May 16, 2012

EA1CS

A5A, Bhutan


La FGC (Foundation for Global Children), tiene el placer de anunciar su próxima Dxpeditio a bhuta como A5A.
Comenzarán las operacioes el 24 de mayo hasta el 6 de junio 2012 y estarán activos de 6 a 80mts en Cw, Ssb y Rtty. Utilizarán antenas para recepción y amplificadores en 3 estaciones.
El equipo está formado por KL2A, JH1AJT, JJ1LIB, JA4EKO y JH1OGX.


73´s, Luis EA1CS

Posted at: May 16, 2012 10:56 PM

G3XBM (Roger)

Sonicencoders.msi - where can I get it?


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.

Posted at: May 16, 2012 09:25 PM

EA1CS

8T1M, India


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.
Qsl vía VU2MLQ.

73´s, Luis EA1CS

Posted at: May 16, 2012 09:13 PM

W2LJ (Larry)

Godspeed !

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!

Posted at: May 16, 2012 07:56 PM

J28RO (Freddy)

LU9DA

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

Posted at: May 16, 2012 04:33 PM

Transmissions 1914 (2)

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

Posted at: May 16, 2012 04:18 PM

AE5X (John)

Toroids & broadband transformer bulletins de W1FB

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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Posted at: May 16, 2012 03:16 PM

EA1CS

XX9E, última hora



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

Posted at: May 16, 2012 02:27 PM

PD0AC (Hans van Rijsse)

Abort, Retry, Fail?

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. [...]

Posted at: May 16, 2012 01:03 PM

IQ2IR (Insubria Radio Team)

"Il mondo nella mia antenna": Il Video

There are no translations available.

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Posted at: May 16, 2012 08:45 AM

G4VXE (Tim)

Reading about QSOs at unfeasibly high frequencies

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.

Posted at: May 16, 2012 08:40 AM

K0NR (Bob)

My Comments on FCC Proceeding 12-91

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

Posted at: May 16, 2012 02:49 AM

G4VXE (Tim)

A good 70MHz day

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.

Posted at: May 16, 2012 12:30 AM

May 15, 2012

EA1CS

V84SMD, Brunei



Gemelig Club y Mediterráneo DX Club se hermanan este año.
Estos dos Clubes con gran amistad organizan esta Dxpedition y comienza así una etapa de colaboración. V85TX y otros miembros de Gameling apoyan en la consecución de la licencia, así como en la logística. La dxpedition tiene como objetivo introducir las comunicaciones de radio en la población local.
El equipo lo forma:
F1HRE, F5EOT, F6BIV, I2VGW, I8YGZ, IK2LTR, IK2GNZ, IZ8CCW, ON7RN, IZ2HKC, V85AVE, V85AX, V85TX y YB3MM, estarán activos de 10 a 160mts en Cw, Ssb y Rtty.
Qsl vía IK2VUC, OQRS y LOTW.

73´s, Luis EA1CS

Posted at: May 15, 2012 11:28 PM

GM7CWO/P, EU-059


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

Posted at: May 15, 2012 11:21 PM

VK3LDR (Dave)

2012 80m Trans Tasman

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.

Just a few more contacts were made in the second hour, this time 24.  It appeared that band conditions had improved a little with some stations coming through stronger but was still struggling to get the numbers up.  142 points scored in this hour.  I began to get somewhat frustrated with the lack of response to CQ calls and the difficulty in finding a free slot to call CQ, as well as the challenge of trying to make exchanges..  During this hour  little 21 month old Ethan decided to turn the computer off so there went the logger and some panic with getting it back up and running.  At the end of this hour I was convinced that band conditions were unusually poor, whilst some interstate stations were quite strong, others were quite weak and not one VK6 was heard but I did manage to exchange with ZL4R with a lot of trouble.

Only 20 contacts in the 3rd hour totalling 104 points.  I was became quite disenchanted during this hour due to the same issues as the previous so I took a break about 8:50pm by which time I had just about had  enough!  I didn't bother to get back on air for another 40 odd minutes, so made another 8 contacts between 9:35pm and 9:48pm which is actually not bad!  That was it though, at that point I'd had enough and was buggered, so promptly switched the radio off and called it a night for radio operations.  So only 46 points gained in that short sprint.

So the total score calculated by VK Logger was 414.  I haven't crunched the stats for this contest for my operation but will probably crunch the stats for the VK3FRC entry.

I'm not so sure that I'll whole heartedly compete in the VK Shires contest, but either way I'm sure I'll have time to hand out some points or maybe operate for a few hours.  I'm still keeping the calendar clear for the RD Contest though!  

In other news I single handedly mounted a hockey stick mast on the fascia and then mounted an Itron aerial onto this.  Unfortunately I found the SWR on 27MHz even to be just over 3:1 so I've either made some poor connections to it or the aerial is "stuffed".  This was intended for use on 10m... so I think I'll stick to the dipole.  I also tried some digital modes recently from my main Windows 7 desktop PC with HRD and DM780, but after blue screening the computer twice I gave up!  My old 6 year old DELL Laptop doesn't quite handle running DM780 very well so I don't bother with that.

Let's hope for better band conditions!



Posted at: May 15, 2012 10:04 PM

IW5EDI (Simone)

Kenwood TS-990 : Late April Fools Joke?

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….

Kenwoos TS-990

TS-990

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.

Posted at: May 15, 2012 07:57 PM

W2LJ (Larry)

Thank you so much!

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!

Posted at: May 15, 2012 08:04 PM

9Q1EK (Georges)

1 KW 2M LDMOS Amplifier

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

Big power supply for all Amplifiers 2m, 70cm, 23cm


Posted at: May 15, 2012 07:02 PM

J28RO (Freddy)

Transmissions 1914

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

Posted at: May 15, 2012 04:27 PM

G3XBM (Roger)

136kHz grabbers and a DC receiver for the band


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.

Posted at: May 15, 2012 11:48 AM

Germany- Venezuela on 136kHz


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 .

Posted at: May 15, 2012 11:31 AM

SV2DCD (Leo)

Solar maximum is coming in 2013


From www.speaceweather.com
 
Solar maximum is coming in 2013. How will space weather affect you? To answer that question, experts from around the world are gathering for the Space Weather Enterprise Forum (SWEF) on June 5, 2012, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. To learn more and register, please visit the SWEF web site at http://www.nswp.gov/swef/swef_2012.html.


That would be nice !!!
73 de SV2DCD

Posted at: May 15, 2012 11:02 AM

EA2CCG (Joaquin)

Parón súbito.

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.

Escuché una IOTA desde Polonia y le llamé una vez,al soltar el micro escuché a Manuel que les llamaba.

Justo entraba en el tunel del Perdón cuando le daban paso a el tra un EA2? EA2?

Al salir llamé y los trabajé pasándome S9.

Aproveché para indicar a Manuel 5 arriba esperando que estuviera todavía a la escucha como asi fué.
Tenía splatter de estaciones cercanas y pedí un nuevo QSY.Esa vez sí que pudimos charlar un poco.

Yo me iba aproximando ya a la capi y noté que se me apagaba el equipo pero podía volver a encenderlo.

Llegando a la mayor empresa de Navarra se me apagó definitivamente y no la podía encender.

Suponía que era un tema de cable de conexion eléctrico,pero no podía hacer nada porque no había   donde parar.

Me fui de tira hasta el sitio del Duque y lo arreglé allí.

Pero Manuel ya no estaba,como se que es lector del blog ahora ya sabe porque desaparecí " a la francesa".

Preocupado por el fallo salí en la rueda local de 145525 y pregunté si iba todo bien confirmándomelo. Ya aparcado hice un QSO con Macedonia en 15 pasandome buenas señales.

Lo bueno es como llegaban algunas estaciones de Sudamérica.Me dan ganas de explotar el sitio si no fuera por algunos pasantes. Estaba anunciado un tirón de propa que ya ha llegado pues los números estan altos.Tengo fiesta asi que intentaré hacer algo.¿Quizás Macao?

Si se cuestiona como y a quien hacer las preguntas ahora ¿Que pasaría despues?

 Las formas nos dicen mucho y los impulsos más.

¿O es que alguien se piensa que no se piensan las preguntas?¿Es que hay que hacerlas a medida y al gusto?

Mas de uno tomará nota del cuando llegue veremos.

No se que me da...que la historia se puede repetir porque al que está detras se le suma el que va delante.

Posted at: May 15, 2012 09:06 AM

HB9OAE (Maico)

HB100FLP ma non solo ...


Questa é vecchia stazione di Ponte Tresa
ma la casa bianca a destra é la casa della mia yxl
con il mitico Bar Stazione !

Posted at: May 15, 2012 12:20 AM

May 14, 2012

W2LJ (Larry)

This is truly difficult.


This is the most difficult blog post that I have ever made.

It is with a heavy and broken heart that I have to announce that my Mom, Doris Makoski, passed away tonight.  She was 83 and died due to complications from cancer. Thankfully, she passed peacefully in her sleep with my sister and my brother-in-law and me at her bedside.

My mom is the person most responsible for who and what I am.  She taught me a lot and always told me to never be afraid to do the things that I wanted to do.

While I am happy that she is no longer suffering and in pain; and that she's gone on to the reward that she so richly deserves, I cannot describe to you the loss and void that I am feeling right now.

If you would remember her in your prayers, it would be appreciated.

Larry W2LJ

Posted at: May 14, 2012 11:47 PM

EA1CS

3C0E, Qsl


"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".
73´s, Luis EA1CS

Posted at: May 14, 2012 10:25 PM

H44RK, Salomón Is.

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

Posted at: May 14, 2012 09:59 PM

IJ7A, EU-073


"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

Posted at: May 14, 2012 07:43 PM

TC1ILH, Faros desde Turquía


Entre mayo y setiembre 2012, TCSWAT y GITRAD en colaboración con Coastal Safety Administration, activaremos 9 faros en el Oeste de la Región del Mar Negro. La primera actividad será los días 18, 19 y 20 de mayo desde el Faro Igneada TC1ILH.
Qsl vía TCSWAT.
73´s, Luis EA1CS

Posted at: May 14, 2012 05:47 PM