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August Luncheon Meeting
This
month's meeting will take place Monday, August 18, at 11:30am. Usual
place, IHOP Victorian Ave, Sparks, NV. All are welcome. This includes
new hams, old hams and wanna-be hams. If you don't know what ham radio
is all about, stop by we'll tell you!
*** Powerline Noise***
Van,
W7IEX was plagued by powerline noise as high as S-9+20DB on some bands.
He reports a satisfactory conclusion to the problem with prompt action
from Sierra Pacific Power Co. The quick repair only took 13 days from
notiifcation to completion. He states the key to a speedy repair is
contacting the person(s) that will effect the fix. In his case e-mail
and phone calls seemed to bounce around the company, however a
certified letter found its way to the group who could and did make the
repair. The ARRL web site is also helpful in outlining what action to
take with the power company and who is responsible for what. Unlike
some of the horror stories on the net that last up to 14 years, this
ended very well. For more info, contact Van at "W7IEX [at] renoqrp[dot]org"
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*** ARCI SK Memorial Sprint *** ARCI is hosting this sprint - 1500-1800 Aug 16 Info Link. |
*** Straight Key/Bug Sprint *** Hosted by North American QRP CW Club, NAQCC is hosting this event - 0030-0230 Aug 13 Info Link. |
*** SKCC Weekend-Sprint-a-thon *** Straight Key Century Club is hosting this event - 0000Z-2359Z, Aug 10. SKCC recently added QRP and QRPp classes of entrants Info Link. |
| *** QRP DX - WHAT DOES IT TAKE? ***
Band Condx, Antenna, Rig, Skill ?
As
if Steve's adventures with 5 watts were not enough, he decided to
change the parameters to give himself another challenge. This time his
output power was 900mw and the antenna was a Mosley TA33jr at 33 feet
on 20 meters and the same 900mw into a 40m horizontal loop at 20 feet.
The 20 meter results were 30 states, Brazil and New Zealand (7455
miles/watt) and on 40, two JA's for 6036 miles/watt. The rig was an ICOM 703.
Way to go Steve!
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You may contact our club by sending an e-mail to: Steve, NU7T or Ed, WD7Y
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