My Week in Radio
- great ham fest in Harrisburg
- ARISS presentation was great with a good pass to hear astronauts answering questions at a museum in Indiana
- bought a cheap power meter for HF and some connectors
- 5 hours of CQ WW DX SSB contest
- 12 contacts
- Canary Islands on 5W SSB.
- heard lots more that could hear my 5W
- logged in World Radio League website and phone app. It exported a perfect Cabrillo file for the contest.
- POLO was not going to cut it for contest exchanges. (I later found global “Activities” settings that exposed a “simple contest” mode.)
- 12 contacts
- blog up-to-date after months being outdated
Others
- NA3CW, Chuck:
- PM/AM net on 75 meters
- AF3Z, Jim:
- trying echolink, noticed repeater keys instantaneously, but audio is significantly delayed allstar seems less delayed
- 10M CW Sked: around 28.180MHz
- found a DX pile-up a little lower in the band:
- C5Y from Gambia
- used RIT
- managed to work the station
- 70W
- KC3OOK, Bill:
- net control for simplex net
- building his station on the bench
- ron dropped off an HP signal generator
- KD3AIS, Tim:
- made his 1st 10 contacts on 10M
- getting comfortable
- KC3NZT, Harvey:
- also got on 10M while it’s open for the contest.
- 50 countries in 10 minutes
- also New Mexico on 10M for WAS
- also got on 10M while it’s open for the contest.
- WA3KFT, John:
- fighting with a Bird Watt Meter 4410.
- powered by 9V battery
- has an amplifier that’s required
- not working
- may need repair
- fighting with a Bird Watt Meter 4410.
- KC3MAI, Joe:
- upgraded to AE
- signed the private land use bill
- 4 contacts in contest, including C5Y
- Father Murgas Reenactment
- this is an important event
- Hungarian priest came to wilkes barre
- into wireless telegraphy
- first person to do point-to-point over 20mi (Wilkes Barre to Scranton)
- used a 2-tone system of his own invention instead of CW
- Joe’s driving and buying lunch. email him.
- AC3NW, Manny:
- identified a good location for his Hustler 5bpv vertical with radials
- cleared with XYL
- identified a good location for his Hustler 5bpv vertical with radials
Questions
- NA3CW, Chuck:
- Helping a preschool with a computer update. Front of the laptop pushed apart and won’t push back together. Battery is 2x original thickness. Stowed in in the driveway. What do you do with a damaged lithium ion battery?
- KD3EE, John:
- drop it at Waste Management in Lancaster: House Hold Chemicals
- KC3NZT, Harvey:
- Home Depot took it as long as not actively warm
- put it in a non-conductive bag
- His local scrapper would take them too
- Home Depot took it as long as not actively warm
- W8CRW, CR:
- Chester County Recycling said just throw it in the trash(!)
- W1RC, Mike:
- in Massachusetts, he’d take it to the Fire Dept.
- W3KZG, Scott:
- For NA3CW, Chuck: SECRA doesn’t accept that stuff, but they do pick up a couple times a year. SECRA recommends the retail store.
- NA3CW, Chuck:
- local trash collector forbid lithium or lead acid batteries
- likes the idea of Home Depot
- may only want tool batteries, though, hand-written sign.
- not generating any heat
- KD3EE, John: Seeing a 20kHz-wide band of noise in the 30M band. In SSB it sounds like a flatulent tractor anywhere you tune in it. reminds me of maybe over-the-horizon radar. What might this be, and what other mysteries in signals have you seen and solved?
- AA3LH, Leon:
- Does anyone have any model trains they’d like to donate
for a church display at Christmas?
Call 717-286-7216 to donate.
- KD3AIS, Tim:
- He has too much stuff in the attic, including trains from childhood.
- Will donate.
- KD3AIS, Tim:
- AA3LH, Leon:
- call the number, thanks.
- W3KZG, Scott:
- KB3ZIM, Bob, may have some trains to re-home.
- Does anyone have any model trains they’d like to donate
for a church display at Christmas?
Call 717-286-7216 to donate.