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Re: DO YOU COPY CODE AT 13 - 20 WPM .....BUT NOT AT 5 TO 10 OR 21-50
WA0ITP
Hi Jim,
Thanks for bring back some good memories. That was about the same time I
was working on the code also. My Elmer, W0QVA (SK), taught
it to me during lunch breaks at work and one day he said "congrats you've
just passed". Big moment for me.
---------------------------------- Back to the bench, Winter's too valuable to waste. I love this radio stuff ! 72 WA0ITP www.wa0itp.com www.4sqrp.com
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Thurs Morning Net
WA0ITP
A Four State morning net has been convened for ops who want to start the day on
the air. We meet each Thursday morning at 8:30 AM Central on 7122 kc, the Four State 40M hangout freq. Last week we had 7 checkins, making for a very successful first session. Please join us tomorrow morning for our second session. cu each Thursday morning at 8:30 Central. ---------------------------------- Back to the bench, Winter's too valuable to waste. I love this radio stuff ! 72 WA0ITP www.wa0itp.com www.4sqrp.com
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Wed Nite Nets
WA0ITP
The Four State QRP Comfortable nets meet each Wednesday night
beginning at 7:30 PM Central Time. 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. Add anything to the exchange that you wish, temp rig, ant, etc. Checking into all, sessions is encouraged. We call it the "Clean Sweep". 7:30 Central time ... 40M CW Net on 7122, KC�PMH NCS 8:00 " " ... 80M CW Net on 3564, WA�ITP NCS. 8:30 " " ... 40M CW Net on 7122, KC�PMH NCS 9:00 " " ... 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. ---------------------------------- Back to the bench, Winter's too valuable to waste. I love this radio stuff ! 72 WA0ITP www.wa0itp.com www.4sqrp.com
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Re: RM ][ and QRPme Crystals
WA0ITP
Thanks Chuck, appreciate the info!
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From: "Chuck Carpenter" <w5usj@9plus.net> To: <4sqrp@yahoogroups.com>; "WA0ITP" <wa0itp@mchsi.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 4:10 AM Subject: RM ][ and QRPme Crystals | Measured some QRPme crystals in the "new" Rockmite ][ from Rex and QRPme.com | | Rex's crystals are mostly parallel resonant. | | My counter, MFJ-886, is not the most accurate counter but it's | acceptably close... 8-) | | Here's the results: | | Marked Measured | 7122 7120.6 and 7120.7 | 7114 7113.1, 7113.3 (2) and 7113.4 | One ESS series resonant 7116.7 | 7047.5 7046.6 (3) and 7046.0 (think W1AW) | | With the parallel resonant crystals it's quite easy to put them | closer to marked frequency with a simple VXO. A 3-30 pF trimmer | capacitor does the job. | | I used a piece of 1/32 PCB cut in an L shape and glued 3 Manhattan | pads in place. Soldered a 3-pin SIP strip across two pads and the | trimmer cap across two pads. Note that the center pin of the 3 is a | ground connection on the RM ][s. | | Suspended it about 1/4 inch above the 3-Pin SIP crystal socket using | a 4-40 screw and some nuts affixed to the RM ][ corner mounting hole. | | Adjust the frequency and Viola, right on the marked | frequency. Picture of the rigging available. | | Chuck Carpenter, W5USJ | EM22cv, Rains Co. TX |
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RM ][ and QRPme Crystals
Measured some QRPme crystals in the "new" Rockmite ][ from Rex and QRPme.com
Rex's crystals are mostly parallel resonant. My counter, MFJ-886, is not the most accurate counter but it's acceptably close... 8-) Here's the results: Marked Measured 7122 7120.6 and 7120.7 7114 7113.1, 7113.3 (2) and 7113.4 One ESS series resonant 7116.7 7047.5 7046.6 (3) and 7046.0 (think W1AW) With the parallel resonant crystals it's quite easy to put them closer to marked frequency with a simple VXO. A 3-30 pF trimmer capacitor does the job. I used a piece of 1/32 PCB cut in an L shape and glued 3 Manhattan pads in place. Soldered a 3-pin SIP strip across two pads and the trimmer cap across two pads. Note that the center pin of the 3 is a ground connection on the RM ][s. Suspended it about 1/4 inch above the 3-Pin SIP crystal socket using a 4-40 screw and some nuts affixed to the RM ][ corner mounting hole. Adjust the frequency and Viola, right on the marked frequency. Picture of the rigging available. Chuck Carpenter, W5USJ EM22cv, Rains Co. TX
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Fw: Four State Freqs - was Rockmite crystal frequencies
WA0ITP
I posted this on the Rockmite reflector a minute ago. Look for some
'Mites on or a little below 7122.
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From: WA0ITP
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:18 PM
Subject: Four State Freqs - was Rockmite crystal
frequencies Four State has a weekly net, and two Sprints on or around 7122, and many
members hang out there. We have a Thursday morning net on 7122 at 8:30
Central, and some of us meet there every morning abt 8 or 8:30
Central. Often a qso can be had by posting on the
Group's Yahoo group reflector http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/4sqrp/info and/or
posting on http://www.qrpspots.com/
All Rockmites are welcome and some have already checked into our Wednesday
Night nets. Join us for good QRP fun on your Rockmite. We'll keep an ear
out for you.
---------------------------------- Back to the bench, Winter's too valuable to waste. I love this radio stuff ! 72 WA0ITP www.wa0itp.com www.4sqrp.com ----- Original Message -----
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Re: DO YOU COPY CODE AT 13 - 20 WPM .....BUT NOT AT 5 TO 10 OR 21-50
Jim Hahn
When I first learned CW back in 1963 I was fortunate to have an uncle who had served as a radioman during WWII. Man he was strict but he DID teach me CW. He had me copying the 5 wpm code in my head which for those of us who are old enough to remember was what was required for the novice test back at that time. When I took the general exam in downtown Los Angeles about six months later I had another old FCC navy guy as the examiner. Man that guy never smiled as I can remember that day shaking in my little boots...............but I will tell you I have loved CW ever since learning it back then even though those guys were harda--. jim AC6OM/1
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Re: DO YOU COPY CODE AT 13 - 20 WPM .....BUT NOT AT 5 TO 10 OR 21-50?
Looks like some of the essays I get from students… Therefore, I’ve had lots of practice. ;-)
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72, Mike W5RST
On Dec 10, 2013, at 3:20 PM, Phil Anderson <aldenmcduffie@...> wrote:
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Re: DO YOU COPY CODE AT 13 - 20 WPM .....BUT NOT AT 5 TO 10 OR 21-50?
I must be twisted as I could read both out loud to my self FB, 5x9, es
QSL OM!! 72, de Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us
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DO YOU COPY CODE AT 13 - 20 WPM .....BUT NOT AT 5 TO 10 OR 21-50?
Phil Anderson
HI Guys,
If the answer to the subject question is yes - or maybe - then you simply have not studied at enough different speeds. While we say that Morse Code is a language, perhaps the real answer is that it is "many" languages, one at 5-10, one at 10-15, and at 15-20, etc. My guess as to why this seems to be the case is due to our limited short term memory. When the code is very slow, we don't hear words at all, just charcters.....so our table lookup memory handles the characters AOK but doesn't have enough sort term storage to put together the characters into words and then group the words conveying the real message. However, if we speed up the WPM or use mostly just Q signals and a standard message format, then our mind hears QTH as "my location is" and there is still enough short term memory left to save the following city and state names or anticipate that. I'm up to about 50 words I recognize at 40 to 50 WPM by their unique sounds. I'm working on the second 50 so I can be proficient with 100 words at 50 WPM. Gotta practice 20 to 30 minutes per day, over and over. A crystal radio friend of mine, Jerry O"Neill, sent me an exercise listed below that bolsters my "theory" written out above. It proves to me that one need not hear all of the letters in a spurt of a few words in order to perfectly understand the message. Give the exercise a try. I was able to do it if I read it fast but not if I read it slow.. Sounds like the "Morse Problem" right? Have Fun!, 72, Uncle Phil, W0XI Here's a Doctor Dementia exercise to test your skills.... I've seen this with the letters out of order, but this is
the
first time I've seen it with numbers. Good example
7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15. PL3453 F0RW4RD 1F U C4N R34D 7H15.
To my 'selected' strange-minded friends: If you can read the following paragraph, forward it on to your friends. If you can read this, you have a strong mind. Can you read this? Only 55 people out of 100 can. I
cdnuolt blveiee
that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal
pweor of
the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
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RMRc today 14.0625 at 2300z
Dale Putnam
Are you done shopping, and are all the Christmas decorations up at your house? Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy
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Re: 160m Doings
Dale Putnam
Very nice Charles, great percentage of Sections to Qs. nice return for S&P. Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy To: 4sqrp@... From: w2sh@... Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:31:24 -0500 Subject: [4sqrp] 160m Doings My 160m inverted L antenna was felled by Hurricane Sandy. I got a slightly smaller replacement up in time for the annual QRP ARCI 160m sprint, held Thanksgiving eve. Wanting
a better idea of its efficacy, I entered the recent ARRL 160m contest, but limited
my participation to mainly seeking sections.
I would listen to a QSO to learn a station's section, and occasionally
I'd look a station up on QRZ. My 71
QSOs netted 40 ARRL/RAC sections.
In December 2010 conditions were far better and with the same technique 110 QSOs achieved 56 ARRL/RAC sections, in which there were 43 states.
On both occasions my objective was to evaluate my equipment. Frankly robotic contests such as this ARRL affair are extremely boring, and I vastly prefer the comparatively saner QRP sprints. With this in mind please note that NAQCC's monthly sprint (80, 40 and 20 meters) is this evening, from 0130Z-0330Z. 72, Charles, W2SH
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Re: ARRL 160... 2012
Dale Putnam
Thank you Wayne, Nice surprise to me, and pretty to look at too.. Hope to see you in the next 'test too.. maybe this weekend on 10... Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy To: 4sqrp@...; daleputnam@... From: wayne.dillon@... Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:10:50 -0600 Subject: Re: [4sqrp] ARRL 160... 2012 Nice work Dale, congratulations - vy well deserved. God Bless - Wayne - KC0PMH
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Dale Putnam <daleputnam@...> wrote:
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http://www.qsl.net/kc0pmh/ Under construction but please visit anyway.
QRP - EFFICIENCY AND SKILL, NOT POWER.
I'm British by birth but American by CHOICE! Jesus came to pay a debt He didn't owe because we owe a debt we cannot pay... The Lord bless you and keep you The Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you The Lord lift up his contenance upon you and give you peace. God Bless from Wayne Dillon - KC0PMH Joshua 24:14-15 2 Cor 5:17 1 Jn 2:17 4 State QRP Group NCS - 40m & 160m 4SQRP #95
FPQRP #342 (Flying Pigs QRP Club) G-QRP-C #11504 NAQCC # 0759
QRP-ARCI #11505 SKCC #1155C SOC #848 30MDG#1176 NEQRP #693 GORC #192 DMC (Digital Modes Club) # 06686
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Re: ARRL 160... 2012
Wayne Dillon
Nice work Dale, congratulations - vy well deserved. God Bless - Wayne - KC0PMH
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Dale Putnam <daleputnam@...> wrote:
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http://www.qsl.net/kc0pmh/ Under construction but please visit anyway.
QRP - EFFICIENCY AND SKILL, NOT POWER.
I'm British by birth but American by CHOICE! Jesus came to pay a debt He didn't owe because we owe a debt we cannot pay... The Lord bless you and keep you The Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you The Lord lift up his contenance upon you and give you peace. God Bless from Wayne Dillon - KC0PMH Joshua 24:14-15 2 Cor 5:17 1 Jn 2:17 4 State QRP Group NCS - 40m & 160m 4SQRP #95
FPQRP #342 (Flying Pigs QRP Club) G-QRP-C #11504 NAQCC # 0759
QRP-ARCI #11505 SKCC #1155C SOC #848 30MDG#1176 NEQRP #693 GORC #192 DMC (Digital Modes Club) # 06686
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160m Doings
w2sh@...
My 160m inverted L antenna was felled by Hurricane Sandy. I got a slightly smaller replacement up in time for the annual QRP ARCI 160m sprint, held Thanksgiving eve. Wanting
a better idea of its efficacy, I entered the recent ARRL 160m contest, but limited
my participation to mainly seeking sections.
I would listen to a QSO to learn a station's section, and occasionally
I'd look a station up on QRZ. My 71
QSOs netted 40 ARRL/RAC sections.
In December 2010 conditions were far better and with the same technique 110 QSOs achieved 56 ARRL/RAC sections, in which there were 43 states.
On both occasions my objective was to evaluate my equipment. Frankly robotic contests such as this ARRL affair are extremely boring, and I vastly prefer the comparatively saner QRP sprints. With this in mind please note that NAQCC's monthly sprint (80, 40 and 20 meters) is this evening, from 0130Z-0330Z. 72, Charles, W2SH
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Re: ARRL 160... 2012
Tom - NG3V
Congratulations, and I know exactly how you feel. Tom, NG3V
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Dale Putnam <daleputnam@...> wrote:
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QRPoMeter Available
Rich Fowler <k8meg@...>
The long wait is over! If you have an order pending, it is being shipped Tuesday, December 11. Thanks for being patient and understanding as we had operational priorities and part availability issues. With all that behind us, I have kits packed and ready for your address label. Thanks for your continual support of 4SQRP! 72, Rich K8MEG
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Dayton 2013
w2sh@...
Hello there,
The registration for rooms at the Holiday Inn where those who will be attending the Four Days in May (FDIM) can benefit from a discounted price of $112 per night was opened this morning. Details on FDIM are viewable at: http://www.qrparci.org/fdim. You need to call the hotel at 937-431-4613, and identify yourself as a FDIM participant to get the discounted rate. (FYI, the room rates for non-FDIM participants are $125 for 14 May and $15 for 15-17 May). Having been slow last year, I stayed at a less desirable location. I'm now confirmed for 14 through 17 May 2014 at the HI. I'd suggest that you don't delay. Cheers, Chas.
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Re: ARRL 160... 2012
Thanks
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Merry Christmas to you and your family as well! 72 Johnny
On Monday, December 9, 2013, Dale Putnam wrote:
-- QRP....."more smiles per watt"
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Re: ARRL 160... 2012
Dale Putnam
Thanks Johnny, Merry Christmas, Good luck Tuesday! Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy To: 4sqrp@...; daleputnam@... From: jomatlock@... Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 19:04:42 -0600 Subject: Re: [4sqrp] ARRL 160... 2012
Congrats Dale U the Man ! Johnny AC0BQ
On Monday, December 9, 2013, Dale Putnam wrote:
-- QRP....."more smiles per watt"
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