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eHam Forums / VHF / UHF / Digital TV?
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on: May 20, 2009, 05:49:14 AM
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For our Ham Radio at the Hands-On Museum project ( http://www.w8pgw.org/ham-radio-at-the-hands-on-museum), we want to set up a television station. My first thought was to buy a transmitter from PC Electronics that sends standard-scan analog TV. Then, I got to thinking, why bother with that? If our goal is to show that we're at least up with current technology, then shouldn't we be doing digital TV? I have found a bunch of European hams doing digital TV using the European standard, but so far nothing on gear using the new US standard. Is anyone out there experimenting with this or even making gear that I can purchase? 73! Dan KB6NU ---------------------------------------------------------- CW Geek, ARRL MI Section Training Manager Read my ham radio blog at http://www.kb6nu.comLET'S REALLY MAKE THE ARRL THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HAM RADIO |
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eHam Forums / Clubs / Where to find more info
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on: October 02, 2005, 12:08:59 PM
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Hi, David-- I know it's been a while since you posted about starting a club, but I thought I'd post here in case others were thinking about starting an amateur radio club. What I would suggest is that you contact the Affiliated Club Coordinator for the section that you're in. You can find a list of sections by going to http://www.arrl.org/sections. Click on the appropriate section from the list to go to that section's webpage and then look for the Affiliated Club Coordinator in the right-hand column. 73! Dan KB6NU MI Section Affiliated Club Coordinator |
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eHam Forums / Clubs / Kit Building Night 2005
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on: October 02, 2005, 12:01:16 PM
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Very cool! At our August meeting, we built PicoKeyer kits. We purchased 20 kits from N0XAS ( www.hamgadgets.com), and we got every one of them working that night. Even folks that had never built a kit before got their keyer working. It was one of our most successful meetings. For pictures, go to http://www.w8pgw.org/node/655. 73! Dan KB6NU MI Section Affiliated Club Coordinator |
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eHam Forums / Clubs / How to request donations for new college club
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on: October 02, 2005, 11:51:58 AM
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Students at the University of Michigan recently revived the club there. One of the more successful things they did to raise funds and outfit their shack is to contact alumni. Good luck!
73!
Dan KB6NU
MI Section Affiliated Club Coordinator
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eHam Forums / CW / Code test - bad handwriting
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on: February 06, 2005, 06:29:35 AM
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I'm not a VE, but I'll throw this out as a possibility. Would it be possible for Brent to dictate to a third party? What accomodations are made for hams who don't have use of their hands?
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eHam Forums / CW / What's going on?? ?
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on: February 06, 2005, 06:21:29 AM
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Colt--
If you'd like to make a sked sometime on 40m, I could listen to your signal and help you figure out what's going on. Let me know....
73!
Dan KB6NU
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eHam Forums / CW / More CW Tips, please
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on: February 01, 2005, 04:41:38 PM
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I second WB2WIK's recommendation to just go cold turkey. It's probably the best thing I ever did to increase my code speed.
Dan KB6NU
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eHam Forums / VHF / UHF / 433 MHz Temperature Sensors
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on: January 04, 2005, 11:23:33 AM
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Has anyone ever tried using a 440 MHz transceiver to receive and decode the signal from a 433 MHz temperature sensor? I've done several Google searches, but have been unable to come up with any technical data posted on the Net.
73!
Dan KB6NU
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eHam Forums / Misc / Manual Source??
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on: March 01, 2004, 05:48:44 PM
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Hmmmm. W7FG has a 4194A manual, but doesn't list the 4195A. I tried eBay, too, but couldn't find anything.
Dan
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eHam Forums / Misc / Manual Source??
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on: March 01, 2004, 04:42:18 PM
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I have recently gained access to an HP 4195A Spectrum/Network Analyzer. Unfortunately, the instrument's manual is long gone. Anyone know where I could find one at a reasonable price?
73! Dan KB6NU
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eHam Forums / Misc / Why should I get back into Ham radio?
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on: March 01, 2004, 04:38:53 PM
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Although I have been licensed for 32 years, I was mostly inactive from the early 80s through August 2002. I got sucked back into it by going to our local club's 2002 Field Day event.
I hadn't made a CW contact for ages, but I convinced one of the phone ops there to hook up a key to his rig so that we could pound some brass. We weren't very good, but we did make a few contacts. The most important thing, though, was that we had a lot of fun doing it.
That experience got me hooked on ham radio all over again. I've since set up an HF station and try to make a few CW contacts every day. I've increased my speed from barely 13 wpm to where I can easily hold a QSO at 20 wpm, and during contests, I'm not afraid to crank it up to 25 wpm or more.
I've also learned a lot about antennas. I think one of the reasons I put ham radio on the back burner is that I was never very good with antennas. I don't know exactly what I was doing wrong before, but since getting back on the air, I've built several antennas, and have good success with all of them. That's actually been one of the most fulfilling parts of getting back on the air again.
What I've been enjoying even more, though, is meeting and chatting with some very interesting people. If you stick around long enough, you'll get to know some of these guys (and gals, although there are far fewer of them, unfortunately) as more than just call signs and QTHes.
At some point in the past, you enjoyed the hobby enough to get your license and presumably do a little operating. Well, the technology has changed a bit since then, but the hobby is still basically the same. The grumps here are trying hard to make people believe that ham radio's going to hell, but pay them no mind. Get back in there and have some fun.
73!
Dan KB6NU
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