UK Elecraft net?
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I have worked a few K3 owners recently and there seems to interest in an
informal get together on air on a weekly basis. I don't really like the idea of formal net and I guess maybe others don't want a net controller either (no I am not volunteering to be net control...). How about Sunday mornings, 0900 local UK time onwards, lowish on 80m so we can try ESSB without upsetting people? I am not a regular user of SSB on 80m but think somewhere near 3630 KHz would avoid the AM net that runs on 3620 and the RSGB news on 3640. I was in QSO with Glenn, ON4WIX, this evening and he thought the time and frequency would be OK for those living on the west part of continental Europe too. Any thoughts and any takers? 73 Dave, G4AON K3/100 #80 _______________________________________________ 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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Great idea, Dave. I don't know if I'll be able to participate as being restricted to attic antennas I only have a slinky dipole for 80m, but I'll make a note to have a listen.
Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222 KX3 #110
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I'll see if I can join - bit early for me on a Sunday, but we'll see.
-- If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart. -Socrates (469?-399 B.C.) On 6 Aug 2008, at 22:01, Dave G4AON wrote: > I have worked a few K3 owners recently and there seems to interest > in an informal get together on air on a weekly basis. I don't really > like the idea of formal net and I guess maybe others don't want a > net controller either (no I am not volunteering to be net control...). > > How about Sunday mornings, 0900 local UK time onwards, lowish on 80m > so we can try ESSB without upsetting people? I am not a regular user > of SSB on 80m but think somewhere near 3630 KHz would avoid the AM > net that runs on 3620 and the RSGB news on 3640. I was in QSO with > Glenn, ON4WIX, this evening and he thought the time and frequency > would be OK for those living on the west part of continental Europe > too. > > Any thoughts and any takers? _______________________________________________ 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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I can here a number of stations, not sure if you got me as being on,
lots of adj. station interference I can't filter out. -- I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. - Stephen Hawking On 6 Aug 2008, at 22:01, Dave G4AON wrote: _______________________________________________ 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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Dave G4AON was the loudest with me, but he was still only a few dB above the constant S7 "frying" noise I get here. I called twice but I guess he didn't hear me. Also heard the station from Cumbria running 25 watts, but again only a few dB over the noise. I actually could hear better on my 10m dipole. Signals were lower but the noise was even less. No chance of transmitting into that, though. All rigs had very clear audio that made it possible to copy despite the poor S/N ratio (no doubt the K3 RX helped.) I have come to the conclusion that the slinky dipole is useless. I would like to try a loaded dipole but I don't have the time to make one at the moment, also I don't have an antenna analyzer so making one would be a bit tricky. It would need to be no more than about 40 feet end to end to fit into my attic without doubling back. Anyone know of something like that which is commercially available? All I could find was the G3OJV 80plus2 which is just over 50 feet long, and I am not sure if it would fit, or work, in my attic.
Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222 KX3 #110
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Personally, I would use ladder line to a wire antenna of any sort,
preferably without "traps", linear or otherwise. In my last property I used 4mm^2 wire stapled to the rafters into my Drake atu and it worked fine across all HF. In another configuration, with the feeders strapped and used as one half and a piece of tv coax passing thro the soffit board into a ground stake with lots of radials around my front garden as the other half, it worked on 160, 80 and 40 really quite well, tho, it did modulate the lights on 20m. The K3 amu makes band-changing really easy. I use it for my outside doublet. What are the UK net freq, times, day? David G3UNA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julian, G4ILO" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] UK Elecraft net? > > > David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: >> >> I can here a number of stations, not sure if you got me as being on, >> lots of adj. station interference I can't filter out. >> -- >> I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says >> something about human nature that the only form of life we have >> created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own >> image. >> > Dave G4AON was the loudest with me, but he was still only a few dB above > the > constant S7 "frying" noise I get here. I called twice but I guess he > didn't > hear me. Also heard the station from Cumbria running 25 watts, but again > only a few dB over the noise. I actually could hear better on my 10m > dipole. > Signals were lower but the noise was even less. No chance of transmitting > into that, though. > > All rigs had very clear audio that made it possible to copy despite the > poor > S/N ratio (no doubt the K3 RX helped.) > > I have come to the conclusion that the slinky dipole is useless. I would > like to try a loaded dipole but I don't have the time to make one at the > moment, also I don't have an antenna analyzer so making one would be a bit > tricky. It would need to be no more than about 40 feet end to end to fit > into my attic without doubling back. Anyone know of something like that > which is commercially available? All I could find was the G3OJV 80plus2 > which is just over 50 feet long, and I am not sure if it would fit, or > work, > in my attic. > > ----- > Julian, G4ILO > http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack > http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/UK-Elecraft-net--tp676986p683856.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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 Dave, G4AON
Glenn and David
1. EU stations are most welcome, obviously the more distant EU stations may struggle due to propagation. 2. Frequency 3630 KHz +/- QRM, 0900 local UK time Sunday mornings. It is not necessary to use Elecraft gear to participate in the net, however an interest in Elecraft gear would help! 73 Dave, G4AON ----------------------- Are EU stations still welcome or will this be an UK-only exercise? 73 Glenn ON4WIX ------------------------------- What are the UK net freq, times, day? David G3UNA _______________________________________________ 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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