Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 231, Issue 8

Sun Mar 13 12:55:23 EDT 2022

My nephew is a professor in Maine. He tells me Maine has exploded with new marijuana selling allowed.
One small town in Northern Maine has only three stores, all selling it.
W2LL

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>   1. Re: Surprise! Spring Stew is here (Wes)
>   2. Re: Surprise! Spring Stew is here (David Olean)
>   3. Re: Surprise! Spring Stew is here (Jim Brown)
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> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 10:47:09 -0700
> From: Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Surprise! Spring Stew is here
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> I'd be contacting Susan Collins. Probably pointless considering the world 
> situation, but marijuana growing is still a federal crime and RFI is an FCC concern.
> 
>> On anther note, a divorce caused me to abandon 2-meter EME about a year after 
>> our QSO in 1982.? Is there enough 2-meter EME activity these days to justify 
>> building a station to seek my 10th band DXCC?
>> 
>> Wes? N7WS
>> 
>> ?On 3/12/2022 8:02 AM, David Olean wrote:
>> I have to reluctantly miss the Spring Stew. All of my gear is operational, but 
>> but I have huge amounts of RFI from grow lights. One source is 0.75 miles 
>> South of me, while source #2 is 1.08 miles NE of me and in line with Europe. 
>> My noise floor has increased by 22-35 dB depending on how may grow lights are 
>> on at any given time. I can only work very strong and loud stations. IT is so 
>> frustrating knowing that all of my efforts to build an effective receiving 
>> setup has been thwarted by a number of related actions. Just listening to the 
>> cacophony of square waves is enough to give anyone a headache in just a few 
>> minutes.
>> 
>> The grow lights have been a disaster for me, and, with marijuana legalized in 
>> my state, there are new sources popping up all the time.
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> Dave K1WHS
>> 
>>> On 3/12/2022 9:42 AM, Tree wrote:
>>> Starts in about 19 minutes in fact.
>>> 
>>> 73 Tree N6TR
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 13:01:07 -0500
> From: David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net>
> To: Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>, topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Surprise! Spring Stew is here
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> Hi Wes
> 
> That is a good idea to contact Susan Collins office. My approach is that 
> our resources include land, water, air, and the electromagnetic 
> spectrum. Everybody gets their undies in a knot when someone pollutes a 
> stream or dumps oil on the land. Preserving the electromagnetic spectrum 
> is just about the same thing.? and I am the canary in the coal mine as 
> far as these grow lights go. That is the message I want to convey . 
> maybe she will listen, but I doubt it.
> 
> There is a ton of 144 activity but it is all digital. I do not do much 
> with it now. After my 144 tower came down last year, I am currently 
> QRT.?? I have a killer setup on 222 that I am running. I had a second CW 
> EME contact with KL6M this past fall. I am going to stay on 222 and hope 
> that we can build up some activity on the band.
> 
> Dave
> 
>> On 3/12/2022 12:47 PM, Wes wrote:
>> I'd be contacting Susan Collins. Probably pointless considering the 
>> world situation, but marijuana growing is still a federal crime and 
>> RFI is an FCC concern.
>> 
>> On anther note, a divorce caused me to abandon 2-meter EME about a 
>> year after our QSO in 1982.? Is there enough 2-meter EME activity 
>> these days to justify building a station to seek my 10th band DXCC?
>> 
>> Wes? N7WS
>> 
>> ?On 3/12/2022 8:02 AM, David Olean wrote:
>>> I have to reluctantly miss the Spring Stew. All of my gear is 
>>> operational, but but I have huge amounts of RFI from grow lights. One 
>>> source is 0.75 miles South of me, while source #2 is 1.08 miles NE of 
>>> me and in line with Europe. My noise floor has increased by 22-35 dB 
>>> depending on how may grow lights are on at any given time. I can only 
>>> work very strong and loud stations. IT is so frustrating knowing that 
>>> all of my efforts to build an effective receiving setup has been 
>>> thwarted by a number of related actions. Just listening to the 
>>> cacophony of square waves is enough to give anyone a headache in just 
>>> a few minutes.
>>> 
>>> The grow lights have been a disaster for me, and, with marijuana 
>>> legalized in my state, there are new sources popping up all the time.
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> 
>>> Dave K1WHS
>>> 
>>> On 3/12/2022 9:42 AM, Tree wrote:
>>>> Starts in about 19 minutes in fact.
>>>> 
>>>> 73 Tree N6TR
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>>>> Reflector
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 12:00:42 -0800
> From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Surprise! Spring Stew is here
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>> On 3/12/2022 9:47 AM, Wes wrote:
>> Is there enough 2-meter EME activity these days to justify building a 
>> station to seek my 10th band DXCC?
> 
> Check out the VHF Slack group. There is 2M EME. W6GJB, WA6RJH, and I 
> joined AG6EE at his 2M EME expedition to CM86 a few weeks ago.He's doing 
> very impressive engineering things for his portable setups -- including 
> built from scratch 4x9 arrays designed for very fast setup, power 
> dividers that he mills, water cooled home brew amp.
> 
> 73, Jim K9Y
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