From rfhill-l at jtan.com Sun Jun 7 18:50:40 2009 From: rfhill-l at jtan.com (rfhill-l@jtan.com) Date: Sun Jun 7 18:51:48 2009 Subject: [RFHill-L] Board Meeting On Tuesday Message-ID: Board Meeting is Tuesday at A&N Diner in Sellersville. Agenda to include Field Day and Budget preparation. All members are invited to attend. 7PM for dinner, meeting at approximately 7:30PM. 73 Jim Soete, WA3YLQ Jim Soete 215-723-7294 Cell: 215-622-4344 wa3ylq@hotmail.com wa3ylq@arrl.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.jtan.com/pipermail/rfhill-l/attachments/20090607/918b69f8/attachment.htm From rfhill-l at jtan.com Sun Jun 7 22:26:41 2009 From: rfhill-l at jtan.com (rfhill-l@jtan.com) Date: Sun Jun 7 22:27:50 2009 Subject: [RFHill-L] Board Meeting On Tuesday Message-ID: <773513.88591.qm@web54105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I will also have a repeater update report, if time allows . . . ? 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URL: http://mailman.jtan.com/pipermail/rfhill-l/attachments/20090607/1530aa4e/attachment.htm From rfhill-l at jtan.com Sun Jun 21 23:25:35 2009 From: rfhill-l at jtan.com (rfhill-l@jtan.com) Date: Sun Jun 21 23:26:20 2009 Subject: [RFHill-L] Need a place to practice CW when you aren't fast yet? Message-ID: <4188.173.62.250.56.1245626735.squirrel@173.62.250.56> >From the Straight Key Century Club web site: Attention all SKCC members. The SKCC projects team has declared that 7114 KHz is now the SKCC Elmer Frequency. We challenge our Elmers or any member that wants to help, to monitor that frequency whenever they can. New CW operators need a safe haven where they can get on the air and not have to worry about making mistakes. Maybe for that first CW contact without the stress or fear of worrying about fouling up. The goal is to take away that fear, because WE DON'T CARE IF YOU MESS UP! New: Novice Day - Every Friday 0000z to 2400z is now Novice Day on 7114 KHz. No contest, just a day set aside for the beginners, the slower ops or anyone that wants to help. The goal is to congregate our beginners and they can help each other. Also to increase activity on 40 meters above 7100 KHz. Robert Garland, NX3S robert@jtan.com From rfhill-l at jtan.com Mon Jun 22 01:00:17 2009 From: rfhill-l at jtan.com (rfhill-l@jtan.com) Date: Mon Jun 22 01:00:21 2009 Subject: [RFHill-L] More about SKCC Message-ID: <4480.173.62.250.56.1245632417.squirrel@173.62.250.56> >From the Producer Have you ever wished that Straight Key Night would go on and on and on? Have you ever wished for other incentives to dig out your old straight key or old bug and knock the dust off? Ever wished they had a Straight Key Night more than once a year? That is a light you see at the end of the tunnel!! Recently, a group of hams have decided to make their wishes come true and founded the Straight Key Century Club - a/k/a "SKCC". Yep, a Straight Key club - where you can dust off your straight key or old bug, and get on the air and torture other ops with your straight key fist . Here's how it will work: A) Open to any interested amateur B) Membership is free, there are no dues and it shall stay that way as long as practical. C) SKCC numbers are issued for life. Once you get it, it's yours. Take care of it. Above all, USE it. The first day of each month, at 0000Z will be designated as a monthly operating event that allows SKCC members or non-SKCC members to work each other on the air, although you may work each other for credit at any time. The SKCC is not intended as a once a month only operating event, but rather we promote daily operating as well. It is all about the magic and fun and fellowship of amateur radio and the traditional use of Morse code. Contact with 100 SKCC members will qualify that person for a certificate of accomplishment. Suggested operating frequencies are: 1.820 3.530 3.720 7.055 7.120 10.120 14.048 18.080 21.120 24.910 28.170 50.090 144.07 For your SKCC number, send an email to KC9ECI, tom@galesvillefiredepartment.org Robert Garland, NX3S robert@jtan.com From rfhill-l at jtan.com Tue Jun 30 01:22:06 2009 From: rfhill-l at jtan.com (rfhill-l@jtan.com) Date: Tue Jun 30 01:22:40 2009 Subject: [RFHill-L] Field Day References: <4480.173.62.250.56.1245632417.squirrel@173.62.250.56> Message-ID: Hi, Jim.... I wanted to say thanks for inviting me to participate in Field Day this year. I had a great time assembling the station and the trailer to get ready, and the hardware worked out pretty much as I thought it would. There are a few more improvements I want to make... it needs a way to get power and RF in via wall connectors, and it needs better ventilation in case the tailgate has to be closed, but that's somethiung I need to work on for next year. You said you welcome constructive comments, and I have a few (some I already mentioned to you): (1) The food was EXCELLENT ! The event gets very good support in that dept. And while on the subject of food, that joke about John making Sunday morning breakfast was pretty hilarious... 8^) (2) Bob Nice is a GEM. All the work he does to set up, and everything else he does, is the backbone of the event. (3) The location is great.... you probably couldn't find a better place if you tried. Plenty of room for antennas. (4) Better antennas would be nice. With the sunspot cycle gearing up, rotatable yagis to cover 20, 15, and 10 would give good results. Wires for 40 and 80 are OK. But what is really needed is BANDPASS FILTERS to keep the CW and phone bands from interfering with each other. It's no different than what they run into on a DXpedition, and I'm pretty sure it's easily handled with proper filters. They can be bought or made. I've never made any, but I hear that tuned coax stubs work well. There was nothing wrong with the 40M CW station, and my ProII was fine.... but cutting back to 10 watts on 40M CW shouldn't be necessary. After the difficulty I had on 40 phone with the CW station, I plan on adding some bandpass filters to my own kit, that's for sure, and I would recommend the club also do so before next Field Day. (5) By far the most significant suggestion I have is concerned with the social aspects of Field Day. I realize the RFHill members like a low-key event, not a lot of emphasis on making the highest score, but rather to just have some fun. While I enjoy a bit of the "intense operating", I too like to have some fun. And it's not much fun spending pretty much the entire time by yourself. There was not a single offer to relieve me, not a single request to operate for a while, and not one person offered to help with the logging.... a real surprise to me. I'm not sure why (maybe it was my breath?) but one thing seems pretty obvious.... for a fun-loving group that enjoys each other's company, why spread the operating stations as far apart as possible? Why not bring all the trailers and campers, etc in to the middle.... "gather around the campfire".... and help each other out? Spread out the antennas, but keep the people together. All it would take is a few more feet of coax, and the signal loss would be negligible. If there are only a few that want to operate the radios, maybe 5 stations is too many.... why not just have two stations, and take turns operating and logging? Half the fun is being together, working at a common goal.... Field Day is not much fun all by yourself. As I mentioned to you, if one is going to spend the whole time alone, one might as well stay home. I hope these comments and ideas are taken in the spirit they are given.... one of constructive help to make the RFHill Field Day event better and a bit more fun, for all concerned. Again, thanks for letting me be part of it this year. 73, Jerry K3BZ From rfhill-l at jtan.com Tue Jun 30 02:06:06 2009 From: rfhill-l at jtan.com (rfhill-l@jtan.com) Date: Tue Jun 30 02:06:44 2009 Subject: [RFHill-L] field day comments Message-ID: <403899590.882722.1246327566927.JavaMail.root@vms170003.mailsrvcs.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.jtan.com/pipermail/rfhill-l/attachments/20090629/e7e63221/attachment.htm