A Ham’s Guide to RFI, Ferrites, Baluns, and Audio Interfacing 26 - January - 2012
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Just printed a copy (6o some pages) and reading – looks very good:
A Ham’s Guide to RFI, Ferrites, Baluns, and Audio Interfacing
Revision 5a 5 Jun 2010 by Jim Brown K9YC
Audio Systems Group, Inc. http://audiosystemsgroup.com
The basis of this tutorial is a combination of my engineering education, 55 years in ham radio, my work as vice-chair of the AES Standards Committee working group on EMC, and extensive re- search on RFI in the pro audio world where I’ve made my living. That work is documented in tech- nical papers and tutorials that can be downloaded from the publications section of my website.
73
Steve
K9ZW
Radio Free Redoubt: AmRRON & The American Redoubt Network 25 - January - 2012
Posted by k9zw in Amateur Radio, Freecom, K9ZW, K9ZW Just Rambled.Tags: AmRRON, Freecom, K9ZW, K9ZW Just Rambled
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A very interesting Freecom-style emergency network:
WHAT IS AmRRON?
AmRRON is a network of Redoubters who have volunteered take their American Redoubt Network involvement to another level. These are patriots (men and women) who have volunteered to use their communications equipment to keep the American Redoubt connected when other means of communications (aka. “Comms” or “Commo” are unavailable or unreliable.
There are two types of AmRRON volunteers (Radio Operators):
1. HAM OPERATORS (or licensed Amateur Radio Operators)
2. RELAYSHAM OPERATORS: Use their equipment and skills to keep the American Redoubt connected and informed, to coordinate the efforts of Redoubters, and to promote the American Redoubt movement. Many of them have capabilities that allow them to stay connected across the entire American Redoubt, as well as with other Redoubters and patriots (and other redoubts that will emerge in the future) across the country and even in other countries. They may also relay relevant information, alerts, coordination of efforts, and promotion of the American Redoubt movement to Redoubters in their local area using the CH3 Project frequencies. The frequency bands that are covered by many Ham Operators include HF (shortwave), 2m, 72cm, CB, FRS/GMRS, and MURS. The AmRRON frequencies are outlined in the AmRRON Frequency Plan on a separate site set up for those joining the American Redoubt Network.
RELAYS: A Ham Operator can also volunteer to be a “Relay,” which is encouraged. But Relays are typically Redoubters who have volunteered to monitor for radio traffic from other Redoubters, and then Relay that information across their local area, or to a Ham Operator, who can then pass the information on to others in the network. Most Relays have at LEAST one type of CH3 Project communications, such as a CB (Citizens Band radio), FRS (Family Radio Service), or MURS (Multi-Use Radio System). But they generally SHOULD have some type of communications that can monitor for radio traffic from Ham Operators, such as a high quality shortwave radio or a police scanner (typically from 30mhz to 800mhz). This way they can hear traffic from many, many miles away and relay that to Redoubters in their local area using CH3. The AmRRON frequencies are outlined in the AmRRON Frequency Plan on a separate site set up for those joining the American Redoubt Network.
73
Steve
K9ZW
Hamvention Alternatives (2012) 23 - January - 2012
Posted by k9zw in Amateur Radio, Dayton Hamvention, Hamvention, K9ZW, K9ZW Just Rambled.Tags: Dayton, DX Convention, Ham-Com, Ham-Ex, Hamcation, Hamradio Friedrichshafen, Hamvention, K9ZW, K9ZW Just Rambled, RSGB Newark, W9DXCC
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As I have remained concerned over the quality at Dayton here is a list I put together for my research:
Alternatives to Dayton Hamvention:
http://www.hamcation.com Orlando FL 10/11/12 February
http://www.ham-ex.ca/ Toronto 24 March
http://www.dxconvention.org/ Visalia, CA 20/21/22 April
http://www.hamvention.org/ Dayton 18/19/20 May
http://www.hamcom.org/ Texas 8/9 June
http://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de/ham-en/index.php Friedrichshafen 22/23/24 June
http://www.w9dxcc.com/ W9DXCC Chicago 14/15 September
http://bit.ly/sbE9Yo RSGB Newark UK 28/29 September
http://www.southgatearc.org/rallies/index.htm List of UK Rallies
73
Steve
K9ZW
The Art of QSLing – New Tab 22 - January - 2012
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Have created a new tab on the menu above – “The Art of QSLing” which offers links to articles on the QSL process.
Later additions will include some direct on-line QSL resources.
Thank you – 73
Steve
K9ZW
Just a Little Bit Longer – June 2012 to Add a Second 18 - January - 2012
Posted by k9zw in Amateur Radio, K9ZW, K9ZW Just Rambled.Tags: IERS.Org, JT65, K9ZW, K9ZW Just Rambled, Leap Second
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A neat thing happens this leap year – we’re getting a “Leap Second” in June! Brought to my attention by QRZ.com I wanted to see what this all was about.
The actual announcement:
INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE
SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
61, Av. de l’Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
e-mail : services.iers
http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pcParis, 5 January 2012
Bulletin C 43
To authorities responsible
for the measurement and
distribution of timeUTC TIME STEP
on the 1st of July 2012A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012.
The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:2012 June 30, 23h 59m 59s
2012 June 30, 23h 59m 60s
2012 July 1, 0h 0m 0sThe difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2012 July 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = – 34s
from 2012 July 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = – 35sLeap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there
will be no time step at the next possible date.Daniel GAMBIS
Head
Earth Orientation Center of IERSObservatoire de Paris, France
Any place with a neat name – “SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE” – just has to be doing something cool!
As they describe:
Measuring the irregularities of the Earth’s rotation
The variability of the earth-rotation vector relative to the body of the planet or in inertial space is caused by the gravitational torque exerted by the Moon, Sun and planets, displacements of matter in different parts of the planet and other excitation mechanisms. The observed oscillations can be interpreted in terms of mantle elasticity, earth flattening, structure and properties of the core-mantle boundary, rheology of the core, underground water, oceanic variability, and atmospheric variability on time scales of weather or climate. The understanding of the coupling between the various layers of our planet is also a key aspect of this research.
The science surrounding their work must be interesting indeed! Space, Fluids, Gravity, Drag Aerodynamics, and more all rolled into one.
Their website is: http://www.iers.org/
For Amateur Radio about the only glitch may be a one time difficulty syncing JT65 (and similar time synced) protocols briefly. Would expect the rest of us won’t notice the difference.
Wonder how you log a 61 second long transmission in that one minute??!!
73
Steve
K9ZW
