Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:59:36 -0400
Hi John, Probably a better/easier solution to amplifier output protection would be to add a circulator on the output with a proper dummy load. This would let the amp always see a good 50 Ohm load and
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:29:58 -0400
If you want to change the boom length and (thus) remove some directors, you would have to do a complete redesign of element lengths and spacing to get the best performance and a clean pattern. Just b
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:28:39 -0500
My $.02 thoughts (coherent or not). Laser or LED, coherent or not? Which mode gets the message completed for a valid contact? Does it really matter? A non-coherent flashlight emitter aimed at an elec
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:26:09 -0500
Joe, You say "audible transmissions" - so no RTTY, WSJT or PSK31 would be allowed.... Is that what you mean? You also say "the human communication factor is always audible" so I guess you don't watch
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:13:26 -0400
I will look for you Sat after 10AM on 144.200 +/- from FN30kv - Eastern Long Island, NY. Your bearing to me from FN21tx is 138.5 degrees(True), distance 99 miles. 73,s, George, WA2VNV Hello everyone,
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:24:16 -0400
QST magazine -- approx. 1989 to present. Very good condition. Free. 73, N2JCB Christopher M. Degen Brookhaven National Laboratory Building 919A Upton NY 11973 USA mailto:degen@bnl.gov Voice: (631) 34
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:08:38 -0400
I did 55 Q's and 17 grids. I pretty much ran the full 4 hours. The last 1 hour was slow due to everyone already worked. Only 7 Q's during that time. Conditions flat as expected. Activity lower than t
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:17:34 -0400
When did you get on 432 ? The 432 sprint was Wed nite 10/5. I wked 17 staions & 7 grids from FN30kv. Conditions were flat. Return Mail to wa1rks@yahoo.com Did I miss something? or what? I got on righ
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:24:32 -0500
I run single op low power class and have a DEMI transverter for ssb/cw contacts. I run abt 100 Watts with an Amplifier. I also have a small 222 Kenwood 25 Watt FM rig connected to a vertical on my to
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 15:54:29 -0400
I plan to operate on 2 bands 903, and 1296 from home FN30kv. I'll be calling/listening on 144.260 looking for contact coordination. 73's, George, WA2VNV HF+50-1296, SOLP, FN30kv _____________________
Giving us the 6 digit grid would be nice - most of us don't have any idea where Holt Hill is. _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com h
Where is the pad added - input or output? You don't say what the gain of the amplifier is. Case 1. If you put the 10dB pad on the input of an amplifier, the Noise Figure becomes 17 dB, (10+7) and the
I was just re doing the numbers when ur email came in.... I made a (common) mistake in the case #2 calculation. I should have known better - but it's late. The Gain number(s) should be Power Gain NOT
John, Yes, the NF will increase but only by a very small amount, as Tom has previously shown... <<<Snip<<< If the amp is first (and having described it as a power amp, this might raise some eyebrows)
Hi All. I hope someone can help out with an contest equipment checkout & demo sked for this Wednesday, 1/16, ~11 AM, in the South Florida (EL96vk) area. We just did a major upgrade to the N4BRF tower
Check out http://no.nonsense.ee/qthmap/ It will do a 10 digit grid lookup. Hi Guys, I'm starting to do some planning that may or may not happen but I'm looking for a link to a gridmap overlay onto Go
Does the radio have tubes or is it just spark gap xtal controlled? ;-) 73's, George, WA2VNV HF+50-1296, SOLP, FN30kv On 6/7/2013 2:34 PM, Lew Sayre wrote: Ladies, Gentlemen and others, When enjoying
FYI.... Hello VHF'ers; I have re-joined the K4N DXPedition, to activate rare grid EL84, on 2 Meters. The boat leaves Key West on Thursday, July 11th at 4 PM EDT. We return to Key West on Monday, July