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system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "Samoa..".

They wrote:
>> Go for a walk with the mutts or read a book.
JE> On Johnstone Island, I don't think there are any dogs.  That place is
JE> Half Mile wide and One Mile and a Half long.
JE> It's just long enough for a plane to land on, and take off, again.
>> Lately work and studies are becoming a norm I have to
>> get a break from and fix some things around here.
JE> Yup.  Know that feeling.  Been working hard here, too (again). ;-)
>> The 6m rig has decided to TVI like a BLEEP for some
>> reason (again)
JE> What TV is it messing with?  Neighbors, or your personal?
>> and the 440 FM beam has gone of tune after some pigeons decided it was a
>>great place to roost and bent my gamma out of line.
JE> That's simple <G>
>> To top it off my back decided to go one strike and I
>> got a three week unpaid vacation from work. Sucks.
JE> Ouch :-(  Hope that thing gets better, so you can climb the tower to
JE> on the equipment!
>> Chemicals? What have they got out there a Love Canal type thing?
JE> Dealing with Bio-hazardous waste, doing research, etc.
JE> Remember, this is Southwest Research Inc.

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assistant: ne
 Not even enough room for a good football game!
 Most islands I have heard about get creamed as soon as they sign on the air
by all sorts of paper chasers.
 One poor guy on a channel island last fall got so fed up with a Us amateur
hounding him he started his transmissions with:
 "This is G???,I am -NOT- calling W2???,but is anyone else there?"
 The US ham left him alone after a week of him reverse badgering him.
 I have an exam coming on the 26th so my books are it for the day.
 The software is easy to use,its having to know all the little bits and
ieces
that make the thing work the way it does that is the tiresome part.
 And since the test is on how it works....
 Dad's TV upstairs.
 Originally I blew the audio in the speakers,but chokes on the speaker leads
solved that problem.
 Now I'm doing the audio in again but only when he watches cable channel 9.
 Any other channel is fine except 9 on the cable.
 We also have a local TV channel 9 so I'm thinking a little intermod between
me
on 50.125 ssb and the local TV signal causing it.
 It doesn't help that I do 100w on 6m and the local channel 9 does 100,000.
 Not when you have to clean a pile of doo-doo off the gamma to get it apart
to clean it and re-tune it!
 That stuff bakes in the sun and gets as hard as concrete.
 3 hours of soaking the parts in hot water and laundry soap finally got that
gunk off them.
 Waht a smelly mess.
ork
 Paid the guy next door a casae of brown ones (beer) to go get it down for
e.
 Also fixed his stereo amp for free as part of the bargain.
 YUCK. Sounds more like a "Mutants-R-Us" situation with all that.
system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "3700 Sked...".

They wrote:
>>>> I can get back to playing on 160m again.
>>  JE> I'll love it when the band gets quiet again, and we can talk longer
>> Yep. But in my case its what the rig puts out only,no amplifier yet.
JE> As Wayne is fond of saying, it all depends on your antenna. If that's
JE> you've gotta work with, make it work the best for you!
>>  JE> Of course, by next weekend, I -should- have my rock crusher AM rig
>>  JE> back operation, again.  Had to get the modulator circuit finished,
JE> Project got put on hold, and I still havn't found a way to cut a circle
JE> 16th" steel plate. :-(  Maybe Monday.
JE> That's 2pm in the afternoon.  I just don't think a signal is going to
JE> travel more than about 500 miles on 75/80m during the daylight hours <G>
>> All sorts of classic AM capable rigs can be heard
JE> Ever listen to Timtron/WA1HLR (Or should I say "Double U Yay One Henry,
JE> Yellar, Radio - WA1 H Yell-R" up in Scowhegan, Maine?  Maybe even Uncle
JE> Ed/WA3PUN?
>>  JE> Have you heard anything from this far south on VHF?
>> Farthest I have been on 6m ssb is the Texas/ Oklahoma border to the west,
JE> Well, that's Central US covered <G>  West is a ways to go, yet - nearly
JE> another 1000 miles to get from El Paso to the West Coast!

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assistant: ll
 Perfectly flat matches at 3705 and 1858.
 Couldn't ask for better as 1855 is where I am on 160m all the time in the
winter and I'm spending more time on 3700 practicing my cw.
 Boy am I BAD at recieving...
 Need lots of practice to see the difference between an S and an H again.
 The tuner can bear the rest of the bandwidth I need to use for now until I
get a better antenna system for 80m.
 I like the dipole on 160 and it makes a great shorwave antenna aas well.
in
 How about a hole cutter kit?
 I know they have them for wood doors and some metal sheeting.
 Try a local hardware store or shop that supplies metal-shops.
 Maybe not but we have anet in Ontario running from around 6 am 'til 5pm that
covers near the whole province on 3755 (with a few relays of course).
 If you can listen for someone calling for check-ins to ON-TARS.
 Most controllers are in the Toronto area and a few are in Ottawa.
 I think I may have talked to WA1HLR once when I had AM.
 Wishful thinking for me.
 Will have to wait and see what the new cycle brings for 6m.
 I did not have a ticket during the last one,but if it is anything like it
as
on `another band' it is going ot be fun on 2 and 6 ssb.
system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Debra Turner about "G5RV Antenna".

They wrote:
CS>> TO DEAL WITH...HOWEVER, MANY MANY PEOPLE SWEAR BY IT..IT WORKS GREAT ON
CS>> 40, MARGINAL AT 75. I COULDNT TELL YOU ABOUT THE OTHER ANT YOU
DT> Hi Clark,
DT>  I thought it might not do very well on 75. Think I will stick with an
DT> Inverted Vee with coax as a feedline.

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assistant: In a msg of <08 Sep 97>, Debra Turner writes to Clark Smith:
 Debra simple and cheap inverted V can be made from a roll of speaker wire
nd
the chassis connector from an old radio. (female PL-259 jack)
 70 feet of twin-lead speaker wire can become two 70 foot legs of the dipole.
 Each leg would then be soldered to the chassis connector,one to the centre
and one to a mounting hole,to give a `live' and `ground' leg.
 Fed with 50 or so feet of co-ax and your all set.
 I had this for 80m when I first go HF a few years back and it worked fine.
system: You are David Steeman, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rob Dennis about "G5RV Antenna".

They wrote:
>  Debra simple and cheap inverted V can be made from a
> roll of speaker wire and
> the chassis connector from an old radio. (female
> PL-259 jack)
>  70 feet of twin-lead speaker wire can become two 70
> foot legs of the dipole.
>  Each leg would then be soldered to the chassis
> connector,one to the centre and one to a mounting
> hole,to give a `live' and `ground' leg.
>  Fed with 50 or so feet of co-ax and your all set.
>  I had this for 80m when I first go HF a few years
> back and it worked fine.

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assistant: It will undoubtedly work even better when you add a coax balun between the
legs and the coax. A roll of RG58 will do. The dimensions of the roll are in
the Arrl antenna handbook.
73's de David on4bds
on4bds
@microware.be
@on6ar.#an.bel.eu
@on4ufa.ampr.org
system: You are Tony Szablowski, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Motorola Charger".

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assistant: FOR SALE:
Motorola Desktop Charger, model #: NLN7175A
Slow\Quick Charging w\indicator lights.
Charger possibly for "Expo" radio battery(ies).
In good working condition.
Best offer takes it!
Contact here or via netmail or email: tonyski@cjbbs.com.
system: You are David Steeman, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Joost Luyten about "satelite antennas".

They wrote:
>  SB> Hello! I want to work Mir and was wondering what would be the best
>  Can't help you with the antennas, but I was wondering
> if Mir can be
>  worked at the moment (Mir crash a time ago...)

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assistant: I think these guys have other things to do now than ham radio... If I had
problems with my power supply, and
had to work through 15 hour-long days, I would hit the hay when I'm done,
instead of putting on my rig...
73's de David on4bds
on4bds
@microware.be
@on6ar.#an.bel.eu
@on4ufa.ampr.org
system: You are David Steeman, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Branko Radojevic about "Yaesu FT-11R".

They wrote:
> Can anyone suggest how to expand RX/TX range of this
> station ?

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assistant: I can't, but you can probably find it on this site on the Net:
http://vectorbd.vectorbd.com/bfd/file_dirs/mods/
It features a lot of mod's for all brands of rigs.
73's de David on4bds
on4bds
@microware.be
@on6ar.#an.bel.eu
@on4ufa.ampr.org
system: You are Deforest Sparks, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Stan Black about "Ramsey HR-40 reciever".

They wrote:
-=> As Stan Black was in thoughtful discussion with All <=-
SB> @MSGID: 1:392/11 8015ec36
SB> Hello!  I have built the ramsey hr-40 reciever kit and it seems to
SB> lack enough volume to drive even earphones.  I spoke with ramsey and
SB> the tech says it was  designed that way so you would have to buy an
SB> extra audio amp.  (not too cool) So, any ideas on how to build a simple
SB> small audio amp for this thing?  I  refuse to buy anything else from
SB> ramsey!  Or maybe you know of a better kit  that I can use as part of a
SB> qrp setup I'm building.  I'm an experienced  builder, so big doesn't
SB> bother me.  Thanks for reading this message!

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assistant: You could buy a set of the cheeper	Computer speakers that have the
built in amp then you would have the amp and speaker, and it would
not be to hard to add an ear phone jack to the speaker for head
phones.
... Those who stand on toilets are high on pot.
system: You are Stan Black, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "Re: Ramsey HR-40 reciever".

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assistant: Okay, Jeff I'll look around for a 741 op-amp circuit.  Any ideas where to
look?
Thanks for the reply!  Any ideas if a signal generator would help me set the
center operating frequency?  And if so, how would I hook it up?
Thanks again!
73 de Stan kc5bfa
system: You are Stan Black, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "741 amp".

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assistant: Hi Jeff,  I gues in all my messing around, I've lost the instructions (ha)
from Ramsey on how to set the range of the reciever.  It doesn't recieve very
much of the 40 meter band at one time.  So I have this Heathkit rf signal
generator and was wondering how to set it up to tune the reciever to the part
of the band where I listen to CW.  Possible??
In my mail today I got a new "Nuts and Volts" and it had an article on how to
use (you guessed it!) IC's to build audio amps.  First in line was the LM386.
From what I have seen, Ramsey really cheaped out and my 386 is probably
lown.
Gonna change that first then If that doesn't work I'll hit the streets in
search of a 741 to build into an amp.
Thanks for your help!
73 de Stan kc5bfa in hot and dry West Texas!!
system: You are Stan Black, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ivy Iverson about "Re: Ramsey HR-40 reciever".

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assistant: Hi Ivy, Thanks for the advice.  Our local Radio shack's have just about gone
out of the component business.  Guess they want to only sell big consumer
items!  Or the people that would work there for the most part don't
nderstand
the components!
73 de Stan kc5bfa
system: You are Stan Black, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "Wilson WH-2510".

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assistant: Hi Jeff, In your offical role as moderator, May I post a question on how to
tune an old business band radio that will recieve (a little) the 2 meter
and?
I only want to be able to recieve the b-band and use the rig as a mobile.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
73 de Stan kc5bfa
system: You are Paul Williams, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "Ramsey HR-40 reciever".

They wrote:
>> Hello!  I have built the ramsey hr-40 reciever kit and
JE> A little Op-Amp might be the trick.... there are several circuits around
JE> out the very generic 741 operational amplifier.
-=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams KB5IVG <=-

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assistant: Hi Jeff Edmonson, hope you are having a nice day
8<snip>8
8<snip>8
 741? I'd went with an LM386 or equiv.  Single supply and the gain
controlled by a cap. between pins 1 and 8 iirc.  Don't know about
the ramsey's kit's, but wouldn't be suprised if it had one in there
already since dang near everything else seems to use them.
... "I'm in a good mood today!"--Tom
system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "Samoa..".

They wrote:
JE> Maybe some leakage in the CATV cable.
JE> Try something else, have Dad tune to cable channel 18, and transmit
JE> anywhere on 2m.  Since 18 is half of 9, and 6m is one third of 2m, you
JE> might just be getting some fundamental overload of the cable system.
JE> grounding, and cable repair -should- take care of most of that, but if
JE> cable connection is corroded at the pole, or the source, you're probably
JE> not going to see any difference.
JE> Basically.  Bob/WY5L, hasn't been the same since he returned.  Probably
JE> something akin to "Agent Orange", or the "Gulf War Disease" - both
JE> warfare types.
JE> But, we're straying off of topic, and the moderators may jump in   };->

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assistant: Wiped out channels 17,18,19 while on 144.200 ssb.
 Same for anywhere from 144.150 to 147.995 on FM.
Good
the
 Would you believe a -splice- and barrel conector mess in our feedline that
is not supposed to be there? Jerks.
 They are replacing the ENTIRE run from pole to house next week.
 At -their- cost not ours.
Chemical
 oops....(I did a boo-boo)
 Back to the topics at hand.. HAM_TECH.
system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jeff Edmonson about "3700 Sked...".

They wrote:
>> Perfectly flat matches at 3705 and 1858.
>> Couldn't ask for better as 1855 is where I am on 160m
JE> I need to get back on CW - been off for a couple of weeks.
JE> Oh, it can't be -that- bad, Rob <G>
JE> There's supposedly a 'late-night' group that gets on down around this
JE> of the Country at about midnight or so, local time.  May wanna give that
JE> shot.  I might even try to get on, myself.
>> How about a hole cutter kit?
>> Try a local hardware store or shop that supplies metal-shops.
JE> yeah, but I've decided to go a different way, now.
JE> Since the "solid state audio driver" circuit (reference
JE> http://www.qsl.net/wa5bxo/driver1.html) is contained in an aluminum
JE> chassis, I've decided to go ahead and mount the tube sockets on top of
JE> -it-, and I've got another chassis that can hold the modulation
JE> as well as the filament transformers.
>> Will have to wait and see what the new cycle brings for 6m.
JE> 6m will act closer to 10/11m as far as conditions are concerned,
JE> the MUF gets that high.  But, it's been known to! <G>

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assistant: I need to refersh myself on my letters and numbers again.
 I've gone from 7 1/2 wpm to less than 5 in one summer.
 That -sucks-.
 It is when I'm out of practice on the `ear'ing side of code.
area
a
 Any idea on a freq they use?
 Most 160m activity seems to be from 1850 thru to 1890.
 With the exception of K1MAN intruding on the band 160m can be very quiet
unless you know where to look.
transformer
 Didn't some old 1920-1930 vintage recievers do that with their audio tubes
o
enhance the cosmetic looks of the product?
 The have an old AM radio from the 20's on display at the local scienice
museum that has all of its tudes mounted on top fro cooling and display.
 Should look nice if done real careful to blend in with the existing cabinet
metal work.
ssuming
 Yep. I leave a radio on 28.420 usb and (GASP!!) 27.1850 AM.
 When I hear the bumble-bee noises of 200 million truckers starting on
channel 19 at the same time as voices on 28.420 I check 50.125 and it is
usually wide open or just starting.
 Cheap,crude and poor method for 6m propagation prediction,but it does work.
system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to David Steeman about "G5RV Antenna".

They wrote:
>> Debra simple and cheap inverted V can be made from a roll of speaker wire
>>and the chassis connector from an old radio. (female PL-259 jack)
DS> It will undoubtedly work even better when you add a coax balun between
DS> legs and the coax. A roll of RG58 will do. The dimensions of the roll
DS> in the Arrl antenna handbook.

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assistant: the
re
 Actually it works better without.
 I had one up for about a year and it worked most of the East coast with no
problems at all.
 A balun on this type of antenna would only tend to add losses and make for a
tuning nightmare so I avoided it and went to a straight co-ax feed and cut to
tune.
 Starting with two 70 foot legs of wire it took less than an hour to tune it
up to 1.2 for 3750.
 Total cost was less than $25 CDN to make from wire and scrap parts.
system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Stan Black about "Ramsey HR-40 reciever".

They wrote:
SB> Okay, Jeff I'll look around for a 741 op-amp circuit.  Any ideas where
SB> look?

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assistant: In a msg of <14 Sep 97>, Stan Black writes to Jeff Edmonson:
o
 Stan check RadioShack.
 They used to carry small experimenter's (white covers,blue print) notebooks
on
various IC chips and circuits that could be played with in one evening.
 Nice little `quick hint' books for experimenters looking for an idea.
system: You are Allan Chandler, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Kenwood SMC-33 Mic".

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assistant: Hi there, I have a small problem which hopefully somebody out their can
 help me with. I have a Kenwood SMC-33 microphone which appears to have a
 fault in the curly cord. If i have it inserted in my 2 meter set and the
 radio is scanning i only have to move the curly cord ever so slightly and
 the radio stops scanning. This fault also appears if i am stopped on a
 specific frequency, with movement of the curly cord it will suddenly change
 frequency to another memory. The plug on the end is a 2 pin plug with a
 3.5mm transmit pin and a 2.5mm receive pin. Aswell as this the microphone
 also has 3 memory buttons located on the face of it. What i want to know is
 what is the wiring sequence for this mic. Unfortunately Kenwood seemed fit
 to put a sealed plug on it and i can't get into it to find out what wire
 goes where. Any light that anyone could share on this would be appreciated.
 73 de Allan.
 ZL2SKY.
... MONEY TALKS ...   but all mine ever says is GOODBYE!
-+- OLMS 2.53p UNREG
system: You are Paul Williams, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Stan Black about "741 amp".

They wrote:
SB> In my mail today I got a new "Nuts and Volts" and it had an article on
SB>how to use (you guessed it!) IC's to build audio amps.  First in line was
SB>the `LM386.
SB> From what I have seen, Ramsey really cheaped out and my 386 is probably
SB>blown.
SB> Gonna change that first then If that doesn't work I'll hit the streets
SB>in search of a 741 to build into an amp.
-=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams KB5IVG <=-

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assistant: Hi Stan Black, hope you are having a nice day
 Since it does have the 386 as the audio out, you might try changing
the capacitor that's connected to pins 1 and 8.  With no cap installed
the gain is around 26dB, if you put a 15uF in it jumps to 46dB or so.
I think the max value you can use is either 100 or 1000uF.
 You might just have a bad cap.
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