Well, comedians use this line all the time to change the subject....I wonder
if it works here too!
I am building some Field Day stubs and have a question dealing with multiple
stubs in a transmission line. The stubs are NOT the same. They are just
adidional band filters to be inserted in the line.
I have built up some *SO-956* ...four SO-239s soldered together in a square,
capped with copper plate top and bottom and filled with epoxy. This will
allow 2 stubs to be inserted at a single point. On 40 meters, I would like
to use 4 stubs.
Question: What is the distance between ... or does it matter ... that I
should place these *SO-956* units?
73, Hank/K2UVG
jkahrs@delphi.com
>From k6km@mail2.quiknet.com (cncnet - Bill Snider) Mon Aug 26 04:14:33 1996
From: k6km@mail2.quiknet.com (cncnet - Bill Snider) (cncnet - Bill Snider)
Subject: CW & HF Licensing
Message-ID: <19960826031430.AAA4028@LOCALNAME>
At 05:44 PM 8/25/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>Realize that as soon as the no-coders win, the CW sub-bands are history!
>>(That's when I'll look for a new hobby.)
>>73, Bob (aa0cy@robertwanderer.gardnerville.nv.us)
>
>Do you really believe you can't win a frequency contest on CW against a
>sidebander? Believe me, he will have a much harder time copying through
>your loud CW than you will through his SSB! Besides, it does not
>necessarily follow that we will lose our CW subbands simply because the CW
>requirements for licensing may be relaxed. We have "gentlemen's agreements"
>in effect today regarding subbands and they seem to work pretty well. I
>can't think of a reason why we couldn't have "gentlemen's agreement" CW
>subbands in the future whether or not they are dictated by FCC rules.
>Personally, I hope the FCC relaxes the CW proficiency rules for those who
>want to operate in the full phone segments of the HF bands, but keep them in
>place for those who want to operate on the low ends of the various HF bands
>on CW, and at the same time, continue to keep the CW subbands in the rules.
>
>Stan w7ni@teleport.com
>
>Hey Stan, when the influx RATE of newbies is low, they learn and adopt the
culture they're entering. When the RATE is high, they have enough group
power to bring their (10-4 good buddy) culture with them. Good grief, man,
listen to the 2M open repeaters!
GROWTH MUST BE GRADUAL!
Other point: the 7001 kHz weather net (SSB) is still there and they own the
low end of 40M in the mornings. CW ops lost 2 or 3 kHz to THOSE illegal ops.
Don't think for a minute that there haven't been attempts to run 'em off!
73 de Bill
>From ni0e@sprynet.com (Mike Fatchett) Mon Aug 26 05:37:04 1996
From: ni0e@sprynet.com (Mike Fatchett) (Mike Fatchett)
Subject: Available Callsigns for Vanity application.
Message-ID: <322129F0.4DD7@sprynet.com>
Is there an easy way to find out what 1 x 2 call are available? I
thought someone had posted a message some time ago. Any help would be
appreciated. Time to say good bye to NI0E.
Mike
>From n6nd@n6nd.wanet.com (Rick Craig, N6ND) Fri Aug 30 23:11:10 1996
From: n6nd@n6nd.wanet.com (Rick Craig, N6ND) (Rick Craig, N6ND)
Subject: 105BAS mods
Message-ID: <199608302211.PAA28729@sd-dns-1.wanet.net>
At 09:17 8/29/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Does anyone know of a web site were I might find a copy of the article
>pertaining to modification of the 105BAS? I'm ready to haul it up to 97' to
>do some serious(?) contesting and I thought it might be beneficial to do the
>mods. I know theoretically it improves the gain and bandwidth, but does it
>really make an improvement that you can discern in real life? The article
>was in NCJ in 1989, but I never saw it.
>
I wrote the article for NCJ on improving the 105BA but so far I haven't found
a copy of it here. It's somewhere in the "incredible heap". I did find the
dimensions for the 105CA which used the same element spacings that I came up
with. I tweaked the element lengths a bit with YO and here's what came out.
Hy-Gain 105CA, Low-Phone Setting
28.000 28.400 28.800 MHz
5 elements, inches
1.5000 0.8750 0.6250 0.4375
0.0000 3.5000 41.5000 21.5000 43.0000
58.0000 0.0000 21.0000 23.5000 55.0000
103.0000 3.5000 21.5000 23.5000 52.0000
186.5000 3.5000 21.5000 23.5000 51.0000
286.5000 3.5000 21.5000 23.5000 46.5000
The first column is the spacing from the reflector, the next two columns are the
modeling of the turtle shell clamp so don't worry about them. All you should
have to do is change the tip lengths and make sure the elements bottom against
the boom in the turtle shell clamps. The hairpin should be a lot shorter than
the stock position, probably around 12 or 13 inches long. If you can stand the
antenna on end with the reflector 3 or 4 ft above ground and the antenna pointed
straight up, it's easy to adjust the hairpin for minimum SWR. It makes a great
antenna.
73 Rick, N6ND
Rick Craig, N6ND
n6nd@n6nd.wanet.com
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
from magic. -Clarke's Third Law
>From thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson) Fri Aug 30 23:00:07 1996
From: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson) (David L. Thompson)
Subject: New 160 contest rules - FINAL DRAFT
Message-ID: <199608302248.SAA12436@answerman.mindspring.com>
> Paper logs can be accepted but will not be checked and
> so indicated in the results.
>
>
Geez, I wish I could do that for the CQ 160..thats were most of the work
is.....
Here are some interesting statistics from the 1996 CQ 160 Contests:
% Actual
CW SSB
Known Real time Computer logging 43% 41%
Known Post Contest Computer Logging 8% 6%
Not Sure, but Computer Logged 4%
6%
Paper Logs
45% 47%
The % of logs entered by computer increases each year, but judging by the
comments I get (some are very critical) there will be paper logs for many
years to come. Cq-Contest reflector is not the place to take a poll on who
is computerized as it is 99%+ 94 Year old W2IP uses his straight key and
bug but nary a computer.
Don't leave out a large segment of the 160 populace!
Dave K4JRB
>From davep@mylexboulder.com (David Palmer) Fri Aug 30 23:56:44 1996
From: davep@mylexboulder.com (David Palmer) (David Palmer)
Subject: Choosing a Contest Call
Message-ID: <322771AC.C0@mylexboulder.com>
Well it doesn't matter what new call you pick, your
pals will soon discover some unflattering phonetics.
So you may want to tell them your new proposed call
ahead of time!
73,
Dave, N6KL port-a-bull zero
PS: "Kitty Litter" is a registered trademark of the Golden Cat
Corporation, Muncie, IN, and should be used ONLY to identify
their line of feline care products.
PPS: I used to be WB6 In The Noise. Still in the noise, its
just not part of my call anymore!
>From hwardsil@wolfenet.com (Ward Silver) Fri Aug 30 23:58:24 1996
From: hwardsil@wolfenet.com (Ward Silver) (Ward Silver)
Subject: Watt-Me-Worry Team Lineups
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960830154642.20343H-100000@gonzo.wolfenet.com>
We have two full Watt-Me-Worry teams for CW Sprint! Please be SURE to let
me know if you won't make it, so I can scare up a replacement or
rearrange. Also be sure to mark your logs with the correct team; The
Watt-Me-Worry Rockcrushers, or Watt-Me-Worry Annihilators. Logs can be
emailed to N6TR at "tree@contesting.com". Please email me your scores, so
I can post the team totals. Let's all show up and make a big total!
See you next Saturday evening at 0000Z!
(Tree - you may file these rosters, but if there are changes, I will send
you an updated registry.)
Watt-Me-Worry Rockcrushers (Team #1)
N0AX
W0UY
WB0OLA
K7NPN
KB8N
N9JF
KK9W
AA4GA (using the call W4WA)
AA7NH
N6MZ
Watt-Me-Worry Annihilators (Team #2)
KK5ZX
NX7K
WA2SRQ
K8JLF
KN4QV
WA7UVJ
AC5CT
N0DH
AA0CY
AA9JY
>From k7ss@wolfenet.com (Danny Eskenazi) Sat Aug 31 01:42:55 1996
From: k7ss@wolfenet.com (Danny Eskenazi) (Danny Eskenazi)
Subject: VE7SV email address?
Message-ID: <199608310042.RAA15154@wolfe.net>
Anyone got Dales address VE7SV?
sorry for the bandwidth....lost the route to the list of email addresses.
Danny
(please respond to me, not tgv.com)
---------------------------
Danny Eskenazi
k7ss@wolfenet.com
---------------------------
>From k9bg@mc.net (Jerry Brunning) Sat Aug 31 08:52:00 1996
From: k9bg@mc.net (Jerry Brunning) (Jerry Brunning)
Subject: contest calls
References: <Pine.3.89.9608301134.A27189-0100000@netcom18>
Message-ID: <3227EF20.621B@mc.net>
Jim Pratt wrote:
>
> I have experienced interesting things with using "Germany" as a phonetic
> for "G". Often, I have said "Norway Six Italy Germany" and gotten a lot of
> people saying,
> "QSL, N6IJ". An interesting commentary on people's spelling and/or
> geography skills. I find "Guat-teeeee-maaaaa-laaaaaa" much more
> effective a phonetic for "G"
>
> 73, Jim N6IG
Jim,
I agree. I frequently get logged as "BJ" when using Germany as the
phonetic, but less so when using "golf" and never when using "Guatemala".
Jerry, K9BG (Burning Garbage works well in stateside contests, too!)
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