Yeah, there’s something going wrong with the wide mode. I suspect that it gets huge error rates in wide mode, which cuts the thruput way back. Doing some research it seems the bandwidth of the interna

Correction: wide mode 7 seconds narrow mode 15 seconds. Sheesh. Must. Get. More. Coffee. -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

Ok, so this is very interesting. I got the email which I think you sent as a test. Gettysburg Address? I just did a little experiment, sending from one laptop thru a DRA-36 and a Kenwood TM-D710G, sen

If you’re not using my Winlink RMS stations W7PFB-10, you can ignore this email. If you’re using W7PFB-10 to connect to Winlink, but are not interested in the details, all you need to know is that I’v

I’m staggered and saddened by this loss but I’m so, so grateful that I am among those who benefited from Jim’s depth of knowledge and his abiding enthusiasm for sharing what he knew and helping others

Part of my everyday carry is an 18650 flashlight. (an Olight H2R https://olightworld.com/olight-h2r). It’s actually a headlamp but I just carry the light, not the headband. It uses an 18650 cell. If I

I’ve had decent luck with Duracells bought at retail locally, but horrid luck with Duracells bought off Amazon. Amazon pools stock, and batteries are apparently a commonly counterfeited item, so the p

Correct, Sunday September 6. Sheesh. I plead idiocy as a result of sleeping poorly and not enough coffee. -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

Several Snovarcians have recently bought Tarheel screwdriver antennas for mobile/field use. We’re going to gather at the Duvall ballfields on Big Rock Road at 1pm on Sunday September 5 to share our ex

I got some questions about exactly what whip arrangements I’m using. I said I’d send out and email with the details. I’m using a Little Tarheel II: https://www.tarheelantennas.com/little_tarheel_ii I

Line of sight is a little more complicated than just a line between two points Note that lens shaped ellipse drawn with the ‘line’, hat’s the Fresnel zone. Basically you’d really like that entire zone

Hugely interesting and useful tool! Thanks! -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

Ah, shoot I meant to send you my address and forgot. 8035 Tolt Highland Road NE, Carnation 98014 -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

He the two of us confused, my address on file with the FCC is my PO box. -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

I am late to the party but I would go with all the connectors in the box (if there’s room) weathersealed, and grommets in the holes that lead outside the box. -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and ha

I’ve uploaded the powerpoint file for the presentation to the SNOVARC groups.io section, in a new folder named ‘presentations’. You will need some powerpoint compatible viewer to look at it. -p W7PFB

I will upload it to the SnoVARC groups.io files section. -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

I think calling it very well put together is extraordinarily kind of you. I do have it squirreled away on the shack laptop, I’ll forward you a copy. Sending it via email will be fine? -p W7PFB 73, Don

Yep that works fine -p

The FM version of VARA in wide mode uses the entire 6kHz of bandwidth that you get when you bypass the audio filtering and inject the signal directly into the FM modulator in a VHF/UHF radio. That’s w