[LeArc] North American QSO Party

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 18:47:56 -0500

I know it isn't a GREAT idea to ground to the screw, but I would think it
would be better than nothing...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Nissen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [LeArc] North American QSO Party


> See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.
>
> Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
>
>
> Frank..
>
> Sounds like you are having fun on HF... Great!!!  If you would go to the
> newsgroup rec.radio.amateur.antenna, apartment antennas are a very popular
> item for discussion. Also, a search of the archives at www.towertalk.com
> will also give you a ton of ideas. From what they say there and what I
know
> about household wiring, grounding your antenna to a house ground system is
> not a good idea. Sucks, living on the sixth floor would allow a long wire
to
> be thrown out the window and then use your tuner..
>
> Best of luck
>
> 73
> Dave de W9COP
>
> Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend,
> Inside a dog it is too dark to read.
>
> Groucho Marx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Franklin D Wolverton" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 3:59 PM
> Subject: [LeArc] North American QSO Party
>
>
> > See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.
> >
> > Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> > Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> > Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
> >
> >
> > Hey guys... just wanted everyone to know about my next adventure in
radio.
> >
> > Ac oupe of weeks ago, i purchased a Cushcraft R7000 antenna.  This thing
> gets out GREAT (especially when you figure I can set the thing up in like
an
> hour).
> >
> > August 17th (?), I am going to set up on base, and do my first solo
> contest, the North American QSO Party.  I will be using the R7000, with my
> FT-100D radio.  I will also have a tuner there, but hopefully I won't need
> it.  I plan on doing this all off battery power.  Unfortunately, I don't
> have a laptop or anything to run for a logger, so I will do it by hand,
and
> then log it when I get home.
> >
> > My next big idea is going to find a way to operate from my apartment.  I
> think I am going to get a ATBK-100 mount, and use the screwdriver off of
the
> balcony.  Either that, or I will get an MFJ bugcatcher.  Living on the 6th
> floor, grounding may be a problem, but I think I will electrical ground
thru
> a center screw somewhere, and RF ground with a counterpoise wire.  If
ANYONE
> has any ideas... please let me know.  I am sure I am not the first person
to
> set up in an apartment.
> >
> > I was wondering if the club has got anywhere on the I LINK project.
Would
> be neat to check into the net on Sunday.  I know someone said that they
> would patch me through into it, but I don't remember who.  I will be on
> tonight if someone has that capability.  I can be contacted on:
> >
> > ICQ-- #38373256
> > MSN--Band85th, or
> > AOL IM--TubaGoodingJr
> >
> > As a final note... I finally got my FIRST QSL card a couple of days ago.
> It is from NY.  Now that I got it,  I have got it in my head to work for
> WAS.  Lets see how it goes.  Last weekend, I contacted 8 states (10
> stations), and already have the one card :)
> >
> > Good luck to you guys on the special event station.  I'll try to contact
> you, but who knows what will happen with me being a weird distance away.
I
> think it's about 210 miles away straight line.
> >
> > Well... 73's, and hope to talk to you soon.
> > Frank--KB9VRN
> >
> > If God had meant for us to use the metric system, there would have only
> been 10 disciples
> >
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> Lamoine Emergency Amateur Radio Club
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>     W9SSP  - 147.060 (103.5 tone)
>
>           WB9TEA - 444.300
>
> Meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.
> 7:00 PM at the American Red Cross Building in Macomb.
>
> Next meeting will be May 14.
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> Hope to see you there.
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