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73´s, Luis EA1CS

My 7 year old Dell Inspiron 630m WinXP laptop has been restored to "as factory settings" to properly clean it out of files detritus that had accumulated over the period despite numerous defrags, ccleaner clean-ups and deletion of unwanted files. I've loaded Windows service packs, McAfee etc and all seems to be well ....apart from one small annoying issue: I keep getting a pop up box  telling me I need a file called sonicencoders.msi to install some software which I think is to do with some Sonic software for DVD burning. This never goes away and it tells me the file is on a D/ drive which I don't have access to. This is a partition allowing full and partial restores on a Dell machine.

Searching the internet it appears this is a very common issue yet no-one seems to be able to tell me where to find this file which I appear to need to even delete the files that are causing the problem. Ccleaner doesn't allow me to delete it, neither does the usual Windows add/remove programs.

When I first had the PC, from my son about 5 years ago, I seem to vaguely recall having the same issue and I managed to fix it but I haven't a clue what I did back then.

Anyone know how to get this file or how to stop the annoying pop-up message? I am not a PC expert at all by the way, so keep it very simple. Ideally someone please email me the file and put me out of my misery.

Este indicativo "raro" se encuentra desde el día 10 de mayo activo desde la India, en concreto para la Malabar Amateur Radio Scouting Society VU2MLQ (MARSS). Es la primera sede de la India de radioaficionados para el movimiento Scout y comunicaciones de emergencia. Estará activo hasta el 8 de julio de la mano de diversos operadores indios de 2 a 80mts en Cw, Ssb, Rtty, Psk y FM.

73´s, Luis EA1CS

To all my friends headed to Dayton Hamvention and to all my friends headed out to FDIM, I wish you Godspeed - safe journeys there and back home.

Enjoy the friendship and camaraderie and please fill up the e-mail reflectors with bits of news, please!

72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!

LU9DA propose sur sa page Web, un point des liaisons grâce aux spots du cluster, sous forme de graphiques, sur les six principales bandes HF, une mise à jour automatique est effectuée toutes les dix minutes. lien

Seconde partie, pour la série des transmissions du premier conflit mondial...

My initial entry into QRP was via two kits offered by Doug DeMaw W1FB (SK) 24 years ago – a small 40 meter transmitter and a 5-watt amp.

Along with the kits, Doug included a handwritten letter to me with words of encouragement for my new interest in QRP. I sometimes wonder how many others he started on a similar path, taking pen to paper in those pre-internet days before the convenience of cut and paste.

The kits contained specific instructions and diagrams but Doug also included two bulletins he wrote with instructions on how to wind the toroids and transformers contained within the kits.

Those bulletins also have info on how the number of windings were determined, permeability and other info that was nothing short of magic to me back then.

Almost a quarter of a century later, this info is still pertinent (and often misunderstood) for homebrewers:

Bulletin T-1A (Toroids) 3.7 MB pdf

Bulletin BBT-1A (Broadband Transformers) 3.7 MB pdf

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XX9E Team/16 mayo 09.11z

"Estamos en Hong Kong esperando el barco, si todo va bien estaremos en el aire en 24 horas".

XX9E Team/15 mayo/12.30z

"Estamos en el aeropuerto de Madrid esperando nuestro embarque. Todo el material está dentro del avión. Próxima parada Dubai dentro de 8 horas, seguiremos informando............."

XX9E Team/14 mayo, 13.30z

"Todo el equipo se encuentra en Madrid, esta tarde tenemos mucho trabajo por hacer. Después de un largo viaje a Macao, esperamos estar en el aire el jueves, 73"

XX9E Team/ 11 mayo

"Tenemos el 60% del material en Alicante esperando para ser trasportado a Madrid el próximo lunes, desde donde partiremos rumbo a Macao, seguir atentos para informaciones futuras".

73´s, Luis EA1CS

The answer is: Fail. We won’t abort though, but retry. When we were setting up our long range WiFi network, we ran into some problems. At PA2AYX’s side, everything is fine. At my end it’s not. The 16-element Yagi, bought on eBay for less than $15, is fine. My access point (TP-Link TL-WA5110G) is fine. [...]

Having been off work today with a stupid cold, I'd been doing a little reading around. I was enthused reading Roger G3XBM's ever-interesting blog about the experiments that he is making at optical frequencies with 481THz experiments using LEDs. I remembered I'd had a QSO with Gordon G8PNN last year when he mentioned these experiments. Fascinating stuff!


What intrigued me is that these experiments have been going on for a while and that Australian amateurs have quite a history of experimentation in the field. I found and enjoyed 'Optical Communication for the Amateur' written by Chris Long in 1979 and later revised. Back in the UK, Eddie G0EHV has an interesting page on the optical experiments in the North East of England.


I wondered whether Dave WW2R/G4FRE had done any optical experiments. It turns out that he hasn't, but his website contains details of some fascinating 'First' UK QSOs on 134GHz and 142GHz which I think you will also find fascinating.

Oh and the picture? I took it off Dave's website (Dave, I hope you don't mind!). It shows a very youthful G4VXE in the middle (doing nothing, apparently), Kelvin GW4TTU to the left and Dave G4FRE on the right. We were on Mynydd Maen in South Wales preparing for a microwave contest. I'm guessing 1986 or 1987.

At the direction of Congress, the FCC opened up Proceeding 12-91: COMMISSION SEEKS COMMENT ON EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS BY AMATEUR RADIO AND IMPEDIMENTS TO AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.

I decided to file my comments with the Commission, which can be read in full here. I’ll also provide the short version here:

1. The contributions of amateur radio operators during disasters and emergencies is substantial and well documented.

2. The key attributes that make the Amateur Radio Service so valuable in an emergency or disaster situation include the large number of trained operators available, the tendency for many amateur radio operators to prepare their stations for emergency operating conditions, the high degree of flexibility due to the wide range of spectrum and emission types available, and the ability of amateur radio operators to adapt to adverse operating conditions,

3. Restrictions from homeowners associations banning all external antennas is a serious and pervasive impediment to amateur radio emergency communications.

4. Limitations on emission type in Part 97 should be relaxed or eliminated.

5. There is the potential to improve the use of the Amateur Radio Service within the overall planning and organization of the federal government.

There are many different issues that could be highlighted but I decided to focus on these…with an emphasis on restrictive covenants.

What do you think? File your comments with the FCC here.

73, Bob K0NR

Some nice 70MHz Es today - mostly to the south east. Around lunchtime I worked IK0SMG (JN61) and IK5YJY (JN53). Later on, just before 1600z I was listening to a weak signal on 70.200 - I think an I4 which I was struggling to copy. Mark, CT1FJC heard me and called me at great strength. Really delighted to work Mark on a new band! Following that, Mark faded out and I was able to work another two Italian stations IZ5EME (JN52) and I0DLP (JN61). Conditions when I worked I0DLP were just perfect - he was a huge signal and very easy to work.

Gemelig Club y Mediterráneo DX Club se hermanan este año.

73´s, Luis EA1CS

GM3OZB, GM3YEH, GM3ZRT, GM0DJG, MM0BIM y EI6FR planean estar activos desde la isla St. kilda EU-059 como GM7CWO/P del 16 al 21 de mayo 2012.
Estarán QRV en bandas HF+ 6mts en Cw, Ssb y Rtty.
Qsl vía GM7CWO

73´s, Luis EA1CS

I entered this contest with the intent of participating all the way through the entire 6 hours but felt somewhat fatigued before the contest even started, but within minutes I began to get the impression that band conditions were not being overly friendly.  I was only able to make 20 contacts in the first hour and found a couple of stations could not hear me and barely anyone answered my CQ calls.  The 80m noise level whilst normally around s5/6/7 seemed higher than usual around s9.  122 points scored in this hour.

No it is not ! but…while inspecting some hi-res pictures of the announced Kenwood TS-990 I’ve noticed a detail that immediately reminded me to the April Fool’s day….

At the top of the TS-990 display, date displayed is 1st April 2012
I’m sure is not a Kenwood late April Food Joke, but it’s certainly a funny detail !

You can display some Hi-Res pictures of the Kenwood TS-990 by searching on Google Images or just in the back cover page of the June 2012 QST !

The only pictures present on the web of the new Kenwood TS990 are the same as the one published on QST, we’ll have to wait for some pictures of the new TS-990 from Dayton visitors.

Thanks to all of you out there, who have so kindly shared your thoughts, prayers, kind comments here and elsewhere as well as e-mails that I have received during this difficult time.  I am so blessed to have so many friends because of Amateur Radio, and this blog.  Even if we've never formally met, I consider you all to be truly great friends.  Please know you have my utmost appreciation and gratitude and that I will, in turn, be remembering you all in my prayers.

72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!

I'm on track for kw 144 mhz LDMOS amplifier, but not easy in 9Q land.. the update of this article when it will be operational.. (pictures updated on time.) 73 9Q1EK

Nouvelle série de cartes postales anciennes de ma collection,télégraphie, télégraphie optique, colombophilie...la suite demain

A list of all the known LF grabbers (on-line to the internet LF receivers) in the world is available at http://icas.to/argo/grabbers-list.htm . A receiver to use with a 136kHz grabber is available as a kit or ready built from http://icas.to/e/ . This is a simple, but effective, direct conversion design which is already in use at several grabbers around the world.

DK7FC has been helping YV7MAE set up a grabber for 136kHz and over the last month they have been improving the system day by day. Last night Stefan's DFCW signal was copied quite well for the first time over a distance of 7818km. This is the first time a European station has been copied in South America I believe on this band. The grabber can be seen at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/74746618/LF/YV7MAE_LF_Grabber.html .

From www.speaceweather.com
 
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That would be nice !!!
73 de SV2DCD

Ayer mientras iba hacia Pamplona escuchaba algo de actividad en 15 mts,era algo más tarde de mi hora habitual pero seguía con bastante actividad.A medio día había trabajado a E40VB desde Palestina en 10 mts luego iba atento a lo que salía.

"Dirigido a todos de acuerdo a la norma que se ha publicado en la web de 3C0E/3C6A sobre la solicitud de Qsl´s.Es importante leer y entender lo que está escrito, cualquiera que no siga las cuestiones indicadas y solicitadas, la Qsl será enviada a través del buro. Para todos aquellos que siguieron la norma para la petición de la tarjeta, estas les serán enviadas directamente a opartir de hoy 14 de mayo 2012. 73 Dxpedition Team".

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73´s, Luis EA1CS

Ralph H44RK/14 mayo

"Me encuentro activo desde Honiara, Islas salomón como H44RK y aquí seguiré hasta diciembre 2013. Si me oyes por favor llámame y si se forma el pile-up, no desesperes, habrá más oportunidades durante mi estacia aquí. Solicitar la qsl a través de Qrz.

73´s, Luis EA1CS

"Un grupo de 9 operadores italianos estaremos activos desde la isla San Pietro ( Cheradi Group), EU-073, del 26 al 29 de julio 2012, incluyendo el IOTA contest en categoría isla- multioperadpr-alta potencia. Qsl via IK7XIV".

73´s, Luis EA1CS

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73´s, Luis EA1CS