From ad4ih at arrl.net Sat Sep 4 13:42:20 2010 From: ad4ih at arrl.net (Joe Pirkle) Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 16:42:20 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: Excellent HAM Education Resource Message-ID: <26674092.1283632940592.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> All: The web master for one of my organizations, FRUPAC, has provided an excellent ham radio resource. GO to: http://www.frupac.net/ Click on HAM RADIO in the left column, then chose either "Resources" or "Training". 73 de AD4IH Joe Support Our Troops! From nmonllor at tampabay.rr.com Sat Sep 4 17:47:45 2010 From: nmonllor at tampabay.rr.com (renkg4bas) Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:47:45 -0000 Subject: Excellent HAM Education Resource In-Reply-To: <26674092.1283632940592.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Hi Joe, Thank you for the wonderful link. It comes as a gift from the Big Guy upstairs. Early this week my son Ansel asked if I'd help him with learning Morse Code. Well, imagine my delight .I told him that I'd do it but, that he should consider trying to get his ticket (meaning I'll try to upgrade to General Class). We spent the last week looking up schematics for a trusty 555 code practice oscillator and QRP Rx and Tx equipment. We spent the day home brewing (machining)a pretty neat little telegraph key and went to Radio Shack and got the components for the CPO. We're trying to decide if we want to go with transistors or tubes for the radio equipment. As of now we're looking at either a Super Tuna Tin ll transmitter with a Tuna Topper kit (offers 5 watts) and a Sudden Storm Receiver (also a Tune Tin radio)or the 12AT7 1 tube All-Band Receiver with a 6AQ5 Transmitter (5-6 watts output ) or a 2 watt Altoob (1 tube) transmitter. Get this, Gabby wants in on this too!!! At any rate, I told them that we should get to the LARC meeting this Monday and get the family dues paid up, and I believe Ansel is bringing the key to show the guys at the club. Hope you'll be there so that we can do a little catching up. Be well and hopefully we'll see you Monday, Ren KG4BAS From kg4ium at yahoo.com Tue Sep 7 14:13:10 2010 From: kg4ium at yahoo.com (kg4ium) Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:13:10 -0000 Subject: ARRL Southeastern Division election Message-ID: Fellow Lakeland Amateur Radio Club ARRL members: This October, members of the League across the Southeastern Division (Alabama, Georgia, Northern Florida, Southern Florida, West Central Florida, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Island sections) will receive ballots to elect who they believe will best represent them on ARRL???s Board of Directors. As a candidate for Vice-Director, and as a Ham who is passionate for our amazing hobby, I respectfully ask for your support and vote. For over a decade my involvement in amateur radio has spanned across many of its facets, and it is the resulting breadth, experience, and perspective gained that I wish to put to work on your behalf as your Vice-Director. These include: serving as a Georgia Assistant Section Manager for nearly seven years; devoting my time in leadership roles within local and regional clubs; fulfilling voluntary and appointed positions as an active ARES member; ensuring public safety through involvement in our valuable Skywarn program; enjoying ham radio???s roots as a CW operator and FISTS member; exploring ham radio???s future by experimenting with its new modes and methods such as PSK31 and D-STAR; encouraging experimentation through involvement in activities such as high altitude balloon launches and homebrewing; chasing new countries and entities as a DXer; enjoying the competitive side of ham radio through contesting; and so much more. Among my biggest passions is working to involve and engage the next generation of hams ??" our youth. For half a decade I served as one of ARRL???s Contributing Editors, focusing on topics related to ham radio???s legacy. And to more effectively involve our youth at hamfests across the United States, I co-developed the concept of a ???Youth Lounge??? (vastly different a typical youth forum) which is promoted on ARRL???s website for all interested hams, clubs, and hamfests committees to utilize. This concept has been a part of hamfest programs across Georgia, Alabama, California, North Carolina, and Wyoming, and it continues to spread elsewhere across our nation. Further exemplifying its effectiveness, the Youth Lounge concept has been an established program area of the Dayton Hamvention since 2005. Today I am running to serve great members like you as Vice-Director of ARRL???s Southeastern Division. As a life member of the League, Amateur Extra, and A-1 Operator, I believe strongly in the positive impact and influence the ARRL has and look to improve its effectiveness through offering my experience, perspective, and passion for ham radio. If elected, I confidently make the following pledges to you: (1) to greatly improve communication within our Division. Leadership is ineffective without communicating to those whose views, concerns and opinions need to be represented; (2) to remain engaged with issues that pose a threat to our spectrum and operating privileges, whether it???s BPL, the current ReconRobotics threat, or an FCC that bases its decisions on politics rather than sound engineering principles; (3) to assist the ARRL and its members in better attracting and involving youth in ham radio. They are our legacy who will one day lead the ham radio we care so much about today; (4) to improve the level end effectiveness of advocacy within our Division on matters before Congress and the FCC that affect amateur radio, its precious spectrum, or our valuable operating privileges. I invite you to visit my website ??" www.SouthEasternDivision.org ??" to learn more about the upcoming election, my background and passion for ham radio, my position on a variety of issues that hams are concerned about, and to read further elaborations on my pledges to you. I encourage you to vote this October and kindly ask for your support so that I may represent you and your concerns effectively as Vice-Director of ARRL???s Southeastern Division. Of course, I would love to hear from you as well, so I welcome you to contact me with any questions or concerns. Thank you and 73, Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM Candidate for Vice- Director, ARRL Southeastern Division website: www.SouthEasternDivision.org From nmonllor at tampabay.rr.com Sun Sep 19 17:41:02 2010 From: nmonllor at tampabay.rr.com (renkg4bas) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:41:02 -0000 Subject: trying to decipher the code on ceramic capacitors Message-ID: Hello everyone, I've been having a heck of a time trying to decipher the code on an assortment of capacitors I purchased from Radio Shack for a Regen receiver I'm homebrewing here at the house. Not sure where to start.... I know that the first two numbers are the value and the third number is the multiplier, but what do I do when they only have 1 or 2 numbers printed on them? Secondly and more importantly, how do I convert from picfarads to microfarads. I tried using a convert program I found on the internet, but the results just don't seem right at all. The numbers printed on the caps I have are as follows: 1 7 10 15 68 103 151 221 561 Ceramic 561 Blue plastic I know the numbers translate into picofarads (at least I think they do), but again I'm not sure how to convert to microfarads. If anyone could help me with this I would very much appreciate it. Thank you and hope to see you all soon, Ren KG4BAS From k4byf at aol.com Mon Sep 20 03:54:51 2010 From: k4byf at aol.com (k4byf at aol.com) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:54:51 EDT Subject: [LakelandARC] trying to decipher the code on ceramic capacitors Message-ID: <275792.61ea4e05.39c8977b@aol.com> Hi Ren, You are right, a single digit is the value in picofarads, 2 would translate into 2 picofarads. if there are 2 or 3 digits the last digit is the multiplier. 151 would be 150 picofarad (15 with a multiplier of 10 to the first power). 102 would be 1000 picofarad or .001 microfarad. Hope this helps. 73 de Jack In a message dated 9/19/2010 8:41:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nmonllor at tampabay.rr.com writes: Hello everyone, I've been having a heck of a time trying to decipher the code on an assortment of capacitors I purchased from Radio Shack for a Regen receiver I'm homebrewing here at the house. Not sure where to start.... I know that the first two numbers are the value and the third number is the multiplier, but what do I do when they only have 1 or 2 numbers printed on them? Secondly and more importantly, how do I convert from picfarads to microfarads. I tried using a convert program I found on the internet, but the results just don't seem right at all. The numbers printed on the caps I have are as follows: 1 7 10 15 68 103 151 221 561 Ceramic 561 Blue plastic I know the numbers translate into picofarads (at least I think they do), but again I'm not sure how to convert to microfarads. If anyone could help me with this I would very much appreciate it. Thank you and hope to see you all soon, Ren KG4BAS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ad4ih at arrl.net Mon Sep 20 10:32:22 2010 From: ad4ih at arrl.net (Joe Pirkle) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:32:22 -0400 Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Say_Good_Bye_to_Sunspots=3F=3F=3F?= Message-ID: <4C979AA6.4070601@earthlink.net> LARC members: Some of you might find the following of some interest... http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/09/say-goodbye-to-sunspots.html 73 de ad4ih _______________________________________ No infections found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo System Shield? http://www.iolo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k4byf at aol.com Mon Sep 20 14:13:49 2010 From: k4byf at aol.com (k4byf at aol.com) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:13:49 EDT Subject: [LakelandARC] Say Good Bye to Sunspots??? Message-ID: <12263f.75d0fdbf.39c9288d@aol.com> Thanks Joe, This is interesting. In a message dated 9/20/2010 1:38:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ad4ih at arrl.net writes: LARC members: Some of you might find the following of some interest... _http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/09/say-goodbye-to-sunspots.html_ (http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/09/say-goodbye-to-sunspots.html) 73 de ad4ih ____________________________________ No infections found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo System Shield? _http://www.iolo.com_ (http://www.iolo.com/) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: