PA3CLQ's Leuke Linken Nr. 496

 

Beste mede amateur,

Dear fellow amateur,
In deze mail staat een link waarop het eenenveertigste DKARS-Magazine is te downloaden.

This mail contains a link which the 41th- 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%20201803.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_201803

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

magazine@dkars.nl

73 namens de DKARS
Peter de Graaf
PJ4NX en PA3CNX
Secretaris DKARS

 

[slowspeedwire] How Did Edison Sine?

Does anyone know how Thomas Edison sined?

(Another question I never thought to ask Stu Davis...)

-- 73 SW & (abram burnett)

This is a good question.

Need to dig up some old train order o r similar document from his railroading days

Ed. FB

Whatever Edison sined could not be determined by finding a train order............

because Sines were not permitted on train order records, only full names, or actual initials.

The documents necessary would be messages he copied, or relay office records of messages sent to stations where he was working.

Dave "dt sprau"

 

[skcc] MRD - Maritime Radio Day - Announcement: 14 April 1200Z to 15 April 2200Z

The idea of this activity is to get former professional radiotelegraphers on the air and for others to work them.
You're certainly welcome to work the girls and guys who worked at various coast stations, aircraft or ships.
Maybe when we are all dead, the event can be modified.
But right now it's very exciting to work the genuine article.
Listen to the fists, there will be some clunkers, but you will hear some fists that are of the finest kind.
73, David N1EA ex Tuckerton Radio/WSC, ex many merchant ships.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE,,,,

FORMER RADIO OFFICERS, MILITARY AND PRIVATE (AIR, SEA, LAND), MARCONI, RCA, RADIO HOLLAND, SAIT, DEPOT TECHNICIANS ARE WELCOME TO REGISTER.

NON RADIO OFFICERS EXCHANGE A SERIAL NUMBER 001, 002, 003, &c.
www.trafficlist.net

Dear Sparks,

the last date to subscribe your partecipation at the MRD 2018 is the 10th April, you can subscribe automatically on:
http://www.mrd.seefunker.eu/mrd_registry.php

The following contests are running during the MRD:
14.04. 0700 UTC to 15.04. 1300 UTC Japan Int. DX Contest
14.04. 1200-1700 UTC DIG QSO Party
15.04. 0700-1100 UTC DIG QSO Party
***SPECIAL ADVISE FOR DX MRD STATIONS***:
Also this year there are several stations outside Europe will take part at the MRD 2018.

Nobody knows what will be the propagation condx, so for long distance contacts and to give everyone a fair chance of having DX QSOes during the Event and because 14052 kHz is the most common calling QRG, it is suggested to DX and QRP stations to operate inside a small band from 14055 to 14058 kHz .
It is also suggested to avoid calling CQ in "Contest Mode",

PLS give adequate time for weaker stations to be heard.

So please use the above suggested band as Watching Band reserved to radio stations from far distances.
    IF INTERCONTINENTAL CONTACTS ARE NOT PERMITTED DUE OF PROPAGATION CONDITION PLEASE RUN THE MARITIME RADIO DAY WITHIN RADIO STATIONS OF YOUR SAME AREA AND DON'T FORGET TO SEND THE LOG AT THE END OF THE EVENT, IT IS NOT IMPORTANT THAT U.S.A. OR VK/ZL STATIONS MUST TO ENTER IN CONTACT WITH EUROPE OR OTHER DX PARTS OF THE WOLRD, MARITIME RADIO DAY IS DEDICATED TO ALL FORMER R/O's EVERYWHERE TO REMEMBER THE " GOOG OLD DAYS" OF MARITIME RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.
***PLEASE DIVULGATE THIS WARNING***.
Best regards, MRD Staff

 

Hi Everyone,

The Morse Telegraph Club will be celebrating Morse Day on Saturday, April 28th at the Wabash Depot in Ferguson, MO. By my count, this is approximately the 17th year we've celebrated Morse Day there.

Hard to believe we have kept it going so long!

I will have a display of antique telegraph instruments and we will be on the wire as usual.

If you are in the area (and even if you aren't), please come by the depot, have lunch with us, and enjoy some friendship with the gang.

I will also have an all caps Western Union Mill typewriter if you want to try your hand at banging out a telegram on an all caps mechanical machine!

Here's the address:

The Whistle Stop

1 Carson Rd

Ferguson, MO 63135

Here is their Facebook page which has lots of info:

https://www.facebook.com/whistlestopdepot/

73, Derek Cohn Amateur Radio Station - WBØTUA
Morse Telegraph Club - Office UD, Sine DJ

Posted by: vibroplex@mindspring.com

 

A bit late?

Certainly not if you have not  "REAL RADIOS THAT GLOW IN THE DARK AND KEEP THE SHACK WARM!"

 





 

See:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Portable-Butterfly-Fuel-Hand-Warmer-Reusable-Platinum-Standard-Pocket-Handy-Hand-Warmers-Head-for-Outdoor-hunting/32707217603.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.1.70043445ATLwKi&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10152_5722917_10151_10065_10344_10068_10342_10343_5722817_10340_10341_5722617_10698_10697_10696_10084_10083_10618_10304_10307_10301_5722717_5723017_10059_10534_308_100031_10103_441_5722517_10624_10623_10622_10621_10620,searchweb201603_25,ppcSwitch_2&algo_expid=336bd4d7-0af9-4a82-9a16-6f38345085c3-0&algo_pvid=336bd4d7-0af9-4a82-9a16-6f38345085c3&transAbTest=ae803_2&priceBeautifyAB=0

 


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Assembled-DC-9-13-8V-S-PIXIE-CW-QRP-Shortwave-Radio-Transceiver-7-023Mhz-Acrylic-Case/32835898571.html?uttaskid=553022&utcontentid=5949&utalgorithmid=14&tracelog=rowan&rowan_id1=eclc_en_ord_1_1_en_US_2018-04-09&rowan_msg_id=pa3cUTT_553022_14516055_%24651117ea13a74c728960bfc61ad7f302&ck=in_edm_other

Editor

 


Look for the contest module:

 


at:

http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php?page=Supported+HF+Contests+-+CW+and+SSB&structure=N1MM+Logger+Documentation

 

Look for the CallHist. file:


at:

http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=27

Editor CWJF #411

 

Hello Friends

Gopher Hole

Updated:

http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher://sdf.org/1/users/djringjr/

Or natively:

gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/djringjr/sideswiper

Read the page sideswiper.

73, David N1EA

I looked on the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) for responses to AA7FV CQ calls during the USA SSN last Thursday evening (=Friday UTC).

 


 

This includes both 40m responses (orange lines) and 30m responses (red lines).
It covers the period from 0000 UTC to 0043 UTC, with the change from 40m to 30m at 0027 UTC

 


 

I think it indicates better overall coverage on 30m, although from Arizona to the Northwest USA evidently 40m was better.

There don't seem to be any RBN reports on either band of Arizona being heard in Texas.

There was only one report from Europe (EA5WU on 30m).
Just for possible interest.

Cheers, Darrel, aa7fv.

The April 5 report from Dr. Tamitha Skov:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5hvAqXiVL4&feature=em-uploademail

"... The bright region that was once 2703 remains visible and it still shows signs of life, but solar flux remains at solar minimum conditions. This is bad news for amateur radio operators and emergency responders, who were hoping for better radio propagation...."
Cheers, Darrel, aa7fv

From Cootie lover, Mike Pilgrim, K5MP.

Let's begin by describing “What is a “cootie key”, as follows: Some of the other names for a cootie key might be more familiar– sideswiper, doublespeed key, and slap key.

The simplest definition is a double-sided straight key, operated horizontally.

Around 1910, during the heyday of manual telegraphy, it was common for telegraphers to spend entire shifts either sending or receiving, often at the same speed and with the same operator on the other end of the line.

The incidence of RSI ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Repetitive_strain_injury ) or “glass fist” became a serious,,,see editor's remark 

The solution was to eliminate the vertical motion of the wrist typical of straight key operation and replace it with a horizontal movement of the entire hand.

The two devices developed with this in mind were the “bug” or semi-automatic key, and the “cootie key.”

Both feature a horizontal motion in which the lever is held (not tapped).

The thumb and fingers do not flex and the hand is rocked back and forth on the “heel” of the palm.

    Since there is no flexing of fingers or wrist, there is very little chance of RSI. The cootie key consists of a single lever which can be swung back and forth between two contacts, either of which will close the circuit like a straight key. Thus the return stroke of a dot or a dash can become the stroke of the following element, almost doubling the speed of operation. You start each character on one side, and each subsequent dot or dash is made on the opposite side, in a back and forth motion.

    If you’d like more information about using a cootie key, read Jerry Bartachek’s “The Art of Side-Swipery.”

http://www.mtechnologies.com/cootie.htm

or see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfLrgYHIpjo

A cootie key can easily be made using a hacksaw blade.

Bugs were very expensive by comparison, so most cootie keys were home-made.

The few commercial cootie keys were also relatively expensive and with a few exceptions are very hard to find today.

QSP J.J.J.Ring Jr 

Repetitive_strain_injury RSI see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetitive_strain_injury

Glass Arm of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpal_tunnel_syndrome

Editor

CW drama at sea / The Prinsendam October 1980:

To remember,,,,, David Ring N1EA .......See attachment pse.

Editor.

Have a nice day / week(end) gents, BCNU.

73, Yann, F5LAW

http://www.sideswipernet.org/

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 Jan Pieter Oelp PA3CLQ

 

For the time being, Dr. Pazo Panib is not so a good friend, he makes me sick.

 

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