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"Steve Robeson K4YZ" wrote As it happens, I found the item I was looking for in QST...It was just a lot earlier than I thought. OK, I'll call your bluff. "Prove it" as you're so fond of demanding of others --- issue date and page number would do nicely. 73, de Hans, K0HB |
Subject: Who Can Have A US License? Sequential Calls?
From: "KØHB" Date: 11/27/2004 9:54 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: . net "Steve Robeson K4YZ" wrote As it happens, I found the item I was looking for in QST...It was just a lot earlier than I thought. OK, I'll call your bluff. "Prove it" as you're so fond of demanding of others --- issue date and page number would do nicely. There's no bluff to call, Master Grief. I have already deleted the letter I got from the League, but I believe it was a 92 or 98 issue. Call it whatever you care to, but being "called" by you is the LEAST of my concerns. Have fun. Steve, K4YZ |
"Steve Robeson K4YZ" wrote As it happens, I found the item I was looking for in QST...It just a lot earlier than I thought... OK, I'll call your bluff. "Prove it" as you're so fond of demanding of others --- issue date and page number would do nicely. There's no bluff to call, Master Grief. I have already deleted the letter I got from the League, but I believe it was a 92 or 98 issue. Call it whatever you care to, but being "called" by you is the LEAST of my concerns. Convenient, Steve, but fortunately Google didn't also delete the letter. QUOTE Steve, I have a couple of possibilities for you: Jul 1992 QST p 40--Wally and Mike: The Podunk Repeater Club--Kearman, Jim, KR1S May 2000, "Correspondence," "No Lids, No Kids, No Space Cadets" by Dave Mitchell, K8DM If that particular installment of "Wally and Mike" isn't the one you remember, it may have been another in the series. Search the on-line index for author KR1S and you'll find the others. Hope this is helpful. 73, Joel Joel P. Kleinman, N1BKE Managing Editor, QST UNQUOTE Good luck on this one now, Steve. 73, de Hans, K0HB |
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news:MXaqd.474097$D%.46822@attbi_s51: I don't think much of that either. There's a possibility of me moving to Michigan. I wouldn't want to give up N3KIP for some KI8@& call. I prefer a 1x3 to a 2x2, and I don't want to pay for a vanity call. Well, there you have it. I consider myself lucky to have gotten a 1x2; 2x1s sound backwards to me. As in "where's the rest of it?" I couldn't agree more I couldn't agree less ......any call that starts with a N is bogus in my book ....those LETTERS belong on the tail of a 1905 Wright Flyer not flying through the sacred ether. I got my call after a few months of having my extra and it was granted in sequence ....... I was going to keep my WA3PPS but it just got too cumbersome. In all seriousness I could care less about who has what or whatever ...I just like the variety out there and am actually entertained by some of the really cumbersome CW calls out there. I rarely get on phone but I do get K13R from time to time from an old-timer .....good for a chuckle. I tell them the 13th call district is SW Pa. Now if I could only get up a decent antenna .....another story for another time. Take care guys .... God Bless ...... Tom Popovic KI3R Belle Vernon Pa. The funny thing is that calls with digits after the prefix are not allowed on planes by ITU rules. In fact the amateur service is pretty much the only service where FCC calls actually comply with ITU rules, almost all the rest are in violation. The correct ITU format for a plane would be like N-ABC for example, where the dash _is_ a dash, not a placeholder for something else. That's the sort of call you'll see on planes of all other nations, if you should chance to hang around an international airport. |
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writes: The UK has no reciprocal licences per se, only permanent or temporary licences. If you give a UK address you can get a permanent licence, which is the same licence you get for passing a test. If not, you get a temporary licence with a portable call. Either way there is a fee, and for the temporary licence you pay the regular annual fee for only six months. So if I ever get to the UK for a vacation, I can get a distinctive UK license based on my US license (no test)? You can, you just need someone in the UK who will act as a mail drop, Otherwise you will just get M0/N2EY if you have it mailed to you direct. Hmmm, that's almost M0NEY, and I don't think that one has been issued either. Seems to me the USA could easily adopt a similar system. So why can't the USA do something similar for legitimate visitors? It could, but I can't imagine the FCC wanting to be directly involved If the fees bring in revenue... Naw, just lump them in with special event callsigns. Those are 1x1 calls. How does that work for KH2? What I meant was that just as there are special rules and callsigns for special event stations, (including the license term being very short), the same sort of thing could be done for visitors. Some have residences both places. Others visit with friends or relatives up here in summer, then go south during the cold. Under your plan, they'd be forced to lose their call, or lie to the FCC. I don't think much of that either. There's a possibility of me moving to Michigan. I wouldn't want to give up N3KIP for some KI8@& call. I prefer a 1x3 to a 2x2, and I don't want to pay for a vanity call. Well, there you have it. I consider myself lucky to have gotten a 1x2; 2x1s sound backwards to me. As in "where's the rest of it?" I couldn't agree more The above was meant tongue-in-cheek, of course! 73 de Jim, N2EY |
In article . net, "KØHB"
writes: "N2EY" wrote writes: "N2EY" wrote Ah yes, "a boy and his radio", not a net-connected, cluster-spoon-fed, computer-dependent robo-station Can I use that description? No, because some W4 will 'remember' reading it first in CQ or QST and publicly smear your name as a plagiarist without first checking her facts. I've seen it happen. bwaahaahaa 73, de Hans, K0HB/4ID PS: I hereby grant to N2EY permission for royalty-free use of my description "net-connected, cluster-spoon-fed, computer-dependent robo-station©" for any non-commercial purpose. Just sent in my SS logs. Perhaps I'll include the above in my online soapbox... btw, have been considering using CT for next year. Since it's DOS-based, cobbling together a computer to run it in the shack would be a no-cost exercise for me (have quite a computer boneyard here!) Do you still recommend CT, Hans? (saw your call on the website). Or will that revoke my permission to use your description? ;-) 73 de Jim, N2EY |
"N2EY" wrote
btw, have been considering using CT for next year. Since it's DOS-based, cobbling together a computer to run it in the shack would be a no-cost exercise for me (have quite a computer boneyard here!) Do you still recommend CT, Hans? (saw your call on the website). Yes, I recommend CT. It's still pretty much the 'gold standard' in contesting software, can't beat the price, and the support is first-rate. Bob Gates should support his stuff as well as K1EA does! Didn't hear you in ARRL-160 this weekend. Condx were phenomenal. Had a JA call ME on Saturday night. 73, de Hans, K0HB |
"KØHB" wrote in message k.net... "N2EY" wrote btw, have been considering using CT for next year. Since it's DOS-based, cobbling together a computer to run it in the shack would be a no-cost exercise for me (have quite a computer boneyard here!) Do you still recommend CT, Hans? (saw your call on the website). Yes, I recommend CT. It's still pretty much the 'gold standard' in contesting software, can't beat the price, and the support is first-rate. Bob Gates should support his stuff as well as K1EA does! Didn't hear you in ARRL-160 this weekend. Condx were phenomenal. Had a JA call ME on Saturday night. 73, de Hans, K0HB Lucky you!! What is your setup if I may ask? I was only in a little while each evening and my antenna is not sufficient to hit a jackpot like that. I'm doing well if I work Iowa from here. Although I did hear Wyoming but he was hunting and pouncing darn it! Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
"Dee D. Flint" wrote '
Lucky you!! What is your setup if I may ask? I was only in a little while each evening and my antenna is not sufficient to hit a jackpot like that. I'm doing well if I work Iowa from here. Although I did hear Wyoming but he was hunting and pouncing darn it! IC-775DSP, AL-1200, Inverted "L". 73, de Hans, K0HB |
"KØHB" wrote in message nk.net... "Dee D. Flint" wrote ' Lucky you!! What is your setup if I may ask? I was only in a little while each evening and my antenna is not sufficient to hit a jackpot like that. I'm doing well if I work Iowa from here. Although I did hear Wyoming but he was hunting and pouncing darn it! IC-775DSP, AL-1200, Inverted "L". 73, de Hans, K0HB I've been thinking about trying to set one up. What's the details on yours (length of vertical section, length of horizontal section, height above ground, feedline, etc.)? Thanks, Dee |
"Dee D. Flint" wrote I've been thinking about trying to set one up. What's the details on yours (length of vertical section, length of horizontal section, height above ground, feedline, etc.)? My overall length is 158 feet. The vertical section is 65 feet, and the horizontal is 93. This is somewhat longer than the 'classic quarter' design, but seems to work better for me. Rather than think of it as a quarter wave antenna, I visualize it as a very short toploaded vertical. I feed with 50-ohm coax, and a small variable series matching capacitor (I think it's around 400-100pf). My counterpoise is 8 random length radials, plus four 10-foot copperclad ground rods. 73, de Hans, K0HB |
"KØHB" wrote (I think it's around 400-100pf). Make that "400-1000pf" 73, de Hans, K0HB |
"N2EY" wrote Have to build an interface to key the Southgate Type 7, though. Nice old CP Clare mercury wetted relay should do the job... How much voltage on the keying line? Unless it's grid-block keying or similar, you won't need a relay. Serial port keying (assuming the radio is positive keyed) can be built into a DB25 or DB9 connector shell using only a single resistor and a junk-box transistor. Hang a 1K resistor on DTR (pin 20 on a DB25, pin 4 on a DB9). Other end of the resistor to the base of a small-signal NPN (I use a 2N3904 cuz it was in my junk box, but 2N4401 or others similar will be just fine). Connect the emitter and the transmitter ground return to Signal Ground (pin 7 on a DB25, pin 5 on a DB9). Connect the collector directly to the transceiver key input. 73, de Hans, K0HB |
In article . net, "KØHB"
writes: "N2EY" wrote Have to build an interface to key the Southgate Type 7, though. Nice old CP Clare mercury wetted relay should do the job... How much voltage on the keying line? About 75-100 volts, 20 mA or so. Positive to ground. Unless it's grid-block keying or similar, you won't need a relay. That works! Serial port keying (assuming the radio is positive keyed) can be built into a DB25 or DB9 connector shell using only a single resistor and a junk-box transistor. Hang a 1K resistor on DTR (pin 20 on a DB25, pin 4 on a DB9). Other end of the resistor to the base of a small-signal NPN (I use a 2N3904 cuz it was in my junk box, but 2N4401 or others similar will be just fine). Connect the emitter and the transmitter ground return to Signal Ground (pin 7 on a DB25, pin 5 on a DB9). Connect the collector directly to the transceiver key input. I'll check that out! Have some of junker DB9 and '25 connectors from various sources. Might need something beefier than a 2N3904 but that's not a problem at all. Beats dealing with the inductive kick of the relay coil. Worse comes to worse, a small pentode could be used as a keyer tube to drive the relay. With low plate voltage the key line could be just a few mils and volts above ground. Probably won't need to go that far, though. Thanks Hans! 73 de Jim, N2EY |
About 75-100V
Holy moley! Are you serious? Now I know what they mean when they say "N2EY sure has a hot key." My idea anticipated maybe 12V keying voltage. 73, de Hans, K0HB |
About 75-100 volts, 20 mA or so. Positive to ground.
I just did the math, Jim. You're sinking more power in your keying circuit than a lot QRPers deliver to the antenna! 73, de Hans, K0HB |
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"=?iso-8859-1?B?S9hIQg==?=" writes: About 75-100V Holy moley! Are you serious? Heck yes. That's not a lot compared to some rigs I've used. Type 7 (and Type 6 before it) cathode key the Class A driver stage. Now I know what they mean when they say "N2EY sure has a hot key." bwaahaahaa My idea anticipated maybe 12V keying voltage. All it takes is a bigger transistor. Many manufactured transceivers and trasnmitters using grid block keying put more juice on the key than my rigs do. 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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"=?iso-8859-1?B?S9hIQg==?=" writes: About 75-100 volts, 20 mA or so. Positive to ground. I just did the math, Jim. You're sinking more power in your keying circuit than a lot QRPers deliver to the antenna! Not really, Hans. The 75-100 volts is open-circuit, measured with a VTVM. The 20 mA is short-circuit. Of course the pilot lights on the Type 7 (6.3 V at about .8 amp total) use more power than many QRPers deliver to the antenna.... 73 de Jim, N2EY |
"KØHB" wrote in message k.net... "KØHB" wrote (I think it's around 400-100pf). Make that "400-1000pf" 73, de Hans, K0HB I tried that design for a few years myself Hans. And it did indeed work well. Then I decided to go with the classic 1/4 wave design. I really couldn't tell much, if any difference. Only advantage to the 1/4 wave design that I can see is the transmitter likes it better. Thus don't have to use a tuner or matching device. Dan/W4NTI |
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