oh yeah, I will have a camo Red Sox hat.
THat's cool. Tomorrow I will have a wife and two kids. Though, it might be helpful if you're wearing your Camo Sox Cap.
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oh yeah, I will have a camo Red Sox hat.
My impression:
1) A colossal pile of crap.
2) Many hams don't bathe.
that is all.
Ooops....Its a little late to say this but I hope you guys know this flea is at a middle school. No carry.....
/John
My impression:
1) A colossal pile of crap.
2) Many hams don't bathe.
that is all.
Which portion of the G5RV is touching the gutter? The ladder line stub or the coax feed? You want to keep twin led away from anything metallic like the gutter. In practice, though, you're using a tuner with that antenna anyways, so it really make no real difference. In fact, on anything other than 20 meters for a classic, G5RV, the coax itself is radiating, and therefore interacting with anything metallic in close proximity, but again, for all practical purposes it's effect is null.
That being said, I still keep my ladder line stub away from my gutter with a 5 foot length of board under my roof. I'll post a pic tomorrow.
Got the 440 machine back on the air today after the flea. You guys should give it a try and see if you can hit it, not sure how the coverage is right now. It's in Paxton on 447.9875 PL Enc 136.5 Dec 162.2 I'm listening now.
Different PLs for transmit and receive? That's somethin you don't see every day. Any reason it's set up that way?
That's not all that common in the Ham service, but not unhead of either.
Years ago, most frequency agile Ham radios didn't have split-tone capability, and to do so required a commercial radio modified for the Ham bands.
Nowadays, almost all modern Ham radios will do this, but it's still not common practice for Ham repeaters to be set up this way.
The reason for this is usually when you have multiple repeaters on the same frequency and it allows you to single out a specific repeater.
Notice that the Paxton machine also uses a "splinter" frequency, which is at 12.5 KHz, and not the standard 25 KHz which is the norm for the band plan.
So, now I have to figure out how to set up my radio with a PL on the input.
So, now I have to figure out how to set up my radio with a PL on the input.
LOL For the bitching he did on NEAR-900 about not sitting there all day programming, he sat and programmed all day.The guy doing the programming was Jeff N1ZZN, Nice meeting everyone!
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I think you will find that it doesn't radiate, but in fact it is used for tuning. If you can't get at G5RV to tune, you cut off a foot or so at a time, right?In fact, on anything other than 20 meters for a classic, G5RV, the coax itself is radiating, and therefore interacting with anything metallic in close proximity, but again, for all practical purposes it's effect is null. .
Not true. I may have seen a single amateur rig that will do this, but I don't remember which one since it was so long ago. This is one of those features that the manufacturers don't put in to keep their sales up on the commercial side. In fact my 8900 TH-F6, and the state of the art IC-92AD that I bought yesterday doesn't. About the only way to do it is with two VFO's on an all mode rig, and even then not all of them do it since they only reference one of the VFO's PL settings for both sides. The Icom 706 is like this.That's not all that common in the Ham service, but not unhead of either.
Years ago, most frequency agile Ham radios didn't have split-tone capability, and to do so required a commercial radio modified for the Ham bands.
Nowadays, almost all modern Ham radios will do this, but it's still not common practice for Ham repeaters to be set up this way.
LOL For the bitching he did on NEAR-900 about not sitting there all day programming, he sat and programmed all day.
WOOHOO!!!!! Congratulations to all of the hams that passed a test yesterday!
I think you will find that it doesn't radiate, but in fact it is used for tuning. If you can't get at G5RV to tune, you cut off a foot or so at a time, right?
Not true. I may have seen a single amateur rig that will do this, but I don't remember which one since it was so long ago. This is one of those features that the manufacturers don't put in to keep their sales up on the commercial side. In fact my 8900 TH-F6, and the state of the art IC-92AD that I bought yesterday doesn't. About the only way to do it is with two VFO's on an all mode rig, and even then not all of them do it since they only reference one of the VFO's PL settings for both sides. The Icom 706 is like this.
BTW nice hijack.
Jason
I'm surprised you haven't figured this out yet considering that most repeaters have PL on the input.
Call me dumb ass...I mean on the output? Or I think that I'm really confused now..
I know that I program in a PL on my radio when I want to key up a repeater... But I need one for when it talks to me? As in, If I don't have it programed on the radio...I can talk on the repeater...but I can't hear it?? Is this what we're talking about?
I don't think he understood your post.
Some repeaters also transmit the PL so that you can screen out interfering stations that don't transmit the PL - just the way the repeater does on its input. I forget the name for it. Tone Squelch I believe.
I don't think he understood your post.
Some repeaters also transmit the PL so that you can screen out interfering stations that don't transmit the PL - just the way the repeater does on its input. I forget the name for it. Tone Squelch I believe.