Where's Joe Walsh when you need him - WB6???
Mike N0BSH
>From Steve Harrison <sharriso@sysplan.com> Tue Jul 26 19:14:44 1994
From: Steve Harrison <sharriso@sysplan.com> (Steve Harrison)
Subject: Dymo labels for cables
Message-ID: <Pine.3.87.9407261444.A15575-0100000@eagle>
A more permanent (and harder to do, especially at the top of a tower)
alternative is to etch the cable name into the connector shell with one
of those cheap home vibration etcher things.
For something that only has to last several months, you can create small
paper labels (about 1/2" x 1" long) and stick the label,
writing-side-out, onto a piece of wide, clear tape that you then wrap
around the end of the cable. Or, I suppose you could sandwich the paper
label between the cable and a piece of clear heatshrink. You might wrap
the ends of the heatshrink with electrical tape to be certain that
moisture doesn't get in. You can even create other labels for the shack
end of a cable that indicate such info as measured VSWR @ whatever
frequency on such-and-such a date for comparison against later
troublesome VSWR problems.
Be aware that most kinds of ball-point inks will fade with exposure to
sunlight.
73, Steve KO0U/4 <sharrison@sysplan.com>
>From DPBUNTE alias account" <K9FN@ellt-01.wbaa.purdue.edu Tue Jul 26 22:38:56
>1994
From: DPBUNTE alias account" <K9FN@ellt-01.wbaa.purdue.edu (DPBUNTE alias
account)
Subject: Marking coax
Message-ID: <2B788ED6DCE@ellt-01.wbaa.purdue.edu>
The best method I have ever used is to put tie-wraps, in unique
combinations, at opposite ends of each cable. For example: 2 tie-
wraps, an inch apart for 20 meters, 2 tie-wraps 4 inches apart for 80
meters etc. Combinations of numbers of ties, size of ties, and
spacing between them will allow a great deal of differentiation. Of
course they must be tight enough to not slide...and loose enough to
not damage the coax. The major down side to this technique is that
pulling the cable through tight spots is made more difficult unless
the tie-wrap is placed on the cable after it is pulled...and you MUST
maintain a legend where you can FIND IT in the future.
73 -Dave K9FN-
k9fn@wbaa.purdue.edu
>From dgf@netcom.com (David Feldman) Tue Jul 26 23:08:53 1994
From: dgf@netcom.com (David Feldman) (David Feldman)
Subject: Marking coax
Message-ID: <199407262208.PAA28110@netcom10.netcom.com>
>The best method I have ever used is to put tie-wraps, in unique
>combinations, at opposite ends of each cable. For example: 2 tie-
I use this scheme too, but discovered that my early tie-wraps were
not UV resistant, and became brittle and fell off in the colorado sun :-(
73 Dave WB0GAZ dgf@netcom.com
>From Robert Penneys <penneys@brahms.udel.edu> Tue Jul 26 23:58:55 1994
From: Robert Penneys <penneys@brahms.udel.edu> (Robert Penneys)
Subject: Join NERDS NAQP! Let's Go!!
Message-ID: <199407262258.SAA08953@brahms.udel.edu>
NAQP is a week from Saturday and the truly "in" team, the N.E.R.D.S., will
be on. Join us for the greater glory.
I will send in team rosters, summary, etc. Team members must go get'em,
get log done and in on time, and remember to credit team.
We'll be on Sprint, too.
Reach me here. Tnx Bob
Bob Penneys, WN3K Frankford Radio Club N.E.R.D.S.
Internet: penneys@brahms.udel.edu Work: Ham Radio Outlet, Delaware
U.S. Mail: 12 East Mill Station Drive Newark, DE 19711 U.S.A.
>From Tom Frenaye <0002349723@mcimail.com> Wed Jul 27 00:53:00 1994
From: Tom Frenaye <0002349723@mcimail.com> (Tom Frenaye)
Subject: Gunning for grids
Message-ID: <61940726235316/0002349723PK3EM@mcimail.com>
I'm not very enthusiastic about grids for multipliers, especially where
the total number of grids is greater than the present multiplier norm.
While the K5ZD and K1AR's of the world (and those off the back of my beam)
thrive on running them and letting the mults call in, that's not my favorite
style of contesting. Sure, you have to be good at picking out the weak ones,
at holding a frequency, and knowing when to change bands but...
In a contest where there the ratio of QSOs to multipliers is fewer (ARRL DX
vs CQWW; IARU HF vs WPX) winning takes some additional skills (or at least
I'd like to think so) in searching out and finding multipliers. The lower
the final ratio of QSOs to multipliers is, the more you'll find people CQing
endlessly and fighting for the sweat spots in the band.
When multipliers are worth 10Q each it's worth tuning for them. You end
up needing to know about secondary propagation paths (long path, etc) in
order to be competitive, and you don't have to run Europeans on 20/15/10
at sunrise (east coast) when 80/40/20 are open to the Pacific and Asia.
Give me a contest where the Q/M ratio is more than 10 and I'm in fat city!!!
73 Tom K1KI 2349723@mcimail.com
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