I guess I am the outlier, I use 640-645 typically unless it's a large ground pad or joint and then I'll run it up past 700. I like the lower temperature as it doesn't burn the tip. But maybe that was

* On 2020 15 Nov 11:18 -0600, Mike D wrote: Another vote for the WESD51. Mine "just works". 72, Nate

The project at the moment is the local club's 2m repeater. I am rebuilding it around a Kenwood TKR-750 repeater and a set of dB Products band pass, band reject cavities. I recovered the CAT-250 contro

* On 2020 24 Oct 20:03 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: Nope, I am mistaken, it is the equal sign what no less of an authority than the ITU calls a "double hyphen": https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec

* On 2020 24 Oct 14:33 -0500, Dale Holloway, K4EQ wrote: You are correct, Dale. I goofed in agreeing is was the equal sign and Wikipedia is incorrect also on this point. 72, Nate

* On 2020 24 Oct 10:53 -0500, Terry S. Clevenger via groups.io wrote: As others have noted, cut numbers should only be used where others might expect them but never in a callsign as my call is N0NB no

* On 2020 24 Jun 15:01 -0500, main@4SQRP.groups.io Calendar wrote: Is there a bridge from this TG to AllStar? I asks as I know some exist and I just got an AllStar node (51932) configured and connecte

#cal-reminder

* On 2020 18 Apr 18:54 -0500, Charles Wells wrote: Has the quality of the parts been improved? I recall connectors that had insulation that looked like Teflon but when soldered would melt like cheap P

* On 2020 12 Mar 19:15 -0500, n4mj via Groups.Io wrote: Indeed. Some thought is that if this thing could grow exponentially that there could be 8 million active cases in the US by mid-May. If, again t

Sorry to hear. The closeness of our calls sometimes caused a bit of confusion on the 4SQRP nets years back. R.I.P., Paul 72, Nate

* On 2019 21 Dec 20:34 -0600, WA0ITP wrote: Thanks, Terry, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, yours and all the 4SQRP group. 72, Nate

Sorry to hear of Bart's passing. We had crossed paths a few times when I lived in Enid in the '90s. R.I.P., Bart, and may the propagation be better there than here. 72, Nate

* On 2019 09 Jul 12:36 -0500, Tommy Gober wrote: Hi Tommy. Those of us who remember MS-DOS and other early systems can recall not needing a username or password to simply use our computer. It was a bi

As I understand it now, Groups.io munges the email body by inserting its own footer at the end of the message. Since the cryptographic signature does not include this extra text, the signature test fa

Looking at the parent message my email client, neomutt, reports a bad signature. Apparently, this is not unique to this list but I get the same result from other groups.io lists as well. Sigh... 72, N

I just got a bounce that the other topic was locked. I'd like to recommend the use of cryptographic signatures as a means to be reasonably assured of the sender's legitimacy. The recent thread is all

Sorry to hear that. I recall that his operation from Columbia was a rather big deal and even got a nice full page article in the Washington County (Kansas) News. I was a newly licensed Novice so I cou

Pictures or it didn't happen, Jim! ;-) 72, Nate

* On 2019 17 Jan 07:45 -0600, nm0s_qrp via Groups.Io wrote: It is a very nice profile on you, Dave. Congrats! 72, Nate

* On 2019 06 Jan 17:04 -0600, Wayne Dillon wrote: According to some current thought, Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant, created the code and made the first key. Some are of the opinion that it ought to b