[SixClub] SixClub Digest, Vol 73, Issue 12
Tyrone Burns Sr.
tyke1954 at yahoo.com
Sun May 9 12:04:47 EDT 2010
and we care about Bruce....... Why?????
when he gets' back, he'll act like he was the only person to ever go rover en route to Dayton!!!!!
TYRONE J. BURNS SR. - N5XES
"QRP???.....DuHHH.....QRO!!!!!"
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Payback and an update...sort of.
> (Roger (K8RI))
> 2. KB5WNU/M (Richard J. Fiero II
> W5TFW)
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> Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 22:30:19 -0400
> From: "Roger (K8RI)" <50MHz at rogerhalstead.com>
> Subject: [SixClub] Payback and an update...sort of.
> To: sixclub at mailman.qth.net
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> Man, call it payback in spades!
>
> It's into the second week of May, nada on six today, (so
> far...think
> positive), they had winter storm advisories out last night
> and today
> just 40 miles North of us. It's frozen 3 nights out of the
> last week,
> and tonight might make it into the 20's. All this for
> the last 6
> months that were mostly well above average and only a
> couple weeks that
> were average or below. None were far below except for this
> past week.
> Tonight would be at least 13 degrees below normal and the
> forecast is
> for the next 5 days to be below normal, but only one is 10
> below with
> the other 4 just a few degrees off.
>
> It certainly has quieted 40 down, but the disturbed
> conditions are still
> keeping the skip short while for most of the winter 40 at
> night was like
> 20 used to be at the sun spot cycle peak during the day.
>
> Although I did get to listen to a couple of the openings on
> six this
> past week, I didn't work any one as I had a number of
> rather pressing
> jobs to try and finish. The tribander is setting on a pair
> of sawhorses
> in the back yard...which badly needs mowing. I gotta
> sharpen those
> blades as it mostly bends the dandelions over while cutting
> the grass
> around them which really makes them stand out. This is the
> time of year
> for mowing the yard 3 times a week.
>
> I've repaired the boom and the tribander is back together
> with the
> exception of about 6 1/4" holes to drill through the boom
> and to mount
> the mast clamp. The rest of the 25G is ready to go up
> at the West end
> of the shop, but I'm waiting for a GA25GD guy bracket to go
> on the top
> section.
>
> The antenna work is working towards the finish line and the
> 6-meter
> antenna is going to get the place of prominence it
> deserves. It will
> still be at 115' but it will now be "The king of the hill"
> although it
> may look a bit small setting 15 feet above a 3L 40M3-125
> M^2 40 meter
> antenna. The 144 and 440 arrays will no longer be at the
> top of the
> mast, but may be mounted on a cross boom with a ring
> rotator far enough
> below the top so they will clear the guys. (That may not
> happen for a
> while...maybe quite a while) The tribander is being
> demoted, or put at
> a more reasonable height for 20 through 10 at 50' on a 25G,
> but it's
> getting it's own tower, a shorter version of which is
> holding the
> AV-640, so I hope it is happy and doesn't go on strike.
>
> I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the AV640, or where
> to put it up,
> but it will be my sole means of getting on the WARC bands.
> It'll also
> make a good back up to the 3L 40 (linear loaded Yagi) which
> I picked up
> used at a good price. It works surprisingly well on
> six, although it
> can't hold a candle to the big Yagi.
>
> I've managed to get about 5 or 6 locals interested in six,
> although what
> they will put up, or how active they will be, I don't
> know.
>
> But, it looks like I'm going to get some competition. Our
> club president
> who just retired is moving into the area about a 1/4 mile
> from me and we
> both run QRO. I gotta get the old Alpha, Henry, and
> Hallicrafters
> tested out, which I should have finished up months ago and
> use the money
> from them to get a new 6-meter amp. The majority of my
> equipment is old
> or used but my HF amp is new and I'd like to get the
> matching 6-meter
> version...if I can sell off enough *stuff*.
> Unfortunately I have to
> sell a lot of old stuff for each piece of new stuff and
> although my wife
> may think differently, the pile of "old stuff" is not
> bottomless. <:-))
> OTOH it is helping me clean out the shop although, you'd
> never know it
> from a quick look. <:-))
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 10:51:59 -0500
> From: "Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW" <joeyw5tfw at gmail.com>
> Subject: [SixClub] KB5WNU/M
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> Bruce, KB5WNU is Dayton bound and headed up the
> NATCHEZ TRACE parkway. he is on 50.125 144.200
> & various simplex FM Freq's
>
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> A.R.S. W5TFW
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>
>
> Richard J. Fiero II
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>
> www.6mt.com
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> www.w5tfw.com
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> LIFE'S TOUGH !
>
> It's even tougher, if you are STUPID !
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>
>
> John Wayne
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