Subject: glowbugs V1 #155
glowbugs         Wednesday, November 12 1997         Volume 01 : Number 155

Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:06:40 -0600 From: w5hvv@aeneas.net (Roderick M. Fitz-Randolph) Subject: Re: wierd CW tonight >I thought I might fire up the Hartley and make a contact or so on >3579 but ended up just listening. I never heard such lousy CW. >One 7 was working a 0 who had a lot more patience than I did. >The 7's dits and dahs were so close to the same length I dunno >how anyone could make him out. Then for about a half hour someone >kept sending something like ALLAR ALEALAS AARSLQSL over and over. >The only good CW I heard was Sandy's (I love that mini-chirp)! > >73 de Bob, K9EUI ___________________________________________________________________ Bob, comments like this only tend to make a struggling CW-er extremely embarrassed over his lack of sending skills and is likely to cause him to cease his efforts. That isn't what I think we should be doing. The individual may be physically handicapped or he may be just trying to join in the fun for the first or second time. Please don't discourage aspiring CW ops. Most of us didn't have keyboards that sent perfect code for us when we started and I am sure a lot of us that now have some sending skills started out the same way. Please encourage all the newcomers to the art of sending good code. Rod, N5HV w5hvv@aeneas.net P.S. Instead of ridiculing someone like that, please engage in a QSO with him and show him, by example, what good CW sounds like. I'm sure they will respond, given a little practice.
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 13:34:32 -0800 (PST) From: Ken Gordon <keng@uidaho.edu> Subject: 813 xtal osc... Bob: I went to the U. of I. library and asked for their 1938 QST magazines. They had been bound, and ALL the rear covers had been removed!!!! Rats!!!! So could you, or some other kind soul here, mail me a 150% blown up copy of that 813 crystal oscillator transmitter from the RCA ad you mentioned about 6 months ago? As I remember it, you said it was on the back cover of 1937,38, or 39 QST magazines in miniature in the RCA ad. Address below on the left. Kenneth G. Gordon W7EKB 226 N. Washington St. Moscow, Idaho 83843 (208)-882-8745
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 17:01:19 -0500 (EST) From: lee1@digital.net Subject: add change Hi Gang Am finally back, changed servers (what a hassle). new add lee1@digital .net Anybody trying to email me since the first of the month, I propbably did not get it pse resend. NOW IS THIS ALL DO TO NOT NOTIFY GLOBUGS LIST OWNER OF NEW ADD? Thank the good LORD for all that you have!!! 67yr old semi disabled senior trying to get code speed to 13wpm (stroke got my eyesight, balance & coordination) SO ONLY BA'S NO SOLID STATE Leon (lee) Wiltsey 4600 Lake Haven blvd Sebring fl. 33872 KF4RCL TECK+
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 13:51:31 -1000 From: Peter Demmer <ampruss@hits.net> Subject: Re: wierd CW tonight Roderick M. Fitz-Randolph wrote: > > >I thought I might fire up the Hartley and make a contact or so on > >3579 but ended up just listening. I never heard such lousy CW. > >One 7 was working a 0 who had a lot more patience than I did. > >The 7's dits and dahs were so close to the same length I dunno > >how anyone could make him out. Then for about a half hour someone > >kept sending something like ALLAR ALEALAS AARSLQSL over and over. > >The only good CW I heard was Sandy's (I love that mini-chirp)! > > > >73 de Bob, K9EUI > ___________________________________________________________________ > Bob, comments like this only tend to make a struggling CW-er > extremely embarrassed over his lack of sending skills and is > likely to cause him to cease his efforts. That isn't what I > think we should be doing. The individual may be physically > handicapped or he may be just trying to join in the fun for > the first or second time. Please don't discourage aspiring > CW ops. Most of us didn't have keyboards that sent perfect > code for us when we started and I am sure a lot of us that > now have some sending skills started out the same way. Please > encourage all the newcomers to the art of sending good code. > > Rod, N5HV > w5hvv@aeneas.net > > P.S. Instead of ridiculing someone like that, please engage in > a QSO with him and show him, by example, what good CW sounds > like. I'm sure they will respond, given a little practice. Good message to all of us. Thanks Rod and you too Bob for getting this discussion started and rolling. It was an up hill climb for me too and I recall a fellow calling me long distance to work with me. We all needed a push to reach the top of the hill so we could realize the speed and fun we had getting down to the bottom of the bands. Good Job guys, es Aloha, Peter KH6CTQ
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 18:48:28 -0600 (CST) From: Dave <nyet@ix.netcom.com> Subject: On bad fists... Bob, comments like this only tend to make a struggling CW-er > extremely embarrassed over his lack of sending skills and is > likely to cause him to cease his efforts. That isn't what I > think we should be doing. The individual may be physically > handicapped or he may be just trying to join in the fun for > the first or second time. Please don't discourage aspiring > CW ops. Most of us didn't have keyboards that sent perfect > code for us when we started and I am sure a lot of us that > now have some sending skills started out the same way. Please > encourage all the newcomers to the art of sending good code. > Just my 2 cents... A while back I called CQ on 40 meters and a fellow in California with a strong signal came back to me. He had an AWFUL fist, but I gave it my very best shot and got most of what he sent, and asked him to repeat the rest. We worked at this for almost an hour, and I never mentioned his terrible sending (dits and dahs of almost the same length, and space between words and letters the same). We actually chatted about alot of things. We parted ways, and as always I sent a QSL. When his card arrived, a short note was attached written in a very difficult-to-read hand. He expressed his gratitude at my willingness to carry on a QSO, and that since his stroke, he had had almost no CW QSO's - most ended in minutes with 'QRM bad hr OM - best of 73's'. He felt like now he could still enjoy his hobby, and my hour long QSO gave him the encouragement he needed to keep on trying. I kept that letter, which I received when I was 14 years old, back in my novice days in 1975 as WN7AWK. I recall it every time I hear a bad fist on the air... There but for the Grace of God go we. Take care and 73 Dave WB7AWK Tacoma, WA
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 06:41:28 +0000 From: Sandy W5TVW <ebjr@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Misc Stuff Howdy gang! I have two items to move. A Hewlett-Packard 415 and 416 signal generators. One is operational (or was!) one isn't. The one that works goes from about 750-1500 Mhz. T\he one that doesn't from about 1.2-4.4 Ghz. FREE for PICKUP only. Shipping will be expensive as they are heavy. I am looking for a TRUE boatanchor! I'd like to find a Navy RAL receiver less power supply, preferably within driving distance of New Orleans. (200 miles or less?) I have some contacts in Houston that may be able to transport to here. Any out there laying dusty under a bench? I still have a Hallicrafters SX-71 in pretty fair working condition to sell. It is cosmetically at least an "8", and all original knobs. This is the black-faced variety with bandspread calibrated for 80/40/20/10 and 6 meters. $120 plus the shipping. 73, E. V. Sandy Blaize, W5TVW "Boat Anchors collected, restored, repaired, traded and used!" 417 Ridgewood Drive Metairie, LA., 70001 **860 Hartley 'ECO' under construction**** *** Looking for a TRC-10 transceiver ****** *** looking for an RAL receiver ***********
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:16:30 +0100 From: Jan Axing <janax@algonet.se> Subject: Re: A very low voltage regenny [fixed] Ahem, hello... as many of you pointed out... Sorry guys and gals, my local hard drive is not available to the net and the URL pointed there so I did not see anything wrong. Found a bug in Frontpage97, **** (insert four letter word of your choice) I have fixed the page, please try again. Jan Jan Axing wrote: > > I have put up a new page at my site with a 2 tube regenny which works > with a 3V and a 4.5V battery. It features 2 6C6 pentodes in a strange > circuit where the supressor grid is used as the control grid, the 2 > other grids are connected to B+. > > Point a nutscrape or something at: > http://www.algonet.se/~janax/lvregen.htm > > Enjoy! > Jan, SM5GNN
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:08:55 -0500 (EST) From: EWoodman@aol.com Subject: Weskit BN-1 Transmitter/Receiver I was doing a little Web surfing this morning while having my coffee and came across a really neat little rig. The best part was that the schematic was shown as well as a picture and description. It's a Weskit BN-1 transmitter/receiver. It uses one tube, a little 3A5 dual triode. It's a crystal oscillator and regen receiver in a box. Would be a great little rig for camping, travelling, a boring trip to visit the in-laws, etc. It was on a page put up by Sheldon Wheaton, KC0CW. http://www.sky.net/~swheaton/bn1.html Who knows, might even be adapted to use a little larger dual-triode......6SN7 or maybe a 6CG7 miniature? Might even be a good group project. 73 Eric KA1YRV
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:35:48 -0600 From: "Harley L. Miller" <hmiller@sound.net> Subject: Boatanchors FS I am posting this for a friend. He has several good old boatanchors for sale as follows: List of Receivers: Hallicrafters S-38, S-120 Hallicrafters SX-71 (w/small spkr), SX-140 (w/small spkr) Hammarlund HQ-170 (w/matching spkr) Hammarlund HQ-120 Lafayette HA-50, HA-225 List of Xmtrs/Xcvrs: Globe Chief Deluxe Hallicrafters HT-18 Heath DX-60 (w/VFO), HW-101 (w/ps) Johnson Ranger Kenwood Twins (599R and 599T) National NCX-3 (w/ps) Swan 350C (w/ps) Tempo I (W/PS) WRL "Globetrotter" Address to write is: Fred Hoofer, 205 E. 4th Street Neligh, Ne. 68756 - -------------------------------- Harley L. Miller hmiller@sound.net WB0ROQ
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:13:55 -0800 (PST) From: "Tom R. Rice" <tomrice@netcom.com> Subject: a note regarding B supplies..... A note regarding B supplies...... One possible cause for many of the problems experienced in making these little radios go is a lack of adequate bypassing of the B+ supply. Insofar as the _signal_ is concerned, both B+ and ground should be at the same potential, e.g., RF ground. Many power supplies, especially batteries, do not exhibit a low impedance at audio or higher frequencies, so it's good practice to heavily bypass the B+ rail with two condensers in parallel, one being a big electrolytic and the other being something with better RF characteristics, say a .01 mf disk. 73 de WB6BYH - -- "Start off every day with a smile and get it over with." --W.C.Fields Tom R. Rice tomrice@netcom.com
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 16:08:37 -0500 (EST) From: lee1@digital.net Subject: need info am changing servers, need email add change proceedure have not heard anything on add change and not getting mail. new add is lee1@digital .net old add was leeboo@ct.net Thank the good LORD for all that you have!!! 67yr old semi disabled senior trying to get code speed to 13wpm (stroke got my eyesight, balance & coordination) SO ONLY BA'S NO SOLID STATE Leon (lee) Wiltsey 4600 Lake Haven blvd Sebring fl. 33872 KF4RCL TECK+
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