Re: Advise / Help with FCC Part 15 AM/FM installation
Lou Giliberto (KD7HCW)
See if they have inventory direct.
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http://www.talkinghouse.com/ You can also find them on eBay a lot. Lou Sent from ProtonMail mobile
-------- Original Message -------- On May 6, 2020, 9:41 PM, Dan Pflugrath < dpflugrath@...> wrote:
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Re: Advise / Help with FCC Part 15 AM/FM installation
Dan Pflugrath
If you can't find inventory for a FM or AM Low power transmitter you might inquire of someone who had one of those huge Christmas light displays that broadcast music with their light show. Seems like they would not be using it at this time so one may be able to borrow one until you can find inventory. They might even assist in setup
There are suppliers for Christmas Light display components that may be an uncommon source with inventory.
Just a suggestion to get up and running
73, Dan KA7GPP
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From: snovarc@snovarc.groups.io [mailto:snovarc@snovarc.groups.io] On Behalf Of Robin Amundson
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 8:06 PM To: snovarc@groups.io Subject: [SnoVARC] Advise / Help with FCC Part 15 AM/FM installation
I’m thinking someone from SnoVarc can make suggestions on this request?
73, Robin, WA7CPA
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Advise / Help with FCC Part 15 AM/FM installation
Robin WA7CPA
I’m thinking someone from SnoVarc can make suggestions on this request?
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73, Robin, WA7CPA Begin forwarded message:
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Microhams Digital Conference
The following is from the Scott Honaker .
"Each year since 2007 the Microsoft Amateur Radio Club (Microhams) has held a conference with a focus on digital communications. The conference offers a variety of topics across a range of skill levels. Our motto is “Inspire, inform and educate”. This year is the 13th annual Microhams Digital Conference. We have changed directions too many times to count planning for this year’s conference but we are determined to provide a great show. One of the virtues of going online is that we were able to invite presenters that would be impractical to bring to the Seattle area. A number of presenters will be speaking from the future. David Rowe, the author of Codec2 and FreeDV will be speaking live from his home in Adelaide, Australia. He's 16 hours 30 minutes ahead of Seattle so it will be Sunday morning for him. John Wiseman G8BPQ, the author of BPQ32 will be presenting from the UK and much of the Winlink development team from all over the US. This is just a sample and the entire current agenda can be found at https://www.microhams.com/mhdc/mhdc2020/ (all times are Pacific Daylight Time). The conference can be streamed live directly from YouTube so there can be an unlimited number of attendees. This year the conference is available at no charge but we do request a donation via the web site to cover our expenses. There is a chat channel in YouTube to ask questions and these will be passed to the presenters (who may wait until the end to respond). To provide a more interactive experience, there will be a Zoom breakout room available at the end of the session where the presenters can hang out and answer questions in person for the next hour. Of course, the whole thing will be recorded on YouTube and available for viewing later if you miss anything. The links to the stream and Zoom breakout room are being finalized and will be posted on the MHDC 2020 web site when complete. All the latest updates are available at https://www.microhams.com/mhdc/mhdc2020/ See you Saturday! Scott Honaker, N7SS for the MHDC Team" Thanks, Rowland
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Re: Mobile rig antennas - advice and tips welcomed
Tom WA7TBP
Mike:
Take a look at Comet Antenna mount, part number CMA-TYANTPE. It uses existing screws in your truck to mount an antenna. I have 4 of them on two of my Ford trucks. I like the mount, especially not having to drill a hole. You will have to find a way to route the cable to the inside of your vehicle, but I am sure there are enough of us at SNOVARC that we can give you a hand.
73 and good luck.
Tom, WA7TBP
In a message dated 5/4/2020 09:03:21 Pacific Standard Time, golferguy02@... writes:
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Re: Mobile rig antennas - advice and tips welcomed
Jackson Beard
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On Mon, May 4, 2020, 09:03 Mike Jacob <golferguy02@...> wrote:
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Re: Mobile rig antennas - advice and tips welcomed
Here are pics of my F350 and Explorer installs. They both work great. I did have a mag mount on p/u for several years but had a tree branch blow it off the top of my truck and destroy it. Thanks, Rowland
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 11:06 AM Jason Frazier <frazierjason@...> wrote:
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Re: Mobile rig antennas - advice and tips welcomed
Jason Frazier
I have my my V/u antenna mounted in the same place, hood next to A-pillar. Note that if you have a 2015 or newer F-150 you must look for an aluminum bar with isolation washer and special stainless screw, to prevent galvanic corrosion on either the aluminum
body or steel frame. I found mine easily on Amazon.
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A-pillar position has worked well for me, certainly better than mag-mounting the same antenna on my other vehicle.
73 de Jason W7DM
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From: Mark McClain <n6oby@...>
Date: 5/4/20 10:44 (GMT-08:00)
To: snovarc@snovarc.groups.io
Subject: Re: [SnoVARC] Mobile rig antennas - advice and tips welcomed
I have also had pretty good luck with front fender/hood mounted antennas.
I did some experimentation on a Chrysler minivan I had many years ago with two different mounts on the drivers side. One was back close to the column (pillar) and the other was forward near the nose. My testing showed a noticeable difference between the two and the forward-mounted antenna did better when testing to a repeater that was behind the van. So you might want to give some consideration to how close to your pillar it is mounted.
Mark
From: snovarc@snovarc.groups.io <snovarc@snovarc.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Jackson Beard via groups.io
I use a hood mount designed for my Ram, and it works just fine. I can hit the repeater from Skagit and Lewis counties.
They make a hood mount for your truck too.
On Mon, May 4, 2020, 09:03 Mike Jacob <golferguy02@...> wrote:
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Re: Mobile rig antennas - advice and tips welcomed
I have also had pretty good luck with front fender/hood mounted antennas.
I did some experimentation on a Chrysler minivan I had many years ago with two different mounts on the drivers side. One was back close to the column (pillar) and the other was forward near the nose. My testing showed a noticeable difference between the two and the forward-mounted antenna did better when testing to a repeater that was behind the van. So you might want to give some consideration to how close to your pillar it is mounted.
Mark
From: snovarc@snovarc.groups.io <snovarc@snovarc.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jackson Beard via groups.io
I use a hood mount designed for my Ram, and it works just fine. I can hit the repeater from Skagit and Lewis counties.
They make a hood mount for your truck too.
On Mon, May 4, 2020, 09:03 Mike Jacob <golferguy02@...> wrote:
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Re: Mobile rig antennas - advice and tips welcomed
Jackson Beard
I use a hood mount designed for my Ram, and it works just fine. I can hit the repeater from Skagit and Lewis counties. They make a hood mount for your truck too.
On Mon, May 4, 2020, 09:03 Mike Jacob <golferguy02@...> wrote:
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Re: Mobile rig antennas - advice and tips welcomed
My antenna is mounted like the one in the picture. On hood drivers side. The difficulty is getting coax through fire wall unless you have a pass through hole already there.
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 9:03 AM Mike Jacob <golferguy02@...> wrote:
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Thanks, Rowland
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Mobile rig antennas - advice and tips welcomed
Mike Jacob
Well, I'm finally getting ready to put a mobile rig into my truck.
I am pretty sure I've settled on a Kenwood TM-V71A.
I'd love to get your opinions and any pics you want to share about antenna mounting, models and performance you wish to share. Some details about my rig: Toyota truck
I use a canopy for several months a year so mounting on the inside edge of the bed rail is not going to work.
I know that a roof mount is probably best for performance, but I'm hesitant to put on there as I'll likely break it off going into the parking garages near work as they have short clearances. (and I'll surely forget to lower it every time).
This is making me think a hood mount is the next best option. It doesn't necessarily provide the best ground plane. Does anyone have a hood mounted antenna and do you get "good enough" performance? I'm thinking something along the lines of these, but would love feedback or opinions: Antenna models: Potential mounting location: (not my truck) 🙂
Thanks for sharing your opinions and any tips or mistakes to avoid.
-Mike J W7GR
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Re: Antenna Tuner or Tune an Antenna with an Analyzer?
Paul Butzi (W7PFB)
I would say it depends. If it’s a single band antenna I say tune the antenna for best match across the band or at the frequency of concern, and if the SWR is still too high at the point of resonance, build a transformer into the feedline to get close to 1:1.
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If you want to use the same antenna on multiple bands, a tuner is darn useful. My two HF radios both have very capable built in auto tuners, and I’ve used my OCFD on bands where it would otherwise be unusable.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
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Re: Antenna Tuner or Tune an Antenna with an Analyzer?
Jackson Beard
Tuner provides multiple band use.
On Sun, May 3, 2020, 14:44 Howard E. Mahran / WA1HEM <wa1hem@...> wrote: What say you?
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Antenna Tuner or Tune an Antenna with an Analyzer?
What say you?
-- ************************* Howard E. Mahran WA1HEM (425) 864 - 5104 *************************
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Asteroids
I was watching an interesting show this morning on asteroids and close approaches to the earth. During this presentation they referred to a NASA website that has lots of information on this subject. If you are interested take a look. Thanks, Rowland
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New EXTRA question pool on July 1 is smaller!
For those of you Hams out there with your Tech and General licenses that have thought about getting your Extra license (like me). The new question pool for the Extra exam starting on July 1 will be 91 one questions smaller - 621 down from 712!
This is a great time to use the shelter-in-place time to study especially since there's 13% less to know! 73 -- ************************* Howard E. Mahran WA1HEM (425) 864 - 5104 *************************
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SnoVarc Thursday (5/7) Business and Elmer Monthly Meeting - Its ONLINE! (Updated Login Info)
We have moved the monthly meetings to Zoom. The login information for the May 7th meeting is:
Meeting ID: 918 5052 4747
Password: 678188
One tap mobile
+12532158782,,91850524747#,,1#,678188# US (Tacoma)
*************************Let me know if you have any questions. See you there! 73s, Howard Howard E. Mahran WA1HEM (425) 864 - 5104 *************************
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Re: Testing
Paul Butzi (W7PFB)
We moved down to 7160 for that reason.
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-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
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Re: Testing
Ken Kosters
I would try more civilized part of the band. Splatter from 7.255
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Ken
On Apr 26, 2020, at 3:44 PM, Paul Butzi (W7PFB) <w7pfb@...> wrote:
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