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And don't me why it was scrapped because being the dues scab that I am, I do not know.

Nope. Not now. No awards program coming in December. Was posted in News but has since been SCRAPPED. :bdh::bdh:Probably because KK3Q didn't his dues? :bdh::bdh:

FYI There is NO new member program coming down the pike. Yes, it was posted in the last issue but has been scrapped. Why I dunno but I can guess. <gotproof>

What you saw on the NEWS was an exact copy of the communications sent to Todd by the BOD. I was accused of "printing lies" about Todd by putting the article in the NEWS. I was instructed to insert the notification and I did it verbatim except for the fact that I made the heading in bold and blue...

Yep. It's out, it only comes out quarterly (thank goodness for that). Think it hit the street a couple days ago. Had the young man trying to get me removed as editor because I was "telling lies" about him. What I was doing was inserting the communications the Board of Directors sent him. They...

You're right about them looking like Cushcraft so wonder if one copied from another. As far as making them work I might think about removing the relay and running straight SO239 at the antennas. Since these are sat antennas they won't be more than 5 or 6 feet up and no need for the relays which...

Well, the AC is out here due to lightning strike last weekend so I figured if I was gonna sweat I may as well work on these antennas. I took some before an after pictures and got a few surprises. One of them being these are KLM antennas, can't imagine the cost of them new! The boxes that I...

That's what I was going to do. Put the saw horses up in the garage and drape them across one at a time. A pair of electricians pliers should work great to straighten them. I don't know how these things got so beat up and the 6 element 6 meter beam is even worse. One big hurdle is I don;t have a...

Give FLDIGI a look for the software, it's got a learning curve but after it is set up it is nice. Free! Rig control can be done to a point with the digital software but for full control you will want to look at DXLab - free. Antennas? Well, depends on your budget, space available, and what...

Any trees on your property? Besides the obvious dipoles other wire antennas you could probably hide a vertical in a tree. Back in the day when my Dad was a CBer it wasn't all that unusual for folks to put a vertical up in a tree. The neighbors rarely notice them because they rarely look at the...

2 meters is local FM type communications, generally people who use something called a 'repeater' to send the received signals out further on FM. Only problem is that some areas like mine are full of 'experts' on nothing but act as if they all work at NASA. Some truckers use 2M as it is a pretty...

Good eye there O.B. I didn't think about the grid. The N7HGH doesn't have an email address in QRZ/Hamcall so no way to email him. He's in the 10-10 db but nothing there either. I'm going to change the log to N7HGH and let it ride like that. Most SA DX I get here in EL98 is overpowered and you...

Not sure if this was a valid contact or not but I can't see anyone going to all the trouble to work the digital modes as a pirate. The call was H7HGH, H7 is assigned to Nicaragua but the call doesn't show on QRZ/Hamcall. Guess I'll wait to see if it shows on LoTW/eQSL.

31 is almost same for BPSK & QPSK, 63 is roughly twice as wide and then 125 wider than that. If you turn on your monitor you can hear the differences. Here's a good link for IDing the digital signals: Digital Modes

Grabbed them both. The 2 meter looks a little different but probably a slightly different model but same model number. Thanks for the help.

Thanks, they were there on the Cushcraft site. The 2 meter is a little different but not much. Guess I can try to get parts from them. Not sure if the 432 pre-amp is working but once I get them straightened around I can give it a whirl. Thanks for the excellent help!

Some months ago I purchased a bunch of antennas from SK estate, all 6M through 432. There are two which I am thinking of pressing into service for satellite work but they need some TLC and I have no idea who made them. So what I'm looking for is any clues as to who made them so I can get a...

I've done pretty good with my 718 in spite of its drawbacks such as SSB/CW filters (mercy the rig needs them!) and no 6 meters or FM. I will say this about the little rig, it is a workhorse. I work at home and keep the rig running digital modes in a remote desktop window on one of my work...

I am looking at the 897D to possibly get into MS and EME so I'm curious why you prefer the Kenwood over the Yaesu. Does the 897D have "issues" with it? I'd rather have just VHF/UHF but that doesn't look like it will be happening as I don't really want to buy used VHF/UHF previously sold.

A fellow who used to live here in EL98 was whining about not be able to work a DXpedition on 20 meters because of some issue with his vertical antenna. I asked him several times why he didn't just whip up a dipole to try them on that. We listened as he ran off a list of excuses, failing to...