Kenwood East Coast Parts Phone#?
Waltk at PICA.ARMY.MIL
Waltk at PICA.ARMY.MIL
Tue Jan 18 13:03:19 EST 1994
Hey all. Anyone have the Kenwood E.Coast Parts Distributor's Phone#? 73,K2WK
>From Bruce Sawyer" <sawyer at twg.com Tue Jan 18 17:47:41 1994
From: Bruce Sawyer" <sawyer at twg.com (Bruce Sawyer)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 94 9:47:41 PST
Subject: SFO Bay Area--dinner tonight
Message-ID: <9401182051.AA06966 at eco.twg.com>
Sorry about the bandwidth consumed in wide distribution of a note I would
like to go only to the Bay Area, but I don't have all the distribution
options available to me that Trey does.
Jay, WX0B, is in town from his new Dallas QTH and is looking for a chance to
get together with former partners-in-crime. We are going to meet at the Cat's
Restaurant in Los Gatos tonight at 7 p.m. for dinner and tales of Jay's new
stacks. He says N6TV and WN4KKN have already agreed to meet there. Any
other takers?
Bruce, AA6KX
>From mbarts at vt.edu (Michael Barts) Wed Jan 19 00:22:19 1994
From: mbarts at vt.edu (Michael Barts) (Michael Barts)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 94 19:22:19 -0500
Subject: NAQP results - KB4NT
The Who: KB4NT single-op
The Team: Team Internet
The Numbers: 304 Qs 123 mults 37,392 pts
The Hours: 10
The Station: IC-735, Gap DX-VII
The Soapbox: good to hear 10 open so well, but how do you guys in the
rockies get SO many Qs? 15 was feh but couldn't get out so well. 20 about
the same. 40 finally got cooking about 0000z, had almost half my Qs on 40.
could actually run at times. 80 stunk so bad i couldn't hear guys in the
next county! us little guys don't get beaten around so much in these low
power contests. got the new azden headset two days before the contest and
used it for the first time. really like it, doesn't feel like its going to
fall off the way the old heil model did. tnx for all the Qs guys. who,
where, how do we submit logs electronically?
73, Mike
Michael Barts KB4NT
Litton Systems Poly-Scientific
Christiansburg, VA
mbarts at vt.edu "QSL...this is Fahrquhar in Virginia"
>From Fred Hopengarten" <jjmhome!uunet.uu.net!k1vr%k1vr.UUCP at transfer.stratus.com Tue Jan 18 12:45:05 1994
From: Fred Hopengarten" <jjmhome!uunet.uu.net!k1vr%k1vr.UUCP at transfer.stratus.com (Fred Hopengarten)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 07:45:05 EST
Subject: Rig Survey
Message-ID: <2d3bd9d7.k1vr at k1vr.UUCP>
On Mon, 17 Jan 1994 11:48:50 -0500, "Tony Brock-Fisher"
<fisher at hp-and.an.hp.com> wrote:
>Which would you prefer for serious single-op multi radio
contesting - a single FT1000 or a pair of IC-765's ? (and
why). -Tony, K1KP
K1VR: Please publish results. Here's my answer:
Two IC-765's:
* Redundancy. If one FT-1000 breaks, you are out of
luck.
* Second radio within the FT-1000 cannot listen while
transmitting on a second band.
* Cost. In the used market, you can buy 1.75 IC-765's
for the price of one FT-1000.
Now, if it is purely DX you want, the FT-1000 is probably a
better receiver. But two radios will add more to your
score.
Please publish your results.
--
Fred Hopengarten K1VR
Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
home + office telephone: 617/259-0088 (FAX on demand)
"Big antennas, high in the sky, are better than small ones, low."
>From XMSJ29A at prodigy.com (MR JAMES A WHITE) Wed Jan 19 01:58:07 1994
From: XMSJ29A at prodigy.com (MR JAMES A WHITE) (MR JAMES A WHITE)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 20:58:07 EST
Subject: Rotators...voltage drop, etc.
Message-ID: <025.00232269.XMSJ29A at prodigy.com>
Getting ready to install some of the rotors at the new W1CW/W1YL
station...there are two rotators which are fairly far from the shack...prox
275 foot runs of rotor cable. The "far" rotors are a Ham-M and a
Tailtwister...request opinions as to whether voltage drop will be a problem.
Options: Run large gauge (#12) house wiring (currently cheap at
Home Depot)...is this good enough? -or-
Run 110v to base of tower then use transformer to drop
voltage? -or-
Add another voltage source/filament transformer(?)/in
series with the control boxes output-add some, to
compensate for loss, to net required voltage? -or-
Something you may have done.
........I have heard of all the above used to compensate for voltage drop,
am looking for opinions as to what you have done based on runs of similar
lengths...or, have you even bothered-at 275 feet and have had NO problem?
Thanks in advance to all who reply, 73
Jim, K1ZX
>From XMSJ29A at prodigy.com (MR JAMES A WHITE) Wed Jan 19 01:58:19 1994
From: XMSJ29A at prodigy.com (MR JAMES A WHITE) (MR JAMES A WHITE)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 20:58:19 EST
Subject: RC5B3 Create
Message-ID: <025.00232271.XMSJ29A at prodigy.com>
Me again...more questions.
This time on one of the other tower's rotators, a Create. I heard
one report of the casting which grabs hold of the mast on an RC5B3 being
weak and prone to cracking when torqued down. Have you heard of or had this
problem?
ALSO------->>>>>>> Anyone know of a 50 Ohm Coax going by the name of
Kingflex
it has a stranded center conductor, 95 % shield and a
gray jacket-it sounds good and is cheaper than RG213
here in Tampa...any field reports?
Thanks, agn!
73,
Jim, K1ZX
>From Dermatology AZN Nijmegen NL <DERMA_BCH at AZNVX1.AZN.NL> Wed Jan 19 07:20:48 1994
From: Dermatology AZN Nijmegen NL <DERMA_BCH at AZNVX1.AZN.NL> (Dermatology AZN Nijmegen NL)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 08:20:48 +0100 (MET)
Subject: New antenna farm
Message-ID: <01H7UYT005K8000O6H at AZNVX1.AZN.NL>
I would like to respond to the message from Jin, K6ZH.
I wouldn't call a station with a TH7 and a 2 el on 40 a medium one...from
a Dutch point of view, call yourself a big gun! But anyhow, congratulations
with your new set-up!
I was wondering however what was going on with your old antenna set-up. You
said you would never work this 4S7 and so on. I am running a minor station
(if I may call it like that) with a HF2V fro 40 and 80, but there's a lot
of real dx to work with that piece if metal! I do agree that the better
your antenna is, the better your chances are, but you should not suggest
that real dx is exclusively possible with these big antennas!
Please consider this as an encouraging word for the newer hams among us!
And for Jim, I am looking forward to work you on the low bands!
73 de Henri, PA3DUA.
>From Gunnar Widell <sm3sgp at abacus.hgs.se> Wed Jan 19 09:08:29 1994
From: Gunnar Widell <sm3sgp at abacus.hgs.se> (Gunnar Widell)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 10:08:29 +0100
Subject: Contest Calendar
Message-ID: <199401190908.AA18880 at abacus.hgs.se>
Hi,
I've just joined the reflector. As editor of the Contest column in
QTC magazine in Sweden, I would like to know if there is anyone
who has an updated Contest calender for this year. Also intrested
to get dates and rules.
Is there any ftp archives related to contest on internet, pse let me know.
Answers to:
sm3sgp at hgs.se sm3sgp at sk3sn.x.swe.eu
73,s Gus / SM3SGP
>From Bill Kelsey <kelsey at csn.org> Wed Jan 19 13:29:12 1994
From: Bill Kelsey <kelsey at csn.org> (Bill Kelsey)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 06:29:12 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Rotators...voltage drop, etc.
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9401190607.A15205-b100000 at teal.csn.org>
On Tue, 18 Jan 1994, MR JAMES A WHITE wrote:
> Getting ready to install some of the rotors at the new W1CW/W1YL
> station...there are two rotators which are fairly far from the shack...prox
> 275 foot runs of rotor cable. The "far" rotors are a Ham-M and a
> Tailtwister...request opinions as to whether voltage drop will be a problem.
>
> Options: Run large gauge (#12) house wiring (currently cheap at
> Home Depot)...is this good enough? -or-
> Run 110v to base of tower then use transformer to drop
> voltage? -or-
> Add another voltage source/filament transformer(?)/in
> series with the control boxes output-add some, to
> compensate for loss, to net required voltage? -or-
> Something you may have done.
>
> ........I have heard of all the above used to compensate for voltage drop,
> am looking for opinions as to what you have done based on runs of similar
> lengths...or, have you even bothered-at 275 feet and have had NO problem?
>
> Thanks in advance to all who reply, 73
>
> Jim, K1ZX
>
For several years I ran a tailtwister at the end of an over 300' run of
cable. I did this by using two lengths of 12-2 with ground electric wire
for the 6 conductors I needed to run thte T2X. The other two conductors
that make up the usual 8 for the T2X do nothing other than get the starter
capacitor to the rotor. I took the starter cap out of the control box and
mounted it at the rotor. Ran fine for 6 years or so til I had to change
QTH's. I think the key thing was getting the capacitor up to the rotor.
good luck with the new antenna farm!
73 - Bill - N8ET
>From Bill Kelsey <kelsey at csn.org> Wed Jan 19 13:35:35 1994
From: Bill Kelsey <kelsey at csn.org> (Bill Kelsey)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 06:35:35 -0700 (MST)
Subject: RC5B3 Create
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9401190631.B15205-a100000 at teal.csn.org>
On Tue, 18 Jan 1994, MR JAMES A WHITE wrote:
>
> Me again...more questions.
>
>
> This time on one of the other tower's rotators, a Create. I heard
> one report of the casting which grabs hold of the mast on an RC5B3 being
> weak and prone to cracking when torqued down. Have you heard of or had this
> problem?
>
After I had the T2X - I had a Create rotor - much prefered it over the
T2X. The T2X had trouble turning the 5 ele 20 KLM in very high winds -
only once did the Create hace trouble. No problems with the castings or
clamps. Seems like the Create was the R5C (??).
The first msg I sent to you bounced back with unknown user msg from
Prodigy - address that came off the email header was XMSJ29A at prodigy.com...
73 - Bill - N8ET
>From n2ic at longs.att.com (Steven M London +1 303 538 4763) Wed Jan 19 14:44:14 1994
From: n2ic at longs.att.com (Steven M London +1 303 538 4763) (Steven M London +1 303 538 4763)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 94 07:44:14 MST
Subject: T2X Tricks
Message-ID: <9401191444.AA17056 at bighorn.dr.att.com>
I have been using #12 House Wire for years with my T2X. I use the ground
wire on terminal 1, and the other 2 wires on terminals 2 and 8. You
should also find a way to run another heavier wire to terminal 4. The
biggest problem I still have, despite the #12 wire, is releasing the brake.
It tends to jam against a tooth in the housing, and often takes a bit of
rocking to get it to release.
You can also save on wiring by bypassing the limit switches. If my memory
serves me right, at the control box, jumper terminal 4 to 5, and 6 to 8.
You better check the schematic to make sure this is right.
Terminals 3 and 7 are for the indicator. No siginificant current flows
here, so use the smallest, cheapest wire you can find.
N8ET has a good idea on mounting the capacitor at the rotor.
None of this meets the NEC, but I won't tell your building inspector.
Steve, N2IC/0
>From Tony Brock-Fisher <fisher at hp-and.an.hp.com> Wed Jan 19 14:43:47 1994
From: Tony Brock-Fisher <fisher at hp-and.an.hp.com> (Tony Brock-Fisher)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 09:43:47 -0500
Subject: Rotator cable runs
Message-ID: <9401191443.AA11890 at hp-and.an.hp.com>
I also had my reply to Jim, K1ZX bounce from prodigy, and it is of
general enough interest to post here. In response to his question
about long cable runs:
Jim,
The matter of voltage drop is just a simple engineering exersize. If you
look in the instruction booklet for the T2X, there is a resistance spec
for each conductor. I believe the 1 and 2 conductors are speced at 0.8 ohm.
Next you look up in a copper wire tabel (1967 Handbook, page 516) and see
that 12 guage wire is 1.619 ohms per 1000 feet. So you can go 494.132 feet
max.
There is a place that advertises in QST called 'The Radio Works' which
sells extra heavy duty rotator cable. They call it R4, and it has
two 14 guage conductors (good for 320 feet at .8 ohm) for a reasonable
price.
-Tony
>From Jim Reisert AD1C 19-Jan-1994 0955 <reisert at wrksys.enet.dec.com> Wed Jan 19 14:51:28 1994
From: Jim Reisert AD1C 19-Jan-1994 0955 <reisert at wrksys.enet.dec.com> (Jim Reisert AD1C 19-Jan-1994 0955)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 94 09:51:28 EST
Subject: Rotators...voltage drop, etc.
Message-ID: <9401191451.AA09880 at us1rmc.bb.dec.com>
Bill N8ET wrote:
>capacitor to the rotor. I took the starter cap out of the control box and
>mounted it at the rotor. Ran fine for 6 years or so til I had to change
>QTH's. I think the key thing was getting the capacitor up to the rotor.
Bill is correct - if you can get the starter capacitor up there, then you
can use standard 8-conductor rotor cable.
- Jim AD1C
>From Fred Cady ieefc at msu.oscs.montana.edu" <fred_c at ece.ee.montana.edu Wed Jan 19 13:59:19 1994
From: Fred Cady ieefc at msu.oscs.montana.edu" <fred_c at ece.ee.montana.edu (Fred Cady ieefc at msu.oscs.montana.edu)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 08:59:19 EST
Subject: TS940 Interface
Message-ID: <00978C31.F05816A0.11693 at ece.ee.montana.edu>
Anybody out there want to get rid of the IC-10(?) interface board that
must be installed in a 940 for the computer interface? Are there
any alternatives to Kenwood's board? Thanks, 73, Fred, KE7X
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