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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 All about "Hidden HF Wire".

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assistant: All:
  While looking for a way to have an antenna for packet/FM that was NOT on my
tower,I found a nice place to put it (other than hanging from the ceiling).
  There was just enough space under my deck out back to hide a RS discone.
  While under the deck,and looking at all those nice wooden beams,I wondered
how hard it would be to hide a folded dipole there. This could be done in as
little as 12-24 inches of clearance between the deck and the ground.
  Parts :
   1 50 foot roll of "zip-cord" speaker wire.
   A foot or two of scrap insulated wire.
   Garbage bag twist ties.(the ones everyone hoards in the garage)
   Some 1 inch finishing nails.
   A chassis PL-259 connector.(the square ones with screw holes in)
   Length of co-ax long enough to reach to the rig.
  Method:
   Unroll the zip-cord off the reel,then split it down the middle.
   You now have 2 , 50 foot lengths to play with.
   Strip the scrap wire insulation in half inch bits.
   Slip the bits of insulation onto the finishing nails.
   Strip one end of each 50 foot piece of wire,and solder
one wire to the center
of the chassis PL-259 and the other 50 foot wire thru a screw hole.
    Under the deck,put the nails in the beams so that the wires will look
ike
a pair of "S" curves.
      =========X     X=========
      |                       |
      |=========     =========|
               |     |
      =========|     |=========
  The PL-259 should be at the "X".
  The "S" can also be `head-to-head'as well,just depends on the space you
ave
to play with under the deck.(like |-X X-| )
  The "S" could also have more than one "S" curve per leg.
  The nails go in each corner of the "S" to support the wire.
  Use the twist-ties to hold the wire onto the nails on top of the insulation
to keep the wire away from the wood.
  Run some co-ax to it,tuner-up,and away you go.
  May not work on 80 meters,but should do for 40 and up.
system: You are James Aeschliman, 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 "Dipole Antenna with Tasse".

They wrote:
JE> > JE>Here's some antenna discussion fodder:
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE>A typical dipole cut for the lowest frequency you plan on working
JE> > JE>(ie: 80m)
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE>|-----------------------| |------------------------|
JE> > JE>                        | |
JE> > JE>                        | |  <--Feedline
JE> > JE>                        | |
JE> > JE>                     ___|_|___
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE>|-----------------------| |------------------------|
JE> > JE>         |              | |                 |
JE> > JE>                        | |   <--Feedline
JE> > JE>                        | |
JE> > JE>                     ___|_|___
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE>Above, the same 80m dipole with 40m 'tassles' installed.
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE>A 'tassle' is just a chunk of wire around 4 to 6" in length,
JE> > JE>soldered onto the existing dipole, at the distance from the
JE> > JE>feedpoint calculated for 40m, to allow for resonation at 40m.
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE>The result is a dual-band HF antenna that will not only work
JE> > JE>on 75/80, but 40/15m as well.  (15m being the third harmonic
JE> > JE>of 7MHz)
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE>Don't see why this won't work for a 40/20m situation, either.
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE>Pro's: a substantial savings on the amount of wire used for the
JE> > JE>dipole - only one coax run needed, if setup right no
JE> > JE>tuner/balun needed.
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE>Am interested in hearing from anyone why they think this
JE> > JE>will/will not work.
JE>
JE> > I thought traps were required, not just 4 to 6 inches of wire.
JE>
JE>Conventional thinking, maybe <G>  But, traps have historically been used
JE>-
JE>and, they're a compromise.
JE>
JE> > Interesting idea, but I've never tried it.  The only thing I've
JE> > done is 80 and 40 meter dipoles fed with a single coax.
JE>

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assistant: <<***** On 07-10-97, JEFF EDMONSON wrote to JAMES AESCHLIMAN: *****>>
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Very interesting theory.  As I understand it, it's the same as having having
both an 80 and 40 meter dipole on the same coax, except the V is about 30 ft
down each leg of the 80 meter dipole, instead of at the center.
I'm still going to use separate 80 and 40 meter dipoles for my home station,
because I'm also using the antennas to guy the 10 ft mast I'll be using.
But, I'll keep it in mind for a field antenna.  It would definately make for
less tangled wires.
73
James Aeschliman               KD7MK
Black Diamond, Washington      bb840@scn.org
system: You are John Mudd, 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 James Pearce about "HW-7 info thanks".

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assistant: sorry about the interrupt!
if you can get on the web you might try
www.sarrio.com
the guy supposedly specializes in manuals.
no personal experience, just heard a coment.
good luck
73 de kc5gmm
john
system: You are Larry Kunz, 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 "HAM_TECH Rules Posting".

They wrote:
JE> AREA:HAM_TECH
JE>  >  RD>>>> Here it is: lobo@megabits.com
JE>  >  JE> Have him send me something then, please?
JE>
JE>  >  Will do.

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assistant: On (11 Jul 97  12:58:01) Jeff Edmonson wrote to Rob Dennis ...
Jeff, it is megabits.net <--- not .com
Larry
... A ZPOINTless Tagline
system: You are Bob Albert, 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 Joe Delahaye about "Re: fido constipation".

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assistant: Joe, you are the first person I have seen who is in Kanata.  I just
finished a job for Lumonics, a company who has a facility there.  What
is the ham population like?  Do you operate HF?  Maybe we can have a
QSO..
73 DE K6DDX
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 All about "Icom 02AT".

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assistant: Help!!  I reset my 02at by holding the function key and turning it on.  Now
the display reads "00.00" and won't take a number over 45.00. What do I need
to do to make my radio function again??  I didn't get a manual with it. :(
Any help is appreciated!  Oh, info on how to program the memories would be
helpful also!  73 de Stan KC5BFA   Thanks!!
system: You are Fred Mckenzie, 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 "J-Pole (Different, But Th".

They wrote:
JE> As for the diagram, let me see if I can import it here, on the BBS,
JE> instead of the windows based point system.  Seems that the
JE> graphics/fonts don't jive just right, and it looks absolutly
JE> -horrible- when it comes out <G>
-> Alice4Mac 2.4.4 E QWK Eval:30Sep95

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assistant: In a message dated 07-07-97 JEFF EDMONSON wrote to CHARLES MOODY:
  Jeff-
     The ones that used standard ASCII characters, look good when viewed with
a "mono-spaced font".  I use Courier font, but Monaco also would work.  In
future ASCII artwork, you might include a note to this effect.
     The one you posted from an article that appeared in CQ, written by
8YDF,
 used non-standard characters.  When using the Courier font, it could be
deciphered, but still had some garbage characters.  Some terminal programs
may be able to display these characters correctly, but they might not be
compatible with a text editor.
     73, Fred, K4DII
Origin: Alice strikes back @
system: You are Fred Mckenzie, 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 "J-Pole Antenna".

They wrote:
JE> A 'tassle' is just a chunk of wire around 4 to 6" in length, soldered
JE> onto the existing dipole, at the distance from the feedpoint
JE> calculated for 40m, to allow for resonation at 40m.
JE> The result is a dual-band HF antenna that will not only work on
JE> 75/80, but 40/15m as well.  (15m being the third harmonic of 7MHz)
-> Alice4Mac 2.4.4 E QWK Eval:30Sep95

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assistant: In a message dated 07-08-97 JEFF EDMONSON wrote to ROB DENNIS:
  Jeff-
     Are you saying this scheme WILL work?  If so, I can't argue with
uccess,
 even though it doesn't appear likely!
     I would think that current on both sides of the Tassle would have to be
near-zero, for a voltage maximum to exist.  The remaining quarter wave length
is still part of the antenna, so current at the far end would have to be
igh.
  Since you can't have current flowing from the end of the antenna wire, it
CAN'T be a current maximum, and must be a voltage maximum (or at least a
relatively high voltage).
     This forces current high/voltage low at location of the tassle, and
current low/voltage high at the feedpoint.  Such an antenna may be resonant,
but I would expect feedpoint impedance to be quite high.
     If you want to operate with a single, simple antenna, why not use this
similar configuration:  A dipole as long as you can fit on your property, fed
with open-wire line, matched by a tuner with balanced output.  SWR is high on
most bands, but feedline loss is low on HF.  There may be some loss in the
tuner, but the transceiver sees 1:1 SWR.
     73, Fred, K4DII
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system: You are James Aeschliman, 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 "Dipole Antenna with Tasse".

They wrote:
JE> > JE>Conventional thinking, maybe <G>  But, traps have historically been
JE>used
JE> > JE>-and, they're a compromise.
JE> > JE>
JE> > JE> > Interesting idea, but I've never tried it.  The only thing I've
JE> > JE> > done is 80 and 40 meter dipoles fed with a single coax.
JE> > JE>
JE>
JE> > Very interesting theory.  As I understand it, it's the same as
JE> > having having
JE> > both an 80 and 40 meter dipole on the same coax, except the V is
JE> > about 30 ft
JE> > down each leg of the 80 meter dipole, instead of at the center.
JE>
JE>Don't know what 'V' you're talking about... stretch it out as a normal
JE>"flat-top" dipole or string it as an inverted vee - either way, at 75m
JE>(for
JE>example 3.900MHz) each leg is 60' (468/3.9 = 120 = 1/2 wavelength - each
JE>leg of a dipole is 1/4 wavelength, so 120'/2 = 60').
JE>

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assistant: <<***** On 07-12-97, JEFF EDMONSON wrote to JAMES AESCHLIMAN: *****>>
Sorry, the V I was referring to is the V the 80 and 40 meter dipoles make at
the center insulator, thus:
                                               /
                                              /
        Viewed from above                    /
                                            /
                                           /      One V
                                          /
                                         /
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 Larry Kunz about "Posting....".

They wrote:
LK> On (11 Jul 97  12:58:01) Jeff Edmonson wrote to Rob Dennis ...
JE>  >  RD>>>>> Here it is: lobo@megabits.com
JE>  >  JE>> Have him send me something then, please?
LK> Jeff, it is megabits.net <-+- not .com

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assistant: Ooooops!
 Definatley a late night when I did that one.
 Thanks for the correction Larry.
system: You are Joe Delahaye, 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 Bob Albert about "Re: fido constipation".

They wrote:
-> Joe, you are the first person I have seen who is in Kanata.  I just
-> a job for Lumonics, a company who has a facility there.  What is the ham
-> population like?  Do you operate HF?  Maybe we can have a QSO..

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assistant: finished
Sorry, but it was not I who lives there, but rather the party I was talking
to.
 I live about 200 miles west of Kanata, just accross Lake Ontario from
Rochester.
Joe
system: You are Chris Wright, 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 Richard Webb about "DOS based ham access".

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assistant: you could try getting in contact with your local PC users group
they are well clued up on software like that & may have contacts
for you or even someone else that is hard of sight who is/knows
of something to help.
the other way to go is to log onto one of your local Bbs's especialy
those dealing with radio & ham info
I hope these 2 suggestions work out for you if you need more help don't
hesitate to call.
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 Jeff Edmonson about "Multiband antennas".

They wrote:
>  II> I would be very intereted to see such a comparison to see if the
>  II> tassle type is really equal to the 2-wire type or if the resonance
>  II> of the of the longer leg disrupts the resonance of the higher
>  II> frequency portion.
>  ...
JE> I'm not saying that it will "out perform" - everyone knows that a
JE> mono-band antenna is the best for that band!

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assistant: On (16 Jul 97) Jeff Edmonson wrote to Ivy Iverson...
Not quite, Jeff. Gotta remember a simple dipole is a mono-band. *Any*
tri band beam will out perform a dipole. And *some* tri band or multi
band beams will out perform *some* monoband beams! <g> Boom lenght is
king when talking about beam antennas!
... I don't have a solution but I do admire the problem.
system: You are Henning Hertz, 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 Whoever Knows about "6146s".

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assistant: Hi, there!
Anyone out there who can tell me if there are any significant differences
between the 6146B and the 6146W?
I stumbled over some W's mil surplus, all brand new and in original cartons,
and I intend to use them to keep my old TS520 alive - that is, if they
will do the job properly, of course.
BTW if one of You come across a TV506, functional or non-op pls let me
now...
(as NetMail is pretty unreliable across the Atlantic I can be reached at:
henning.hertz@235-203-11.fido.plys.net)
73 de OZ6TY
Henning Hertz
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 "J-Pole antenna".

They wrote:
>> Mobile or fixed antennas for HF?
JE> Most anything works pretty good for 40m, as long as it's resonant. But,
JE> it's a tricky situation on 75 and especially on 160m.  There never is
JE> enough capacitance for that low of frequency, so some extra is needed.
JE> John/WA5BXO used to use HF in his pickup truck - and he created a PI
JE> network to better match the impedance of the 102" whip he used, as well
JE> raise the "Q" of the circuit, for a particular frequency.
JE> Sounds good.  Remember the added capacitance for easier loading at lower
JE> frequencies.  Even Hustler antenna needed 'em.
JE> Can you operate 20m CW up there?  If so, name off a freq and time, and
JE> try to meet you there, somewhere.
JE> Fixed the Hallicrafter HT-37.  Seems as if there was some excess current
JE> I believe happened...
JE> One of the grids started drawing excessive current (cathode to grid
JE> shorts are not uncommon) and eventually took out the little RF Choke
JE> went between the bias supply for the driver (12BY7A) and the 2nd control
JE> grid of the driver.
JE> Anyway, was back on the air last night, and made a couple of contacts -
JE> actually seems to be working better than it was!
JE> One thing I've noticed lately on the air is that while there's still a
JE> plethora of CW activity, why is it that the people who ARE making the
JE> contacts on CW all think they've gotta run a kW?  KB5PX in New Orleans

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assistant: as
 I use a short,2-3',length of RG-58-u to get a bit of capacitance into the
feedline which is usually RG8-U for HF.
 The different velocity factor and capacitance of the RG-58 seems to help out
in broadbanding an HF antenna. I used this method to get a 2MHz. bandwidth
out of an RM-11S 11m load a long time ago. The thing was 1.5 to 1 from
26.000,flat
from 26.500 up to 27.800 and climbed to 1.5 again at 28.450Mhz.
 The RM-11S was mounted on the trunk-lid of my Malibu and the shaft was the
old
fold-in-the-middle 54" one. Got out like stink and talked distances most
sing
a K-40 couldn't even dream of.
 I'm anxious to see if this will work on 80 and 160 when I get it going.
 Will try it out if I can get the rig I want.
I'll
 Nope. Restricted to 80 and 160m until I get 12wpm cw.
 Want to try 80m or 160?
 Weekends seem to be my only `free' time right now.
hat
 If the chooke was soldered across a resistor (Heathkit did this alot) the
rating of the resistor may have been low enough to heat the choke and fry it.
it
 Good job.
was
 Because they -have- the KW.
 Those that have the juice insist on running it full-time when 20w or less
will
do to get you thru.
 I laughed at the guy who broke a QSO up on 80m with several US and Canadian
hams round-tabling with a guy in the Samoan Islands.
 He wanted Samoa so bad he was cranking up into splatter and overdrive on his
amp and getting people 20Khz. either side of him ticked off.
 The laugh is I worked the Samoan station with 50w.
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 Ivy Iverson about "Jammer Info".

They wrote:
RD>> this way. If it is too long for some mail readers I'll re-post it in
II> PLEASE repost in smaller chunks.  We have one in a nearby town that
II> to take delight in trashing the main repeater for the area.

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assistant: eems
 I'll re-do it in two bits and keep each part under 200 lines.
 Repost should be in this batch of messages.
 Hope you get some useful tips out of this guide and catch the jammer.
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 All about "Jammer Info Part 1".

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assistant: All:
 As requested...`JAMMER INFO' help files in two parts..
Author: Rob,VE3SJN
Subj:   DF'ing a Jammer,some Hints,Kinks & Tips
������������������������������������������������������������������������������
 We have all at one time or another run into the button-pusher on our local
repeaters. This `twit' takes great delight in cancelling an
uto-patch,dumping
a tone or carrier on a conversation,and generally being a pain in the butt.
 This question/answer file was put together about 4 years ago as a guide to
nailing a few of our more infamous twits here in the Ottawa-Hull area.
 Take it as it is,a bare bones hint,kink and tips check-book to nail that
pesky twerp or at least give him a case of the shakes after you find him,her
or it.
system: You are Patrick Gormley, 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 Henning Hertz about "6146's".

They wrote:
-> Hi, there!
->
-> Anyone out there who can tell me if there are any significant
-> differences between the 6146B and the 6146W?
->
-> I stumbled over some W's mil surplus, all brand new and in original
-> cartons, and I intend to use them to keep my old TS520 alive - that
-> is, if they will do the job properly, of course.
->
-> BTW if one of You come across a TV506, functional or non-op pls let
-> me know... (as NetMail is pretty unreliable across the Atlantic I
-> can be reached at: henning.hertz@235-203-11.fido.plys.net)
->
->
-> 73 de OZ6TY
-> Henning Hertz
-> --- Babel v0.14
-> * Origin: PointBlank (2:235/203.11)Hedding the 6146b is the tube

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assistant: designed for the ts520.  A couple of years ago, I substituted the 6146b
for a set of 6146's in an old heathkit I had which worked but you had
to turn the mic gain down because they saturated very easily when
driven by a 6cl6. 73- Kk3F
system: You are Mark Magill, 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 "Icom IC-290H All-Mode, Mic Question".

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assistant: A friend wants to sell me his Icom IC-290-H 5/50 watt radio. It
handles AM/FM/CW/USB/LSB etc. However, he said that in order to generate PL
tones, it needs a specical microphone that apparently has the tone-injection
circuitry in it. He doesn't have one, and bought the radio used so we don't
know much about it. PL tones have only become necessary around here quite
recently.
        Does anyone have experience with this radio (good-bad-etc) or know
where I can get the mic, or how expensive its likely to be if its still
available?
        Thanks much for any help - He wants $200 for the radio, which SEEMS
fair... if I can get it to generate PL tones. If not, it would be essentially
useless around here except for packet and 1-2 un-PL'd repeaters which will
also require a PL soon. The local PL freqs are 100.0 and 146.2Hz.
        Any help or leads to help appreciated.
Mark KC7RUB (mmagill@Iname.com)
system: You are James Aeschliman, 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 Henning Hertz about "6146s".

They wrote:
HH>Hi, there!
HH>
HH>Anyone out there who can tell me if there are any significant differences
HH>between the 6146B and the 6146W?
HH>
HH>I stumbled over some W's mil surplus, all brand new and in original
HH>cartons,
HH>and I intend to use them to keep my old TS520 alive - that is, if they
HH>will do the job properly, of course.
HH>

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assistant: <<***** On 07-17-97, HENNING HERTZ wrote to WHOEVER KNOWS: *****>>
This question came up in one of the ham news groups on the internet.  There
were many many postings, but I believe they finally decided that the 6146W
is interchangable with the 6146 and 6146A, but not with the 6146B.  They
said the 6146W is a military version of the 6146A.  I still have the
original tubes in by TS-520S, so I haven't faced this problem yet.
James Aeschliman                 KD7MK
Black Diamond, Washington        bb840@scn.org