in vogue.? It's
development was sponsored by a bay-area guy KI6DS but it's parts go
into?a bag and envelope from AZ.?

1) Well this explained two things - why I thought FB was a question.
It looks like something in the mail list software puts a "?" where
word wraps are.

2) FB on the Tuthill - it looks like a very interesting kit. I haven't
been much of a kit builder since the 80s other than antennas.  If I
get an 80m antenna good for portable QRP maybe that will change.

3) I have worked CW in the past, but right now I'm sure I am quite
rusty.  Once I'm on the air more frequently I hope my skills will
improve.

4) My first goal once we get settled will be to get my Extra class license.

73 de N1DID

From mortonph at comcast.net  Sat Mar 20 14:23:57 2010
From: mortonph at comcast.net (Peter Morton)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:23:57 -0400
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Watch out for cheap coax
Message-ID: <34EF147E7E3A4D9BBA99C3A362F396B8@ToshibaLaptop>

Just read an interesting article in the March/April 2010 issue of TCA (The Canadian Amateur [Canada's QST]) by Nicholas Shepherd, VE3OWV.  He bought two types of cheap RG-6 type coax from local stores in Canada for use in feeding his antennas.  He noticed that the SWR bandwidth of his 40 meter inverted-vee was very broad and not what he anticipated.  So he measured the insertion loss and was disturbed by the results.

Normally, true RG-6 solid polyethylene dielectric cable should have an insertion loss of about 1.9 dB/100 ft. at 50 MHz per The RFC web site and Times Microwave.

His two cables measured significantly higher.

The first cable, Omega OVK-30, purchased at a local Home Hardware store, measured 6.0 dB/100 ft. at 50 MHz.

The second cable, GE RG-6, purchased at a Canadian Tire store (product code 20638), measured 3.25 dB per 100 ft. at 50 MHz.

As a check, Nicholas measured some scrap RG-6 CATV/Ethernet cable (Comspec 2000896), and it's loss was 1.5 dB/100 ft. at 50 MHz, less loss than the 1.9 dB typical for solid polyethylene dielectric RG-6.

In his article, VE3OWV states: "Physically there is very little external difference between the two types of cable.  The braiding on the Comspec cable is slightly denser than that of the Omega cable and the aluminum foil is very tightly bonded to the inner dielectric.  In the Omega cable the foil can be readily peeled away from the dielectric.  The dielectric and inner conductors themselves appear identical.  It is likely that the differences in the HF RF performance relate mainly to the quality of the dielectric insulating material so there is no reliable way of visually differentiating between good and poor cables of this type.  The DC resistances measured at around 2.5 ohms per 100 feet for both the inner and outer conductors of either cable type so simple resistance measurements don't help much either."

He also states in the article:  "The Omega and GE RG-6 cables are made in China, whereas the Comspec cable was almost certainly of North American manufacture, but appears to be no longer available."

-Pete, W3GVX

From wo3l at comcast.net  Sat Mar 20 14:39:12 2010
From: wo3l at comcast.net (Andy Leeds)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:39:12 -0400
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Field Day 2010
Message-ID: <4BA51650.7070502@comcast.net>


As this lovely weather turns our thoughts to spring and summer its also 
time to start thinking about 2010's Field Day.

Bill Stevenson W2EGL w2egl at arrl.net has agreed to chair this year's 
effort. I know Bill will be looking for station captains and others to 
help out with the efforts.

Andy

From n3sb at qis.net  Sun Mar 21 10:40:11 2010
From: n3sb at qis.net (n3sb at qis.net)
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:40:11 -0400
Subject: [K3PZN-List] BARC Hamfest needs help
Message-ID: <20100321104011.15132g4haz0bmbpc@webmail.qis.net>

Please see note below from Bob W3RAR.

73; Steve, N3SB

The Baltimore Amateur radio Club is short in manpower and is asking  
for anyone available to help for 2 hours on our ticket gates.  We will  
give them a meal ticket for our food vendor and free entrance for the  
hamfest. If anyone is interested, have them contact me at  
w3rar at yahoo.com. or call me at 410-960-9328.

Bob Rampolla



From n3yim at verizon.net  Sun Mar 21 17:14:41 2010
From: n3yim at verizon.net (JOSEPH EBAUGH)
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:14:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] BARC Hamfest needs help
In-Reply-To: <20100321104011.15132g4haz0bmbpc@webmail.qis.net>
Message-ID: <690952.50199.qm@web84007.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Steve;

  I can't help at BARC, but, Russ Kulp gave the phone number of a gentleman who has a friend that has several power amps he is willing to donate, do you think anyone would want them, if so let me know and I will get back to him.

73, Joe 
Joseph Ebaugh 


--- On Sun, 3/21/10, n3sb at qis.net <n3sb at qis.net> wrote:

> From: n3sb at qis.net <n3sb at qis.net>
> Subject: [K3PZN-List] BARC Hamfest needs help
> To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 10:40 AM
> Please see note below from Bob
> W3RAR.
> 
> 73; Steve, N3SB
> 
> The Baltimore Amateur radio Club is short in manpower and
> is asking? 
> for anyone available to help for 2 hours on our ticket
> gates.? We will? 
> give them a meal ticket for our food vendor and free
> entrance for the? 
> hamfest. If anyone is interested, have them contact me
> at? 
> w3rar at yahoo.com.
> or call me at 410-960-9328.
> 
> Bob Rampolla
> 
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From n3vop at hotmail.com  Wed Mar 24 12:52:04 2010
From: n3vop at hotmail.com (Michael Fisher)
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:52:04 -0400
Subject: [K3PZN-List] K3PZN-List Digest, Vol 74, Issue 10
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I can help with this.... ha ha

 

Mike F    N3VOP
 
> Today's Topics:
> 
> 2. Watch out for cheap coax (Peter Morton)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:23:57 -0400
> From: "Peter Morton" <mortonph at comcast.net>
> Subject: [K3PZN-List] Watch out for cheap coax
> To: "Carroll County Amateur Radio Club" <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <34EF147E7E3A4D9BBA99C3A362F396B8 at ToshibaLaptop>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> Just read an interesting article in the March/April 2010 issue of TCA (The Canadian Amateur [Canada's QST]) by Nicholas Shepherd, VE3OWV. He bought two types of cheap RG-6 type coax from local stores in Canada for use in feeding his antennas. He noticed that the SWR bandwidth of his 40 meter inverted-vee was very broad and not what he anticipated. So he measured the insertion loss and was disturbed by the results.
> 
> Normally, true RG-6 solid polyethylene dielectric cable should have an insertion loss of about 1.9 dB/100 ft. at 50 MHz per The RFC web site and Times Microwave.
> 
> His two cables measured significantly higher.
> 
> The first cable, Omega OVK-30, purchased at a local Home Hardware store, measured 6.0 dB/100 ft. at 50 MHz.
> 
> The second cable, GE RG-6, purchased at a Canadian Tire store (product code 20638), measured 3.25 dB per 100 ft. at 50 MHz.
> 
> As a check, Nicholas measured some scrap RG-6 CATV/Ethernet cable (Comspec 2000896), and it's loss was 1.5 dB/100 ft. at 50 MHz, less loss than the 1.9 dB typical for solid polyethylene dielectric RG-6.
> 
> In his article, VE3OWV states: "Physically there is very little external difference between the two types of cable. The braiding on the Comspec cable is slightly denser than that of the Omega cable and the aluminum foil is very tightly bonded to the inner dielectric. In the Omega cable the foil can be readily peeled away from the dielectric. The dielectric and inner conductors themselves appear identical. It is likely that the differences in the HF RF performance relate mainly to the quality of the dielectric insulating material so there is no reliable way of visually differentiating between good and poor cables of this type. The DC resistances measured at around 2.5 ohms per 100 feet for both the inner and outer conductors of either cable type so simple resistance measurements don't help much either."
> 
> He also states in the article: "The Omega and GE RG-6 cables are made in China, whereas the Comspec cable was almost certainly of North American manufacture, but appears to be no longer available."
> 
> -Pete, W3GVX
> 
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From patrick.l.kilroy at nasa.gov  Wed Mar 24 15:27:20 2010
From: patrick.l.kilroy at nasa.gov (Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680))
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:27:20 -0500
Subject: [K3PZN-List] BARC Hamfest needs help
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BARC & ARRL Maryland State Convention
--------- THIS WEEKEND -------------

I will be working at the AMSAT booth 
all day Saturday in Exhibition Hall.  
Do drop by!  We will have satellite 
contact demos info posted at the booth, 
to take place I believe just outside 
the hall.  

On Sunday morning we will hold two 
AMSAT forums at the hamfest.  The first 
at 9 AM on HOW TO make satellite contacts 
using simple (portable) FM and SSB gear 
with (cheap but effective) homemade 
antennas.  Presented by Richard Crow, 
N2SPI, from upstate New York and Dee 
Interdonato, NB2F, from New Jersey.  

The second forum will be hosted by our 
own Rich Mitchell, N3III, and me about 
microcontrollers (PIXAXE and Arduino 
types) and the PICetSat balloon 
application, complete with a demo 
flight similar to the one we had at our 
Mason-Dixon Hamfest last October.  

PLEASE C'MON OUT to the hamfest this 
weekend.  

Official hamfest details are found at: 
http://www.gbhc.org


Hope to see y'all there!  

Cheers,

Pat Kilroy
N8PK
n8pk at amsat.org


-----Original Message-----
From: JOSEPH EBAUGH [mailto:n3yim at verizon.net] 
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 5:15 PM
To: Carroll County Amateur Radio Club
Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] BARC Hamfest needs help

Hi Steve;

  I can't help at BARC, but, Russ Kulp gave the phone number of a gentleman who has a friend that has several power amps he is willing to donate, do you think anyone would want them, if so let me know and I will get back to him.

73, Joe 
Joseph Ebaugh 


--- On Sun, 3/21/10, n3sb at qis.net <n3sb at qis.net> wrote:

> From: n3sb at qis.net <n3sb at qis.net>
> Subject: [K3PZN-List] BARC Hamfest needs help
> To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 10:40 AM
> Please see note below from Bob
> W3RAR.
> 
> 73; Steve, N3SB
> 
> The Baltimore Amateur radio Club is short in manpower and
> is asking? 
> for anyone available to help for 2 hours on our ticket
> gates.? We will? 
> give them a meal ticket for our food vendor and free
> entrance for the? 
> hamfest. If anyone is interested, have them contact me
> at? 
> w3rar at yahoo.com.
> or call me at 410-960-9328.
> 
> Bob Rampolla
> 



From wb8yyy at yahoo.com  Fri Mar 26 11:30:21 2010
From: wb8yyy at yahoo.com (Curt Milton)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:30:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] How To Make SAT contacts
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Pat

The forum on using simple gear to make satellite contacts sounds interesting, but I have another commitment on Sunday.? So please capture the essence of the briefing as I am interested in the details, including what kind of gear I would need to procure.? I used to enjoy satellite operations when RS-10 and RS-12 were around - but I guess 10m downlinks have gone the way of the dodo bird.? 

I will try to stop by on saturday to see what is going on.? 

Also on my project link is to create a PICAXE based beacon, as I haven't thought of any more creative uses yet.? ?

73 Curt

?


----- Original Message ----
From: "Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680)" <patrick.l.kilroy at nasa.gov>
To: Carroll County Amateur Radio Club <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wed, March 24, 2010 3:27:20 PM
Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] BARC Hamfest needs help

------------------------------------
BARC & ARRL Maryland State Convention
--------- THIS WEEKEND -------------

I will be working at the AMSAT booth 
all day Saturday in Exhibition Hall.? 
Do drop by!? We will have satellite 
contact demos info posted at the booth, 
to take place I believe just outside 
the hall.? 

On Sunday morning we will hold two 
AMSAT forums at the hamfest.? The first 
at 9 AM on HOW TO make satellite contacts 
using simple (portable) FM and SSB gear 
with (cheap but effective) homemade 
antennas.? Presented by Richard Crow, 
N2SPI, from upstate New York and Dee 
Interdonato, NB2F, from New Jersey.? 

The second forum will be hosted by our 
own Rich Mitchell, N3III, and me about 
microcontrollers (PIXAXE and Arduino 
types) and the PICetSat balloon 
application, complete with a demo 
flight similar to the one we had at our 
Mason-Dixon Hamfest last October.? 

PLEASE C'MON OUT to the hamfest this 
weekend.? 

Official hamfest details are found at: 
http://www.gbhc.org


Hope to see y'all there!? 

Cheers,

Pat Kilroy
N8PK
n8pk at amsat.org


      

From n3sb at qis.net  Fri Mar 26 17:23:10 2010
From: n3sb at qis.net (n3sb at qis.net)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:23:10 -0400
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Hamfest flyers available
Message-ID: <20100326172310.10550im0alfo951c@webmail.qis.net>

Hi Folks;

Pete W3GVX picked up our hamfest flyers from the printer today, an I  
have them. I'll be bringing them to the BARC Hamfest tomorrow, so if  
you'd like some for the event then gimme a call on 146.475 or look for  
me at one of the seminars, which is where I'll be most of the time.

73; Steve, N3SB



From kb3jqq at yahoo.com  Sun Mar 28 22:31:56 2010
From: kb3jqq at yahoo.com (Scott, KB3JQQ)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:31:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Hamfest info?
Message-ID: <961442.22736.qm@web33503.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

The web site at www.qis.net/~k3pzn still has last year's hamfest info
on it. Can it be updated for 2010 with the 2010 flyer?

There were no K3PZN flyers at the BARC Hamboree and no current flyer
to forward to Mayer for his information net. How can your fests be
advertised if there is no info to give?

N3SB, good deal on winning the grand prize of a Yaesu FT-9100.

-Scott


      

From john_k3kwo at hotmail.com  Mon Mar 29 07:35:09 2010
From: john_k3kwo at hotmail.com (John Hart)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:35:09 -0400
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Hamfest info?
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Scott,

 

The website probably does need updating, but I did see the new K3PZN hamfest flyers out on several tables at the BARC Hamboree this weekend.

 

John, K3KWO

 


 
> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:31:56 -0700
> From: kb3jqq at yahoo.com
> To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [K3PZN-List] Hamfest info?
> 
> The web site at www.qis.net/~k3pzn still has last year's hamfest info
> on it. Can it be updated for 2010 with the 2010 flyer?
> 
> There were no K3PZN flyers at the BARC Hamboree and no current flyer
> to forward to Mayer for his information net. How can your fests be
> advertised if there is no info to give?
> 
> N3SB, good deal on winning the grand prize of a Yaesu FT-9100.
> 
> -Scott
> 
> 
> 
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From kb3jqq at yahoo.com  Mon Mar 29 07:48:50 2010
From: kb3jqq at yahoo.com (Scott, KB3JQQ)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:48:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Hamfest info?
In-Reply-To: <SNT117-W12B136D2102E1E31592B9DB8200@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <825888.58217.qm@web33502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

There were none on the club table or at the other ticket bin
in the cow palace. So what are the dates for the tailgate fest
and the Mason-Dixon fest this year?

--- On Mon, 3/29/10, John Hart <john_k3kwo at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: John Hart <john_k3kwo at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Hamfest info?
> To: "(RADIO CLUB) CCARC-LIST" <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 7:35 AM
> 
> Scott,
> 
>  
> 
> The website probably does need updating, but I did see the
> new K3PZN hamfest flyers out on several tables at the BARC
> Hamboree this weekend.
> 
>  
> 
> John, K3KWO
> 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> > Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:31:56 -0700
> > From: kb3jqq at yahoo.com
> > To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [K3PZN-List] Hamfest info?
> > 
> > The web site at www.qis.net/~k3pzn still has last
> year's hamfest info
> > on it. Can it be updated for 2010 with the 2010
> flyer?
> > 
> > There were no K3PZN flyers at the BARC Hamboree and no
> current flyer
> > to forward to Mayer for his information net. How can
> your fests be
> > advertised if there is no info to give?
> > 
> > N3SB, good deal on winning the grand prize of a Yaesu
> FT-9100.
> > 
> > -Scott



      

From bneeriemer at mail.nih.gov  Mon Mar 29 08:20:06 2010
From: bneeriemer at mail.nih.gov (Neeriemer, Bill (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C])
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:20:06 -0400
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Hamfest info?
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According to ARRL sanctions:

15 Aug 2010 Tailgate
24 Oct 2010 Mason-Dixon Hamfest

73 Bill W3STG

