"Dick Carroll" wrote in message
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Dave VanHorn wrote:
After having gone to the ARRL site and listened to the examples, all I
can say is it sounds just like precipitation static and/or loose
connections. No way would I be able to identify one from the other.
I'm just going to have to complain every time I hear noise and make
recordings. If it's noisy enough to be a problem it should be fixed.


Any hope of us non-arrl members getting something to listen to?




Surely that file isn't on the members-only side of the site, is it?

Certainly it shouldn't be, and if so I intend to protest.


It isn't Dick ... it's open to the world.

Carl - wk3c

Surely that file isn't on the members-only side of the site, is it?

Certainly it shouldn't be, and if so I intend to protest.


It isn't Dick ... it's open to the world.

Carl - wk3c


Apparently my "nevermind" is taking a while to propagate

It isn't Dick ... it's open to the world.

Apparently my "nevermind" is taking a while to propagate

They always do.

The ARRL is doing some pretty important work on this one. What would the League
have to do to get you as a member?

73,
Ed Hare, W1RFI

"W1RFI" wrote in message
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It isn't Dick ... it's open to the world.

Apparently my "nevermind" is taking a while to propagate

They always do.

The ARRL is doing some pretty important work on this one. What would the
League
have to do to get you as a member?

Well.. I've been rather turned off by the "luddite"s in my local area.
Until recently, our league section person was the head of the VEC group
locally, an she refused to allow farnsworth testing for CW. There was no
web presence, no response to emails. You'd have to be there.. The general
thread was "if you're not an HF contester or rag chewer, hang up now". We
have a new section person, but it dosen't seem anything's changing.

The ARRL bandplan for 902, is pretty much unusable, since the vast majority
of commercial gear that can be used in this band, won't work with the 12 MHz
split.

I do see that the ARRL is going to be very important on this issue, and I'm
available to make observations within any reasonable driving distance of my
QTH. (Muncie Indiana)

Wether I'm a member or not shouldn't affect the validity of my data.

I've got an FT-847 that I can take mobile, and also Tek 7L12 spectrum
analyzer for direct measurements. This is an older swept analog, rather
than a new DSP analyzer. The DSP based systems are not so good at finding
pulsed noise. Sometime I'll relate the story of how an IC-R8500
dramatically out performed the latest and greatest HP EMI analysis suite in
finding an EMI problem.

I am interested to know how you're calibrating your mobile to get uV/Meter
measurements.

Well.. I've been rather turned off by the "luddite"s in my local area.
Until recently, our league section person was the head of the VEC group
locally, an she refused to allow farnsworth testing for CW.

That is pretty serious. I have cc'ed Bart Jahnke, ARRL's VEC Manager, who will
contact you for more details. Farnsworth testing is the "standard" for amateur
exams and refusing to give it would be a pretty serious breach of ethics.
Thanks for reporting it.

I do see that the ARRL is going to be very important on this issue, and I'm
available to make observations within any reasonable driving distance of my
QTH. (Muncie Indiana)

Wether I'm a member or not shouldn't affect the validity of my data.

You are correct, but your being a member or not will affect how much ARRL is
able to do in what you have deemed to be an important area. The important
things it has done so far have been paid for by someone else -- at 12 cents a
day.

I am interested to know how you're calibrating your mobile to get uV/Meter
measurements.

I did a rough calibration of my mobile-whip dipole by comparing it against a
half-wave dipole at the same height. From there, is is easy to calculate field
strength.

I have a draft document on the measurement method -- email me at
and I will send it along to you. Feedback welcome.

73,
Ed Hare, W1RFI