From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Tue Mar  9 12:27:11 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (HSHK)
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 07:27:11 -0500
Subject: [QRP] Homebrew Paddle
References: <200403090726010245.003FAE77@mail.nacs.net>
 <200403090726560103.004084C1@mail.nacs.net>
Message-ID: <200403090727110526.0040C100@mail.nacs.net>

Hi everyone,

Thought this might interest a few of you.  An easy
to build homebrew paddle I put together.

http://www.qsl.net/ka8vit/VITPaddle/index.html

73,

Bill  KA8VIT



From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Tue Mar  9 12:41:20 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (W8OKN)
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:41:20 -0500
Subject: [QRP] Homebrew Paddle
References: <200403090726010245.003FAE77@mail.nacs.net> <200403090726560103.004084C1@mail.nacs.net> <200403090727110526.0040C100@mail.nacs.net>
Message-ID: <000901c405d3$d4ad9300$0200a8c0@bay.chartermi.net>

Great idea.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "HSHK" <hshk@ix.netcom.com>
To: <qrp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:27 AM
Subject: [QRP] Homebrew Paddle


> Hi everyone,
> 
> Thought this might interest a few of you.  An easy
> to build homebrew paddle I put together.
> 
> http://www.qsl.net/ka8vit/VITPaddle/index.html
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bill  KA8VIT
> 
> 
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From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Tue Mar  9 12:58:18 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (Jim Stafford)
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 07:58:18 -0500
Subject: [QRP] Homebrew Paddle
In-Reply-To: <200403090727110526.0040C100@mail.nacs.net>
References: <200403090726010245.003FAE77@mail.nacs.net> <200403090726560103.004084C1@mail.nacs.net> <200403090727110526.0040C100@mail.nacs.net>
Message-ID: <404DBF6A.5030702@amsat.org>

Bill,

In the true spirit of ham radio!  I love it.  Thanks for such a nice 
page outlining your project.

Jim/w4qo
Past President - QRP ARCI

PS We'd sure like to have you as a member and contribute to our 
website/magazine (such as our Idea Exchange)/etc.   www.qrparci.org

HSHK wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>Thought this might interest a few of you.  An easy
>to build homebrew paddle I put together.
>
>http://www.qsl.net/ka8vit/VITPaddle/index.html
>
>73,
>
>Bill  KA8VIT
>
>
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>  
>


From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Tue Mar  9 23:47:48 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (Tom Crites)
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 18:47:48 -0500
Subject: [QRP] Dayton Room Availability
Message-ID: <JCEDLBABJKKPNDFHHCPECECICGAA.crites@iname.com>

Would anyone have information on rooms available at Dayton this year.  Last
year a QRP group had a block of rooms reserved for fellow QRP'ers.

Thanks,

Tom, KC8SES



From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Wed Mar 10 00:00:10 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (Steve, G4GXL)
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:00:10 GMT
Subject: [QRP] Dayton Room Availability
In-Reply-To: <JCEDLBABJKKPNDFHHCPECECICGAA.crites@iname.com>
Message-ID: <20043100010.991440@XP1>

> Would anyone have information on rooms available at Dayton this year.

Tom,

Go to the QRP ARCI site  http://www.qrparci.org

and follow the link to FDIM 2004

>From there you can book tickets online and find a link to room details=
 etc.

Regards,
Steve, G4GXL
QRP ARCI Webmaster


From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Thu Mar 11 04:40:42 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (Don Williams)
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:40:42 -0800
Subject: [QRP] Dayton Room Availability
In-Reply-To: <JCEDLBABJKKPNDFHHCPECECICGAA.crites@iname.com>
Message-ID: <412BC2CE-7316-11D8-B44D-0030657A94D4@arrl.net>

Tom, I would like to contact you directly regarding Crites family name.

Don Williams, kd6uvt;  with interests in gardening, genealogy, ham 
radio, motorcycling and mountain climbing.  What do you want to be in 
life, a spectator or a participant?  kd6uvt@arrl.net


On Tuesday, Mar 9, 2004, at 15:47 US/Pacific, Tom Crites wrote:

>
> Would anyone have information on rooms available at Dayton this year.  
> Last
> year a QRP group had a block of rooms reserved for fellow QRP'ers.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom, KC8SES
>
>
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From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Sun Mar 28 22:33:54 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (Darrell Shandrow)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 15:33:54 -0700
Subject: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.
Message-ID: <001f01c41514$c08aaf20$800101df@nu7i>

Portable QRP Project



The purpose of this project is to research, then implement a portable ham
station that can be operated by a blind person from an apartment and from
other portable locations using either battery power for Field Day and other
portable situations or a power supply for primary home operation.  There are
several ultimate goals as follows:



1.      Operate from an apartment with little or no evidence that there's a
ham station.

2.      Operate the ARRL Field Day contest event and in other portable
situations such as another person's house, amateur radio demonstration site
or outside the office building at work.



 Antennas



The antenna must be stealth or nearly stealth.  It must also be usable by a
blind person with no special test equipment available and little or no
available sighted assistance.  This means there must be no tuning
requirements that require sight to adjust the antenna or read an SWR meter.
Though sufficient performance is required to actually make contacts (we're
not looking for a dummy-load here) any and all performance compromises are
acceptable to reach the results described in this paragraph.



 Radios and Power Requirements



The rig must be QRP to prevent unnecessary RFI and to minimize power
consumption during portable operation such as Field Day.  An inability to
completely use all functions of the radio by a blind person is acceptable,
so long as the basics of changing frequencies, listening and transmitting
are possible without the need for computer control of the rig.  If only
basics are possible, an accessible computer control option must be available
for fuller operation in a less portable situation.



The following are the goals for the radio and power requirements:

·        Extremely portable light-weight radio.  Should easily fit in a
backpack.  Radio will likely be transported on public transportation such as
a city bus or carried by way of walking since blind people can't drive
automobiles.

·          Basic operations of the radio, including QSY, listening and
transmitting must be possible without sighted assistance.  Full
configuration and operation of the radio must be possible with accessible
computer control when the radio is not being used in a portable situation.

·        Extremely portable, , safe and easy to implement battery power is
required.  No car batteries or other possible dangers or items that require
sighted assistance to set up and maintain.  Prefer battery power solution be
provided with the radio or as a recognized accessory for the radio within
the ham community.  Potential miswiring of positive and negative terminals
prevent any experimentation; it must be widely known to work out of the box
by being connected to the radio.



Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.



Thanks and 73, Darrell, NU7I...


From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Mon Mar 29 00:14:14 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (Vince Santis)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:14:14 -0500
Subject: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.
In-Reply-To: <001f01c41514$c08aaf20$800101df@nu7i>
Message-ID: <000701c41522$c574e420$b7644b43@DJWXQ541>

Darrell,

Being ligally blind myself, I tink it sounds like a natural for the
Elecraft KX-1. Antenna might be an MP-1 or Buddiploe.

73,

Vince Santis, N1VS 
Winsted, CT 06098  



From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Mon Mar 29 00:46:30 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (Steve)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:46:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.
In-Reply-To: <001f01c41514$c08aaf20$800101df@nu7i>
Message-ID: <20040329004630.12344.qmail@web10905.mail.yahoo.com>

I would recommend an FT-817 with an LDG antenna tuner.
 Covers all bands, SSB and CW as well as SWL and is
computer controllable at home.  Antenna can be as
simple as a wire runing along the ceiling of the
apartment.  Won't do a great job above 40, but has
lots of possibilities.

72/73,

Steve, N4EUK

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From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Tue Mar 30 00:22:39 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (qrp@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:22:39 -0700
Subject: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.
Message-ID: <20040329.172240.-422081.16.w5xe@juno.com>

That would really be nice if it has the voice
synthesizer for the 817 - I don't recall anyone
saying if it does or not.  Otherwise it could be
as useful as a doorstop.  I think the Icom 703
has one, which I have used with various pieces
of Icom equipment.  I am not vision impaired
but had to set equipment so it would be usable
in a low-no light environment, including the display.
  
Ray
"Politicians are like nappies.  Both should be 
changed regularly -- and for the same reason"
"Scotsman - Scotsman's Diary 12/97"
Ray Colbert, W5XE, OOTC#3618, SOWP#1064M SOC#78 
fp #111 ARCI-5784 NCT2R El Paso,(FAR WEST) TEXAS

From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Tue Mar 30 00:45:31 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (Darrell Shandrow)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:45:31 -0700
Subject: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.
References: <20040329.172240.-422081.16.w5xe@juno.com>
Message-ID: <001201c415f0$4e4733c0$800101df@nu7i>

Hi Ray,

Yep.  I'm getting good recommendations for the IC-703 for my uses.  Of
course, I'm getting more recommendations from other blind hams for the
Elecraft, but it is simply less rig for quite a bit more money.  I think
I'll have all or most of the items I need before I could afford just the
radio portion with Elecraft...  I want both CW/SSB.

Things are coming together.  Keep the great ideas coming.  All the input is
causing something great to come together.

73
Darrell, NU7I

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <w5xe@juno.com>
To: <qrp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 5:22 PM
Subject: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.


> That would really be nice if it has the voice
> synthesizer for the 817 - I don't recall anyone
> saying if it does or not.  Otherwise it could be
> as useful as a doorstop.  I think the Icom 703
> has one, which I have used with various pieces
> of Icom equipment.  I am not vision impaired
> but had to set equipment so it would be usable
> in a low-no light environment, including the display.
>
> Ray
> "Politicians are like nappies.  Both should be
> changed regularly -- and for the same reason"
> "Scotsman - Scotsman's Diary 12/97"
> Ray Colbert, W5XE, OOTC#3618, SOWP#1064M SOC#78
> fp #111 ARCI-5784 NCT2R El Paso,(FAR WEST) TEXAS
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From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Tue Mar 30 07:26:04 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (qrp@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 02:26:04 -0500
Subject: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.
Message-ID: <759F9E7C.0D714CB6.0017E976@aol.com>

The IC703plus which includes 6m with UT102 voice synthisizer, BP228 battery which is not an internal battery, Ic BC 155 charger comes to a grand total of 890 dollars. The keying on the IC703 is no where near the quality of the ELecraft rigs. I own both the IC703 and all Elecraft rigs and I chase to bring the Elecraft rigs to Iraq. If you don't mind hearing the relays clicking back and forth with your keying then go with the IC703. I would suggest adding the narrow CW filter to help the DSP. Just the humble opinion of a ham....Good luck in your quest and hope to catch you on the air sometimes.
-- 
73 ditdit,

Dwayne YI9RVT/KE4RVT
Al Kut, Iraq
N33.29 E45.45
FPQRP #85           KX1 S/N 0337
QRP-L #2201 (sk)    K1 S/N 0113
ARS #1696           K2 S/N 2768
FIST'S #10652       FT897
www.qrparci.org     www.arsqrp.com
www.fists.org

Sometimes a little brain damage can help. (George Carlin)


From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Tue Mar 30 07:30:13 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (qrp@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 02:30:13 -0500
Subject: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.
Message-ID: <5FD5AE7E.46265CC7.0017E976@aol.com>

Sorry for the multiple replies, the price of the K2 with KSB2 KBT2 KAF2 and KAT2 is 987 dollars. This is a little more than the IC703 but the performance is well above the 703.....good luck


-- 
73 ditdit,

Dwayne YI9RVT/KE4RVT
Al Kut, Iraq
N33.29 E45.45
FPQRP #85           KX1 S/N 0337
QRP-L #2201 (sk)    K1 S/N 0113
ARS #1696           K2 S/N 2768
FIST'S #10652       FT897
www.qrparci.org     www.arsqrp.com
www.fists.org

Sometimes a little brain damage can help. (George Carlin)


From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Tue Mar 30 14:09:46 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (Darrell Shandrow)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:09:46 -0700 (MST)
Subject: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.
In-Reply-To: <759F9E7C.0D714CB6.0017E976@aol.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403300706060.27319-100000@borg.shandrow.com>

Hi Dwayne,

I know the Elecraft rigs are probably the absolute best for my situation, 
especially if I could afford the higher price and I were able to be a bit 
more experimental.  Price is a significant stumbling block here, as I'll 
be able to set up my antenna and rig with the 703 before I could afford 
all the options for just the Elecraft radio.  Plus, I'd need to find 
someone I could trust to build it.  I know several blind hams say others 
will build these free of charge for disabled hams, but I don't usually 
believe in that sort of thing...  I'd pay someone a little extra to do it 
for me.  

Well, I don't have to build a rig like the 703.  That would allow me to 
work out other areas, such as the antennas and power source for Field Day.

Thanks and 73.
    

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 PMdc361@aol.com wrote:

> The IC703plus which includes 6m with UT102 voice synthisizer, BP228 battery which is not an internal battery, Ic BC 155 charger comes to a grand total of 890 dollars. The keying on the IC703 is no where near the quality of the ELecraft rigs. I own both the IC703 and all Elecraft rigs and I chase to bring the Elecraft rigs to Iraq. If you don't mind hearing the relays clicking back and forth with your keying then go with the IC703. I would suggest adding the narrow CW filter to help the DSP. Just the humble opinion of a ham....Good luck in your quest and hope to catch you on the air sometimes.
> 


From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Tue Mar 30 15:20:31 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (Bob Nielsen)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:20:31 -0800
Subject: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403300706060.27319-100000@borg.shandrow.com>
References: <759F9E7C.0D714CB6.0017E976@aol.com> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403300706060.27319-100000@borg.shandrow.com>
Message-ID: <20040330152031.GA19668@office.n7xy.net>

Hi Darrell,

I don't know if you remember me, but we met several years ago at a
Catalina Radio Club Field Day on Mount Lemmon (my call was W6SWE at the
time).

The Elecraft K2 is a great rig (I have one) but it does not have a
voice synthesizer, which is another point in favor of the 703.  The
KX-1 has audio cw indication of frequency, etc., but that is a CW-only
radio.  I'll probably pick one up soon for traveling, since it has
everything including the battery and antenna tuner in a very small
package.  At least one ham has modified the K1 (the other Elecraft
radio) for SSB, but I suspect that might be a bit of a kludge.  It
doesn't have a voice synthesizer either.

73, Bob N7XY

On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 07:09:46AM -0700, Darrell Shandrow wrote:
> Hi Dwayne,
> 
> I know the Elecraft rigs are probably the absolute best for my situation, 
> especially if I could afford the higher price and I were able to be a bit 
> more experimental.  Price is a significant stumbling block here, as I'll 
> be able to set up my antenna and rig with the 703 before I could afford 
> all the options for just the Elecraft radio.  Plus, I'd need to find 
> someone I could trust to build it.  I know several blind hams say others 
> will build these free of charge for disabled hams, but I don't usually 
> believe in that sort of thing...  I'd pay someone a little extra to do it 
> for me.  
> 
> Well, I don't have to build a rig like the 703.  That would allow me to 
> work out other areas, such as the antennas and power source for Field Day.
> 
> Thanks and 73.
>     
> 
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 PMdc361@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > The IC703plus which includes 6m with UT102 voice synthisizer, BP228 battery which is not an internal battery, Ic BC 155 charger comes to a grand total of 890 dollars. The keying on the IC703 is no where near the quality of the ELecraft rigs. I own both the IC703 and all Elecraft rigs and I chase to bring the Elecraft rigs to Iraq. If you don't mind hearing the relays clicking back and forth with your keying then go with the IC703. I would suggest adding the narrow CW filter to help the DSP. Just the humble opinion of a ham....Good luck in your quest and hope to catch you on the air sometimes.
> > 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> QRP@mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp

-- 
Bob Nielsen, N7XY                          n7xy (at) n7xy.net
Bainbridge Island, WA                      http://www.n7xy.net
 

From qrp@mailman.qth.net  Tue Mar 30 15:28:33 2004
From: qrp@mailman.qth.net (Byron Tatum)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:28:33 -0600
Subject: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an apartment.
References: <759F9E7C.0D714CB6.0017E976@aol.com> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403300706060.27319-100000@borg.shandrow.com> <20040330152031.GA19668@office.n7xy.net>
Message-ID: <004801c4166b$a9edc420$32d90cd8@your6jnhhu0520>

Hello-
    This may be slightly off topic but the mention of a blind ham brings up
my desire :
        I have a Motorola Micom-S,  2-18 Mhz. SSB transceiver and an antenna
tuner that goes along with it. This is an all solid state, nice cond. 40
channel programmable radio and it has the programming board installed.I do
not have a microphone. It receives well, but TX untested. This would be a
great SSB rig for a blind ham, and I would be willing to donate it to a
blind ham, however the set needs the attention of someone knowledgable about
the set in order to hook up mic. and check out TX and tuner.
            What say??
                                    Thanks, Byron WA5THJ.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Nielsen" <nielsen@oz.net>
To: <qrp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [QRP] Portable QRP project for blind ham living in an
apartment.


> Hi Darrell,
>
> I don't know if you remember me, but we met several years ago at a
> Catalina Radio Club Field Day on Mount Lemmon (my call was W6SWE at the
> time).
>
> The Elecraft K2 is a great rig (I have one) but it does not have a
> voice synthesizer, which is another point in favor of the 703.  The
> KX-1 has audio cw indication of frequency, etc., but that is a CW-only
> radio.  I'll probably pick one up soon for traveling, since it has
> everything including the battery and antenna tuner in a very small
> package.  At least one ham has modified the K1 (the other Elecraft
> radio) for SSB, but I suspect that might be a bit of a kludge.  It
> doesn't have a voice synthesizer either.
>
> 73, Bob N7XY
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 07:09:46AM -0700, Darrell Shandrow wrote:
> > Hi Dwayne,
> >
> > I know the Elecraft rigs are probably the absolute best for my
situation,
> > especially if I could afford the higher price and I were able to be a
bit
> > more experimental.  Price is a significant stumbling block here, as I'll
> > be able to set up my antenna and rig with the 703 before I could afford
> > all the options for just the Elecraft radio.  Plus, I'd need to find
> > someone I could trust to build it.  I know several blind hams say others
> > will build these free of charge for disabled hams, but I don't usually
> > believe in that sort of thing...  I'd pay someone a little extra to do
it
> > for me.
> >
> > Well, I don't have to build a rig like the 703.  That would allow me to
> > work out other areas, such as the antennas and power source for Field
Day.
> >
> > Thanks and 73.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 PMdc361@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > The IC703plus which includes 6m with UT102 voice synthisizer, BP228
battery which is not an internal battery, Ic BC 155 charger comes to a grand
total of 890 dollars. The keying on the IC703 is no where near the quality
of the ELecraft rigs. I own both the IC703 and all Elecraft rigs and I chase
to bring the Elecraft rigs to Iraq. If you don't mind hearing the relays
clicking back and forth with your keying then go with the IC703. I would
suggest adding the narrow CW filter to help the DSP. Just the humble opinion
of a ham....Good luck in your quest and hope to catch you on the air
sometimes.
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > QRP mailing list
> > QRP@mailman.qth.net
> > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp
>
> -- 
> Bob Nielsen, N7XY                          n7xy (at) n7xy.net
> Bainbridge Island, WA                      http://www.n7xy.net
>
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>



