INTERESTING PRESENTATION, I can relate to this one. That's when we cringe at the ball park because the singer can't make it to Rocket's Red Glare -- painfully flat. Sorry... that is ME on all singin
I recently got back into ham radio after being away for about 20 years . I have been licensed since the early 1970's and really enjoyed all the old gear back then. My first receiver was a Hallicaraft
...and then there were the receivers and transmitters that we home-brewed ourselves, which didn't have any frequency readout on them at all. We had to depend on the frequency printed on a crystal to
Rick, I used an HRO-5 as a Novice. Each plug-in coil had a graph on the front showing a more-or-less linear relationship between the dial readout and frequency. I wonder how close to any particular f
Rick, I think what you are implying,is that we spend too much time spending and not enough time learning. How to make my antenna work...Is this REALLY an antenna and what do you mean tune my transmit
Well said, Rick. Amen ! 73 de Phil - N8PS -- ...and then there were the receivers and transmitters that we home-brewed ourselves, which didn't have any frequency readout on them at all. We had to dep
Author: "R. Eric Sluder-W9WLW" <resluder@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 07:53:32 -0800 (PST)
I say we (Ham's in general) will keep up this need for accuracy to the point of lodging complaints to the ARRL and then the FCC, and we will eventually be channelized like most other HF services. Ev
Author: "R. Eric Sluder-W9WLW" <resluder@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:03:56 -0800 (PST)
John: That is a great summation of Rick's words! Eric W9WLW _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/ten
Author: "R. Eric Sluder-W9WLW" <resluder@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:13:12 -0800 (PST)
I was talking to a fellow Ham on 80/75 meters the other night and I noticed his audio just didn't seem right. He was running a TS-950s, and a Henry amp and talking into a D104. I turned my Softrock
If anyone would like it, I have a really great 50 Volt transformer available, and it will easily supply 20 amps continuous and go to 25 or 30 A max. Inquire off the list if you would like to have thi
Hi all, I remember the day when I got my first license, PA0MIH in the Netherlands. My station was inspected by the PTT (Post Telephone Telegraph, the Dutch equivalent of the FCC) four months after an
Back when I started out, we used a spark generator and the frequency was determined by the length of our antenna......not really.....geez, how old do you guys think am I anyway ! Although, I did hear
Ham A: "You are 15 Hz off frequency." Ham B: "What frequency am I on?" Ham A: "3810.015 kHz." Ham B: "That's odd, I called CQ on 3810.015 kHz and I am still transmitting on 3810.015 kHz. Must be your
There is something to be said for a chain saw CW note. You stand out in a crowd. And as for your station, have you considered an Alexanderson Alternator as a upgrade to your spark station? They are t
Doug, I think you've been hanging out with Mahlon Loomas too long! And for those of you who can't remember who he was, it might be worth your while to look it up. I bet most of you didn't even know t
Yep and likely he had a bunch of external processing and EQ equipment as well. I hate to say it folks but we are using a communication audio range which is typically comprising a frequency response b
You guys are a hoot ! I resemble that remark about me and my old pal Mahion Loomas ! Doug, I think you've been hanging out with Mahlon Loomas too long! And for those of you who can't remember who he
Loomis was a quack. I'd rather hang out with Reginald Fessenden Doug, I think you've been hanging out with Mahlon Loomas too long! And for those of you who can't remember who he was, it might be wort
There is a lot to be said for an antenna as a resonant circuit. One of the very early SSB patents did just that. They sliced off the carrier and opposite sideband at the antenna. Now if I can just re
We're cruising toward the 100 year anniversary of SSB. It definitely qualifies as older technology. It was the famous John Carson patent for SSB filed in 1915 that used the antenna circuit for more t