PA3CLQ's Leuke Linken Nr. 515
Beste mede amateur,
Dear fellow amateur,
In deze mail staat een link waarop het vijfenveertigste
DKARS-Magazine is te downloaden.
This mail contains a link which
the 45th- DKARS-Magazine is available for download.
De Dutch Kingdom Amateur Radio Society is een stichting die de
belangen wenst te behartigen van ALLE radioamateurs binnen het gehele
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden.
The Kingdom Dutch Amateur Radio Society is an organization that seeks to represent the interests of ALL radio amateurs throughout the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
De DKARS doet niet aan copyright en het staat
een ieder vrij om deze link aan zoveel mogelijk radiovrienden door te
sturen.
The DKARS does not copyrighted and any
person shall be free to forward this link to as
many radio friends.
DKARS Magazine verschijnt 1x per maand en wij
stellen het uiteraard op prijs als je ook (radio amateur gerelateerde)
bijdrages wilt leveren.
DKARS Magazine appears 1x per
month and we obviously appreciate it if you (related radio amateur) to provide contributions.
Namens de Dutch Kingdom Amateur Radio Society wens ik je veel leesplezier nadat
je op deze link hebt geklikt:
On behalf of the Dutch Kingdom Amateur Radio Society, I wish you pleasant reading after you click on this link:
http://downloads.dkars.nl/DKARS%20Magazine%20201810.pdf
Wil je in plaats van een PDF te downloaden
het Magazine on-line doorbladeren?
Dat kan ook, ga dan naar deze link:
Want to download the magazine browsing on-line instead of a PDF? This can also go to this link:
https://issuu.com/pj4nx/docs/dkars_magazine_201810
Mist u een DKARS-Magazine kijk op:
Do you miss a DKARS-magazine see:
http://www.dkars.nl/index.php?page=magazine
En tot slot: heb je kopij, een mening, gevraagd of ongevraagd advies: dat kan 24 uur per dag, 7 dagen per week via
And finally, do you copy, an opinion, solicited or unsolicited advice: it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through
73 namens de DKARS
Peter de Graaf
PJ4NX en PA3CNX
Secretaris DKARS
Old Stufffff
For sale: AS GOOD AS NEW
- Volkswagen Golf from 1985.
- Number of km driven: 15 Km.
- Only used in first gear and backwards.
- No high speeds achieved
- Original tires.
- Original brakes.
- Original fuel and oil.
- First owner
- Reason for sale: moved for professional reason (PROMOTION).
Quiz
01) How long did the hundred-year war last?
02) In what country are Panama hats made?
03) In what month do the Russians celebrate the October revolution?
04) What is a camel hair brush made of?
05) Which animal are the Canary Islands named?
06) What was the first name of King George VI?
07) Where do Chinese gooseberries come from?
08) What is the color of the black box in an airplane?
Answers from the quiz:
01) How long did the hundred-year war last?
116 years
02) In what country are Panama hats made?
Ecuador
03) In what month do the Russians celebrate the October revolution?
November
04) What is a camel hair brush made of?
Skunk coat
05) Which animal are the Canary Islands named?
Dogs
06) What was the first name of King George VI?
Albert
07) Where do Chinese gooseberries come from?
New Zealand
08) What is the color of the black box in an airplane?
Orange
NN
[MorseKOB] Sound of Spark
Titanic / MGY This is a WAV file which recreates the spark signals of the Titanic/ MGY which was supplied by Mr. Edward M. Gable, K2MP who is the Museum Curator of the Antique Wireless Association, Inc. which recreates the CQD and SOS from Titanic -:- Copyright 1999 AWA all rights reserved - used with permission.
Here's the SOS from ms PRINSENDAM/PJTA: https://qsl.net/n1ea/sos_de_pjta_small_file_size.mp3
The four second dashes that are at the beginning are the Auto Alarm - four second dashes separated by one second spaces, any four consecutive dashes registered would ring alarm bells in the Radio Room, Navigation Bridge, and Radio Officers stateroom.
Listen to that QRM!
The fast signals are traffic to a Russian Mother fishing boat!
73, David N1EA
New Blog post, Enjoy
https://dsckb1wod.blogspot.com/2018_11_11_archive.html
Dave KB1WOD
[skcc] Slightly OT: Historical Amateur Radio Texts
Howdy y’all,
So…for years, I’ve been intending to read Two Hundred Meters And Down.
Sadly, I haven’t wanted to read it enough to actually go through the laborious (and tedious) process of scanning the dead tree book into a computer and editing out all the scanning errors.
Or, for that matter, just scanning in and reading, warts and all.
I bought it years ago, then lost that copy, and bought again at the 100th anniversary ARRL do.
And then proceeded to not scan it.
Again. I’d searched on and off for it in the
usual places, and it never appeared. But there was a place I forgot, and by
golly, there it is, in several machine readable formats.
https://archive.org/details/TwoHundredMetersAndDown
Now, I’m going through it to clean up such
errors as I find for conversion to contracted braille.
In a similar vein, I found this the other day, and am currently reading it:
https://amzn.to/2RhZPzm
Not sure if this guy is (or was) a ham or
not, but his brother is (well, OK, was). … Just started in on it and seems
interesting.
Of course, I’ve already read this one:
https://archive.org/details/CallingCq-AdventureOfShort-waveRadioOperators
Buddy, KB5ELV
You can download this book its free.
Editor
"The MILL" is available here:
https://archive.org/details/w4fok_mill_morse_program
It's part of my Morse Archive:
Lots of Morse stuff.
73, David Ring N1EA
ARRL RAG CHEWERS CLUB RESTORATION
Rag Chewer Club lives, or so it's reported:
http://www.amateur-radio-wiki.net/index.php?title=Rag_chewers_club
But more importantly, ARRL is seeking a vote on whether the Rag Chewers Club award should be reinstated.
If you wish, go here and vote:
http://www.arrl.org/forum/topics/view/2366
You have to log in, and maybe search for rag chewer.
That will take you to the vote, initiated two
weeks ago.
Jim, N3JT
Greetings all!
The December issue of the “Rag Chew” is now available on the home
page.
This issue is packed with operating events
results, articles of constructions, award info and of course much about the
upcoming K3Y event.
Of special interest are articles on surviving a stroke and rehabilitation using
Morse code, proper adjust of a bug and success with mastering a cootie.
As always, “thank you” to the many of you who have contributed to this issue
and to everyone who helped make all the Rag Chew issues possible.
Happy Holidays to you all and may your signals be strong, your QSOs many and
your DX great!
December Rag Chew available at:
http://www.skccgroup.com/member_services/newsletter/
and
http://www.skccgroup.com/member_services/newsletter/issues/201812_Rag_Chew.pdf
73, Ted K8AQM/VE9AQM
Compound Calls and Dupes
A scotsman could sign as
MM0MM/MM Or M/MM0MM/M when driving in
England..
73, Andy, just DF4WC
NEW Six-Volume ARRL Handbook. This changes everything!
"I
have been a licensed amateur since October 1959. I am a former Associate EE
with AT&T Bell Laboratories. I am very proud to say that I have been a life
member for at least 25 years. My membership in ARRL has returned a value more
than the cost of membership.
You have
hit a home run with the 2019 Handbook Six-Volume Boxed Set. I received mine
just a few days ago and I am very impressed. It is organized very well and has
so much up to date information it is mind boggling. It should be on the book
reference shelf of not only amateur radio operators, but EVERY RF
Electrical Engineer throughout the world.
Great Job! Keep up providing excellent publications to amateurs world wide."
Volume 1: Introduction & Fundamental
Theory
Volume 2: Practical Design & Principles PART 1
Volume
3: Practical
Design & Principles PART 2
Volume 4: Antenna Systems & Radio Propagation
Volume 5: Equipment Construction & Station Accessories
Volume 6: Test Equipment, Troubleshooting,
RFI & Index
.Key Topics
Radio electronics theory and principles
Circuit design and equipment
Radio signal transmission and propagation
Digital and analog modulation and protocols
Antennas and transmission lines
Construction practices
Plus, eBook and Supplemental Download Included!
Always Updated! View new projects and content at
www.arrl.org/arrl-handbook-2019
The Handbook Six-Volume Boxed Set, ARRL Item No. 0895, ISBN 978-1-62595-089-5, is $64.95 retail
The Handbook soft-cover edition, ARRL Item No. 0888, ISBN 978-1-62595-088-8, is $49.95 retail
The Handbook Kindle edition comes in six separate volumes, automatically delivered to your Kindle,
for $9.99 per volume (Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4, Vol 5, Vol 6)
QSP: Mark Ziegler, WA2ILB ARRL Life Member
Hello Friends
Electronic Key and training Unit
Dear friends, please find detailed information on
a very interesting project here:
http://www.morserino.info/morserino-32.html
I use the previous version of the Morseino and I
am very happy with it.
Some features:
CW Keyer with capacitive touch paddle, with a lot of nice features: speed
variable with encoder (5-40 wpm) polarity of paddle can be changed (dots on
left or right paddle) Iambic A, B, enhanced B, and Ultimatic mode.
--> Al: Willi forgot to mention: Cootie Operation implemented pitch control
output volume control
CW Trainer, outputs: speed variable with encoder (5-40 wpm) characters in
groups of 5 (alpha, numeric, interpuctuation, pro signs, mixed) ham radio call
signs
usual ham radio abbreviations and Q groups you can increase length of pauses
(aka Farnsworth method) easily expandable to a Morse code decoder (already
implemented in the software): just add an op-amp and a few passive components
(there is enough room on the PCB) to feed audio from a receiver also decodes
manual key input
---> Al: The training possibilities are superb!
With the new version a small tansceiver transmitting around 433 MHz is
integrated.
So training of cw in a group will get even more
fun: QSOs can be done between trainees and or their trainer.
Building up the set is easy but one should know the difference between the hot
and nt cool end of a soldering iron anyway, hi hi.
Check it out and have fun!
The price is 64 EUR (all electronics, software +++ case and antenna is plus 16
EUR).
All the best to you!
DC5GD Al(brecht) Dietrich
From Dr. Tamitha Skov Solar
Storm Forecast 11-04-2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7WMfs2yLg4&feature=em-uploademail
"...Storm levels are possible ...
Amateur radio propagation is suffering ..." "... Issues with amateur and shortwave radio
communication is expected..." "... Right now radio
propagation is in the dumper ..."
"... Solar flux does not look very good ... after a few days should be
able to get back to doing some DX...
From Dr. Tamitha Skov One Storm Wanes as Another Comes: Solar Storm Forecast 11-08-2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGWUT8bGKos&feature=em-uploademail
"... We could could bump back up to storm levels by November 9...
...We're back [up] into the marginal range for radio propagation ... may last almost 2 weeks before things begin to tank again...."
From Dr. Tamitha Skov Back to Back Peeks at the New Cycle: Solar Storm Forecast 11-18-2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhjEf_ObpeE&feature=em-uploademail
"... two new peeks at the coming solar cycle 25! A short-lived solar cycle 25 sunspot appeared momentarily back on November 9 and then another appeared on November 17 and started growing. "
"... low range of marginal for radio propagation ..."
"... could stay at marginal radio propagation conditions over the next few days, maybe even the next week or so ..."
"... strongest indicator of the new cycle coming on board, should give you amateur radio operators something to celebrate."
From Dr. Tamitha Skov Thanksgiving Day Reprieve: Solar Storm Shortie 11-22-2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KQqg-F41us&feature=em-uploademail
"The Sun quiets down this week ... we will likely stay at unsettled conditions as we feel the influence from a southern coronal hole followed by another small hole that will rotate into the Earth-strike zone in the next few days."
"... see why amateur and shortwave radio operators are groaning..."
From Dr. Tamitha Skov Solar Storm Forecast 11-29-2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXKTsNMMkug&feature=em-uploademail
"... A huge coronal hole that sent us 3
solar storms over the past 3 months is back yet again."
"... With a spotless Sun, disruptive effects of this solar storm could
also be amplified for amateur radio and shortwave radio operators since the
solar flux is already so low and radio propagation is already at poor
conditions."
"... Radio propagation ... poor for the next week to 10 days."
Cheers, Darrel, aa7fv.
My problem was the cat leaping up on the desk and sitting against the side of the paddle.
Whenever I'm away from the operating position I
have to make sure the tx is never left in break-in mode.
73, Darrel aa7fv.
Have a nice day / week(end) gents, BCNU.
Yann, F5LAW
By OM Yann F5LAW SideSwiperNetGroup
73, from the town at the rivers "De Bergsche Maas" and "De Dongen" Geertruidenberg (800+ years city rights) at: 51.702211N 4.853854E
Editor PA3CLQ
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