------ 550-554 -----

147.36 one?
7
WyreBall
5/10/94
NCC 1701 G-boiler room
1:28 am
far out.

Yep...
11
__"——Halgren——_"_
5/10/94
>-o---------
8:38 am
That one Wyreball. And I don't think
that Touch-Tone Charlies will be
around our repeater either.

oh?
7
WyreBall
5/10/94
NCC 1701 G-boiler room
2:29 pm
How you guys manage that?
You caught and ate him?

Hehe
1
Willie...
5/13/94
Running The Ship
8:58 am
Yes‚ as Rich said‚ I am FORCED off the
air. SIGH! <:(

I miss all my friends there. Oh well.

Good news on that Wallyworld RPT! Hal‚
why do you dislike the COURTESY TONE?
I think it is very useful... The only
RPT that I DON'T like the tone on is
the 146.925. Talk about a
"Roger-Beep"! Man‚ that thing will go
right THROUGH you!!! >>>BEEEEP!!!<<<

I like the "bubble" on the 147.225..
Sort of like "Boo-dl-doop!"

Well...
11
__"——Halgren——_"_
5/16/94
>-o---------
8:06 am
Our repeater association doesn't like
them‚ since many of the people in the
association thought that we don't need
it. It helps us keep our minds on what
the repeater is doing and such.
Courtesy tones are nice‚ but there are
only a few different types of them‚
and everybody else has one. We like to
be different.

Anyways‚ the repeater has been fully
fixed now. we had trouble with bad
grounds on the tower‚ and those have
been fixed as well. And we now use a
new PL on the output. The PL is now
162.2 or something like that. The
input PL will be that too‚ if we have
to implment it as well.

------ 555-559 -----

ehhh I see
7
WyreBall
5/16/94
NCC 1701 A Boiler room
6:34 pm
162.2 ...Is that the final number‚ or
did they re-change it to agree with
the other stuff?

And I take it‚ the guys use that to
keep their rigs silent-for-sure which
ever freq‚ Ham or that other one...
they are on?

Soiunds a bit hinky to me‚ to be SO
set up to SEND there (the 'other
freq')... when in actual practice‚ one
does not DO so.... too many
liecences at risk‚ if youy ask me!
woo!
Glad I got rid of MY 2M set up!

10 mtrs
7
WyreBall
5/18/94
NCC 1701 A Boiler room
11:09 am
Yesterday and very much today so far‚
a lot of DX is there.

I notice too‚ a lotta new 'Hams' who
run rigs that sound awful...like they
ahd Cb 'linears'...and those sets with
the ten-four beeps.

This vacation I am on‚ on 10‚ may soon
come to a halt‚ and I'll be back on
40-80 again!

=======

N1QLF test.
             We attempted CW but even
there signals are too weak to get a
copy.
       N1JJT joined us and di a short
QSO with me‚ and he claims its his 1st
CW attempt!!!

(not 100% so....as 3 years ago he
tried CW with me‚ but he maybe forgot
it)

I'll be at W1ORS today and so will
watch on 28.200‚ 28.390‚ 28.444 ‚
starting around 7-9pm (or earlier if I
can get to radio table)

As I'll be at the club‚ I'll ise the
Club's call: W1ORS ‚ as per their
rules .

I tho‚ am KA1UNW.

oops!
7
WyreBall
5/18/94
NCC 1701 A Boiler room
8:27 pm
Change in plans...I WON'T be a t 'ORS
tonite.

So‚ will try do the call from here.

RADIO APARTHIED
7
WyreBall
5/21/94
NCC 1701 A Boiler room
2:18 pm
A sort of play on words‚ but is fairly
accurate it what it means.

A lot of Hams in self-defence against
all the tranplanted cb'ers who've
gotten on quite a few bands...brought
their practices with them and making
it sound like all bands are extensions
of cb......
Plus‚ there are indeed more Hams than
even I thought before‚ who
are....well‚ I'll just say they don't
have 10-4 numbers and no Saddle
Slapper numbers nor other such starnge
stuff.
...so they have adopted a sort of
'closed door ' policy...which I may a
s well call  RADIO APARTHIED.

hit key   £i1

  This is where they use a band/ freq/
mode that is not as popular to the
ones they care not to qso.
  10 mtrs during the times of least
DX‚ is when/where they are likly to
be.
  I'm 'in' with such a group I now
discover‚ altho they don't right out
and say what I just said‚ but its
clear thats the case.

  The 2nd thing‚ is where‚ if some
'undesirable' DOES stunble upon the
freq‚ any qsoing that occurs is run
short n sweet and excuses to have to
leave are come up with....leaving the
incomer alone after a few minutes.
---hit key  £i1
  This has to be done tactly‚ so to
look for real‚ and not 'the brush off'
so as to not accidently build a
monster‚ who'll make qrm or do stuff
thats borderline of qrm.
  The objective is simply to be not
bothered by these extra people‚ not
also end up with 20 dozen others on
the freq and so lose it to them...need
have to keep spinning VFO and only qso
randomly there after.

  The other things done‚ are to run as
low a power as possible‚ and still e
heard by just those in the group.
  On 2 mtrs‚ this is quite easy to do
sence‚ signals there ( and on 220 440)
tend to fizzle out fast‚ on simplex.
( IE non-repater freqs)...but‚ it's
more likly an 'undesirable' will be
near by enough to trip up the works...
as the first rig anyone  NOW gets is
mostly 2 mtrs FM.
                  hit key   £i1

Its possible to do‚ and some do this‚
where they are part of more than 1
such group‚ and even selectivly show
up on the 'open air' ( but NOT on the
freqs they use as 'closed' ....don't
want to attract people there).

To not befoul the others ‚ the freqs
are kept separate and the groups
small‚ and at time they change freqs
to not set a pattern.

Also‚ use of CW ( a mode that the
least of the undesirables can use
beyond some RST report-bye-bye qso)
at high speeds is done.
hit key   £i1
The primary objective is only to not
be crawled all over by others who 1/2
can't master getting beyond pushing a
mic button...or are just not into what
the qso is about...who'd bog qso down.

Its NOT a hate thing...altho SOME do
use it for that...and thats their
privelege....9just leave 'em be and
set up another freq to use)...and such
groups get to be huge it seems‚ who do
that sort of thing.
hit key £i1

So. what I propose to do...with the 4
-5 guys ( some are here) is to set up
in such a way to be able to do that
too‚ and so not end up being run off
by the 'radio-masses'

N1KGY and I ‚ while on 80 & 40 mtrs
proved to our selves that it can be
done ( use CW x slow‚ and use band
when least amount others are on).

N1NKM and KA1ZMF and I‚ during a
period I might call‚ Radio-Dark-Ages‚
did a thing we called   micro-net:

Run extremly low power ( like 10-25
mw) and qso LOS only‚ so to not be
hearable too distantly/easily.

N1OKM and N1??? ( someday to be) and I
may attempt somthing similar...once a
rig thats immune to IMD and
stuff...not cost $ 2895 zillion bucks
and not turn their yard into a Nasa
Deep Space 9 comunicom center.... uis
found.

    hit key    £i1

oops I goofed!....

So to start with‚ 28390 AND 28444 are
the 'open air' freqs.

A proposed 'low key' / 'low profile'
freq might be up around 28495kc.

Don't wanna use 28305...28300.5 as
thers an unsavoury bunch that
occasionaly gets there‚ and they are
EXACTLY the kind of people we just
want NO part of.

For cw‚ 28151.5 is 'ok' ... but is
used by a tiny 'closed' group (semi
closed) so‚ some ohter freq may be
good...like the
unpopular-no-one-thinks-to-check-it
28299--28298kc section.

hit key   £i1

( All the almsot 4.5 yeras I been at
this‚ I've never heard anyone on those
2 freqs!!!! I'd cq there for HOURS and
never got anyone!!!!! so‚ its 1/2 safe
to assume‚ that CW there would go
un-molested)

OK....sorry for such a huge post‚ but
I wanted to pass this info along‚
about minor cahnges that ought to help
us retain ability to qso on the air
ways.

In meantime‚ 28390--28444 for ssb and
part-time 28200 for cw‚ is whwere a
good meet-up spot is.

We can always sneak off to some
prearranged freq...1st sign as if QRT
but then dial over and call the
station back!!!!!

28495 can be...for now.....that freq.
(ssb OR cw)

KA1UNW

W1ORS nite
7
WyreBall
5/28/94
F'lar-Mnenenth's Rider
12:14 am
N1JJT cmae n got me ( and N1 KGY ) and
we went to W1ORS club‚ Stratford.

There‚ I lit up the 6AG7 on 3710kc‚ on
the 250ft ant‚ and immediatly caught a
qso.
N1RIP of Prov. RI‚ heard the 1/2 watt
signal....before the 80-rush that
occurs about dusk.

I used xtals I borrowed from N1KGY.

2 other Hams may be building similar
rigs! I gave palns out to 2.

Met K1TEY...who has growed a fluffy
beard‚ gotton chubbier‚ and I 1/2
expect he will show up on '390 after
midnites....
SO.....a radio watch for him is to
start.

I been away from my radio stuff‚ being
given snuggling lessons.....so I'm not
on FULL time......

------ 560-564 -----

QRP rig
7
WyreBall
6/2/94
At the Lavatory
12:37 am
( N1KGY  made)

12BY7 ( 12HG7 same thing ) rig

This is like the 6AG7 ‚ but uses then
9 pi  tube so listed.

Tested power at 140 vdc‚ was 900-1200
milli-watts‚ and can operate right up
to 14mc!
How ever the actual use will be for
80-40‚ and a 12vdc input // 250/125vdc
out put portable supply will go with
it.
With 250vdc on plate ( and 125 on
screen) this rig should do more than 1
watt.
Rig is built within a 5 "  mini box‚
powersupply will be in 2nd box‚
RECEIVER ( yes!) will go in a 3rd box
and TR switch will go in a 2.5" box.

Some of the parts that went in will go
in‚ are ones from Frances Electronix.

============
Speaking of that‚ I have made palns
for 6 various TX and RX ckts using
parts from France's...2 being
Receivers of the regen type that use
tubes amde before 1940's ...one being
battery powered. .. .. .. IE replicas
of radios made back in 20's--30's

(NOW you know what my bag is!!!)

TEMPORARY
7
WyreBall
6/6/94
At the Lavatory
4:23 am
Untill my Xtals arrive from W0LPS‚
I'll be only on 7110kc‚ using the 71A
Triode Xmit.

40 mts seems to be usable (during this
part of season) also at nite.

I was on from mid eve‚ on thru till
1/2 hour ago‚ and even now‚ some one
is on.

40 normally is so bombed by BCB at
nite that only PRE 3pm use is
possible.

N1NWP‚ tho causes QRM on 7110kc with
his computer stuff...reads S-7 to S-20
...when he has the stuff running...

Freqs
7
WyreBall
6/8/94
At the Lavatory
6:31 am
For time being...will be doing 200-300
mw on the 71A xmit‚ on 7110kc at
unschedualed times.

At other times‚ will be on 28390kc‚
also unschedualed.

KGY is building a twin 807 xmit‚
intended for 160-80-40 CW & AM
sence he's looking to get his Gen
class ticket‚ he plans to put the
ticket to use.

Tests may occur ebventually on 7110
and 3700kc CW to try it out.

OKM may be building a 829 2 mtr amp at
some [point...else will do it with his
new VHF powertube he got.

4CP60c or 4P600 somthing or other

(initial tests showed it as good and
as a tetrode...probably 5 or 6 or 7.5
volt filament‚ and it LOOKS like it
might hit 2 mtrs ok)

NANO NET
7
WyreBall
6/13/94
KA1UNW-Wallingford
4:10 pm
watch freq.... 28390 & 28444 *

R.A. freq .... 28300.5 (nano W)

watch & R.A.   10.25 GC

watch & R.A.   550 Gc   cw

hit key   £i1

* in that order‚ which ever one has
local qso going‚ else '390

'watch'  this is whwere one sits and
listens only or mostly... thruout the
day or time spent on air.

'R.A.'  This is where we switch to to
have a QSO‚ and not bother those on
the watch freq and not be bugged by
those who gallavant around and land
mostly on the watch freqs.

AT TIMES‚ R.A.  is used as a silent
watch freq as well.

807's‚ 715's and such
43
Dreis
6/13/94
field day bound
10:16 pm
have more tubes than I know what to do
with‚ but here is prelim plans:

pair of 807 in chassie from Bridgeport
airport will become 160‚ 80/75‚ 40
meters cw/am‚ 25-35 watts.

pair of 715's will build chassie to
make a 3-30Mhz P.A. for ssb and cw.
about 75-100 watts from 1 tube with
other as backup.

pair of 833's will become THE power
stage for 807 rig at some time in the
future‚ or maybe a stand alone AMer
for one or two bands.
both tubes in p-p will get the 375
watt legal limit for am all day long.

The only question is where the
antennas for these rigs will be
planted...they're not S M A L L !!

73 de N1KGY

------ 565-569 -----

'Where'
7
WyreBall
6/14/94
NCC1701x Radio Room
8:12 pm
40 will fit as a dipole‚ semi cross
angle in the yard...or straight
across.

To run 80 or 160‚ the only simple and
sure way is to treat coax as a random
wire...then insert a load-coil and
'tuner'...then coax back to rig.

The 10 mtr vert will 'run alone' and
not be reused as I been doing....as it
works poorly for qrp stuff.

The !0 mtr mast can serve as one
support for the dipole ( which woill
also have 10 mtr dipole as well‚ and
maybe 15 mtrs if 7mc x 3 won't work)
and then 1 more mast‚ out to left side
of yard‚ will support other end.

THAT is the paln I'm aming at.

Then we'd need a switch box or relay
box and safty lite to transfer ant
from you to me‚ as needed.

That should work.

room for RF
43
Dreis
6/15/94
field day bound
11:17 pm
sounds like that will work‚ wyre.

OR I can go down and load up the train
tracks for 160 meters.....
OR I can wind a full wave helical for
it‚ and try to load it on 80 too.

DREIS

Helicals
7
WyreBall
6/17/94
NCC1701x Radio Room
9:50 pm
As far as I can tell‚ they work only
on ONE band as they are a RESONANT
COIL thats made over-long (so it'll
radiate).

Coils (with their associated stray‚
and-or added capacitance) resonate
only on ONE freq....

Anything that does else wise‚ with
just one element‚ (IE a harmonic is
found) its not working rihgt!

So‚ all ya could do is this to do all
bands BELOW 40

o---------------------Å--[==³]===coax
end     cable            ! tuner
of       for             ! & resonator
dipole    it             ! to do 80 &
end view                 ! 160 && L'fer
                         !
                      ####### gnd sys
This would be best
of compromise
system for this
QTH and bands.

Doing the 160 thing...
1
Willie...
6/18/94
Running The Ship
1:55 am
Just COME ON DOWN to WFIF after 8pm‚
and we can "borrow" THAT antenna
system!!! Hubba hubba!!!

It's been done.... SUCCESSFULLY!!!

So we heard
7
WyreBall
6/18/94
A.S.Hindenburg- Radio Room
5:30 pm
All the ducks and Red Wing Black-Birds
have been squawking ever sence.

That 160m trek of yers lit akll the
birds' eggs like they was light bulbs‚
and kept them awake all nite!

------ 570-574 -----

willie's offer
43
Dreis
6/18/94
field day bound
9:41 pm
YES YES YES
I will be happy to radiate from WFIF's
antenna system on 160 M.
Some time this fall‚ after I upgrade
AND get the monster AMer built‚ we'll
be glad to use your audio facilities
and antenna...

I want to try 'broadcast quality' AM
on 160...what better way than to do it
from a broadcast facility!!!!!

DREIS THE MAGNIFICENT
MAGISTER OF THE RXREALM

B'cast...
1
Willie...
6/24/94
Running The Ship
10:17 pm
Yep‚ you are more than welcome! Just
let me know ahead of time...
I'd love to see a homebrew rig online
at the ol' FIF site!

looking forward to it
43
Dreis
6/28/94
field day bound
12:23 am
but as I sed‚ it will bbe a while‚ as
the rig isnt built yet‚ and the
license hasn't been earned yet.

N1KGY

Jupitor antenna
7
WyreBall
7/5/94
A.S.Hindenburg- Radio Room
2:16 am
Mainly due to time and $$$ constraints
‚ the ant will be a folded dipole 53
ft long‚ fed by balun and coax.
Its resonant freq will be 8.3 mc but
we'll arrange to make it tune higher
via shorting connections.
This will go to the R-390 A  receiver
or to whatever radio I can get to work
on that section of band.
A VCR 's  VIDIO output will be
connected to the IF out put of R390A
so to get an RF sample 'raw' on tape
(allow play back into 455kc! )

In any event its expected that we will
hear a woosh noise during the hit‚ and
so a tape is to be made of it.

The AUDIO sound track will be used to
record WWV  for time ID .

This will be turned in to the people
listed in QST in that artical.

KA1UNW

WHO WILL PARTICIPATE
43
Dreis
8/7/94
in the can
1:15 am
in the upcomming VHF QSO party???
everybody can get on‚ so there is no
reason not to.weather for points or
pleasure‚ it is a chance to see the
VHF bands crawling with activity‚
especialy in the weak signal subbands
:) so get out and make youselves
heard!
73‚ hope to hear you‚ de
N1KGY

------ 575-579 -----

WAKE UP...
43
Dreis
8/11/94
in the can
1:53 am
There must be something ham going on
around here... a new addition to
someones shack or ant.farm... an RFI
problem with the neighbors new digital
toaster...something... C'mon lets
liven the place up...
I have good news here. My Drake TR-3
doesnt QRM my computer‚ even though
they're in the same room‚ which means
I may start using some digital
modes...who wants to suggest a good
one to try‚ Ill go for it!!

modes
7
WyreBall
8/18/94
At LESSA's!
10:56 am
Packet (ax25 I guess) is about all ya
can do on 10 mtrs...28.105 being the
only usable freq‚ and is where anyone
would be.

RFI to telephone answer machine‚ owned
by someone who refuses to believe that
it is not RFI proof/ that the
'offending' transmitter is at fault‚
is one RFI item .....

You (Dreis) well-know who n where I
mean....

I hope‚ when Hal re sets up the BBS at
new place‚ it wont buzz all the bands
or all we can do is reply to 40-over
people (like they do on cb)...

Packet at least‚ you can set to run
steady auto matic and walk away from
it‚ and EVENTUSALLY get guy on other
end to run QRO+ to get thru...

So you just might have an idea...

I take it you too given up on voice n
cw then?

( I have no plan to attempt packet...
if I re try Radioing‚ itll be probably
cw only...least RFI and somewhat
easiry to not hear qrm from various
sources)

NOT giving up
43
Dreis
8/18/94
in the can
12:05 am
on HF. in fact‚ I was on 40 and 80
tonight. In fact‚ I was hoping tha you
would be around‚ Willie‚ so we could
QSO. that was the main reason for the
chat. oh well‚ another time.
anyways‚ £i am going to be getting on
80 a little more often now‚ so listen
for me if you are interested on
3685-3687‚ 3699-3701 and 3710-3712Khz.
anytime between 6 pm local and when
the cows call it a night!
73 Dreis