First, haven't been able to get on much on the Wed. nets due to having choir practice at my church, and last Sunday night we had our Christmas concert, no SSS, and bad weather as well. Hope to be back

Doc, I should have dug down deeper for your original post, but read Curt's reply and thought it was to a newbie. His Rx still applies and my thoughts too. I am in your same boat, retired medico, new

Curt, I AM (was until July 1, 2015 when I retired) a doctor and agree with your "prescriptions". Put up a simple dipole for 40 meters, feed it with open feeders or 450 ohm twin lead and a tuner.

Well, there wasn't a lot of participation in the SSS again last night. Conditions were not good, at least for me. I barely heard KV6Z calling and gave him a shout, but if he replied I couldn't hear

Doc let me try writing a few prescriptions. do note with falling solar flux that perhaps the emphasis on getting that hex beam up now are much less than say a couple years ago. also I remember a

Sorry gangue! I picked the wrong email to grab Chuck's email address. I'll check the addresses a

Chuck, Could you check this board out for glaring errors? Moved the Helper to a standard tuna board added switchable rf power probe circuit

OK, my wife and my shrink said to fess up when you need help. I am buried in electro/ham radio trivia...cables beyond belief, wall warts, modems (of all kinds), an HP scanner/fax, a fine Toshiba XP

Hello John Yes the bands are pretty thin! I worked Bill and Gary, but just barely! Good luck guys Johnny AC0BQ -- QRP....."More smiles per Watt" 72 JOHNNY AC0BQ ..

Lots of QRN on the bands tonight. I heard KV6Z calling on 7.122, but just barely. I returned his call but didn't hear anything. I'll try a little later. We're having lots of rain at the present

Don't forget! The December 2nd Sunday Sprint is tonight, 7:00-9:00 CST (0100-0300Z Monday). Complete rules were enclosed with Friday's reminder and are available at 4SQRP.COM. Take off a couple

Michael, I don't know of any movement to bring the NS-40 back. It was a cool design and easy to build. I kitted and shipped the kit for 4 State. There was a TON of them shipped so a few well placed

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knows where I might get my hands on a circuit board for an NS-40 transmitter. I understand that the kits are no longer being produced, so I don't know if there

Gm Tom The best I recall the build, just cut the head off as close as you can. The all thread that's left will be ok on length. If it proves to be too long after you finish all your adjustments, just

GE Tom, They were cut off right under the head. It will be about 2" long and will be the right length. It's not critical at all. How's things up

While building the Cyclone 40, I came across this text in the build instructions: The brass screw in my kit still has a head on it. My question is, when I cut the head off, how long should the

Sunday, December 13th, is the date for our 4SQRP Second Sunday Sprint. As usual, the sprint runs from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm CST (0100-0300Z Monday). It's very early in the season. There were only a

Since most rigs have a "reverse" paddle mode, it really doesn't matter, as you can always set the software as desired. The REAL problem is rigs that accept a straight key, but require the ring not be

You have it Jim, no problem. Have a great day, --... ...--Dale - WC7S in Wy To: 4sqrp@... From: 4sqrp@... Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:20:03 -0800 Subject: [4sqrp] Paddles/Keyer plug wiring

When wiring a stereo plug for a set of paddles and/or wiring a stereo jack for a keyer input (such as the EZKeyer) or the K1EL K12/14/16, is the "standard" wiring: Left paddle (dit) to the