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system: You are Jeff Kincaid, 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 "satelite antennas".

They wrote:
JE> > Well, I always thought it took a different formula to calculate
JE> > the length of a vhf antenna as opposed to an HF antenna.
JE>A dipole is a dipole is a dipole - don't matter if it's for 160m or 70cm.

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assistant: Jeff, those wavelengths differ by a factor of nearly 230.  Since there's
a practical limit on how thin a wire can be, I figure you're talking
about a 160 antenna made out of cable about two feet in diameter.
There is some merit to that, since it might have a low SWR over the most
of the band (maybe all of it?), but I think it's going to weigh several
tons.  Of course I'm being absurd, but my point is that wire diameter
affects the length of the antenna when the diameter is more that a tiny
fraction of the wavelength, as it is at VHF and above.  The formula is
in the Handbook (ARRL's for sure, but probably any of them).
73
___
 X QMPro 1.53 X Everyone is gifted. Some open the package sooner.
system: You are Bruce Legrande, 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 Mark Magill about "satelite antennas".

They wrote:
RW> Saves a whole lotta work. I use that in my commercial ground
RW> plane antennas that I sell.  Also, in the ground plane, I
RW> allow 5% longer radials by using this formula; 2880/146.5  =
RW> 19.6587"
MM>         Out of idle curiosity, why the extra 5%?

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assistant: Mark Magill wrote in a message to Roy Witt:
I could be wrong on this (correct if so - Roy), but I believe
the added 5% changes the feedpoint impedance to more closely
match the feedline, just as the drooping of radials at a 45 deg
angle changes it as well...  I don't remember (from the tech-ref)
which way it changes, but know that it does :)  I wouldn't be
surprised if the added length on the radials changes the arrays'
angle of radiation, too...
73 2 U/Yrs 4 now
de Bruce - KB6LWN
Anderson Springs, CA (CM88ps)
kb6lwn@callsign.net
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 "eggbeater antenna".

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assistant: Hello!  Well, I finally figured it out!!  Since no one was really able to
ell
me just how to build one of these antennas, I got busy in the shop.
To start with you need some pvc pipe and some #12 gauge copper wire (solid)
Measure the wire into 2 pieces 78" long each.  Next strip off 1/2" of the
insulation and bend into a circle(just the bare wire).  Now take the pvc and
measure 24 1/2" from the end and drill a hole, also put one near the end that
you started measuring from. Rotate the pipe 90 degrees and move down 3/8" and
drill 2 more holes just  like before. Run the wires through on set of holes
o
that it makes a loop.  At the bottom holes, attach the copper wire to the pvc
with some sheet metal screws. Making sure that they don't touch each other.
Now do to other loop the same way.
Next you need to construst a 4:1 balun.  I used a 1/4 wavelength of 75 ohm
coax to make mine.  You must know the veloctiy factor for the coax you are
using.
Once this is done, attach the wires from the balun to the screws in the pvc
and secure with tape or wire ties.
There you have it!
How does it work??
Well, mine tunes from 139Mhz to 174mhz at 2:1 swr or less.  It might go even
higher than that because my analyzer only goes to 174!! :-)
Any questions??  I'll try to help.
Thanks for all the input and discussion about antennas!
73 de Stan KC5BFA
system: You are Debra Turner, 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 "G5RV Antenna".

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assistant: I'm thinking about trying one of those G5RV antennas to have something up for
most of the HF bands. How does this antenna compare with say an Inv Vee on 75
or 40 meters?
Debra WB5DXA
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 Jeff Edmonson about "satelite antennas".

They wrote:
JE> my eyes have basically been shot, for a LONG time.

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assistant: Jeff,, just do like i do, work on the one in the center.
73 de3 kc5gmm
john
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> Johnstone Island is KH3, as I recall.
JE> Bob/WY5L, from here in San Antonio, was there for a year.
JE> He came back with DOZENS of shoe-boxes FULL of QSL cards, from all over
JE> world!
JE> On an island that's half a mile wide and a mile and a half long, there's
JE> not a lot left to do after the first three hour walk around the island
};->

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assistant: the
 I'm not into collecting cards so much as just talking to someone somewhere.
 If I get a card so much the better,but I don't go out of my way to chase or
hound someone for one.
 A little conversation over a distance is good enough for me.
 Go for a swim `round the island ?
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:
>> Well I can always try. This past week has been garbage for HF anyways.
JE> I was there, this morning.  But, in all honesty, I don't think you're
JE> to hear anything from this far south up there - maybe on 40m at night,
JE> you can't work there, yet.

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assistant: going
but
 I guess it is too much to try for.
 Most what I am hearing on HF lately is CRASH and SNAP in the evenings and my
normal air-bound static and man-made junk the rest of the time.
 Can't wait for December when it gets quiet on HF and I can et back to
playing on 160m again.
 There have been some openings on 6m and a few on 2m ssb,but there are very
few people out there on 2m or 6m aimed up north.
 And if they do hear anything they turn the wrong way!
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 Curtis Brewington about "H-T Models".

They wrote:
CB> I'm considering the purchase of one of the following HTs:
CB> ICOM W-32A
CB> KENWOOD TH-79(A)DH
CB> ALINCO DJ-G5TH
CB> I've considered the Yaesu HTs but there seems to be a lot of returns on
CB> some HTs with reports of less than satisfactory service.
CB> Any opinions on the above?

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assistant: I have had all of the above brands Curtis.
 Yaesu dual-band HT's I found to be too intermod prone and a bit clumsy to
program the memories in. ( I had an FT-470 )
 My Alinco DJ-580 served me well before the PLL blew.
 I now use a TH-79A and love it.
 It has most of the same features as my TM-732A mobile and is perfect for
doing
cross-banding (better audio than the Yaesu) and dual-band/in-band listening.
 The reciever in it is very good and not much intermod comes thru on the
standard rubber duck it comes with.
 My only gripe was the speaker in the radio was less clear for my ears,so I
got
a commercial speaker mic for it and it improved the sound.
 I've had it for about a year now and it is my main radio for the mobile in
town with a 1/4 mag-mount.
system: You are Joost Luyten, 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 "satelite antennas".

They wrote:
SB> Hello! I want to work Mir and was wondering what would be the best

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assistant: Message for Prof. Mr. Dr. Ir Stan Black! :)
       From : Stan Black
        To  : All
      Date  : sunday, august 17 1997
  Subject   : satelite antennas
 Can't help you with the antennas, but I was wondering if Mir can be
 worked at the moment (Mir crash a time ago...)
73's Stan!
 Joost, ON2BBP
         -< FidoNet : 2:292/506.26 >--< E-mail : joostl@mail.dma.be >-
                 The Site : http://bewoner.dma.be/ON4AOB/
.!. Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
system: You are Clark Smith, 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:
-> I'm thinking about trying one of those G5RV antennas to have somethin
-> for most of the HF bands. How does this antenna compare with say an I
-> on 75 or 40 meters?
->
-> Debra WB5DXA
->
-> --- Msged 4.00
-> * Origin: Friendship Corner, Albany, Tx 915-762-2745 (1:392/15)

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assistant: IT'S ONLY MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT I'VE BEEN HEARING LOCALLY A LOT OF
CONTROVERSEY ABOUT THE ANT...THAT BALUM/COAX MATCHING NETWORK LEAVES ME
COLD...ITS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE, THAT SETUPS LIKE THAT DO HAVE SOME LOSSES
TO DEAL WITH...HOWEVER, MANY MANY PEOPLE SWEAR BY IT..IT WORKS GREAT ON
40, MARGINAL AT 75. I COULDNT TELL YOU ABOUT THE OTHER ANT YOU MENTIONED
THOUGH, NEVER LOOKED IT UP, BUT THE G5RV IS TOO...UHH..I DONT KNOW, I
JUST FEEL A LITTLE LEARY OF IT.
system: You are Branko Radojevic, 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 "Yaesu FT-11R".

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assistant: Haugh All!
Can anyone suggest how to expand RX/TX range of this station ?
Branko Radojevic-Ban,                  >Fido is about friends helping
riends<
Moderator PASCAL.HR / SATTV.HR         Member of [Team OS/2] - CallSign
7KHP
system: You are Ray Brown Kb0Stn, 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 Nn0P about "re: Kantronics The Interface".

They wrote:
> Does anyone have any info on how to use the Kantronics
> Interface
> an IBM COMPATIBLE COMPUTER ?        It will copy rtty or cw
> to the screen or a printer.It was designed for the Atari
> computer

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assistant: For the Atari? Wow. Which Atari? Did it hook up thru the 850 interface box?
If so, it's standard RS-232, but with the unique (to Atari) DB-15 connector.
All that's needed is an interconnecting cable that can convert the 15's pins
to either the "standard" 25-pin or an AT-style 9-pin.
  Now, if it somehow plugged directly into the "daisy chain" of the Atari
8-bit computer, then there's a problem, and it will NOT connect to an
IBM-compatible system.
  Awaiting your reply,
                                                _Ray_   KB0STN
system: You are Charles Adkins, 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 Clark Smith about "Re: G5RV Antenna".

They wrote:
CS> IT'S ONLY MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT I'VE BEEN HEARING LOCALLY A LOT OF
CS> CONTROVERSEY ABOUT THE ANT...THAT BALUM/COAX MATCHING NETWORK LEAVES
CS> ME COLD...ITS BEEN MYEXPERIENCE, THAT SETUPS LIKE THAT DO HAVE SOME
CS> LOSSES TO DEAL WITH...HOWEVER, MANY MANY PEOPLE SWEAR BY IT..IT WORKS
CS> GREAT ON 40, MARGINAL AT 75. I COULDNT TELL YOU ABOUT THE OTHER ANT
CS> YOU MENTIONED THOUGH, NEVER LOOKED IT UP, BUT THE G5RV IS
CS> TOO...UHH..I DONT KNOW, I JUST FEEL A LITTLE LEARY OF IT.

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assistant: *** Quoting Clark Smith from a message to Debra Turner ***
Quit shouting!
system: You are Richard Jank, 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 "Modifications".

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assistant: Hi All!
I have a Motorola MT2000 Portable radio (450-470Mhz).
Does anyone know of a modification that allows the transmit / receive spread
to be increased to 440-470 Mhz.
Please contact me here or at the Origin line address.
TTYL,  Richard KC7XZ
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> Bob/WY5L, from here in San Antonio, was there for a year.
>>  JE> He came back with DOZENS of shoe-boxes FULL of QSL cards,
>> I'm not into collecting cards so much as just talking to someone
>> A little conversation over a distance is good enough for me.
JE> But, when you've put your 8 hours in for the day, there needs to be
JE> SOMETHING else to do ;-)
>>  JE> there's not a lot left to do after the first three hour walk
>>  JE> around the island };->
>> Go for a swim `round the island ?
JE> Chemical area.  Between that and the sharks, I don't know where I'd
JE> take my chances.  Probably at the pool built there on the island ;-)

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assistant: somewhere.
 Go for a walk with the mutts or read a book.
 Lately work and studies are becoming a norm I have to get a break from and
fix some things around here.
 The 6m rig has decided to TVI like a BLEEP for some reason (again) 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.
 Never enough time to get up there and fix it up,but hopefully this weekend I
can go climbing up there and fix whatever is wrong.
 To top it off my back decided to go one strike and I got a three week unpaid
vacation from work. Sucks.
rather
 Chemicals? What have they got out there a Love Canal type thing?
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:
>> Can't wait for December when it gets quiet on HF and
>> 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
JE> distances with the same amount of power!
JE> Of course, by next weekend, I -should- have my rock crusher AM rig back
JE> operation, again.  Had to get the modulator circuit finished, and now
JE> it's just about there (gotta punch a couple of holes in a chassis) all I
JE> really have to do is hook it all up, and start talking to it! ;-)
>> There have been some openings on 6m and a few on 2m ssb,but there are
JE> Have you heard anything from this far south on VHF?

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assistant: Yep. But in my case its what the rig puts out only,no amplifier yet.
in
that
 I wish I still had a rig with AM in it.
 Used to like to listen to shortwave and the boys on 3885 some nights.
 When you get it all ready to go take a listen on 3745 on a Saturday around
3pm Eastern for the Canadian Boat-Anchor Net.
 All sorts of classic AM capable rigs can be heard there from all over
ntario
and Quebec. Net control is usually VA3ES,Ed here in Ottawa.
ery
 Farthest I have been on 6m ssb is the Texas and Oklahoma border to the west,
and into the South Florida area.
 2m being a bit of a long haul for me the farthes I get it is about
system: You are Debra Turner, 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 Clark Smith 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 MENTIONED

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assistant: On Sep 02 01:13, 1997, Clark Smith of 1:107/310 wrote:
Hi Clark,
 I thought it might not do very well on 75. Think I will stick with an
Inverted Vee with coax as a feedline.
Debra
system: You are Branko Radojevic, 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 "Yaesu FT-11R".

They wrote:
JE> Not in this echo, you can't.
JE> Out Of Band Modifications are strictly verbotten (Forbidden) in
JE> HAM_TECH.

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assistant: Jeff Edmonson was bubbling to Branko Radojevic :
Ups, sorry.
Then I will put another question. Does anyone has schematics/construction
diagrams for 70cm repeater ?
Branko Radojevic-Ban,                  >Fido is about friends helping
riends<
Moderator PASCAL.HR / SATTV.HR         Member of [Team OS/2] - CallSign
7KHP
system: You are Bob Nn0P, 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 Ray Brown Kb0Stn about "re: Kantronics The Interface".

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assistant: A five conductor cable connects The interface with the computer.
A five pin port on the back of the Interface provides the connections
necessary for atttaching the unit to the computer [D.
Thes connections are: Demod out, ground, cw key in, rtty, cw-id.
It worked beautiful for me on the Atari 820, and i would like to\
use it on the IBM compatible 486 SX I now have. Any ideas ?
Bob Callicotte, Phone 454 2557, local K.C.
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 "Uniden AMX-101A Mic Wiring".

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assistant: Would anyone happen to know the wiring code to this mic, which
appears to have the original cord on it? Or does maybe Uniden have a standard
code? It's a (rather heavy) hand-held mic with the following wire colors:
Brown, Black, Red, Green, White and the braid. It has a 12 key DTMF pad on
it, and the circuit board inside does -not- lend itself to easy discovery of
where the wires go, or what each does.
        Appreciate any help - or if anyone has a compatible mic for sale that
also has ABCD keys, please e-mail/Netmail.
Mark <mmagill@Iname.com>
KC7RUB@KA7FHA.#SWOR.OR.USA.NOAM
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 Debra Turner about "G5RV Antenna".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Debra Turner to All <=-
DT> I'm thinking about trying one of those G5RV antennas to have
DT> something up for most of the HF bands. How does this antenna compare
DT> with say an Inv Vee on 75 or 40 meters?
DT>
DT> Debra WB5DXA
DT> -!- Msged 4.00
DT>  ! Origin: Friendship Corner, Albany, Tx 915-762-2745 (1:392/15)

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assistant: Hi Debra for what it's worth you would be better off cutting a wire for
 the band that you want to work. I have tried several antenna configurations
 here in ZL and always seem to revert back to a straight out diploe cut for
 the frequency. While a G5RV will work it is after all only a compromise
 antenna and will require an antenna tuner. Also if you cut a wire for the
 forty meter frequency it will be shorter than that of a G5. Hope this is
 of some help to you. This is of course just my opinion and i'll be looking
 at what other replies you get.
 73 de Allan. ZL2SKY
 ZL2SKY@XTRA.CO.NZ.
... Any idiot can push a button and talk.  And most idiots do.
-+- OLMS 2.53p UNREG
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 "a re-send...".

They wrote:
>> Can't wait for December when it gets quiet on HF and
>> 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
JE> distances with the same amount of power!
JE> Of course, by next weekend, I -should- have my rock crusher AM rig back
JE> operation, again.  Had to get the modulator circuit finished, and now
JE> it's just about there (gotta punch a couple of holes in a chassis) all I
JE> really have to do is hook it all up, and start talking to it! ;-)
>> There have been some openings on 6m and a few on 2m ssb,but there are
JE> Have you heard anything from this far south on VHF?

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assistant: Jeff: Not too sure if this came through so trying a re-send...
 (darn software is giving me problems running under NT4.)
 Yep. But in my case its what the rig puts out only,no amplifier yet.
in
that
 I wish I still had a rig with AM in it.
 Used to like to listen to shortwave and the boys on 3885 some nights.
 When you get it all ready to go take a listen on 3745 on a Saturday around
3pm
Eastern for the Canadian Boat-Anchor Net.
 All sorts of classic AM capable rigs can be heard there from all over
ntario
and Quebec. Net control is usually VA3ES,Ed here in Ottawa.
ery
 Farthest I have been on 6m ssb is the Texas and Oklahoma border to the west,
and into the Georgia/South Florida area.
 2m being a bit of a long haul for me the farthest I get it is about Northern
Ney York and Vermont.
 Problem with 2m is that most of the stations Ic an hear are aimed everywhere
but NORTH,so they never hear anything from up in Ontario at all.
 The odd time they will hear us,then turn their beam(s) around,but it is
e.