N2CQ QRP Contest - October 2004
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR October 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TARA PSK31 Rumble (PSK31 only) ... QRP Category Oct 2, 0000z to 2400z Rules: http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_rumble_rules.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EU SPRINT CONTEST (SSB) ... 100W category Oct 2, 1500z to 1859z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/eusprint/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ California QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category OCT 2, 1600z to Oct 3, 2200z Rules: http://www.cqp.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ German Telegraphy Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 3, 0700z to 1000z Rules: http://www.agcw.de/english/contest/dtc_e.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 3, 0700z to 1900z Rules: http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/rules/r2128.shtml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adventure Radio Spartan Sprint (CW) *** QRP CONTEST! *** Oct 5, 0100z to 0300z (Monday evening in US/Canada) Rules: http://www.arsqrp.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EU SPRINT CONTEST (SSB) ... 100W category Oct 9, 1500z to 1859z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/eusprint/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pennsylvania QSO Party (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category and Bonus Oct 09, 1600z to Oct 10, 0500z Oct 10, 1300z to Oct 10, 2200z Rules: http://www.nittany-arc.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FISTS Fall Sprint (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 09, 1700z to 2100z Rules: http://www.fists.org/sprints.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten-Ten Day Sprint (All) ... QRP Category Oct 10, 0001z to 2359z Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/calendar.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North American Sprint (RTTY) ... QRP Category Oct 10, 0000Z to 0400Z Rules: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Worked All Germany Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 16, 1500z to Oct 17, 1459z Rules: http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/xedcgr.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Asia-Pacific Sprint (15m/20m CW) <150W Max Oct 17, 0000z to 0200z Rules: http://jsfc.org/apsprint/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 17, 0700z to 1900z Rules: http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/rules/r2128.shtml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Illinois QSO Party (CW/PH)... QRP Category Oct 17, 1800z to Oct 18, 0200z Rules: http://my.core.com/~jematz/rams.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RUN FOR THE BACON (CW) *** QRP CONTEST! *** Oct 18, 0100z to 0300z Rules: http://fpqrp.com/fpqrprun.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party (CW) *** QRP Contest *** Oct 23, 1200z to Oct 24, 2400z Rules: http://2hams.net/ARCI/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COAST TO COAST FISTS Clubs QSO Party ... QRP Category Oct 24, 0000z to 2400z Rules: http://www.tomochka.com/k7fff/fnw_c2c04.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ?Zombie Shuffle (CW) *** QRP CONTEST *** Oct 29, Local Sundown to Local Midnight (Any 4 hour period) Rules: http://home.netcom.com/~jmedley/zrules.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CQ WW DX Contest (SSB) ... QRP Category Oct 30, 0000z to Oct 31, 2400z Rules: http://www.cqww.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten-Ten QSO Party (CW) ... QRP Category Oct 30, 0001z to Oct 31, 2359z Rules: http://www.ten-ten.org/calendar.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to SM3CER, WA7BNM, N0AX(ARRL), WB3AAL and others for assistance in compiling this calendar. Please foreward the contest info you sponsor to [hidden email] and we will post it and give it more publicity. Anyone may use this "N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar" for your website, newsletter, e-mail list or other media as you choose. (Include a credit to the source of this material of course.) 72 de Ken Newman - N2CQ [hidden email] http://www.amqrp.org/contesting/contesting.html http://www.n3epa.org/Pages/Contest/contest.htm _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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At the risk of starting yet another discussion on the virtues of the
Hakko 808, I have a question. Now that I have fallen under the spell of the tool, it is very obvious that it needs a holder. The holder that Hakko advertises doesn't do a very good job, allowing the 808 to flop over on the workbench. It still holds the hot nozzle, but you have to be careful how you sit the combination. Of course the fabric thing that comes with the 808 is to be avoided... Has anyone come up with a good holder for the 808, or seen such a beast? There must be a better way to hold the tool when not actively in use. Suggestions? -Jack Brindle, WA4FIB ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Jack,
I have not built it yet, but have been thinking about the same thing. I am inclined to simply use a piece of pipe to stick it into - I would mount a 1 inch pipe flange to something sufficiently large and heavy to serve as a base, thread a short nipple into that and top that off with a 45 degree elbow, then thread a 6 inch pipe into the open end of the elbow. Some sort of shield would be needed for the pipe - perhaps a set of fins made by cutting flaps in the side of a soup can and bending the flaps inward. Paint it with high temp paint if desired. My thoughts -- a 1 inch pipe hole is large enough to aim the tip at without fussing. In the supporting base, I would mount an electrical switch and a receptacle so I can easily turn the Haako 808 off (IMHO, they should have installed a switch on that tool). I admit that this would not look 'tidy' but would work for me. 73, Don W3FPR ----- Original Message ----- > > Has anyone come up with a good holder for the 808, or seen such a beast? > There must be a better way to hold the tool when not actively in use. > Suggestions? > > -Jack Brindle, WA4FIB > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In reply to this post by Jack Brindle
A high wattage soldering iron stand could probably be pressed into use to
store a hot Hakko 808. We had a USA manufactured item (possibly American Beauty) at the place of work that would allow it to store an 808 on it's side. Now retired and with no access to anything remotely similar I have to lay my 808 sideways in a clear area of the bench. Not a wise move really. Whilst the 808 topic is running, are there any recommendations on spares/consumables to hold for the Hakko 808 from more experienced contributors to the list? I am a more recent convert to the 808 and have only a limited supply of consumable spares that came with the Hakko 808-19 kit purchased in the USA. Spares are rather more difficult to obtain in Europe since the Hakko 808 was withdrawn from sale after changes to our now mandatory electrical goods approval marking was introduced. The agent for Hakko in the UK still holds spares for the 808, but there may be a problem with small orders with minimum invoice values for many companies. The original nozzle/tip and the cleaning tool supplied with the 808 is 1mm (0.04in). Is this the optimum size for our normal usage? Bob, G3VVT _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Bob:
>Whilst the 808 topic is running, are there any recommendations on >spares/consumables to hold for the Hakko 808 from more experienced >contributors to the list? About the only consumable I've needed so far (in a couple years) was a supply of the white (ceramic paper) 2nd filter (part #A1033). I bought a bag of 10 and it will probably last me several years. >I am a more recent convert to the 808 and have only a limited supply of >consumable spares that came with the Hakko 808-19 kit purchased in the >USA. Spares are rather more difficult to obtain in Europe since the Hakko >808 was withdrawn from sale after changes to our now mandatory electrical >goods approval marking was introduced. The agent for Hakko in the UK still >holds spares for the 808, but there may be a problem with small orders >with minimum invoice values for many companies. This is a general offer to our DX friends. If you EVER need anything in the way of spares or replacement consumables, for the Hakko 808, or the 936-x temp-controlled soldering stations, drop me a note. I do business with Electronics Supply of Kansas City (Missouri) (www.eskc.com) and they're usually VERY GOOD about maintaining a good supply of parts and accessories. They might even ship internationally. If they don't, I will... somehow. <G> But PLEASE exhaust ALL local alternatives first. >The original nozzle/tip and the cleaning tool supplied with the 808 is 1mm >(0.04in). Is this the optimum size for our normal usage? Optimum? Yes. It will address 90% of your needs. There are a couple other nozzles which might make life a bit easier eventually: A1394 This is a long (0.434"), slender (0.090") nozzle which will allow you to get into places the fatter tips won't. It is particularly handy when you are working on PC boards which are pretty tightly packed AND which have some of their components mounted on the bottom of the PC board with the soldered pads in and among the tightly packed components on the top side. Because it is long and slender, this is a 'delicate' nozzle, and probably NOT one you would want to leave on the desoldering tool when you do not need to use it. A1396 This is a short/fat nozzle, similar to the nozzle provided with the Hakko 808 when it is originally purchased. However, this nozzle has a 0.091" inside diameter, so it will suffice for removing most, if not all, of the connectors used on most PC boards. Some of these connectors use flat lug-type leads, instead of wire leads, which can be particularly difficult to remove if you find you must remove the connector itself. Of course, it also works well on the larger diameter leads of big diodes, etc. While I don't use these nozzles terribly often, they have 'saved my bacon' more than once. Especially the A1394. Cheers, Tom Hammond N0SS _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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