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eHam Forums / Antennas and Towers and more / RE: Anyone had antenna pole break?
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on: May 21, 2013, 06:56:12 AM
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Only time I've seen a metal pole fail was during the teardown of an 80m 1/4-wave vertical. With about 50' left in the air, someone on the guy lines stopped paying attention... That was before I started running regularly, still managed to move rather quick  |
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eHam Forums / DXing / RE: Where to get IRCs
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on: February 13, 2013, 11:41:08 AM
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Not terribly surprised - no post office within 50 miles of here would stock any more than 5 IRCs at a time.
Does make things more of a PITA for hams who don't accept green stamps, or places high in theft...
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eHam Forums / Elmers / RE: Current Technician Exams
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on: February 13, 2013, 11:34:27 AM
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I used a TI-83+ for all the tests, although I wasn't asked if the memory was cleared  Even for the Extra, it's more concept-oriented - you're not going to be building multivariable models that need serious computing power. |
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eHam Forums / Elmers / RE: First HF contact!
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on: February 13, 2013, 07:11:59 AM
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PGT: Congratulations!! The first one is always memorable.....one you will never forget.
I wish I could remember who was my first contact - I actually did forget  I got my first taste of DX on 6 meters; same kind of unpredictability as 10. Talking to locals one minute, the next there's a guy halfway across the country calling CQ 5KHz up  |
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eHam Forums / Clubs / RE: Club meetings via Skype / H.323 video conferencing
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on: October 07, 2012, 10:06:49 AM
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Our club does not do this and never will. The whole Idea of the once a month meeting is to get folks together that other wise never see each other. what good is having a meeting with no one in person? we do that all the time when we talk on the radio! I for one cant see totally taking the eye to eye meeting out of ham radio...geeze everyone is so disconnected from the real world now!!
Dan/NØFPE
If someone is out of town for the club meeting, they might not always be in a place to talk on the radio with club members. If I'm stuck in a hotel room on a meeting night halfway across the country, I'd rather teleconference in than miss the meeting entirely. But only as the exception to the rule - otherwise you're right, it'd be defeating the point of belonging to a local club. |
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eHam Forums / Contesting / RE: What is the contest I am hearing?
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on: September 16, 2012, 10:53:36 AM
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WAE
Worked all Europe. It is my least favorite contest. There is never anything rare activated for this one...
There may not be anything rare, but I picked up Montenegro which I have been after for a while. You never know. 4O3A? They're usually at least 59 on a toaster on the East Coast |
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eHam Forums / Elmers / RE: amp quesrion
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on: August 23, 2012, 09:53:20 AM
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I don't know of ANY amplifier that will work with a "Yeasu".
C'mon, you've never fat-fingered while typing? Rough crowd... 'VSG - what kind of operating do you do, mostly? Amp selection depends on factors like: - Do you need 160m? Not every amp covers Top Band. - Do you operate CW, and need QSK? - 120VAC or 220VAC to the shack? Not having 220 will limit your selections. |
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eHam Forums / CW / RE: Remember This?
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on: August 23, 2012, 05:55:41 AM
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Lots of really good thoughts here. As Rick and Bob said, Koch probably isn't the best way to learn to type. You bet Rob, people learn in different ways. Bob said Did you try Koch with wide character space 20/5, after success narrow it to 20/10 and after success 20/15? Is possible per lesson, but also for the whole course by repeating the course 3 times with increased speed. My understanding is that this isn't Koch at all, but rather Farnsworth timing. The promise of Koch is immediate recognition at full speed. It was too hard for me, and many others too I suspect. It kind of makes you wonder how much faith the programmers really have in Koch, when Farnsworth is an option on most Koch Morse education programs . 73 de Tom ab9nz I've had pretty good luck combining FW spacing and the Koch add-a-character approach, with 10wpm set as the absolute slowest speed I hear. |
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eHam Forums / Misc / RE: Can the Japanese withstand the Chinese Radio onslaught?
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on: August 09, 2012, 09:59:45 AM
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I also remember the days when "made in Japan" meant a very poor quality product - one to be avoided.
Dr Deming who introduced quality control into Japan is counted as a hero by Japanese industry.
His take on business practices was profound and readily took root in Japan.
One of his many quotes:
"Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them."
W. Edwards Deming
"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory." Deming has some gems out there. What's amazing about Deming is that he tried his ideas at home first - US industry, in its postwar, Galbraithian-haze of dominating the world marketplace, told him to go take a hike. The Japanese had the patience for long-term production planning; they were facing years of rebuilding anyway. |
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