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Re: Another $S-QRP station is born
Nick-WA5BDU
I hear that a lot too. Usually not S9
here, so you must be much closer. I think it's a digital signal,
not a carrier. But it sure picked an unfortunate spot to park
full time. OK, there it is. About S4 right now in Russellville, AR. 73, Nick, WA5BDU
On 2/27/2013 6:08 PM, Dg Arnholt wrote:
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Re: Snow And Tonight's Nets.
Mike-WE0H
We lost about a foot
of snow to warm winds and sunshine all day today :) Clear and 30F at the moment. Mike-WE0H
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Re: Another $S-QRP station is born
Dg Arnholt <dgarnholt@...>
the only problem i see is 7040 always has this s9 carrier even in day time with me.. or if it stops it begins or someone keeps tuning undecided whats up with that.. parts of the day i can use it.. used to use it all the time 30 years ago.
From: Johnny Matlock
To: "4sqrp@..." <4sqrp@...>; jimford80041 Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [4sqrp] Another $S-QRP station is born Ga Jim
Congrats on your new projects. Please post some pics do we can see you progress. Get them cabled up spot your self on qrp spots and we will see if we work you! 72 Good luck, good building
Johnny AC0BQ
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Re: Wed Nite Nets
Dg Arnholt <dgarnholt@...>
thanks you got me info AFTER i spouted off lol From: WA0ITP To: 4sqrp@... Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 1:13 PM Subject: [4sqrp] Wed Nite Nets The Four State QRP Comfortable nets meet each Wednesday night
beginning at 7:00 PM CST, 0100z. If we have to QSY, I like to move up, Wayne likes to move down, and Dick doesn't have to move much at all. Also I will be using my own call tonight. Add anything to the exchange that you wish, temp rig, ant, etc. Checking into both, or even all, sessions is encouraged. Who will be the first to check into all of them? 7:00 CST 0100z ... 80M CW Net on 3564, WAØITP NCS. 7:30 CST 0130z ... 40M CW Net on 7122, KCØPMH NCS 8:00 CST 0200z ... 80M CW Net on 3564, WAØITP NCS. 8:30 CST 0230z ... 40M CW Net on 7122, KCØPMH NCS 9:00 CST 0300z ... 80M PSK Net on 3580.5, NØTGR NCS All are welcome! After the nets, a list of checkins will be posted on the Four State reflector. ---------------------------------- I love this radio stuff ! 72 WAØITP http://www.wa0itp.com/ http://www.4sqrp.com/ http://www.qrpspots.com/
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Re: Snow And Tonight's Nets.
Dg Arnholt <dgarnholt@...>
i am a new member of this bunch nothing on 80 but i do have an r2040 and now a c21 i will use at 10 watts so its not real qrp but i'll be qni if i hear ncs. i forgot the freq and time in 24 hour z ..you go by cdt cst ..i'm an hour ahead so i think its at 8 eastern..old hand at this since we used to be on eastern year round for years until the jackass daniels became govonor..sorry to offend but i didnt care for him..oh well thats off topic Wd9dwe skcc1564t fists7017 naqcc 1436 so dunno what i got here yet.. but sounds like a good time
From: WA0ITP <wa0itp@...>
To: 4sqrp@... Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 6:25 PM Subject: [4sqrp] Snow And Tonight's Nets. Snow is still falling here in Radar O'Riley's home town, and we may need radar
to get around it it continues. We only have abt 6-8" on the ground. Forcast is for another inch or so tonight and ending overnight. How's everyone else doin? Tonight will be nice evening to be on the air, cu on the nets. ---------------------------------- I love this radio stuff ! 72 WAØITP http://www.wa0itp.com/ http://www.4sqrp.com/ http://www.qrpspots.com/
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Re: Snow And Tonight's Nets.
Hey Terry and the Group:
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Well we got dug out today, had drifts about 3 feet deep in the road between here and civilization! Actually I kinda enjoyed being snowed in! It's back to the grind stone in the am and to catch up on the back log! cu on the Net! Johnny AC0BQ
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:25 PM, WA0ITP <wa0itp@...> wrote:
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Snow And Tonight's Nets.
WA0ITP
Snow is still falling here in Radar O'Riley's home town, and we may need radar
to get around it it continues. We only have abt 6-8" on the ground. Forcast is for another inch or so tonight and ending overnight. How's everyone else doin? Tonight will be nice evening to be on the air, cu on the nets. ---------------------------------- I love this radio stuff ! 72 WA�ITP www.wa0itp.com www.4sqrp.com www.qrpspots.com
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Re: Another $S-QRP station is born
W0IIT
Jim,
Sounds like you have been having fun building 4sqrp kits. To answer your NS-40 questions. Yes, 9 watts out is pretty standard. If you want to stay with the 5 watts or less for qrp you can lower the voltage until you get to those lower output limits and it will also put less load on your output transistor. Yes going to 7.040 is perfectly acceptable. Don't want to hurt kit sales but you could just swap out the xtals when you were wanting to go to 7.040 or rig a dual xtal setup as many have done. Good luck with setting up the cables and getting on the air with your setup!! cu es 72, Bart W0IIT Pittsburg, KS
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Re: Another $S-QRP station is born
Ga Jim
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Congrats on your new projects. Please post some pics do we can see you progress. Get them cabled up spot your self on qrp spots and we will see if we work you! 72 Good luck, good building
Johnny AC0BQ
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013, jimford80041 wrote:
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Re: Another $S-QRP station is born
WA0ITP
Congratulations Jim, well done.
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Early NS-40s' developed quite a bit of power, some even up to 12 Watts!! However in a high swr situation they won't live long at that level. They'll get real hot - real fast. Are you running all three kits from a 13.8 volt supply? If so I'd advise reducing that to 12 volts, If not then reduce the voltage to the NS-40. Maybe a dropping resistor of about 5 ohms and a 3-5 W rating between it and the power supply. Dave may jump in here also, he's the authority. The NS-40 will work across the entire 40M CW Band. A number of them have been used at 7122. Good luck and enjoy the Four State Trio on the air. ---------------------------------- I love this radio stuff ! 72 WA�ITP www.wa0itp.com www.4sqrp.com www.qrpspots.com
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From: "jimford80041" <ejim@aol.com> To: <4sqrp@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 3:08 PM Subject: [4sqrp] Another $S-QRP station is born | Finished up the NS-40 today. This was the last of the 3 kits I was building, including the SS-40 and Magic Box. The easiest was saved for last, but wouldn't you know, it gave me the most trouble! The other 2 kits went together with no problem, and I reported earlier just how sensitive and stable the receiver is. | | I have some questions about the transmitter. | | 1) I get 9 watts out. Is this normal? I was expecting a | little lower. Don't want to have a short lived P.A. | | 2) I would like to build another NS-40, but for 7.040. | Will the board inductors support this frequency? There is nothing | to peak or align so I was wondering how critical the | circuit is. | | Need to build a couple more cables and we should be on the air. | | Jim - KG0PP | | | | ------------------------------------ | | 4SQRP Website: http://4sqrp.com | OzarkCon is coming April 5-6 in Branson, MO | View Details at http://www.ozarkcon.com/index.phpYahoo! Groups Links | | |
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Another $S-QRP station is born
jimford80041
Finished up the NS-40 today. This was the last of the 3 kits I was building, including the SS-40 and Magic Box. The easiest was saved for last, but wouldn't you know, it gave me the most trouble! The other 2 kits went together with no problem, and I reported earlier just how sensitive and stable the receiver is.
I have some questions about the transmitter. 1) I get 9 watts out. Is this normal? I was expecting a little lower. Don't want to have a short lived P.A. 2) I would like to build another NS-40, but for 7.040. Will the board inductors support this frequency? There is nothing to peak or align so I was wondering how critical the circuit is. Need to build a couple more cables and we should be on the air. Jim - KG0PP
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Wed Nite Nets
WA0ITP
The Four State QRP Comfortable nets meet each Wednesday night
beginning at 7:00 PM CST, 0100z. If we have to QSY, I like to move up, Wayne likes to move down, and Dick doesn't have to move much at all. Also I will be using my own call tonight. Add anything to the exchange that you wish, temp rig, ant, etc. Checking into both, or even all, sessions is encouraged. Who will be the first to check into all of them? 7:00 CST 0100z ... 80M CW Net on 3564, WA�ITP NCS. 7:30 CST 0130z ... 40M CW Net on 7122, KC�PMH NCS 8:00 CST 0200z ... 80M CW Net on 3564, WA�ITP NCS. 8:30 CST 0230z ... 40M CW Net on 7122, KC�PMH NCS 9:00 CST 0300z ... 80M PSK Net on 3580.5, N�TGR NCS All are welcome! After the nets, a list of checkins will be posted on the Four State reflector. ---------------------------------- I love this radio stuff ! 72 WA�ITP www.wa0itp.com www.4sqrp.com www.qrpspots.com
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Re: RMR rpt
Lee Mairs (SAG) <lmairs@...>
Snake -
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As luck would have it, I got a call from DirecTV this evening. As a good and loyal customer they are going to give me $500 worth of equipment including a Genie and a Mini-Genie and something akin to the Apple box that will allow me to see about 78 skazillion movies. All for free, except for an additional $3 per month and a 24 month guaranteed contract. They will install tomorrow morning. Will let you know how it goes. Dad
On 2/26/2013 6:21 PM, Dale Putnam
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Thanks guys for the replies!
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I didn't notice that I had sent my question to Dale and the group as well! Oh well I guess it was informative and related to radio, and the net is mostly QRP! Sorry about that. 72 Johnny AC0BQ
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Nick-WA5BDU <nick-wa5bdu@suddenlink.net> wrote:
Not used a lot these days but QSP? means "Will you realy to ____" and
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Re: RMR rpt - Q signals
Bill Cromwell
On Tue, 2013-02-26 at 20:00 -0600, Nick-WA5BDU wrote:
Not used a lot these days but QSP? means "Will you realy to ____" andHi, Once upon a time I worked some of the CW traffic nets. I had a table of Q signals in front of me but over time, as I came in contact with those signals I didn't have to look at the table any more. People checking into this informal "ragchew" net won't have traffic but they won't to send QRU. They ARE QRU if they list no traffic - QTC - which newer hams also will not have to look up. Nobody should be listing traffic. Only a small handfull of Q signals will be useful for the informal net. Now that I'm retired I'm working to increase my CW proficiency and rejoin those nets. By the way, I worked those nets and the Navy-Marine Corps MARS nets QRP (2 watts) unless conditions demanded my full 90 watts. 73, Bill KU8H
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Re: RMR rpt
Nick-WA5BDU
Not used a lot these days but QSP? means "Will you realy to ____" and QSP means "I will relay to ____".
Might be applicable to say PSE QSP to try to get someone to relay you to the NCS if he's unable to copy. Probably would sent most to their Handbook or Google to see what QSP means though ... 72- Nick, WA5BDU
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Re: RMR rpt
Bill Cromwell
On Tue, 2013-02-26 at 18:52 -0700, Dale Putnam wrote:
Hi, Learning the Q signals is pretty easy when you encounter them one at a time. Apparently everybody now is familiar with "QNI". 73, Bill KU8H
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Re: RMR rpt
Dale Putnam
Yep. there is a Q signal for pse relay... but this net is a casual net, and isn't supposed to use any Q signals except the QNI to check in. However... if someone wants to check in... and uses Q signals to get it done.. that's ok too... The problem may be, that the strong station may be an experienced op or may not be... and if he doesn't have the Q signal info... it is a cause for frustration. If you check in through a relay Jim what would you do.. if you don't hear NCS.. .and don't recognize any of the calls other than identifying the two you hear.. as being new ops? Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy To: 4sqrp@...; daleputnam@... From: rodenkirch_llc@... Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:41:53 -0700 Subject: RE: [4sqrp] RMR rpt What's being missed in all of this is that the fella submitting the original post asked, "What is the proper way to ask for a relay? Is their a Q code? I wanted to relay in, but didn't know how to?" I know the answer but....it's not my place to "get involved," other than to refocus the "discussion." Jim R. K9JWV To: 4sqrp@...; daleputnam@... From: jomatlock@... Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:20:36 -0600 Subject: Re: [4sqrp] RMR rpt
Thanks Dale I will give that a try when I have have a chance to check in. Stay warm 72 Johnny
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Dale Putnam <daleputnam@...> wrote:
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Re: RMR rpt
James Rodenkirch
What's being missed in all of this is that the fella submitting the original post asked, "What is the proper way to ask for a relay? Is their a Q code? I wanted to relay in, but didn't know how to?" I know the answer but....it's not my place to "get involved," other than to refocus the "discussion." Jim R. K9JWV To: 4sqrp@...; daleputnam@... From: jomatlock@... Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:20:36 -0600 Subject: Re: [4sqrp] RMR rpt
Thanks Dale I will give that a try when I have have a chance to check in. Stay warm 72 Johnny
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Dale Putnam <daleputnam@...> wrote:
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Re: RMR rpt
Thanks Dale
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I will give that a try when I have have a chance to check in. Stay warm 72 Johnny
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Dale Putnam <daleputnam@...> wrote:
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