My Weeks in Radio
- new callsign a couple weeks ago: KC3WWC -> KD3EE
- spent a day updating callsign everywhere
- websites
- local software
- radio gear
- still finding updates to make today
- spent a day updating callsign everywhere
- all POTA activations
- travel and local
- mostly FT8/FT4, but also some CW and SSB
- new callsign proved quick to key and understood right away
- tried small magnetic loop and EFHW
- usually 2W
- almost ruined one activation
- sweat on the laptop touchpad caused it to be flake out may want to bring a backup mouse or be more careful
Others
- WA3VEE, Ron:
- troubleshooting his AllStar node with Joe’s help
- suspecting the network beyond the hotspot
- diagnosing which tower he’s using with software on iphone
- replacing his van
- NA3CW, Chuck:
- congrats KD3EE on new callsign
- AMPM pre-net
- working on trailer project
- W3FES, Fred:
- building small antennas for scanner listening
- W3QP, Tim:
- back from a week in VA
- SOTA
- lots of bugs
- encountered a mother bear and cubs on one summit. they left on their own accord
- when near sugar grove (government)
- he thought his radio was malfunctioning
- WA3KFT, John:
- net control and participant on various 6m and 2m nets
- KB3ILS, Keith:
- 30M CW contact to
- ZL (New Zealand)
- Netherlands
- both QRP EF wire
- wire in a tree
- smooth CW on a bug to operator in west virginia
- 30M CW contact to
- KC3OOK, Bill:
- hosted the roundtable last thursday
- hosted welfare net on sunday
- Joe’s tower tomorrow
- W3JAM, Jeff:
- adding desks to “studio a”
- 45-degree antenna mounts to work both horizontal and vertical
- KC3SQI, Wayne:
- working on antenna mast
Questions
- KC3SQI, Wayne:
- What’s the best plug to seal up a 3/8-inch hole on the wrong side of a weatherized box?
- WA3KFT, John:
- 2 flat plates and a bolt through the middle
- plus some caulk
- WA3VEE, Ron:
- there may be a rubber gasket plug, but those may be too big.
- hubble wideman for plugs
- there may be a rubber gasket plug, but those may be too big.
- KC3NZT, Harvey:
- bulkhead blanking plugs
- W8CRW, CR:
- epoxy and a backer
- KV3JGB, Matt:
- For an antenna running into the tree and a feed line are on the ground, how can he run it to be out of the way, so he doesn’t need to move it to mow?
- WA3VEE, Ron:
- could it be buried?
- could you run a “messenger wire” to keep it overhead to the tree?
- W3QP, Tim:
- ran a bit of conduit underground
- KC3NZT, Harvey:
- temporary becomes permanent
- shallow bury when ground was soft
- NA3CW, Chuck:
- if you do bury it, rope in the conduit, and exposed can wick moisture out.
- conduit is never wide enough after a while
- KC3SQI, Wayne:
- has buried line for 6 years now, no trouble.
- existing feed line can be used to pull the next line.
- KV3JGB, Matt:
- thanks for the suggestion underground and in the air