Jeff, Thanks for the links. I did my distance and other measurements and
printed a PDF to keep on file. vernon.mauery link was great! Easy to understand
and work with. Great presentation of final results.
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 06:21:13 PM CDT, Jeff Greer via BVARC
wrote:
#yiv
I have used the MFJ-4230 for years and have been very happy with it. About
$100 from any of the major ham equipment suppliers.
On Monday, August 9, 2021, 02:07:13 PM CDT, Brent Hetrick via BVARC
wrote:
I’m a newbie looking for recommendations for a DC power supply for a dual band
tran
Just in time for the Texas QSO Party. See you on 40 and 80 meters.
On Sunday, September 12, 2021, 11:36:28 AM CDT, Allen Brier via BVARC
wrote:
Good news! I am BACK ON THE AIR! Thanks to Pat, KJ5Y on the rig loaner! CW/SSB
only right now, until I get digi modes going.
CU on the a
I had a similar experience Friday just before the CQWW SSB got started. I
heard echoes on two New England stations that indicated a long-path/short-path
combined signal on the stations. Saturday, during the contest, I had contact on
10-meters with a Hong Kong station where he was S3 on short-pa
My efforts as a 1D on Sunday: 32 contacts all FT8 on 3 bands for a score of
64
Jim, N5DTT
On Monday, June 27, 2022, 09:20:17 PM CDT, Rick Hiller via BVARC
wrote:
For those that operated Field Day at home, or where ever, separately from the
Duhacsek Park event and will claim Br
I joined BVARC for the comradery of fellow Hams. A corollary to that is the
many members are an infinite resource for every aspect of the hobby.
On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 07:40:40 AM CDT, Rick Hiller via BVARC
wrote:
Seems like a lot of folks like to be a member of BVARC. The r
40 has been moderately productive all day both on SSB and CW. It should get
even better as the evening begins.
Jim, N5DTT
On Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 01:26:39 PM CDT, Rick Hiller via BVARC
wrote:
I’m at work. How are the bands for the TQP?
Rick. W5RH
Sent from my i-Thingamajig
Jimmy, it was a pleasure to meet you Saturday at the UH Amateur Radio Club
meeting. I will be most happy to mentor you in the basics of Ham Radio. I have
some radios I can loan to you that will help you in putting to use the
additional frequencies you gained with your upgrade to General.
I liv
Great job, Al. Congratulations!
On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 11:36:54 AM CST, Allen Brier via BVARC
wrote:
Part time…only 409 QSO’s.
And How ‘Bout them Astros???!!!
Allen R. Brier N5XZ
1515 Windloch Lane
Richmond, TX 77406
713-705-4801
_
I'll be there.
On Friday, April 7, 2023 at 05:24:06 PM CDT, Doug Seyler via BVARC
wrote:
Good evening!
The April 20, 2023 TDXS monthly meeting will be at the Tracy Gee Community
Center, and it will be both in-person and ZOOM. As a reminder, Tracy Gee is
located at 3599 Westcente
That was the real benefit of having pros as mentors. They seemed to know every
trick to get the shot that was needed. I had never heard of High-Speed
Recording Film until Danny told me about it. Then he told me to push the
development to move the ASA from 1000 to 4000. The football shots were a
I plan to eat dinner with BVARC on Saturday night.
Jim, N5DTT
On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 10:19:22 PM CDT, Scott Little via BVARC
wrote:
Hey all,
You need to RSVP for dinner at field day. Please fill out this google
form promptly:
https://forms.gle/zCtzEAuZufFRSpno7
RSVPs will end on W
Yes, just now. Thanks.
On Monday, June 19, 2023 at 11:08:27 AM CDT, Chuck via BVARC
wrote:
Did you go to the link below and sign up That’s what they need to get a head
count.
Chuck Hale
KF5UXP
From: James Burrough via BVARC
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2023 10:02 AM
To: Scott
I really enjoyed the food, too. The team did a great job.
Another highlight for me was Dave McCarty's (N5GN) Contesting 101 presentation
at 10 AM. I've been contesting a long time but learned a lot from his talk. The
real beauty of it was that I opened the 15-meter FD station at 1 PM and,
apply
Sorry, Dave's call is K5GN. My typing fingers seem to have a mind of their own.
On Monday, June 26, 2023 at 03:07:08 PM CDT, James Burrough
wrote:
I really enjoyed the food, too. The team did a great job.
Another highlight for me was Dave McCarty's (N5GN) Contesting 101 presentation
a
The website below has good information that will go a long way to answer your
question. Look at the elevation as fractions of wavelength and relative gain in
the favored direction (for your dipole, perpendicular in both directions).
Dipole Height
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Did you get his call? Who was it? In a contest where contacts are sparse, he is
the one who loses.
On Saturday, December 9, 2017 12:00 PM, gmuller885--- via BVARC
wrote:
allAll I see and hear is noise. Can"t even hear N5XZ although I did get him
yesterday at about 7+ pm last night.
I have been using a refurbished laptop from them for 6 years now.
On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 3:07 PM, Bob Stroupe via BVARC
wrote:
I can vouch for MicroCenter's refurbished products. Bought my mom a
refurbished HP Notebook last year. The price was ok and the quality was good. I
ins
Yes. From the Fayette County location.
On Monday, July 9, 2018 9:29 AM, NIzar Mullani via BVARC
wrote:
IARU HF
contest July 14-15. CW, SSB and mixed modes. This weekend. Anyone
participating?___
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http://mai
The same ones who put CQ WW CW on Thanksgiving Saturday and Sunday - the
contest with the largest number of logs turned in of any contest.
On Thursday, May 23, 2019, 3:40:22 PM CDT, Dwayne Jones via BVARC
wrote:
What bonehead puts a contest on Memorial Day weekend??
Dwayne
On Thu,
I really enjoyed the story. Desperate times call for desperate measures. I am
very glad it worked out so well.
On Thursday, July 18, 2019, 12:56:05 PM CDT, John Chauvin via BVARC
wrote:
I wrote an article for the Houston Astronomical Guidestar, 30 years ago, on
the 20th anniversary of
I'll be operating from my hamshack in Fayette County. I'll look for you on 40
and 20 meters.
On Sunday, September 1, 2019, 10:02:56 PM CDT, Ralph (home) via BVARC
wrote:
Anyone going to Stephen F Austin park for the Tx QSOP (Sept 14/15)?
I am thinking Harris and Ft Bend counties have
Not able to open the doc you sent. The message was "An error occurred
retrieving the invite information."On Thursday, May 7, 2020, 02:26:39 PM
CDT, Doug Seyler via BVARC wrote:
Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
BVARC mailing list
BVARC@
Doug, I'll take the 2009 duplicate you have. We'll talk tonight to arrange a
safe pickup.
On Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 02:28:19 PM CDT, Doug Seyler via BVARC
wrote:
Good afternoon,
I am thinning out my library and came across the following:
· ARRL Handbook 1990 (hardbou
Here is the spreadsheet we talked about. Make the adjustments, test it for
SWR, adjust for best SWR with the matching bar.
Jim, N5DTTOn Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 09:42:29 PM CST, Gayle Dotts via
BVARC wrote:
Gayle Dotts WB5DOT...I talked on Ten-Ten last night, first time I had gone
I have been happy for <10 years with my Comet GP3. Good price, great
performance. In fact, this was the antenna I recommended for installation by
all the regional hospitals for their basic amateur radio installations.
From: via BVARC
To: bvarc@bvarc.org
Sent:
As I said on the 2 meter QSO this afternoon, send me an .adi file of your
contacts and I will load it into N3FJP. I should be able to produce a good
Cabrillo file for you and get it back to you quickly.
From: Scott Medbury via BVARC
To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR
What do you mean by a lack of "big guns"? There was a 50 watt limit to power.
Short of a multi-beam array, there was not a lot of "big gun" capability. I had
an 8dB gain vertical up at 38 feet. That was the best i could do.
I plan to participate again next year but will be a rover taking advan
I have a spare MFJ-4125 if that is acceptable.
On Thursday, June 25, 2015 10:34 AM, n5xz via BVARC
wrote:
Wondering if anyone has a spare 12v DC power supply I could use during FD...?
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
___
N5DTT is missing the following items:1 ten foot section of 1 1/2" EMT Conduit
(mast)1 West Mountain Radio RigTalk CI-V interface (Usb dongle, red in color)1
14" crow bar___
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My 80 dipole (when up) is configured as a lazy V with one element running North
and the other to the West from the feedpoint at the back of the yard. While I
was never very strong on the Ragchew Net, I usually had no problems checking
into the Monday night ARES 75 M net. Everything was at 10 fee
Bill was a great friend. I will miss him greatly.
On Friday, July 31, 2015 1:46 PM, Allen Brier N5XZ via BVARC
wrote:
Very very sad. Bill was a huge fan of 10-10 and a big presence in 10-10
contests in the past. Bill was also instrumental in helping the local 10-10
chapter (Hous
Might I suggest a slightly new strategy? Jump on the contact as soon as you can
then listen for his (or her) next contact transmission and correct if
necessary. Every good contest logging program has a means of correcting an
entry.
Try it out week after next in the NAQP Phone contest. Maybe the
The second half of his question "Last, does anyone know a source in town for
the RS232 to USB with the FTDI chipset here in town?" is very important to me,
also. I have yet to find a reliable source for the cable converter. Anyone with
a suggestion?
On Friday, August 21, 2015 10:32 AM, G
I've very pleased with HamRepair.com. They have done good work at a reasonable
price.
http://www.hamrepair.com/
Jim, N5DTT
On Monday, August 24, 2015 3:20 PM, "McClure, Rob K via BVARC"
wrote:
Hello all,
Thanks to all that responded to my ‘dumb question of the day.’ The powe
Does anyone have Theresa Williams' email address?___
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http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
The net is going on 3908.
On Wednesday, December 7, 2016 7:18 PM, Travis Burgess via BVARC
wrote:
I the net canceled
tonight? Put up an antenna and then shut down at 01:17.
TravisK5htb
-No trees were harmed in the production of this message,
however, a great man
Your contacts will get their points.
There is another aspect to this. Not submitting a log means your participation
is not counted by the sponsoring organization. This may seem trivial but your
investment of the few minutes it takes to submit your log means that the
sponsoring organization know
Gayle, I can get on 50.125 now. Were do you live?
On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 5:33 PM, Gayle Dotts via BVARC
wrote:
Looking to contact 50.125 on 6 meters SWR at 1.3.
Tried for WB5ITT at 52.525 during rush hjours, my SWR is off the chart high.
So far I'm hearing nothing on 6 meters.
I'm not sure the signal will go ground wave that far but I'm willing to try.
Your call is KF5LVZ, I'll begin calling you now.
On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 5:54 PM, Gayle Dotts
wrote:
Richmond Texas
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:44 PM, James Burrough via BVARC
wrote:
Gayl
I would like to reinforce what Nizar said about the root cause of your
lightening strike. The damage to your location and the damage to your neighbors
along the same power source lines (Mains) indicates a possible set of major
flaws in either design of the power company's grounding system or its
It was a great article about a great person. I value him as a friend.
On Friday, October 4, 2024 at 08:17:39 AM CDT, Rick Hiller via BVARC
wrote:
Take a look at QST October. Page 97 is the story of one of our members, Nizar
Mullani, K0NM. Not only what he says in the article, but as
:03 PM, James Burrough via BVARC wrote:
Dielectric grease is a non-conductive, silicone-based grease used to protect
electrical connections from moisture, corrosion, and dirt. It acts as a
lubricant, sealant, and insulator, enhancing the reliability and longevity of
electrical components
Dielectric grease is a non-conductive, silicone-based grease used to protect
electrical connections from moisture, corrosion, and dirt. It acts as a
lubricant, sealant, and insulator, enhancing the reliability and longevity of
electrical components.
What you need is NOALOX , which will provid
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