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Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets - Wed, 01/27/2021 20:00-21:00
#cal-reminder
Reasonable copy on both bands tonight with some QRN. Playing on the new Yaesu FTdx-10 at 5 watts. I'm really liking the receiver and digital filters. 73 - Dave, N4ELM
Reasonable copy on both bands tonight with some QRN. Playing on the new Yaesu FTdx-10 at 5 watts. I'm really liking the receiver and digital filters. 73 - Dave, N4ELM
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Dave Redfearn
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40 and 80 meter nets
Johnny, Delta took out my 80 Meter inverted vee and twisted the 40 Meter loaded dipole around a bit on the mast with the tribander. I'm still not really able to climb much yet, so I used a 30 ft Jackt
Johnny, Delta took out my 80 Meter inverted vee and twisted the 40 Meter loaded dipole around a bit on the mast with the tribander. I'm still not really able to climb much yet, so I used a 30 ft Jackt
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Dave Redfearn
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Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets - Wed, 10/14/2020
#cal-notice
There is a digital signal right on 7.122. 73 - Dave, N4ELM
There is a digital signal right on 7.122. 73 - Dave, N4ELM
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Dave Redfearn
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Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets - Wed, 10/14/2020
#cal-notice
The MTR3b should tune up there, My MTR4b does. 73 - Dave, N4ELM
The MTR3b should tune up there, My MTR4b does. 73 - Dave, N4ELM
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Dave Redfearn
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Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets - Wed, 10/07/2020 20:00-21:00
#cal-reminder
Did someone tell Bert? :-) Dave, N4ELM
Did someone tell Bert? :-) Dave, N4ELM
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Dave Redfearn
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40 METER NET MOVED TO 7.120
looks like he's on 7.121 now. de N4ELM
looks like he's on 7.121 now. de N4ELM
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Dave Redfearn
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40 & 80 meter net
Bert, Thanks for pulling me out of the noise! Tonight I was running the Sierra at 2 - 2.5 watts. The antenna on 40 M is a rotatable dipole up about 45 feet. Today I got my 80 M inverted vee back up fr
Bert, Thanks for pulling me out of the noise! Tonight I was running the Sierra at 2 - 2.5 watts. The antenna on 40 M is a rotatable dipole up about 45 feet. Today I got my 80 M inverted vee back up fr
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Dave Redfearn
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40 AND 80 Meter Net Report
Thanks Johnny! A lot of thunder crashes on 80 tonight and copy was pretty rough. I was running my TAC-1 40 & 80 Meter radios tonight. Used them last week too but when you did not respond back to me on
Thanks Johnny! A lot of thunder crashes on 80 tonight and copy was pretty rough. I was running my TAC-1 40 & 80 Meter radios tonight. Used them last week too but when you did not respond back to me on
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Dave Redfearn
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OHR Sprint I instructions
Charles, I have a couple of OHR Sprints - 30 & 40 M. I have a photocopy of the 30 & 40 Meter manuals that I got from Marshall last year. These have direct conversion receivers and make about 1-2 watts
Charles, I have a couple of OHR Sprints - 30 & 40 M. I have a photocopy of the 30 & 40 Meter manuals that I got from Marshall last year. These have direct conversion receivers and make about 1-2 watts
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Dave Redfearn
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80 METER NET REPORT
My first time remembering to listen for the nets :-) Rig was a KX3 @ 5watts to a rotatable dipole on 40M and an inverted vee on 80M. Signals for the 40M net were very weak in Louisiana. At some point,
My first time remembering to listen for the nets :-) Rig was a KX3 @ 5watts to a rotatable dipole on 40M and an inverted vee on 80M. Signals for the 40M net were very weak in Louisiana. At some point,
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Dave Redfearn
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Murania on 5 MHz?
Would it be practical to mod the Murania to tune between 5 & 6 MHz? 73 - Dave, N4ELM
Would it be practical to mod the Murania to tune between 5 & 6 MHz? 73 - Dave, N4ELM
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Dave Redfearn
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Filters for portable ops
I posted a couple of presentations I did a while back on homebrewing filters using ELSIE and Altoids tins. These were meant as an overview of the process and results rather than specific recipes of fi
I posted a couple of presentations I did a while back on homebrewing filters using ELSIE and Altoids tins. These were meant as an overview of the process and results rather than specific recipes of fi
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Dave Redfearn
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Filters for portable ops
From the ARRL page, check out: https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/9805044.pdf and https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/9806039.pdf I built QRP versions of these
From the ARRL page, check out: https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/9805044.pdf and https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/9806039.pdf I built QRP versions of these
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Dave Redfearn
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QRPOMETER kit ?
I have an unbuilt QRPometer kit which does not have the digital meter module. Looking through the manual, I didn't see a part number or description of the digital meter. What digital meter module was
I have an unbuilt QRPometer kit which does not have the digital meter module. Looking through the manual, I didn't see a part number or description of the digital meter. What digital meter module was
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Dave Redfearn
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FrankenCricket - updated parts list
I am re-posting the list of parts I used to update the Cricket 80 to the 80A. I had forgotten a part in the original posting but could not edit it in the swap from Yahoo to Groups.io. Here is the upda
I am re-posting the list of parts I used to update the Cricket 80 to the 80A. I had forgotten a part in the original posting but could not edit it in the swap from Yahoo to Groups.io. Here is the upda
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Dave Redfearn
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FrankenCricket - Update!
Thanks to Dave, NM0S, who pointed me in the right direction on the RX muting circuit. So D1 is correct on the 80A schematic. After fixing that I still had RX muted so I swapped out the 180 pf cap and
Thanks to Dave, NM0S, who pointed me in the right direction on the RX muting circuit. So D1 is correct on the 80A schematic. After fixing that I still had RX muted so I swapped out the 180 pf cap and
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Dave Redfearn
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FrankenCricket - It's alive!
After Ozarkcon 2017, I ordered and received a Cricket 80 kit and stuck it on the shelf for "later". The open board design was OK but I thought I might want to build one into a box so I ordered additio
After Ozarkcon 2017, I ordered and received a Cricket 80 kit and stuck it on the shelf for "later". The open board design was OK but I thought I might want to build one into a box so I ordered additio
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Dave Redfearn
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LNR Precision MTR-B
Hi Jim, I'll have my MTR5B with me at Ozarkcon. I got it in February and really have not had a chance to use it much yet. Feel free to look me up and watch me figure out how to use it :-) It does not
Hi Jim, I'll have my MTR5B with me at Ozarkcon. I got it in February and really have not had a chance to use it much yet. Feel free to look me up and watch me figure out how to use it :-) It does not
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Ozarkcon Vender & Swap tables?
OK Thanks! Working on packing up stuff! I always bring too much but its fun playing with all the toys. See you all in a couple of days. 73 - Dave, N4ELM
OK Thanks! Working on packing up stuff! I always bring too much but its fun playing with all the toys. See you all in a couple of days. 73 - Dave, N4ELM
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Dave Redfearn
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Ozarkcon Vender & Swap tables?
The other week I signed up for my first Ozarkcon! Got the hotel & banquet but Swap tables were all full up. If anyone is interested in sharing table space, I have a several built & unbuilt QRP kits th
The other week I signed up for my first Ozarkcon! Got the hotel & banquet but Swap tables were all full up. If anyone is interested in sharing table space, I have a several built & unbuilt QRP kits th
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