From rick1ds at hotmail.com Sat May 6 16:37:34 2017 From: rick1ds at hotmail.com (Rick R) Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 20:37:34 +0000 Subject: [Rover] Mid-Atlantic States VHF Conference Message-ID: Mid-Atlantic States VHF Conference October 6-8, 2017 at the Holiday Inn Bensalem-Philadelphia 3327 Street Rd, Bensalem, PA 19020 (215) 639-9100 Seeking Papers and presenters--please contact rick1ds at hotmail.com Early Bird Registration includes 1 proceedings disc and lunch and snack breaks on Saturday. $35 per person Saturday Evening Buffet Banquet $35 per person Extra proceedings disc purchased at conference $3 You must be registered and paid for both the conference and banquet to be eligible for door prizes Call the hotel directly and mention "VHF Conference" for the special room rate of $99 + tax per night Room rate includes buffet breakfast. On-line registration will be posted soon. From af5cc2 at gmail.com Fri May 19 19:45:52 2017 From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger) Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 18:45:52 -0500 Subject: [Rover] FS: Icom 9100 HF/VHF/UHF satellite (good roving) radio Message-ID: I have for sale an Icom 9100 HF/VHF/UHF satellite radio. This model does 100 watts on HF, 6 meters and 2 meters, and 75 watts on 70cm. It does full duplex for the satellites and will do dual receive between HF/6 and 2 or 70cm, or between 2m and 70cm. 1.2GHZ can be added with an optional module. It has IF DSP so no narrow filters are needed, a CW memory keyer, built in TCXO, and many other features, you can read more about it at: - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/5091.html - The 9100 I am selling has the optional 3khz and 6khz roofing filters installed, as well as the D-STAR board. - It is in pretty good physical condition with some scratches on the top and bottom of the case, and some scuffing on the one side of the case. It comes with the hand mic, power cord, manual, and original box. - New this would go for $2670 with the options it has. I am asking $1650 plus shipping for it and can take paypal/check/MO. Pictures are available on request. - 73 John AF5CC From af5cc2 at gmail.com Mon May 22 19:06:54 2017 From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger) Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 18:06:54 -0500 Subject: [Rover] 2 meter Downeast Microwave transverter for sale Message-ID: I have for sale a Downeast Microwave 144-28 25 watt 2 meter transverter in very good condition. It uses 10 meters as an IF and allows you to use your HF rig and all of its features on 2 meters. A good IF rig and transverter will out perform almost any 2 meter radio out there. This transverter is set up for a separate TX and RX IF line, and milliwatts for the power input. However, I am including a AOS-28 interface box which allows you to run up to 25 watts on 10 meters, and it allows for a single IF line, and will do RF sensing. You can read more about the interface here: http://01895fa.netsolhost.com/PDF/Aos.PDF Here is a link to the manual for the transverter: http://01895fa.netsolhost.com/PDF/Manuals/144-28N.pdf I do not have the cables to set this up, but it was working when last used. I am going to price it good since I haven't been able to test it. It looks very clean inside and was assembled by Downeast Microwave. The AOS-28 sells for $70 new and of course could be used with other transverters as well. I am asking $230 shipped by priority mail for both pieces, and this is being sold AS-IS. 73 John AF5CC From rick1ds at hotmail.com Wed May 31 14:22:57 2017 From: rick1ds at hotmail.com (Rick R) Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 18:22:57 +0000 Subject: [Rover] MAS VHF Conference registration open Message-ID: MID-ATLANTIC STATES VHF CONFERENCE Oct 6-7-8, 2017 Hosted by the Mt Airy VHF Radio Club Holiday Inn-Bensalem-Philadelphia 3327 Street Rd, Bensalem, PA (215) 639-9100 Early Bird rooms $99+tax ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Register on-line at www.packratvhf.com Conference Early Bird** Registration only $40 Saturday Evening Early Bird Banquet $40 Additional Speakers & Proceedings papers sought Contact Rick1ds at hotmail.com or www.packratvhf.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday Afternoon seminar ?Station Automation? Friday evening hospitality and table-top selling Saturday conference presentations & auctions Registration includes pizza lunch and snacks Rohde & Schwarz Technical Testing Room Saturday evening Banquet buffet dinner with door prizes* Sunday morning free outdoor mini-flea market ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tentative Speakers and topics: Roger Rehr W3SZ Stattion Automation Seminar (+K3TUF & WA3DRC) Phil Theis K3TUF Automation for VHF/UHF/uW Contesting Jerome Byrd K3GNC "Apartmentyranous Station Rex" Steve Gross N4PZ Yagis: Tales, Tricks and Truths Russ Lamm NN3Q Building and Operating the NN3Q Rover (+K3WGR) Gary Hitchner WA2OMY The GPS Project and Packrat Beacon Update Joe Jesson W2JEJ Dongle Developments Al Katz K2UYH Getting started on microwave EME (+K1DS) Joe Horanzy AA3JH Talking on 440 THz? Easy LASER! (+AC2CL) Michael Davis KB1JEY Enhancing your Test Bench Capabilities Ray Golley N3RG Practical Solutions for Station Automation Steve Simons W1SMS RF Tower Safety and Construction Pete Kobak K0BAK Rover Adventures and Automation ADD YOUR NAME, CALL and TOPIC HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ details and updates www.packratvhf.com ** Early Bird price good through Sept 20.