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system: You are Wayne Sarosi, 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 "dual-band j-pole".

They wrote:
SB> Hi Wayne! I'm trying to determine the
SB> measurements for a dual-band j-pole made
SB> out of 300 ohm twin lead. I want to
SB> enclose it in a length of PVC to protect
SB> it from the weather.  I'm going to mount
SB> it at 60 feet.  Thanks! 73 de Stan
SB> KC5BFA

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assistant: In a message to Wayne Sarosi <22 Jan 97 22:55> Stan Black wrote:
I believe my asst. moderator, Chris Boone has those plans.
Drop him a line. I don't have them. But there is a set of plans
out there. No sense of reinventing the wheel. They have been
posted several times before.
As far as suspending it in a piece of PVC, use sched 40, paint the pvc
with something to block the uv rays. Cap the top but before you
put the j-pole inside, screw in a ss eye hook to attach the antenna
to. Test the antenna to make sure nothing has changed. Drill a hole
near the eye hook.
After you have made your connections and run you coax out the bottom
or where you wish, seal the pvc cap on top and cap the bottom. Fill with
spray foam. DON'T over fill because that stuff expands fast. This
will protect the antenna for a very long time. Paint every two years.
-WS
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, 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 Ralph Mowery about "Halo Ants.".

They wrote:
>WS> LR> BTW...ever seen an antenna which looks like three delta-loops on
>WS> LR> the same horizontal plane?  It kind of resembles a 3-bladed
>WS> LR> propeller with very wide blades, only made of wire and not solid,
>WS> LR> of course!
>WS>Can't say that I have seen one. I've seen two bow ties, one vertical
>WS>one horizontal and phased together but that would be four.
>WS>What band is it used on?
RM> It is commonly called a Big Wheel.  Usually used on 2 meters and higher.
RM> Made out of 3 loops 1 wave length long.  They were mounted to give an
RM> omnidirectional horizontal signal.  Sometimes stacked up a pole in pairs
RM> or 4s for more gain.

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assistant: In a message to Wayne Sarosi <19 Jan 97 22:23> Ralph Mowery wrote:
A big wheel? The name sounds familar but I never saw one. It reminds me
of some of the names given to CB antennas. Interesting. Do you have any
plans? Is that a total length of one wave or three loops of one wave
each? Sounds interesting enough. If you have anything more on it there
are two of us interested.
-WS
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, 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 "Twin????".

They wrote:
> WS> In a message to Ke4Ooo <19 Jan 97 19:47> Wayne Sarosi wrote:
> WS>> If you have pbs you may want to catch the computer cronicle this week
> WS>> j
> WS>> jmetz@microfone.net
> WS> Yo Jmetz, use your name not mine!
> WS>  + Origin: KB4YLY Moderator (1:374/73.2)
RD> I must have missed something here...
RD> Is there someone else out there with your name Wayne ?
RD> Wouldn't be the first time FIDO has a few `twins' floating around.

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assistant: In a message to Wayne Sarosi <23 Jan 97 14:55> Rob Dennis wrote:
Naw. I'm the only Wayne Sarosi in the world. Already checked. looks
like a system puked somewhere.
-WS
system: You are Tedd Doda, 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 Martin Campbell about "transverters".

They wrote:
MC> Hi everyone.  Can anyone give me the address of any places where
MC> I can get  a 6m transverter that works with a 10m hf rig?  Kits
MC> or assembled units,  but must be reasonable on price!  Not like
MC> some places that want more than  I payed for the hf rig. Thanks.

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assistant: Greetings Martin:
Replying to a message of Martin Campbell to all:
Give Manfred Zielinski a call (fax) @ 1-519-664-3082. He's in St Jacobs,
Ontario, Canada, and owns MAS Enterprises.
I've been using one of his 10 meter to 6 meter transverters for about 5
years and have *NEVER* had a problem with it! Output is 6 watts on 6m
and has an adjustable input attenuator. I'm using an old HR2510 as the 10
meter IF. Very easy to modify for low power output (max input to the
transverter is 1 watt...I think?)
Hope that helps.......
Tedd   [Team OS/2, in Canada]
e-mail lazeraud@sentex.net
packet va3sed@va3sed
voice call ve3tjd
system: You are Tedd Doda, 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 Terry Bendell about "6M NUT...".

They wrote:
TB> why not build a 10 meter <> 6 transverter and use your HF rig, it
TB> has ten meters don't it? or if you like leave a message in the
TB> Ham Sale echo, I'm sure theres LOTS of used 2510's forsale
TB> there, likely you could trade them for a Hand-Held or Similar FM
TB> device. That way you get on the Six Meter Repeaters as well.

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assistant: Greetings Terry:
Replying to a message of Terry Bendell to Tom Walker:
Not quite true as the unmodified 2510 doesn't have repeater shifts.
The only way to get shifts is to upgrade to a Chipswitch, or get a
2600.
I've been using a 2510 along with a MAS transverter for 5 years and
haven't heard anyone I couldn't work!
73, de Tedd   [Team OS/2, in Canada]
e-mail lazeraud@sentex.net
packet va3sed@va3sed
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 Rob Dennis about "Re: dual-band j-pole".

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assistant: Hey Rob! Thanks for the j-pole dimensions!!  Will it affect it if it's inside
the pvc pipe?  I've been told to shorten it by 5%.  What say ye?  Thanks es
3
de Stan kc5bfa
system: You are Ray Wade, 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 Alvin Wilson about "Beginner".

They wrote:
AW> The bandwidth of an SSB transmission is about 1/2 the bandwidth
AW> of an AM transmission (actually slightly less than 1/2 the bandwidth
AW> due to filtering).

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assistant: On (24 Jan 97) Alvin Wilson wrote to Ray Wade...
So how wide did I say an AM signal is?
... ... I like children... but I don't think I could eat a whole one.
system: You are Nasser Al-Thekair, 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 Dave Franks about "Beginner".

They wrote:
DF>.MSGID: 2:542/600 00191765
DF>NA>Nice,I'd like you to introduce me to them,as a new arrival.
DF>Keep your eyes open is the best I can advise, they show up now and again.
DF>In the meantime whoever is here seems willing to chat.

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assistant: Sure I know they are, but I was hoping to meet some.
Best Regards.
system: You are Terry Bendell, 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 Tedd Doda about "6M NUT...".

They wrote:
> Not quite true as the unmodified 2510 doesn't have repeater shifts.
> The only way to get shifts is to upgrade to a Chipswitch, or get a
> 2600.
>
> I've been using a 2510 along with a MAS transverter for 5 years and
> haven't heard anyone I couldn't work!

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assistant: Why not do it on the cheap? I did, When I built my transverter I simply
provided a three way switch to switch it between standard 6 meter
repeater shifts, easy on rx its in the simplex position on transmit
the thing switches in the shift crystal. Cost maybe an extra $19.
Why waste a perfectly good IF Radio and spend $100 or more to upgrade it
when such a simple solution is in order?
73...Terry
system: You are Craig Sutton, 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 Roy Witt about "passive rebroadcast".

They wrote:
RW> appear to be blank signs to reflect (and redirect) their signals.
RW> Totally passive, meaning no power requirement at all. A smaller size
RW> reflector could possibly be "aimed" to get what you want.
RW> Sometimes that's not even required...I lived in a valley surrounded by
RW> high hills and 2800ft mountains...by pointing my "suburban" antenna
RW> the west at that 2800ft mountain, I recieved tv signals originating from
RW> the southeast..
RW> Pointing the antenna at the tv signal got the station, but with two or
RW> three ghost signals, which lead me to a search for one of those ghost
RW> signals..
RW> I often thought of placing an antenna on a nearby hill and doing just
RW> Craig has asked...I don't think his passive idea would work as well as a
RW> transverter.

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assistant: toward
I am surrounded by mountains as well, the only signal can be received on top
of the mountain :(
well i guess a ghosty signal could be better than none at all.
what
Well i got the idea from an Australian magazine, the article said that due to
the extreme signal loss its only good for short distances.
Have to work out how to connect the two aerials though. At this stage i
think the masthead amp is connected as usual, the downlead going into the
power unit by the set and the lead which comes out and plugs into the
antenna socket at the tv set should run straight to the balun of the other
aerial?? so the amplified signal isn't being fed to the set its going
straight into the broadcast aerial??
Now the tricky challenging bit for the maths experts out there. Say at the
top of the mountain the signals very good on each of the 4 vhf channels the
TV aerial is designed to recieve (lets say they are equal strength for the
sake of things). Signal is fed to masthead amplifier (34db gain) and output
to aerial thats identical to the receive aerial for rebroadcast. Anyone know
what sort of power the rebroadcast aerial would put out?
I know it depends on the aerials so lets say the aerials give 8db of gain on
each of the channels its designed for.
system: You are Ron Engele, 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 "Puzzled?".

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assistant: I've got a Kenwood TM-32A, (144/440) and am puzzled about what recently
went wrong.  For some reason I'm not getting any audio out of the 144
side, (very, very low sound).   The audio on the 440 side is loud and
clear.  I've tried shutting everything down, (back to factory settings), and
still very low audio from the 144 side.  Doesn't make
any sense to me.     Any suggestions?  Leave a message here. KE4OWN.
Thanks.
system: You are Doug Espy, 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 "Atari/PKT".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Rob Dennis to Doug Espy <=-
DE> I think I have the Atari echo tagged. I think I put a
DE> notice to all hams on
DE> that aera as well. This message is saved as a text file for future
DE> reference. If you remember anything else let me know.
DE> Also if you run into
DE> a guru on this subject I would like to obtain info for contact. 73's
DE> KE4GQE
RD> Doug if you have Internet access the QRZ site has a small directory
RD> of Amiga stuff on it.
RD> Use Yahoo to search for `QRZ' and it will return the URL.
RD> I'll check my CD's here and see if I have any files for an Amiga.
RD> What software were you looking for specifically?

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assistant: Packet software, The best and most powerful hopefully. Maybe a packet BBS if
hardware will allow. KE4GQE
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system: You are Vernon Bridgewater, 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 "antennas".

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assistant: I know this is proably not the place for this but I will try.  I am
looking for plans of kits to build a simple beam dircctional 11 meter
antenna. Right now I have a 5/8 wave ground plain that will wet me out
50 to 60 miles but I would like to have a strong signial in one
direction. Something that has a pretty high gain. If you know of any
thin that would work please let me know. thanks
Vern B.  Email me at vbridgewater@infoway.lib.nm.us
system: You are Ke4Ooo, 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 Ralph Mowery about "Halo Ants.".

They wrote:
> They are in the 71,72, and 73 Handbooks.  Undert the Portable and
> emergency equipment.  They look like a 1/2 wave dipole that is gamma
> matched.  For 2 meters the loop is 38 inches with a gap of 1.5 inches
> This is a real crude drawing and should be bent in a circle.  The
> diameter of the element is 3/8 or 1/2 inch tubing and the gamma rod is
> 1/8 inch in diameter.
> This is a narrorw band width antenna and is probably cut to the low end
> of the band.   The Handbook did not tell the design frequency other than
> 2 meters.

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assistant: Re: Halo Ants.
Thanks,
 I will try to find a copy of that handbook and go over it.
73,
 Greg
 ke4ooo
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 "dual-band j-pole".

They wrote:
SB> Hey Rob! Thanks for the j-pole dimensions!!  Will it affect it if it's
SB> inside the pvc pipe?  I've been told to shorten it by 5%.  What say ye?
SB> Thanks es 73 de Stan kc5bfa

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assistant: Your welcome for the plans Stan
 Not too sure about tye PVC pipe but it should work fine as long as you check
the SWR with antenna inside the PVC pipe before you seal it up to
weather-proof
it.
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, 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 "Finally".

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assistant: I've been saying I'll get my antennas up for a year now ... OK
18 months. The 2m LPA is up and working. At 46 feet it can turn
on it's own rotor free of the shaft drive main rotor. The ten element
ten foot long 2m LPA has 9dB of gain. SWR is:
     142 - 1.5:1
     143 - 1.2:1
     144 - 1.1:1
     145 - 1.1:1
     146 - 1.1:1
     147 - 1.2:1
     148 - 1.3:1
     149 - 1.4:1
SMOKIN' 2m LPA
It's fed with 9913.
HF LPDA is next weekend save the weather. I know I know ... but
it's going up save the weather. I have a Trough 67cm FM going up
also. 15 dB of gain. Hey, something different.
-WS
system: You are Wa4Mjf Ronnie, 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 Alvin Wilson about "BEGINNER".

They wrote:
> The bandwidth of an SSB transmission is about 1/2 the bandwidth
> of an AM transmission (actually slightly less than 1/2 the bandwidth
> due to filtering).

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assistant: Hi Alvin,  SSB is Amplitude Modulation.  I think u meant that SSB is
narrower than Full carrier DSB AM, DSB Suppressed carrier AM, SSB with
carrier AM etc.  73
system: You are Alvin Wilson, 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 Wa4Mjf Ronnie about "BEGINNER".

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assistant: Hi there Ronnie  !
Yes you are right, any method of communication which uses amplitude as a
means of modulation is Technically "AM" (television being on of them).
However, the common everyday use of the terms "SSB" and "AM" are
understood by most radio operators as "Single sideband-Supressed
carrier" and "Double sideband-Full carrier".  This is because most
radios (Ham, CB and commercial etc.) manufactured over the last 25
years use the generic terms "SSB" and "AM" on the mode switches.  Also,
it's just plain easier to say than "A3A" or "A3J".  I also didn't want
to confuse the "beginner' any more than necessary.
Have Fun on the Bands,
                            Alvin
system: You are Ralph Mowery, 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 Wayne Sarosi about "Halo Ants.".

They wrote:
WS>A big wheel? The name sounds familar but I never saw one. It reminds me
WS>of some of the names given to CB antennas. Interesting. Do you have any
WS>plans? Is that a total length of one wave or three loops of one wave
WS>each? Sounds interesting enough. If you have anything more on it there

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assistant: I don't have any good plans for that antenna.  About all that I have on
it is that it is made up of  (for 2 meters) 3 loops of small tubing that
is 80 inches long.  Starting from a vertical mast the tubing goes out
1/4 wavelength, then makes a turn for 1/2 wavelength, then turns back to
the mask for 1/4 wavelenght.  I think that the angle of the tubing
going out from the mask is 100 deg.  Looks like a wire outline of a
3 bladed fan except the blades would be horizontal like a heliocopter
rotator blades. The 3 loops are hooked in parallel at the mask and there
is mention of a stub matching loop, but no information was mentioned on
the drawing that I saw. It is suspose to have some small gain over a
dipole and you can stack 2 or 4 one over the other for 3 to 6 db of
gain. There is probably an artical in some old QST magazines on it as
the info that I have is from an old ARRL publication.
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, 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 Vernon Bridgewater about "antennas".

They wrote:
VB> I know this is proably not the place for this but I will try.  I am
VB> looking for plans of kits to build a simple beam dircctional 11 meter
VB> antenna. Right now I have a 5/8 wave ground plain that will wet me out
VB> 50 to 60 miles but I would like to have a strong signial in one
VB> direction. Something that has a pretty high gain. If you know of any
VB> thin that would work please let me know. thanks
VB> Vern B.  Email me at vbridgewater@infoway.lib.nm.us

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assistant: In a message to All <26 Jan 97 22:43> Vernon Bridgewater wrote:
Antennas are antennas on this echo. Discussing CB radio and 10-4 are
not.
You can purchase a Cushcraft 10m three element yagi, add the following
extentions on the ends of the elements:
Reflector (Back element) 4.5" of aluminum tubing that will just
slid over the ends of the existing elements on each side. Secure
with a sheet metal screw (you'll have to drill a hole smaller than
the screw).
Driven Element (middle) 4.5" same as above.
Director (front) 4.0" same as above.
Mount vertically so the tips are up on one side.
               D    DE    R
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               |    |     |
            <  ============
               |    |     |
               |    |     |
There you go.
-WS
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, 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 Ke4Ooo about "Halo Ants.".

They wrote:
ke> Re: Halo Ants.
>> They are in the 71,72, and 73 Handbooks.  Undert the Portable and
>> emergency equipment.  They look like a 1/2 wave dipole that is gamma
>> matched.  For 2 meters the loop is 38 inches with a gap of 1.5 inches
>> This is a real crude drawing and should be bent in a circle.  The
>> diameter of the element is 3/8 or 1/2 inch tubing and the gamma rod is
>> 1/8 inch in diameter.
>> This is a narrorw band width antenna and is probably cut to the low end
>> of the band.   The Handbook did not tell the design frequency other than
>> 2 meters.
ke> Thanks,
ke> I will try to find a copy of that handbook and go over it.
ke> 73,
ke> Greg
ke> ke4ooo

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assistant: In a message to Ralph Mowery <26 Jan 97  0:51> ke4ooo wrote:
If you get a copy of it send me one too.
Wayne M. Sarosi
995 Alabama St.
Titusville, FL 32796-2064
I'll reemburse you for copy and postage.
-WS
system: You are Holger Granholm, 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 Clay Hartsoe about "Netmail".

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assistant: Dear Clay,
I DID reply to your question but I have heard nothing since.
My Netmail address is still 2:20/228.
73 de Sam, OH0NC
system: You are Wade Patton, 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 "radio shack pro-2023".

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assistant: Are there any mods for the rs pro 2023 scanner?  Amateur bands are my
primary interest.  thanks
KF4GFZ...Wade
system: You are Michael Sharon, 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 "Help".

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assistant: Greetings,
Having trouble with the feeds for the echo. Anyone seeing this message,
Please respond.
Your response is greatly appreciated,
 Sincerely,
 Michael Sharon
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system: You are Jurgen Geldhof, 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 "Stacking a 20 m + a 15 m monobander".

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assistant: Hi,
does anyone have any experience with the stacking of a 20 m 3 or 4-element
monobander and a 15 m 4-element monobander ?
How do they affect each other, and which spacing between the 2 of them
should be used to minimize their interaction ?
They would be put up on a 15 m tower.
bye
Jurgen ON4BCJ