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1. From The ARRL Letter February 28 2013 FCC PROPOSES MORE SPECTRUM AT 5 GHZ FOR UNLICENSED BROADBAND On February 20 the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking NPRM in ET Docket No 13 49 seeking to revise the Part 15 rules governing unlicensed national information infrastructure U NII devices in the 5 GHz band These devices presently operate in the frequency bands 5 15 5 35 GHz and 5 47 5 825 GHz They use wideband digital modulation techniques to provide a wide array of high data rate mobile and fixed communications for individuals businesses and institutions Slightly different rules apply to 5 825 5 85 GHz Among the changes being proposed are two additional bands totaling 195 MHz for unlicensed operation 5 35 5 47 GHz and 5 85 5 925 GHz The Amateur Radio Service has a secondary allocation at 5 65 5 925 GHz including an Amateur Satellite Service uplink allocation of 5 65 5 67 GHz and a downlink allocation of 5 83 5 85 GHz Read more at www arrl org news fcc proposes more spectrum at 5 ghz for unlicensed broadband From The ARRL Letter March 14 2013 BOB BRUNINGA WB4APR UNDERGROUND TAKES APRS Bob Bruninga WB4APR led a group of radio amateurs earlier this month to Mammoth Cave the world s longest known cave system at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky to test how the Automatic Packet Reporting System APRS can be used as a means to extend radio communications underground When used underground2. P S Mum none of the above is true I m over at Kirsten s house just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my report card that s sitting on the fireplace love you Call when it is safe for me to come home Date 21 Dec 2012 12 00 From GM3YEW GB7YEW To HJMOUR WW Subject Jokes 21 12 Plants The teacher was telling the class about plants that have the word dog in front of them dogrose dogwood dog violet She asked the class if they could name another flower with the prefix dog Steven raised his hand and said Sure Miss Jones a collie flower Boss You may think your boss is stupid but if he was smarter you probably wouldn t have a job Salesman This house said the real estate salesman has both its good points and Its bad points To show you I m honest l m going to tell you about both The disadvantages are that there is a chemical plant one block south and a slaughterhouse a block north What are the advantages inquired the prospective buyer The advantage is that you can always tell which way the wind is blowing Date 30 Jul 2011 02 21 From W1GMF W1GMF To HJMOR USA Subject Dog Calls Bernard who is noted for his gracious manners was awakened one morning at four forty four AM by his ringing telephone Your dog s barking and it s keeping me awake said his angry neighbor Bernard thanked the caller politely The next morning at precisely
3. SCCARA GRAM Santa Clara County Amateur Radio Association Volume 29 Number 4 April 2013 Prez Sez I hope everyone enjoyed RadioFest 2013 It s small but I think a Calendar good place to congregate or upgrade your license or just find some DeAnza electronic flea market antique toys SCCARA General Meeting SCCARA Board Meeting San Jose Red Speaking of which do you remember your first rig It s likely you Cross 7 30p all are welcome had some help in the selection of that rig by a friend or Elmer How else are you going to learn You can read all about the rigs in the catalog but until you use one how are you going to know 2 what a noise blanker does When you progressed beyond that first Gener al Meeting rig it s also likely you relied upon a friend or a review to tell you all about your next rig as well The ads in CQ and QST help but Day Monday April 8 2013 they certainly don t tell you the whole story Time 7 30 PM l T l l Place Kaiser Santa Clara Rm 196 My first rig was a military BC348 receiver with a Heath DX40 Featuring Tom Schiller N6BT on his new book transmitter both with tubes of course The whole novice band was Ray of Light two eyelashes wide on that general coverage receiver and it seemed like I could always hear at least four stations at the same time With my birthday money I upgraded to a National NC300 receiver It drifted a bit and it took a while to learn not to turn it off when n
4. and Pacificon Pacific Division October 11 13 2013 Officers Reports Secretary s Report Viki KI6WDS apologized for the lack of minutes in last month s newsletter due to a work crunch but will have both months minutes in the next newsletter Treasurer s Report Goetz K6GKB had emailed in his report checking 1916 68 savings 500 07 cash 677 03 total 3093 78 Trustee s Report Don K6PBQ reported he has the Kenwood TS440 working again Lou WA6QYS found parts on eBay and Don fixed it and he wants to donate it back to the club Lou moved to reimburse Don for the 112 cost of the parts to repair the TS440S John W6JPP seconded and the motion passed unanimously Don also announced that the station will be open on Saturday Mar 30 and he can also open it at other times For the MS Walk Don has a full quota of operators Wally KA6YMD agreed to bring the radio Vice President s Report John W6JPP announced the April speaker will be Tom Schiller N6BT Regarding the possible Field Day location off Lawrence Gwen reported the corner log is used by the adjacent church for parking on Sundays There being no other sites Fred announced the decision that the site is Mt Madonna John has contacted Valley Christian Center HS to be our speakers in July their ham club makes cube sats that they launch with weather balloons and has invited them to join us for Field Day Our speaker for August will be M2 Antennas Regarding
5. and the display is no longer working Clark KE6K XO raised the point that since Don K6PBQ was doing club work with the radio when it broke he should not be liable for its repair John W6JPP moved to scrap the TS440 radio and give it as is to the trustee and reimburse Don for shipping charges Viki KI6WDS seconded and the motion passed unanimously Clark moved that the club have a policy that indemnifies a club member using club equipment for a club function against damages Lou WA6QYS seconded the motion passed unanimously New Business Gwen KF6OTD asked which restaurant we will use for the dinner meeting after discussion the conclusion was since we have speakers scheduled for March and April the dinner meeting will be postponed for now Gary WB6YRU raised lessons learned from the clinic night it is good to have more than one person and divide the testing into sections receiver testing transmitter testing etc and have 2 or 3 stations Lou WA6QYS moved that SCCARA have a demonstration station at the Stanford PowWow on Mothers s Day in May Gregg KF6FNA seconded the motion passed unanimously Fred AE6QL adjourned the meeting at 21 20 Viki Moldenhauer Secretary KI6WDS Packet Pieces Downloaded from the BBS packet network Date 20 Dec 2012 23 55 From GM3YEW GB7YEW To HUMOUR WW Subject Jokes 20 12 Biker Thoughts Home is where your bike sits still long enough to leave a fe
6. will work on this Treasurer s Report Goetz K6GKB reported checking 3611 08 savings 500 07 cash 657 03 total 4768 18 He requested the board authorize the flea market fee of 1650 00 John W6JPP moved to disburse the 1650 flea market funds Lou WA6QYS seconded the motion passed unanimously Lou expects unanimous participation at the flea market also Newsletter Contributions Gary WB6YRU is working out the problem of getting financial information to Goetz Trustee s Report Don K6PBQ announced that the station will be open this coming Saturday and can also open it at other times Gregg KF6FNA reported that George Williams N6NKT requested we put our monitor on a hinge on the wall so it doesn t interfere with the Red Cross station Gregg will research a monitor hinge Bob N3FAW will put in a keyboard tray so there will be upcoming expenses Vice President s Report John W6JPP has two speakers lined up for March Radiosport details in the SCCARAgram and Don Apte speaking on the history of Amateur Radio Regarding the Field Day location search John found a possible alternative site a large open lot off Almaden Expressway without trees John conveyed a request from San Jose State University to use the repeater on one of Wednesday Thursday or Friday nights for a local net open net They will set up for Echolink access through their station and will yield for ARES RACES activities John moved to allow
7. Chances are there are others in the club who know something about it and can give you ideas We could even have a regular Q amp A column that might be fun Who knows it might even give us an idea for a talk on the subject at a future meeting Don t be bashful we re all fellow amateur radio operators here And we re in this club because we want to be because we re interesting in the subject So you re among friends let s hear from you 73 Gary WB6YRU editor Page 15 SCCARA Santa Clara County Amateur Radio Association PO Box 106 SAN JOSE CA 95103 0106 Affiliate of the ARRL A American Radio Relay League RER FIRST CLASS ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED SCCARA Membership Form for 2013 If none of your info has changed fill in name and call only Name Call Class E A G T N Address Licensed since yr City State Zip Licence Expiration SS Date mo yr Telephone L New Member L Renewal LI I m also a member of the ARRL E mail make sure your e mail is legible and correct if you want the newsletter by internet Memberships begin January and expire December 31 If renewing annual membership dues base rate are 20 Individual 25 Family 10 Student under 18 For new members If joining in January base rate If joining in February through October base rate x 11 month x 10 e g for June that would be base rate x 50 If joining in November or December free
8. Don Apte 408 629 0725 e mail kk6mx aol com WOJPP John Parks 408 309 8709 e mail w6jpp arrl net K6PBQ Don Village 408 263 2789 e mail donvillage 7 yahoo com WA6QYS Lou Steirer 408 241 7999 e mail wa6qys arrl net WB6YRU Gary Mitchell 408 269 2924 packet home BBS NOARY e mail wb6yru ix netcom com Newsletter Notes Hey Ijust noticed something The last SCCARA GRAM was March 2013 My first issue as editor was March 1993 It s been two decades Surprisingly enough I m still not sick and tired of it The thing I like the most about the newsletter what keeps me going is having informative technical articles from the membership This is a technical hobby after all and in my opinion one of the more important functions of a club like this is to inform its membership Even something basic like Goetz article on novel ways to attach a connector or Viki s antenna adventures is fine Goetz says he might be the only one who didn t know but I m pretty sure where there s one such person there will be others I hope more people will take that example to heart and consider contributing to your newsletter You don t need a PhD in the subject to write a good article any tip or something you ve discovered is fair game And you don t HAVE to be informative either If you re trying to do something and are having trouble that s worth an article too Tells us what you re trying to do and the problem
9. When we get the go ahead on location from George N6NKT we need to build a pallet and rubber mat we need the exact location from George on where the roof beams are We will need to purchase 200 feet of coax at 400 100 of rope and fittings guy the mast at 10 and 20 feet mount the rotor at about 2 3 feet costs shouldn t exceed 600 Also Gary has a camera we could put up in a box to monitor the antenna down in the radio room so we could check for antenna rotation flapping guy wires etc without going up on the roof Fred recommended we get cat 5 cable John W6JPP will check into donated cable The antenna must be 20 feet from any air conditioning units Old Business Student Akshat Agrawal KK6BLA request for assistance Fred AE6QL will email him to contact Don K6PBQ for a station walkthrough and invite him to Field Day Clark had someone else to his house Eval of broadcast truck John W6JPP and Gregg KF6FNA had nothing to report due to Field Day but raised concerns of insurance costs The club has liability insurance Goetz G6GKB will check the insurance carrier to see if we can get a rider for the truck John W6JPP will look at the truck HT s offered from estate Don AE6PM got an email back in July and has the HT s in his shop he will bring them to the next meeting Club radio repair The TS 440 radio is being sent back from the repair shop the squelch notch control part has not been available for years
10. in sections of fiberglass mast The bottom of the 2 1 8 I D white PVC water pipe that John is looking at is held 4 ft 6 in above the ground by the fencepost Lou stakes a guy line center left er ee ae Mas q 3 oie lin H Lagaai T n Se aT s i Op z EL i aa aS ae Ts pris a i E hy p i oe A es ma P 7 ae b f ms a ee i Fs eT a J q 2 ee n x s i ee s Lou right lifts the stack while Gregg red shirt slides the next 4 ft section under the PVC water pipe which stabilizes the stack Goetz masterminded the staking using a double staking technique One stake for the guy lines is driven into the ground ideally perpendicular to the takeoff angle of the guy line which tries to pull the stake back to vertical and out ofthe ground So a second stake is driven in further out from the first stake and the top of the first stake is tied down to the second stake see pictures This as well as other parts of this whole process involved lots of seamanship like knots on Goetz part I am especially weak on knots so I hope you will join me in encouraging Goetz to give a presentation on Knots for Amateur Radio Applications sometime complete with practice session v1 abate Ee ae i 2 ae Tey ia Goetz and Lou double stake the guy wires the stake in the bottom of the picture keeps the top of the upper stake from being pulled toward the mast by the guy line vie i ors with a Anchoring the spacers along the condu
11. kfofna comcast net Director Gary Mitchell WB6YRU 408 269 2924 e mail wb6yru 1x netcom com COMMITTEES Editor Gary Mitchell WB6YRU 408 269 2924 e mail wb6yru 1x netcom com Repeater Wally Britten KA6YMD 408 293 3847 e mail ka6ymd arrl net NOARY BBS Gary Mitchell WB6YRU 408 269 2924 e mail wb6yru 1x netcom com SCCARA REPEATERS SCCARA owns and operates two repeaters under the call W6UU 2 meter 146 985 PL114 8 70 cm 442 425 PL 107 2 Phone auto dial and auto patch is available The two meter repeater is located at Eagle Rock near Alum Rock Park in the foothills of east San Jose The 70 cm repeater is located at the Regional Medical Center formerly Alexian east of downtown San Jose north of 280 and 101 SCCARA NETS On our two meter repeater Mondays at 7 30 PM not the second Monday our meeting night Coordinator Don Village K6PBQ On ten meters 28 385 MHz USB Thursdays at 8 00 PM Net control Wally Britten KA6YMD Visitors welcome NOARY PACKET BBS SCCARA hosts the packet BBS N ARY Mt Umunhum User ports 144 93 1200 baud 433 37 9600 baud telnet sun nOary org login bbs Sysop Gary Mitchell WB6YRU packet info ncpa nOary org TELEPHONE NUMBERS SCCARA contact Clark KE6KXO 408 262 9334 Amateur license testing ARRL VEC Silicon Valley VE group Morris Jones AD6ZH 408 507 4698 Page 2 to look at or better yet operate someone else s rig It s almost impossible to get by h
12. last Saturday of the month He has everyone needed for the MS Walkathon but if anyone would like to help please let Don know Gary WB6YRU announced for visitors that he has extra newsletters on the back table One of the new visitors has a new Icom Z1A handheld and needs help programming it Fred AE6QL offered help after the meeting Lou announced the next SVECs breakfast will be April 27th Don AE6PM reported the new repeated is alive and well at his Page 10 house John W6JPP asked for help on behalf of visitor Rick KE6PL getting an antenna set up see John and Gregg KF6FNA In response to a question Lou WA6QYS reported the flea markets started last week Mar 9 and that again there will be a conflict in October with Pacificon John W6JPP announced there will be 2 speakers for the evening David Bottom WI6R runs Radiosport which makes headsets for amateurs David gave a bit of his history see his profile on qrz com He was inspired to get his license by hearing Sputnik and was licensed before high school When he started racing cars he realized much better headphones existed than were available to hams He started building headsets from the best of aviation racing EMT etc and selling them to amateurs He brought several along and showed some of the features After a break Don Apte KK6MX gave a presentation put together by Mark Pecen Sr VP of Research in Motion This covered the highlights of t
13. the San Jose State University Amateur Radio Club to be granted authorization to use the SCCARA repeater for a half hour on Thursday evenings Gregg KF6FNA seconded the motion passed unanimously John will also invite them to join us for Field Day John also reported that he has been in contact with the Salvation Army While there is a general agreement in support of our establishing a radio station at their Homestead Ave site they are having a reorganization of management and request a 30 to 60 day extension in negotiations John also has been contacted by an active satellite ham who is willing to come to our Field Day and work with our members President s Report Fred AE6QL recognized John W6JPP s efforts with John Glass NU6P to put meeting announcements on the repeater Fred again urged all board members to get callsign arrl net email addresses Fred announced the appointment of Teresa Nemeth as the Yahoo Bulletin Board sysop She will promote usage and admit membership to the bulletin board she will publicize this at meetings Fred is also looking at ideas for Field Day programs and will coordinate with Viki KI6WDS and Gregg KF6FNA Standing Committee Reports BBS Gary WB6YRU reported he Goetz K6GKB Gregg KF6FNA and Clark KE6K XO made a visit to the BBS site on Mt Umunhum the 1 25 M is installed the 6 M was modified from 9600 to 1200 baud Gary put a request for interest in a site visit into the newsletter
14. transceiver a non HT IC 28H 144 MHz FM transceiver a PK 12 packrat Fred proposed to rent these to newbie hams and supervise them to get started After discussion it was agreed the club needs a policy statement on loaning renting equipment a checkout procedure a means of tracking equipment officer assistant trustee Further discussion will be taken offline and Fred will write up a first draft of the policy statement Club station RTTY the power supply failed in the computer Bob N3FAW was using to set up the club RTTY station Considering the difficulty in moving the tower computer back and forth to his home to work on it he requested a laptop to replace it Lou will get the requirements and identify a replacement and Don PM and Viki will help New Business John W6JPP reported the American Legion Post 318 off Minnesota and Meridian have offered us a room for a ham class if we have enough interest and have offered a site in their basement after renovations for a station where we could get some of our other radios 1n use Fred AE6QL adjourned the meeting at 21 17 Viki Moldenhauer Secretary KI6WDS Board Meeting Feb 18 2013 Red Cross Building 2731 N Ist St San Jose CA Status Unreviewed The SCCARA Board Meeting was called to order by Fred Townsend AE6QL at 19 37 Attendance President Fred Townsend AE6QL Vice President John Parks W6JPP Secretary Viki Moldenhauer KI6WDS Treasurer Goetz Brandt K6GKB
15. 0 M to shorten the overall length to about 40 feet with a corresponding reduction of bandwidth on 40 M You may recall the article in the January 2013 issue of QST especially note the wrinkliness of the wires in their photo of the center section which makes me feel better Act 1 This particular antenna surfaced last summer when Gregg KF6FNA spotted it for sale at the electronic flea market and helped the vendor talk me into buying it The user manual description of built for extreme environmental conditions sounded like it would be a good fit for the eventual location up in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest which gets snowfall and ice loads and has lots of tall trees to hang it from I revealed my complete lack of haggling skills and paid the asking price but the vendor was the flea market sponsor so it was for a good cause I would blame the donuts for a sugar overload but I had ridden my bike to the flea market so I can also blame oxygen deprivation On the way home the antenna gave a hint of its future degree of cooperation when the bungee cord holding it to the bike rack got caught in the rear cog and wedged itself around the axle Being an absolute novice at the launching of antennas into trees and actually antennas in general other than the simple random wire tuner and the kit form of the Bravo 5 antenna I talked a few club members into a test flight at Henry Schmidt park in July 2012 Lou WA6QYS Gwen
16. KF6OTD and Gregg brought canopies and chairs Gregg brought test equipment and the generator John W6JPP Clark KE6K XO and Goetz K6GKB with two young visitors came to help out and Fred AE6QL stopped by with his antenna analyzer The first task was to check out the length of coax that had been out in the elements in my backyard attached to the Bravo 5 Gregg brought his meg ohm meter to confirm continuity and checked the resistance between the center conductor and the outside shell to ensure insulation integrity The coax was fine Gregg coordinated raising a military fiberglass sectional mast with help from pretty much everyone This starts with anchoring the base of a metal fence post to a stake with a hose clamp Clamped to the fencepost is a length of 2 1 8 I D inside diameter white PVC water pipe more hose clamps which is placed just above the height of one of the mast sections The first mast section is slid up through the tube a new section is placed beneath it and the upper section is slid down to settle onto the lower section The tube guides the mast sections as the stack is assembled from the bottom Three levels of guy lines were used Page 3 Gregg using 1KV Meg ohm meter to measure antenna between center conductor and outside shell Note the orange and gray coil traps on the gray antenna wire which allows the 40m band to use a short 40 ft conductor one attached to the first topmost section along w
17. Trustee Don Village K6PBQ Past President Don Steinbach AE6PM Directors Lou Steirer WA6QYS Gregg Lane KF6FNA Gary Mitchell WB6YRU Wally Britten KA6YMD Clark Murphy KE6K XO Announcements The SCCARA station will be open Saturday February 23 2013 Fred announced several events the RadioFest Monterey Bay 2013 will be March 23 2013 from 8 00am to 5 00 pm at the Monterey Moose Family Center at 555 Canyon Del Rey Hwy 218 Del Rey Oaks CA 93940 the MS Walk April 27 at 9am which needs volunteers for SAGs pedestrian mobiles and NCS the SVECs Quarterly Breakfast Meeting also on April 27 2013 and Pacificon Pacific Division October 11 13 2013 Officers Reports Page 12 Secretary s Report Corrections were read to the January minutes as published John W6JPP moved to accept the January minutes as corrected Don K6PBQ seconded the motion passed The September minutes will stand Gary WB6YRU passed around multiple versions of the letterhead for comments the conclusion was to use the pdf format and center the text Fred presented email from club member Alvin Wong W6ATW requesting assistance renewing membership while overseas the treasurer and secretary will work something out and from Kevin Stoddart regarding the phone patch the autopatch numbers have not been updated for dialing 1 408 Fred will see Ben Vickers to get them updated Clark KE6K XO needs a hard copy of the new member package Gary and Viki KI6WDS
18. VHF and UHF radios can only work within a few hundred feet of each other and only when in the line of sight of another radio Bruninga explained This makes routine use of these radios of little value when underground however when APRS radios act as packet digipeaters these few hundreds of feet can be extended by an order of magnitude Bruninga a senior research engineer at the US Naval Academy developed APRS as a global on air protocol for supporting handheld position reporting and text messaging via VHF radio Read more at www arrl org news bob bruninga wb4apr takes aprs underground US POSTAL SERVICE INTRODUCES GLOBAL FOREVER STAMP This is for those who send QSL cards internationally Editor In addition to an increase in postal rates in January 2013 the US Postal Service introduced a new Global Forever First Class Mail International stamp Priced at 1 10 each and offered in a pane of 20 the new stamp offers a single price for any First Class Mail International 1 ounce letter to any country in the world as well as 2 ounce letters to Canada The stamp is available online www usps com stamps at post offices in the US or by calling 1 800 782 6724 Thanks to ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager Kevin O Dell NOIRW for the information Alpha Delta Antenna Review and Assorted Adventures This is the saga in Four Acts so far of an Alpha Delta DX EE antenna Briefly this is a 4 band fan dipole with loading coils on 4
19. ands on training which mentoring clubs like ours do so well Also being a student in school would probably mean my funds would be severely limited Fast forward a bit From time to time equipment is donated to SCCARA usually from estates I think it is a very nice thing to do if your family members do not want the equipment Many times like the donating member the equipment is very old If the equipment is better than our current equipment we usually swap it out If it is lessor we usually sell it off at the flea market and because the equipment is old and unknown to the younger generation we get a pittance for our troubles I think it safe to say the equipment meant more to the previous owner who perhaps purchased it new and cared for it during their lifetime than the new owner who pays a pittance for all those stored memories At our last BOD meeting I proposed that instead of selling off any more equipment that we instead retain the equipment and use it to stock a lending library or rental service of equipment to members The idea is after you get your new ticket a member can check out a rig and use it to get on the air immediately There is presently a VHF HT VHF mobile and several HF transceivers available now Perhaps we can get some antennas for lending as well Pd like to hear from the membership Should we rent out or lend out this equipment How long a period In general I d like to hear your views on any topic 73 Fre
20. but got no response from members if interested contact him Newsletter Gary has identified the newsletter budget problem the Office Depot receipts don t indicate coupons and other deals Gary needs to annotate the receipts before giving them to Goetz to get better financial reports Aside from the financial brouhaha Gary reports the newsletter is going fine Goetz column WIP Works In Progress is good but not enough people are contributing He will ask in the regular meeting for any contributions to the WIP column Webpage Wally KA6YMD will update the web page to say sccara com Repeater The new repeater needs a second phone line measured rate only incoming calls Gary will get Wally the physical location of the phone at the old repeater site Special Committee Reports Field Day Gregg KF6FNA is looking for a location to drive the antenna choices There was discussion of a boat tank to feed the generator but the cost was a concern Field Day location John W6JPP reported the search is in progress 2M repeater changeover Don AE6PM and John NU6P were setting the audio levels and hit a desense issue debugging is in progress Red Cross antenna Gregg K F6FNA reported status the 30 foot pushup from Clark s place will be used John W6JPP has loaned us the rotor and controller which will be checked out Fred had some 6 wire cable which might be doubled up to run to the 5 band beam on the roof
21. ct white tape Attempting to straighten the antenna wires with a tent stake Closeups of spacers between band conductors After getting the mast up and staked we tied flagging tape on the lower guy lines to prevent people from walking into them and started working on the antenna We stretched the thing out onto the grass or tried to The references in the QST article to the stiffness of the wires involved are a complete understatement Working with this antenna is like wrestling with a nearly frozen octopus but not as cold Gregg demonstrated how to use a screwdriver or in our case a handy tent stake to smooth out the wires but these 12 ga conductors had other ideas One modification noted for later was making additional spacers to try to enforce parallel even spacing between the fan components but for this day we anchored the spacers it came with so they wouldn t shift and hoped for the best We attached the coax to the center point and the center point to the rope attached to the pulley and with the coax and both fan ends dangling from the center point ran it up the flagpole as it were Page 5 We then walked the fan ends out to the side and attached them to nearby trees in an inverted V configuration Even under tension the wires looked like we hadn t tried very hard at all to straighten them But at least the antenna was way up there we estimated 36 ft 8 inches and we could try doing something with the coax en
22. d AE6QL ae6ql arrl net NVIS I went down to Long Beach California to get some work done on my boat This provided me with the challenge of joining the Rhubarb Net from my Camry at a distance of 400 miles The ICOM 706 was readable but when I added my NVIS antenna to the whip on the car Joe W6SNV reported two extra Dog Biscuits on his S Meter I used this arrangement for several weeks while I waited for my MANANA BOAT YARD to complete the work Goetz K Brandt K6GKB PL 259 attachment I m hoping that I am not the only one that has not heard of this simple method for attaching PL 259 connectors to coax cable This was passed along to me by Fred VE3FG in Saskatoon Canada who learned it from an old German Ham It involves removing the outer insulation and then tinning the copper braid in place on the inner insulation Then using a mini pipe cutter to remove the excess outer shield After sizing the remaining protrusion slip your work into the PL 259 connector and what appears through the soldering holes is the pre tinned shield Soldering through these holes is very simple soldering the tip and removing the excess is all that remains Screw on the outer cover and you are done What blew me away was that this is all well described on the internet at Wwww hcarc us articles soldering 20PL 259 20connectors htm I may be the only one who hasn t been doing it this way Goetz K Brandt K6GKB ARRL News
23. d on the ground By pare AX he Ds The antenna at max elevation note even under tension the refusal of the fan conductors to assume a nice parallel alignment dts Gregg braces the base of the mast at max height of around 36 5 feet while Goetz and Lou stake Page 6 First we took measurements Fred had brought his antenna analyzer a RigExpert AA230 Pro and he measured the SWR across the bands and confirmed it was usable across all bands band SWR fre MHz notes 10 M 1 4 1 6 264 000 1o M Lgl 21070 very sharp 20 M ne are 14 250 40 M minimum 6 994 We then hooked it up to the Yaesu FT 857 which I had brought from home As I had also brought the Bravo 5 we could run A B comparison tests on signals we heard There was noticeably less static on the fan dipole than the Bravo 5 but both seemed able to pull in signals comparably Lou had quite a conversation with a ham in southwestern Manitoba Portable station Yaesu FT 857D By this time people were feeling weak from hunger and Goetz young buddies were getting restless We ordered up pizzas and got ice cream sandwiches from a passing ice cream cart in order to get enough energy to take everything down again well before dark and satisfied with a day of antenna adventures ae Taal Te Taea ETES i E EE mae 7 a AA tY D P y i P Lou Anthony Gwen John W6JPP Cooper around the station enjoying the other main club function eati
24. efore the break After the break the test measurement part of the program proved very popular as attendees brought their radios back to where the test equipment was set up to evaluate whether the radios were operating within their specifications Equipment was tested until we had to vacate the room Viki Moldenhauer KI6WDS Secretary Board Meeting March 18 2013 Red Cross Building 2731 N Ist St San Jose CA Status Unreviewed The SCCARA Board Meeting was called to order by Fred Townsend AE6QL at 19 35 Attendance President Fred Townsend AE6QL Vice President John Parks W6JPP Secretary Viki Moldenhauer KI6WDS Trustee Don Village K6PBQ Past President Don Steinbach AE6PM Directors Lou Steirer WA6QYS Gregg Lane KF6FNA Gary Mitchell WB6YRU Wally Britten KA6YMD Absences excused Clark Murphy KE6K XO Goetz Brandt KOGKB Announcements The SCCARA station will be open Saturday March 30 2013 Fred AE6QL had several event announcements the RadioFest Monterey Bay 2013 will be March 23 2013 from 8 00am to 5 00 pm at the Monterey Moose Family Center at 555 Canyon Del Rey Hwy 218 Del Rey Oaks CA 93940 the MS Walk April 27 at 9am net control SAGs and pedestrian mobiles staffed but any more volunteers welcome the SVECs Quarterly Breakfast Meeting also on April 27 2013 the Sonoma Hamfest also on April 27 2013 details at http www vomarc org events html SCCARA Field Day June 21th to 23rd location still TBD
25. elf The next time I get the urge to put up THIS fan dipole solo in 105 degree heat go indoors and lie down with a wet washcloth over my face until it passes Between the inconveniently placed yucca plant whose spiky leaves occupied the area through which the street side guy lines had to go and the inherently poor plan of needing to simultaneously control 2 lines 40 some feet apart as well as the center pulley rope in order to raise the center point and the final straw of realizing that the center pulley rope had twists in AFTER I had gotten the center point raised necessitating untwisting the entire non docile mass of the antenna around the point on the ground under the pulley there was admittedly as Gregg would say some non ham vocabulary used However eventually it was hoisted aloft and I went into the cool to see how it sounded My log comments report that on 20 M Bravo 5 and random wire and fan dipole receive similarly but later weak signals picked up on the Bravo 5 nothing on the fan dipole but random wire did pick up After this rather confusing result I took the antenna down in preparation for a trip up north to the mountains where I would try hanging it from trees Act 3 The first attempt to test the Alpha Delta DX EE antenna up in the mountains also took place in summer I had a standard slingshot from Big 5 some 1 oz fishing weights some 8 lb monofilament fishing line and verbal instructions on ho
26. ember in the club especially in CW had become a silent key and passed around his obituary Don K6PBQ announced the club station would be open the last Saturday of the month Feb 23 and encouraged members and visitors to come try out the radios He also offered for people who can t come that weekend to call him to make arrangements and he would come down in the evening or on other weekends Fred AE6QL asked for anyone interested in license or upgrade tests to let him know so we can form study groups the library can make a room available John W6JPP thanked everyone who came and took his beam down now he has the new Tom Schiller beam up and transmitting John W6JPP introduced the evening s speaker Bruce Jahn of DaySaver He provided a little history of how he came to be making battery packs for professional land surveying equipment requiring long shelf life and ruggedness He described the features of his new product the Lithium Iron Phosphate battery and contrasted its advantages with respect to absorbent glass mat technology much lighter for the same capacity more recharge cycles a long shelf life and no lead or cobalt unlike Lilon batteries The new batteries also do not heat up during the charging process There was a writeup in the Feb 2013 issue of Popular Communications and there will be a review in the March issue of CQ magazine He offered a discount to people purchasing batteries at the meeting and answered questions b
27. evel with the center point aligned roughly east west so its broadside is facing California or they could be dropped in an inverted V for more omnidirectional coverage Gregg had 3 32 UV resistant antenna rope and I had lots of brightly colored guy rope material for pulley ropes and end point tethering Page 8 Gregg aiming at the left fork with the broken branch on the deciduous tree on the right he nailed it perfectly The tennis ball launching procedure With the suspended center point approach in mind we set out for the flattish clearing which was now much more three dimensional and slippery from the snow Gregg found a couple trees in appropriate places that had survived the ice storm a few weeks previously and still had enough high branches left to hold up antenna cords Most important of all he had a Hyperdog tennis ball launcher for dog owners with very fit large dogs who must need to chase tennis balls a very long way this was a couple times larger than the Big 5 slingshot I d used the previous summer We modified a few tennis balls by cutting 1 2 inch slits in them with a knife and then running paracord through the slits to make a loop Fishing monofilament is then tied to the loop and it is ready to go airborne After some humorous determination of how not to do this we settled on having the slingshot person aiming the tennis ball in the sling while the second person holds the spool of fishing line carefu
28. for November and December if paying the base rate for the following year Dues payment for J individual LJ family LJ student For family memberships at the same address please include a separate form for each family member I want the newsletter by LJ U S Mail L internet costs the club about 35 year Give this completed form or copy with payment to the Secretary or Treasurer at any meeting or mail to the club address Rev 4 2 2012
29. for the files Special Committee Reports Field Day Gregg KF6FNA needs to know who will make it up to Mt Madonna to help set up There will be activity to check out equipment and antennas before then Lou Don K6PBQ and Gregg will go look at the tower and antenna that Don s neighbor has available The tower is self supporting embedded in a large block of concrete so is not a FD candidate Fred also has another Off center fed antenna available Gregg will check with him New repeater The new repeater is working temporarily at Don AE6PM s house The cabinet will be under cover but outside this will be ok for temperature but will need a finer screen to keep insects out Red Cross antennas Gregg needs approval from George Williams Page 11 N6NKT for the exact location of the new mast to hold the boom antenna The club got 500 ft of 3 16 UV resistant antenna rope at the M2 open house event from The DX Store who gave us a nice discount Also Viki had a price list from Austin Amateur for coax LMR 400 is 1 ft LMR ultra flex is 1 50 ft We may use flexible coax from the rotor to the antenna and regular coax from the rotor to the shack Old Business Eval of broadcast truck John W6JPP reported that we are no longer pursuing the acquisition of the communications truck because the 5 years of back DMV feed make the cost prohibitive HT s offered from estate Don AE6PM brought the equipment one HT IC32AT dual band FM
30. four forty four AM Bernard called his neighbor back Good morning Mr Williams Just called to say that don t have a dog Need Help Amateurs have a long history of helping each other An experienced amateur who helps another is traditionally called an Elmer If you have a question or problem you are encouraged to ask one of SCCARA s Elmers Below is a list of topics including who to contact for each If your topic isn t listed ask one of the Elmers under the topic that comes closest and we ll ask around If you consider yourself to be reasonably competent in at least one area of amateur radio and would be willing help others please fill out an Elmer form from the club secretary Antennas feed lines tuners WB6YRU Lightning protection grounding WB6YRU Station set up equipment K6PBQ W6JPP TVI RFI WB6YRU Homebrew projects construction Computers older IBM PC WB6YRU WB6EMR W6JPP K6PBQ KD6FUI WB6YRU Packet Network BBS forwarding WB6YRU Code operating and installations WBO6EMR K6PBQ DX long distance propagation WB6EMR Emergency operating preparedness WA6QYS HF operating techniques SSB CW WB6EMR K6PBQ Legal FCC rules WB6YRU SCCARA club inner workings K6PBQ WB6YRU WA6QYS EchoLink KK6MX License testing new amateurs WO6JPP WB6EMR James D Armstrong Jr evening amp msg 408 945 1202 KD6FJI Lloyd DeVaughns 408 225 6769 e mail kd6fji arrl net KK6MX
31. he radio industry year by year with pictures of some of the historical gear The meeting was adjourned at 21 13 Viki Moldenhauer KI6WDS Secretary General Meeting Feb 11 2013 Kaiser Hospital 710 Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara CA 95051 Status Unreviewed The SCCARA General Membership Meeting was called to order by Fred Townsend AE6QL at 19 37 Introductions of members and two guests were made Announcements Fred AE6QL thanked John W6JPP for filling in while Fred was away Fred couldn t discuss his mission but he could share an opportunity he had on Oahu On Tuesday at the USS Missouri museum he had breakfast with the docents and got a custom tour of the ship Arrangements can be made to work the radio on the ship also In response to a question about the deck he reported they are restoring the teak deck Fred also thanked Lou for arranging the alternate room for the evening as Kaiser was using our usual room for a meeting He also thanked Gwen and Gregg for bringing refreshments for the meeting Fred announced he wanted us to get an early start on Field Day and encouraged everyone to get involved John W6JPP thanked John Glass NU6P for getting an announcement with the upcoming meeting speaker information on the repeater and also thanked Don Steinbach AE6PM Don Apte KK6MX and Gary WB6YRU for bringing in a huge array of test equipment for the meeting Lou WA6QYS announced that WE6V who had been a very active m
32. ith a pulley and rope to the ground don t forget to attach this before putting up the mast one at an intermediate point a couple of sections down and the third just above the fencepost attached to the top of the guide tube Different colors of guy ropes were used for each level which greatly simplified the communications between the 3 people controlling the guy lines during the raising and the pair at the fencepost lifting the stack and sliding the new sections in underneath Having extra people standing back a ways to report which way the stack is leaning as it goes up is also very helpful There were some exciting moments as the individually substantial fiberglass mast sections took on a new flexibility and downright noodliness as the stack grew past twenty feet or so Passers by and the group gradually assembling across the sidewalk from us for a children s birthday party were entertained by all the hollering and the entire process but once the staking was complete the mast was amazingly stable 2 r E Err P a 2 gt p y i d Fi a i onal iF ah t l we i F E o mb Ese Pe wet AE A ar a 5 i i ALF fe a 3 F See A ihe iy i las F i x Ad i 5 T on j ju w j i a ARER EA ij ait 4 Lie A A muni eo A A i oa Ay ia T Ai m Agi ae T Faaa AO NL A er S ae E ke Ma EF Bip Ae E Stake and radiator clamp anchoring the fencepost Page 4 The secret to pushing up 4 ft x 2
33. lly angled to minimize drag as it unwinds this is where a fishing reel might have come in handy Capture recovered line in a bucket and it won t tangle when fed out again It took a few shots to zero in the launching system The first one went wide the second one bounced off one limb of the tree crotch we were aiming for about 40 feet up The third one went perfectly between the forks but turned out to have separated from the fishing line upon launch and bounced out of sight down into the ravine Did I mention that by this time it was snowing again We decided to look for it later However the next shot went right where Gregg wanted and we tied the antenna cord onto the fishing line and held our breaths while pulling the antenna cord up into the tree and down the other side Gregg tied it off onto the base of the tree and we moved over to the second tree This tree Gregg and Viki attaching the center point to the pulley rope unfortunately was related to the flexy trees I d used the summer before along the front of the house albeit without leaves now But with the added power of the Hyperdog launcher Gregg got a line through the branches at the top about 60 feet up After attaching a pulley to the antenna line at roughly the midpoint the free end of the antenna line was tied to the fishing line in the second tree and the antenna cord pulled through and tied off at the base One handy trick Gregg taught me when deployi
34. n up there was missing the small matter of the actual HF radio of which I only have one and had meant to bring along from my home station So the signal reports for both directions will have to wait for the next installment One final positive result the next day we went down the ravine to look for the missing tennis ball and after hiking up and down a 40 degree slope amongst the arboreal carnage from the ice storm Gregg found it Viki KI6WDS Meeting Minutes General Meeting March 11 2013 Kaiser Hospital 710 Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara CA 95051 Status Unreviewed The SCCARA General Membership Meeting was called to order by Fred Townsend AE6QL at 19 30 Introductions of members and many guests were made Announcements Fred AE6QL announced there will be a license cram session at Radiofest Monterey for those studying for new licenses John W6JPP announced that several members are planning to caravan down to the annual M2 Antenna open house at their manufacturing facility in Fresno which starts at 7am Sat Mar 16 Contact John or Gregg KF6FNA if you are interested Don K6PBQ announced his neighbor has a radio beam and tower for sale an Yaesu FT 1000D radio a 6 band TA 53 Moseley with WARC bands and a 55 foot tubular crankup tower The tower need to be taken down and the beam and antenna shouldn t be sold before the radio can be tested on them Don also announced the station will be open on Mar 30th the
35. ng pizza and ice cream sandwiches Act 2 Before heading to the mountains there was just time for a short test of the antenna on a chimney mount here in Sunnyvale I was trying to get a comparison with the known performance of a random wire antenna and the Bravo 5 in the backyard There are power lines running through my back yard so these antennas perform much better almost anywhere else Clark s house parks Field Day than at home Chimney mount The chimney mount consists of two straps that encircle the chimney at the side of the house and clamp a metal pole vertically to the chimney A PVC pole is dropped over the metal pole the flange neatly serving to overlap the metal pole to separate the antenna from the metal pole A pulley is attached to the top of the PVC pole With the usual rope to the ground an antenna center point can then be raised to the top of the PVC pole This same PVC pole also supports a rope attached to the end of the random wire antenna which runs from the back of the house up and across the roof towards the street The fan dipole would be oriented perpendicular to the street in a corridor about 6 feet wide between the house and the fence It would be perpendicular to the power lines in the back yard and more or less parallel to the random wire antenna on the roof The Bravo 5 lives in the back yard sadly close to the power lines but presumably not interacting with the fan dipole Note to s
36. ng and recovering large amounts of antenna cord let it fall into a bucket as you reel it in and then when you have to feed it back out again it won t be all tangled with snow sticks and deer pooh mixed in The winter version of the eane dance Viki Blain KD7UMH and Gregg The Alpha Delta stil ay at 55 feet Now the pulley and its rope was suspended in the middle of the clearing We attached the center point of the fan dipole remember the fan dipole It didn t get any more flexible in the 33 degree weather than it was at 105 degrees to the pulley rope and attached Page 9 a hundred feet of coax to the center point Happily we found that hoisting all this into the air did not cause the antenna cord and pulley to drop lower and there is plenty of room to maneuver the ends around to aim the dipole in any direction The ideal tethering point for flat topping the antenna to aim it at California is a second story balcony rail but as the house has strong similarities with the house in the movie Money Pit the balcony may not be safe to actually walk on far enough to tie it off However with enough rope we will find something solid There is always another tree Ora vehicle But not the propane tank Nooo After Gregg s masterful site plan for the antenna and installation of the center point pulley at 55 feet the rest of the event was less successful I realized my recollection that I had duplicated a complete statio
37. ot in use but the novice band was several inches long and I could sometimes notch out the adjacent station I didn t want to hear rere Homestead Rd The DX40 did not belong to me It belonged to our high school club It was OK on CW but never got very good audio reports on phone AM By the next year I had a job and I didn t have to depend on birthday money I upgraded to a Johnson Ranger which was a superb transmitter With plate modulation and built in VFO it was always on frequency and got good reports I worked my first DX station HA4W with the Ranger running 60 watts I didn t have the slightest idea where that DX was located and it was long before the Internet so I couldn t look it up there There was the Callbook Magazine and with two versions domestic and international I could only afford the domestic Sometime later I did find a library with the International Callbook and looked it up but I didn t know how to do an international QSL Something about special stamps that were needed Aemssoidxy su ImeT I asked myself if I were a young ham today how would things be different First I would be learning to tune a sideband signal instead of zero beating an AM carrier and I wouldn t know how to plug in a transmitter crystal Second I would be operating a San Jose transceiver and I wouldn t know what a T R relay was or how to N 1st amp Plumeria hook it up Third I would have a digital read out and I wouldn
38. r am at 80000 Feet and Climbing You ve never been lost until you ve been lost at Mach 3 Paul F Crickmore test pilot The only time you have too much fuel is when you re on fire If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it s probably a helicopter and therefore unsafe When one engine fails on a twin engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash Even with ammunition the USAF is just another expensive flying club What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots If a pilot screws up the pilot dies If ATC screws up The pilot dies Airspeed altitude and brains Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight Mankind has a perfect record in aviation We never left one up there Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world it can just barely kill you Attributed to Max Stanley Northrop test pilot Page 14 There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime If something hasn t broken on your helicopter it s about to You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing the c
39. rash truck arrives and the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks What happened The pilot s reply I don t know just got here myself A 40 something mum was passing by her daughter s bedroom one day and was surprised to see her bed was nicely made and the room actually tidy She then noticed an envelope propped up prominently on the middle of the bed addressed Mum With the worst of fears she opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands Dear Mum It is with great regret and sorrow that I m writing you had to elope with my new boyfriend because wanted to avoid a scene with you and Dad I ve been finding real passion with Ahmed he is so nice even with all his piercings tattoos beard and his motorcycle clothes It s not just the passion Mum l m also pregnant and Ahmed said that we will be very happy He already owns a caravan in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter He wants to have many more children and that s now one of my dreams too Ahmed taught me that Marijuana doesn t really hurt anyone and we ll be growing it for us and trading it with his friends for all the coke and ecstasy we want In the meantime we ll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Ahmed can get better he really deserves it Don t worry Mum I m 15 years old now and know how to take care of myself Someday I m sure we ll be back to visit so you can get to know your grand children Your loving daughter Judith xxx
40. t and poor choice of super flexy tree Anyway I finally got it as high as it was going collected all my bits of fishing line and went indoors into the cool I called up Clark and tried scheduling contacts with Lou and Gregg but while I could hear Lou very faintly no one could hear my voice although Lou could hear a change in the background noise when I was transmitting see I should have learned CW I did later hear bits of the Rhubarb net and heard JPP and Joe Castellano who were running 600 W amps I returned home concluding that I needed to try a better antenna installation and then possibly more power Act 4 The second attempt to try the antenna in the mountains was this February when Gregg came along to help drive scope out the tree problems and spend the couple days of advertised fine weather fishing on the nearby river After two days of snow and rain and no shopping for fishing gear we gave up waiting and went out to look at the antenna possibilities Gregg spotted a site at one end of the house where the metal roof would be off the end of the fan dipole for minimal interference There was a small mostly flat spot before the ground dropped off behind the house into a ravine and in front of the house down hill to the pasture His plan was to string up a cord between two trees holding a pulley out in the open away from the trees which would be the center point The actual antenna endpoints could then flat topped tied up l
41. t Airport know how to read a vernier dial or interpolate down to Kilohertz or Hertz The learning curve would be almost identical I would still need Page 1 The SCCARA GRAM is published monthly by the SANTA CLARA COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION PO Box 106 San Jose CA 95103 0106 Permission to reprint articles is hereby granted provided the source is properly credited The deadline for articles is the last Monday of the month SCCARA was formed in 1921 and became a non profit corporation in 1947 SCCARA is an affiliate of the American Radio Relay League ARRL The club station is W6UW Web page www qsli net sccara Webmaster Wally Britten KA6YMD 408 293 3847 ka6bymd arrl net OFFICERS amp DIRECTORS all officers are also directors President Fred Townsend AE6QL 408 263 8768 e mail ae6ql arrl net Vice President John Parks W6JPP 408 309 8709 e mail w6jpp arrl net Past President Don Steinbach AE6PM 408 867 3912 e mail ae6pm arrl net Secretary Viki Moldenhauer KI6WDS 408 738 8781 e mail vyym comcast net Treasurer Goetz Brandt K6GKB 408 259 7287 e mail goetz ix netcom com Station Trustee Don Village K6PBQ 408 263 2789 e mail donvillage7 yahoo com Director Clark Murphy KE6KXO 408 262 9334 e mail clarkmurph yahoo com Director Lou Steirer WA6QYS 408 241 7999 e mail wa6qys aol com Director Wally Britten KA6YMD 408 293 3847 e mail kabymd arrl net Director Greg Lane KF6FNA 408 393 5607 e mail
42. the request by SJSU amateur radio club to use our repeater John clarified that Dennis Vernier W7RIT originally asked for permission to use the 2m repeater but would like official board authorization to use both the 2m and 440 repeaters for their nets John will get the exact times from Dennis John moved to amend the agreement with SJSU to include the 440 repeater Don K6PBQ seconded the motion passed unanimously John also mentioned that someone who works satellite will come to our Field Day do an educational presentation and make satellite contacts President s Report Fred AE6QL will discuss Field Day programs at the GOTA station after the meeting with Gregg KF6FNA and Viki KI6WDS including demonstrations at the GOTA station handouts putting up a projector and videos etc Fred distributed the letter he had received from Akshat Agrawal KK6BLA expressing interest in amateur radio and Fred s reply Standing Committee Reports Newsletter Gary WB6YRU reported the newsletter is doing fine still in color From the latest budget numbers it is still running a deficit but not as bad as he thought the club needs to continue doing the flea market BBS Gary reported the 220 port was broken the new radio was installed and forwarding is taking place The 6m port is making slow progress Repeater Wally KA6Y MD got the Coordination Registration for the 440 repeater updated and gave the Certificate of Coordination to Viki
43. w drops of oil on the ground The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rearview mirror Bikes don t leak oil they mark their territory A bike on the road is worth two in the shed Young riders pick a destination and goes Old riders pick a direction and go A good mechanic will let you watch without charging you for it Well trained reflexes are quicker than luck If you ride like there s no tomorrow there won t be Gray haired riders don t get that way from pure luck There are drunk riders There are old riders There are NO old drunk riders Only a Biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window Page 13 Wisdom from the military manual If the enemy is in range so are you Infantry Journal It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed U S Air Force Manual Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons You you and you Panic The rest of you come with me U S Marine corps Gunnery Sgt Tracers work both ways US army Ordnance Five second fuses only last three seconds Infantry Journal Any ship can be a minesweeper Once Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do Unknown Marine Recruit If you see a bomb technician running keep up with him USAF Ammo Troop Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death Shall Fear No Evil Fo
44. w to use them I had missed actually watching JPP Gregg and Lou putting up antennas with slingshots at the Powwow and had not used a slingshot before I first set up the trusty Bravo 5 to make sure the transplanted station was assembled correctly it was I heard the Sovereign Order of Malta special event station but they didn t reply to me Then I went out to look at the trees The house has a metal roof aligned along an east west axis so I planned on using trees along the front to hold up the center and end points along the same line letting the roof reflect to the south roughly where California is The trees along the front of the house proved to be inadequate for the task I got the lead weight over a branch but the leaves deflected the fishing line and I couldn t get the line against the trunk it ended up way out on a flexy limb with the pulley stuck several feet below the branch I managed to get a light weight home built single band dipole antenna up but when I tried to raise the center of the DX EE fan dipole including the coax the weight lowered the tree branch faster than the pulley was raising the antenna and the center point dropped Worse yet I realized the pulley rope was again twisted leading to a mad maypole dance with my Dad and sister and I revolving around under the pulley to untangle the stiff fan wires All this was in the 105 degree heat wave that coincided with my visit Page 7 Poor pulley placemen
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