Hope Valley Ambulance is looking for someone to teach a class for about 5 members and administer the exams. If you think you may be interested please contact me at; billc230@nullverizon.net

Thank you

Bill N1HRA

Hello all.  As you may know, I’m selling my towers and accessories.  All radios and amps have been sold.  These parts that I have listed MUST GO.  They are all listed on eham.net, but wanted to give the club members a chance to get in the action.  You have all worked on my towers, and know what kind of condition they are in.  Below is a pasted copy of my ads, including a couple items that are not on eham.

Selling a HyGain TH5 Triband antenna. No abuse, in excellent condition. Asking $350 for it. Sells for $699.95 new. No rust, no cracks, no missing parts. Comes with the standard HyGain mast mount clamp. If you would like pictures of this item, please feel free to email me.

Selling 5 1/2 sections of Rohn 45 tower. Asking $200 for each section. Also I have a BPL 45G Top Plate which I am asking $125. Lists for $250 new. Also have the R-BPC 45G base plate, asking $75. Pictures available upon request.

3 Rohn 25G tower sections with a tilt over base plate.  No bends, slides right together. Asking $75 per section.

I also have 2 Ameritron Antenna switches (Remote Coax Switch).  $75 each, or $150 for the pair.  They run $159.99 New from ameritron.

Astron RS-35A power supply.  Lists for $239.99 New, but asking $100 for any of the club members.

Alpha Spid Rotator.  You can look this rotator up on alphaspid.com  I paid $600 for this rotator.  I’m asking $300 for it.  Needs a new plastic cap from when the top section of the tower decided to shorten the length of the gin pole hihi.  If you buy this rotator, I have all the rotor cable to go with it.  Come with the control box and control mouse to control it.

That’s all I guess.  Contact me if you’re interested.

Bill N1HRA

Jay and I took a 4 hour round trip drive to Salem, NH to pick up Carlos’ “NEW” 2 Element 40m beam.  At HRO, they advised us to check the parts list and the boxes to make sure all the parts were there.  So we did.  GUESS WHAT?!?!  The antenna was USED, missing ALL the X-Hats, parts of the tubing for the elements, dinged, scratched and dented.  HRO is shipping another one from California to their Salem store, and it looks like I’m going to have to take another ride to pick it up, along with another $50 in gas.  Good news is Carlos bought 2 new rotators that shipped out at the beginning of the week, and should be installed by the time we get there.

I REALLY NEED A VACATION.

73

Bill N1HRA

Talked to Carlos on the phone this afternoon. I got some answers to some of our questions.

Internet: Same as we used last time: However WP4Z has and internet company with a tower with a bunch of anteenas on it that we can access via a 2m link. I guess he (WP4Z) uses it that way for his station. Carlos will talk to him. Lets plan on bringing the gear down to set it up.

Anteena update: They did get the beams up but found the rotors did not work so he has ordered two new ones and they (Carlos & his friends) will have them installed.

Would Like: Cables for the ICE filters  that connect to the radios to make them swicth freq together?

A center insolator for the 80M Delta loop you can take a look at what he means at http://www.alphadeltacom.com/pg11.html Maybe someone has something like this in thier junk box.

I asked him again to send a list of wants and needs via email.

I was going to have a meeting of the group that is going next weekend but we’ll have to put it off until the weekend of the 26 or 27th if you think that will work. If not I can cancel what I need to do next weekend.

Ok guys I haven’t heard from 1 person yet about flight information.  Jay and I have been checking flights everyday since the meeting.  Prices are ranging from $280-$450.  Really the best bang for your buck is JetBlue out of Boston.  Even though the cost is a little more ($370 pp/taxes) you fly in comfort, first checked bag is FREE, you are allowed a carry-on and a personal item (back pack), and everyone flies in “first class”.  All seats have their own “free” tv to watch, and non-stop flights to and from.  This is the flight we are looking at right now:

Your itinerary

Ok guys, getting ready to run sweepstakes.  For the life of me, I cannot find the “section” window in N1MM.  Where do they hide it?

Thanks

Bill

N1HRA

A Contester is born.  Jay KB1LCQ jumped right into the fire during the WAE rtty contest this past weekend.  Jay started off the contest working sations on 40m for a few hours.  The next day I sat him in the chair and put him on 20m, where he stayed most of the day.  As you can see by the score and contacts per band, he did pretty good for the first time out.  I have to say that over 75% of the contacts made, he was in the running mode, and experienced many pile ups. 

Band        Total         N1HRA        
7             42            42           
14           190           190          
21           7              7            
Total        239           239          
Total points for the weekend 43,498

It was great to see everyone at the meeting on Saturday.  First I would like to welcome Jay KB1LCQ to the club.  Now on to NP3U.  I have the following members on the list of operators: Ken K3IU, John W1AN, Jamie K1SG, Matt WE1H, Jay KB1LCQ, Bill N1HRA, Mike K1DM, and Ed W1PN.  Ken K3IU will be making contact with Carlos soon.  Untill we hear back from Ken confirming that the station will be available, I suggest no one purchase their tickets.  Jay and I have been looking at flight costs this evening and found this flight info.  This is a one stop flight with your layover in Washington of less than 45 minutes.  Price of this flight per person is $279.40 (taxes and fees included).  Plan on an extra $25 each way checked baggage.  This is the best price found as of yet.  All other other flights had layovers of 4-6 hours and much more expensive.  Again if anyone else finds anything, please post it here.  As stated at the meeting I would like to hear back from all team members attending by Saturday the 17th the LATEST. 

Ken K3IU: Please try and make contact with Carlos as soon as possible. 

Thanks,

Bill N1HRA

Tue, Feb 5:	Depart 05:45AM Arrive 12:50PM	Boston Logan International Airport, MA (BOS) San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, (SJU)	1 Stop United – Flight  842  / 1203
Tue, Feb 12:	Depart  01:41PM Arrive 06:57PM	San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, (SJU) Boston Logan International Airport, MA (BOS)	1 Stop United – Flight  1210  / 822

Back a few years ago MMTTY had a built in CW decoder the used the same window as the RTTY window. While using the new version it looks like they took it out or I just don’t know where to look. Can someone tell me if it is still in the program or was it removed.

Thanks

Bill

Hello everyone

I just wanted to see if I could get some discussion going on who is going to PR this Feb. I would like to have this put on the agenda for Nov meeting. I guess a couple question can be asked here:

Has anyone been in contact with Carlo’s?

Is there a list of things that certain people are bringing or think we should bring?

Who is committed on going? (a minimum of 4 people are needed) I will be going and I have a friend that will be joining the club at the next meeting and he would love to go. He’s really new to Ham Radio and wants to learn.

For those of you that are committed on going, you should continue to do research on flights. The best way to do this is to find the cheapest flight, and appoint someone to book everyone at the same time. This will make sure Carlo’s only makes one trip to the airport.

Please let me know if you are committed on going. It would be nice if you got back to me before the meeting via my email address: billc230@nullverizon.net

Thanks and good luck to all in the CQWWDX Contest

Bill N1HRA

I need to install a Printer port and a couple of serial ports on my Dell 5150 that is in the shack. Anyone have any ideas of what card I should by that will work?

Thanks

Bill N1HRA

Hi everyone,

I am selling my station and wanted to give the members first shot before posting anywhere else. The complete station is going, radios, towers, and ant and all misu stuff. I’m not sure when the next meeting is but if you’d like to come look around and see if there is anything you might like i can open the shack up after the meeting. The big idems are: FT-1000D, Ameratron 575, 50′ Rohn 45 with flat top with Alpha spid rotator & TH-5 Tribander, 35′ Rohn 25 with flat top Ham 4 rotator , TH3 Mark III tri-bander, all coax , Extra guy cables and more. If you can”t make it to the next meeting you can contact me at: billc230@nullcox.net with your phone number and I can give you a call.

Bill N1HRA