Dont ever order from this company and expect orders to arrive.

Serveral weeks ago I ordered an item. They draw my money from my bank by PayPal.

I didnt get any receipt after ordering.

After a week, I sent one query regarding the transaction and got no answer.

Awaited some more week and sent another query.

Then they answered they couldnt send item due to my location. Meanwhile they have kept my payment.

WHAT IS MATTER WITH MY LOCATION IN EUROPE?

Letting me await for weeks and probably new weeks to order another place, they cared none less about.

Thank You for your answer.
I have ordered a new adapter with the FTDI chipset.

73's

Greetings.

Ive searched forums here with keywords FT-950 and cat and read results without finding coarse of the misbehaviour.

HDR cant read frequency from my FT-950.
It tells me to check for not in receiver memoryset mode and others which Ive checked.
I'm using a laptop with Vista installed.

I'm using a female-female between the ft-950 and rs232 from usb-to-serial converter.

I was that eager to test the hdr with my radio when the blood in my veins suddenly froze to below -173 degsC.

I would appreciate any suggestions to try to fix this, what I believe, is a communication problem.

Thank You

73's

EDIT1: I was downloading Vistadriver from this adress :http://www.cooldrives.com/wividrforprc.htmland, instead of the driver supplied from the cd-given from factory, it seemes to work in a second or two, then closes down the connetion.  

EDIT 2: Trying to run program (HRD) again, after dinner, same behaviour as described initially, before switching driver.

EDIT3: I installed the DXLab and it communicates with my FT-950 without problems.

LAST EDIT: Ive ordered a new usb-serial adapter with another chipset.

HRD is telling me:
Radio: FT-950
Port: com 4 (I'm using usb to serial device)
Cts=off
DTR=off
RTS=on
Device control block: 9600,n,8,1
RTS=ON

My Yaesu FT-950 tells:
CAT DPS= 9600
CAT TOT (wonder what this is) =10
CAT RTS=On

My computer serial device tells:
Prolific USB to serial comm port (com4)
9600 bits/s
8 databits
None parity
1 stopbit
none flowcontrol

hia, I was thinking of buying from other hams (they are normally very reliable  ) at least in my country, advertising on several local clubs. Some suppliers of equipment also sells used equipment.

73

Hi.
Ive used aprsdroid for some weeks now, using my cellular phone. (LA5RT-10) and watching all kind of stations (AIS,maritime traffic too)
and their trackings on www.aprs.fi.

After some minutes (10-20) my connection to the network is lost. Donno what thats about.
But Im going on 2m soon so no fuzz about the cellular.

73 de LA5RT

hi there nice to meet another returner 

With HF (high frequency) You will be able to do communications with people all around the world.
Using VHF/UHF you will reach just within sight of horizon at UHF, a short path.

I dont know anything about satelite/moon/planet workout but thats another option.

There are several types of activities within frequency bands too.

There are contests, both locally and international within the frequency bands.

I would buy me some used ham equipments (tranceiver,antenna, and others specific for the frequency band(s) You preferre to work within.

Myself returned to hamwork due to interests in weatherbaloon and measurments using microcontroller. That involves some tracking and gps equipment beside of that Ill be mainly at HF-work.

Good luck further on

73's  de LA5RT

Greetings and thanks for the informations.

Is there any measurements of the plate to dig in?
The entrance of power of my house is on the attic level at right side of house.I just have 1 floor on my house, the basement is not in use, sorry for my missleading words here.

"From here I would run a number 6 wire to the main panel....."
Are You referring to the 230vac main panel?

regards

hi there Tom.
Again, thanks for the response.

I found out, by reading here (and there) my antenna don't need those RF radials. But as You say, theres much written about the topic.

QRZ? Is it an internet site? I'm not quite aware of how to enter my position there. Its just a bit south of Årnes, namely Auli.
Edit: I found size and entered my position.


However I'm registerred at NRRL's site at their list of radiohams,with position/address and club is Nedre Romerike gruppe av NRRL.
I thought I was erased from their member list and was surprised that I didn't have to register again, after 30 years away.


Thank You for clearing up whether to connect chassiegrounds of equipment with the ac-power-grounding.

I will look into Stavanger group.

A ground mounted vertical sounds interesting, but my XYL prefers a view to the apple and cherry tree in the spring :-). But mounting antenna above roof made me another concern, the lightning.
With my bad rocky ground I'm starting to be a bit worried. But Ill read on and try to find some knowledge how to lessen that fear. The best Ive come upto present time is grounding the antenna's support walve to a (bad dry) soil.

73's de la5rt,  Jan

Thanks for commenting.

From reading in this forum so fare, I'm thinking of:

c) Establishing a ground point in my station by coupling a large cu wire from waterpipe (located 4-5 meter away from station, in basement)  to a copper plate in my station at first floor. From this groundpoint ,couple all chassiegrounds (from transceiver, morsekey and others) in a star groundnetwork.

Do I couple shield of antenna cables to this common ground point too? (I guess so, but guessing could be dangerous, Ive understood in this business).

b) You right. Ive read at this forum and otherplaces that there is no point establish a rf ground for this antennatype. My next antenna will be a vhf 2m vertical and a centerfeed dipole so I guess I wont need any radials outside house. I was thinking of radials to lessen chances of entering an electronic war with my neighbours.

a) I haven't found a solution of lightning yet. I was thinking of establish  a (bad) ground (dry soil area) from a copperrod (3-4meter away from the straight line of antennatop to ground) and thereby grounding the small metal mast supporting the antenna. I wonder if this would decrease possibility of lightning entering my house.?

I will probably contact a local company in how to minimize possibility of lightning.

regards

Greetings to You all.

Ive returned to hamwork, after 40 years absence. Im trying to establish a radiostation at my house.
I plan to mount a AV-620 at left part of my house, due to powerlines at my right side of house. (kindly see attached pictures).
"my part of the house" however, is at right side of my house.

Due to rocky terrain, I cant use copper rods into soil to establish rf ground. I think the only solution is to use radials at ground.

I plan to lay out radials from  right side of house to establish RF-ground close to position of radiostation.
Will that work if the AV-620 vertical antenna (and later on, posssibly dipoles ) is mounted at left side of house?

Please correct me in the above and the below:

I need to establish 3 diffrent ground topics:

a) Lightning (thunder)
b) RF ground
c) Chassie ground of tranceivers,pa-stage, morse-key ao.).

Im quite confused how I could establish grounds and ligthning protection and the winter is just a week away.

Im also confused howto make the inlet from outside to inside of house wall.

http://home.broadpark.no/~jeik2/bilder/leftside3.jpg
http://home.broadpark.no/~jeik2/bilder/rightside2.jpg