[PPRAANet] PPRAANet Digest, Vol 79, Issue 18
I am Frank
sirdrakejr at aol.com
Sun Nov 28 15:35:38 EST 2010
Check my web site for an idea that might work for you to build your own : http://www.antenna-to-go.com . If you have any questions, feel free to email and ask me
73,
Frank
KL7IPV
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Everyone,
I have a general license, my IC-718 and a power supply. I
really need an antenna and wire (or something) to ground the radio. If anyone
has anything they are no longer using, I would really appreciate it.
- Kush
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: D-14 PPARES: 2010 Salvation Army Thanksgiving Dinners a
Success! (Dan Scott)
2. TS-530s For Sale (DickT-W0RAA)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:49:46 -0700
From: Dan Scott <dscott1644 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [PPRAANet] D-14 PPARES: 2010 Salvation Army Thanksgiving
Dinners a Success!
To: ppraanet at mailman.qth.net, ppares at mailman.qth.net
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Phillip and all,
Manitou Setup:
- IC-7000
- J-Pole: Indoor at 25 feet (in the attic)
- Coax: 50-foot.
- Headset: Heil-Pro with boom mic which provided good attenuation
from room and stage noise.
- Watts 70-cm: 35-watts (I thought it was 50, but checked once I
got home)
- Watts 2-mtrs: 50-watts
- FT-100 as backup radio, Kenwood PS-30 or car for backup Power
Supplies.
Location in Room:
- opposite side of the room from the kitchen
- next to stage
- 4-foot from one of the large PA speakers
Unfortunates:
- Easy exterior access would be through windows which over looked
the creek 10-foot directly below the building.
- Window access was not a good exterior access without hip-waiters.
- Door access for reasonable external access would require 150, or
more, feet of additional coax.
Comments:
- I could bring up the 70cm repeater although no reliable
communications could be made from Manitou, both send and receive was
troublesome.
- The 146.76 machine was working very nicely from the location
(even at 10-watts).
- I was also able to monitor the 146.76 machine from my HT during
times I needed walk away from the operating position.
- Monitoring 70-cm from HT was not reliable
- Tried transmitting between songs although that was not reliable
and maybe frustrating for folks at main.
- Lowered MIC gain from 45% to less than 10% to see if that helped
reducing the background noise during transmit. This seemed to help and
allowed transmitting during times with high background noise. Although
this appears to have worked, I am curious how well it worked. Any
before/after comments would be appreciated.
The packet idea is great. An alternate may be to run a "person pick up"
net independent from a "supply" net. Maybe use 70-cm for passing
addresses/phone-numbers and 2-meters for supply. This would then allow
an *easier* inclusion of Manitou for supply issues.
My XLY, Pam (W0PRS) was sick so my son accompanied me and delivered and
took the few messages we had. Basically the "gravy issue". I logged 10
exchanges, although I think I missed logging a couple :-(
We operated from here last year as well; both times it has been so much
fun! Thanks, both Pam and I look forward to future opportunities.
73,
Dan - W0RO
PPRAA Secretary
On 11/26/2010 4:19 PM, Phillip H. Blanton wrote:
> Remember, any hams are welcome to participate in the Salvation Army
> Dinner program. You don't have to be an ARES or RACES member to pitch in!
>
> --
> Phillip H. Blanton (N?TAN)
>
>
> Bill,
>
> Very impressive log-keeping. Many of us just handled the situation as
> presented and didn't bother to log it. Your log reveals some interesting
> information and I'm glad you did it.
>
> Since the SA also plans on running the Christmas operation out of the
> Weber facility, I'd like to arrange a packet station at both the Yuma
> and Weber sites. That way we could gain proficiency in packet operations
> in a real-world scenario.
>
> Anyone interested in setting up two packet stations on Christmas day? I
> have a few radios, but no packet stations (I have an Icom IC-7000 and a
> PC so maybe I do????). Please advise. If you are willing to help me set
> up a couple of packet stations, even if you don't want to spend
> Christmas day watching them, I'd appreciate the help.
>
> It seems that this is an awesome opportunity to do a little packet
> training. In a real-world emergency, a packet station set up for use by
> regular people is a huge benefit. If we can practice this at Christmas
> time, that'd be a great training opportunity!
>
> I a willing to spend the money necessary to get a packet station up and
> running. If you are a packet expert and are willing to help me set up a
> system for the SA for Christmas, I'd LOVE to take the challenge. I will
> accept the responsibility to get a station set up at the Weber facility.
> If someone else is willing to help get a station set up at the Yuma
> facility, then that'd provide most of the packet handling they need.
>
> Seriously, this is a fun mission. You will really enjoy volunteering for
> the SA dinners at Christmastime. If you are a packet guy, then you are
> welcome to pitch in! If not, you are still seriously invited to PITCH
> IN! Maybe you can get some packet training! Even if you don't, you will
> still have a good time!
>
> --
> Phillip H. Blanton (N?TAN)
> 719 357-MAGNUM (6246)
>
>
> On 11/26/10 3:33 PM, Bill Hecker wrote:
>> To everyone.
>>
>> Yesterday was a great success due to everyone's fine efforts. Henry
>> truly deserves special recognition for the superb job as he guided
>> Main and the rest of us through many challenges.
>>
>> I had a great time and enjoyed working with the good people at SA HQ:
>> Jim Wright& Brenda Adams, receptionist: Jillian, and Chef Tom Schaeffer
>>
>> * HQ (Yuma) worked well. The SA HQ Leads, the receptionist, the
>> chef were briefed so all knew the PPARES support was present and
>> where the PPARES member was within the building. It was a good
>> team relationship that worked well.
>> * HQ (Yuma) passed/received a total of 35 messages between ~0845 and
>> ~1445.
>> * Equipment:
>> o Icom 2710 at 10 watts and Arrow UHF/VHF J-Pole on mast at 15
>> feet in a open area about 60 feet from station, connected by
>> 100' RG-8. Table, chair, carbon-less two part log book,
>> pens, Phil's Op Plan.
>> o Operated all day on battery power, consuming ~7Amp-hrs (~40
>> Amp-hrs available). 120V was readily available in radio room.
>> o Back up: Icom 7000, a 25amp AC power supply, 60' RG-8X, Dual
>> band 5/8 wave mag mount, and Yaesu VX-1R HT with Pryme
>> VHF/UHF gain whip antenna.
>> * Operated on UHF net, monitored VHF net.
>> * One particular challenge was passing to Weber (Main) 24 requests
>> for delivery of food or the pick up of people by the
>> transportation group at Weber.
>> o For some years, people needing delivery of meals or a pick
>> up have called Salvation Army HQ (Yuma) for this service.
>> With the shift of the operating base to Weber, we were
>> looked to to relay the information to the transportation
>> group at Weber (Main)
>> o Sixteen calls came in directly to the receptionist and 8
>> more were retrieved from the answering machine. They, each
>> neatly hand written, were handed to the HQ (Yuma) radio
>> operator for forwarding to Weber (Main).
>> + The first concern was the passing of names, addresses,
>> and phone numbers on the net; however, Salvation Army
>> leaders said to do it, so we did.
>> + The second dimension of this challenge was the
>> passing of 16 of the 24 by radio. An additional 8
>> were passed by telephone when a member of the
>> transportation group called the Yuma operator by
>> telephone. That was a good call that took the
>> laborious task of passing these 8 off the radio net.
>> o Either way, the information had to be relayed verbally.
>> o Possible alternatives from a HQ (Yuma) perspective for
>> dealing with this in the future:
>> + Deal with it as we did in real time - passing info
>> over the voice net using phonics.
>> + Have the HQ receptionist or the PPARES operator pass
>> the info directly to the transportation group via
>> telephone; however, the transportation group did not
>> have a readily available phone. They had to call HQ
>> (Yuma) to get the information, once they were alerted.
>> + PPARES set up a packet net using Airmail between HQ
>> (Yuma) and Weber (Main) in addition to the voice
>> net. This gets the information into text form where
>> it can be printed on the receiving end for
>> distribution while potentially reducing errors. While
>> this would have been an additional challenge for a one
>> operator node, the voice net traffic was light enough
>> (one call to or from Yuma every 5 to 10 minutes) that
>> both could have been done.
>> + OR, there should be several more not yet thought of.
>> o I will leave it to the PPARES leaders and old pros to decide
>> what course of action would be best. HQ (Yuma) could not
>> assess the impact of these alternatives on Weber (Main). Of
>> course, the solution would need to be discussed with the
>> Salvation Army folks too.
>> * Another challenge was contact with Manitou on the primary UHF net.
>> o The alternate frequency 146.76 worked pretty well (Manitou,
>> Main,& Yuma), but Manitou access into the repeater was not
>> full quieting.
>> o While PPARES has probably already tried 144.220 (USB)
>> vertical polarization and 146.49 simplex at other times, I,
>> as a curious guy, would like to like to learn a little more
>> about 2 meters in difficult situations.
>> * On manning:
>> o It would be great if we could get enough PPARES members to
>> sign up so that for each node the day could be broken into
>> at least two shifts. It is a challenge for my family to
>> support this for the full day.
>> o One operator can handle HQ. A HT to monitor the net while
>> delivering messages away from the station set up is necessary.
>> o A second operator would provide more flexibility but is not
>> essential for successful operation.
>> * The HQ (Yuma) log book is available for anyone who needs it.
>>
>> It was a pleasure to support such a good cause here in Colorado Springs.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bill
>> KC0ET
>> HQ (Yuma) Node
>>
>>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:37:19 -0700
From: "DickT-W0RAA" <dickt at w0raa.com>
Subject: [PPRAANet] TS-530s For Sale
To: "PPRAA Reflector" <ppraanet at mailman.qth.net>
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I am forwarding this for Lance, K0URN. Contact him if interested. This is a
nice radio.
Dick - W0RAA
?
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Hi gang, it's been a while! Hope you are all well.
The time has come for me to sell my Kenwood TS-530s and matching
VFO-240. I figured I'd give first option to the locals before posting
elsewhere. From a ham, to a ham.
This pair is in very good cosmetic and functional condition.
This was my first and has been my only radio for the last 7 years and
I have NEVER had any issues.
Detail:
It has the 500Hz optional CW filter installed (YK-88C). These have
been selling for about $65.
The TS-530s was serviced after I purchased it in 2003 by Affordable
Radio Repair via Jess Miley K?TAA. Was given a full tune up with
full 150w output.
The only note on the barely legible service slip was a high pitch coming
from the transformer core of the internal power supply. I have noticed
this on occasion, especialy when cold. However, functionally, this has
never been a problem. I had the radio on the air last weekend during SSB
Sweepstakes and it was quiet.
Also included:
- Spare tubes(1 driver and 2 finals)
- VFO cable
- MC-30s hand microphone
- Original TS-530S manual(indicates purchase in 1982 from AES).
- Both original Kenwood boxes!
If you or someone you know has an interest, let me know. There have been (7)
of these radio's sold on EBAY in November. Average selling price was $327.
The high was $450, and the low was $212 for a radio with some corrosion
issues.
The last VFO-240 was in October and sold for $142. So, together with the
filter,
$534 as an average.
The no-haggle price for you guys is $425 cash. The haggle price is higher
:)...
I can also send pics to anyone interested.
Thanks,
Lance K0URN
You can email me direct at crossx5hf at clovermail.net
<mailto:crossx5hf at clovermail.net>
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