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Posted: 9/15/2021 7:19:07 PM EDT
[#1]
You're a solid 17dB in to my stagion right now. Hope it holds up for net.
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Posted: 9/15/2021 7:26:40 PM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GreenDragon: You're a solid 17dB in to my stagion right now. Hope it holds up for net. I'll keep my fingers crossed. With that high of a SNR, though, I suspect we're in the sweet spot of the path and it's going to drop off in 30 minutes. |
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Posted: 9/15/2021 8:27:03 PM EDT
[#3]
Definitely a small net tonight!
One check in. Conditions were worse than last week but still 100%. Noise floor was low here, but the path was very variable. |
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Posted: 9/15/2021 8:29:27 PM EDT
[#4]
Sorry I missed it. I'm at my Son's house watching the SpaceX launch with my 5 year old grandson. He is turning into quite the space geek.
Damn, first net I've missed in a while, I think. Be back next week. |
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Posted: 9/15/2021 8:30:43 PM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By weaponeer1911: Sorry I missed it. I'm at my Son's house watching the SpaceX launch with my 5 year old grandson. He is turning into quite the space geek. Damn, first net I've missed in a while, I think. Be back next week. That's three great reasons to miss the net, no worries! Things usually pick up in the late fall and winter anyway. |
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Posted: 9/16/2021 1:04:44 PM EDT
[#6]
We're at the Outer Banks this week and I didn't bring the radio. I was going to run my shack remotely but ended up on the beach w/ the kids instead
I need to figure out how to get audio remotely, I regularly use Google Remote Desktop and VNC viewer and neither get audio over the internet. I don't like using the radio for digital modes remote and not being to listen for doubling. |
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Posted: 9/16/2021 6:05:17 PM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nmbmxer: We're at the Outer Banks this week and I didn't bring the radio. I was going to run my shack remotely but ended up on the beach w/ the kids instead I need to figure out how to get audio remotely, I regularly use Google Remote Desktop and VNC viewer and neither get audio over the internet. I don't like using the radio for digital modes remote and not being to listen for doubling. Teamviewer gets you audio. I sometime use it to play with digital modes on the tablet while upstairs watching TV with the wife (shack is in the basement). Sorry I missed the net last night. Been a week from hell and I simply forgot. 
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Posted: 9/16/2021 6:34:32 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Redbirdxx: Teamviewer gets you audio. I sometime use it to play with digital modes on the tablet while upstairs watching TV with the wife (shack is in the basement). Sorry I missed the net last night. Been a week from hell and I simply forgot. |
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Posted: 9/16/2021 6:59:23 PM EDT
[#9]
Excellent question and I forgot that was an issue until you asked. I cheat and use the SDR and a separate antenna for RX audio in digi modes.
So I guess I don't have the answer to your audio problem unless you're running a separate SDR there as well. |
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Posted: 9/22/2021 11:58:29 AM EDT
[#10]
I'll be present to NC tonight, 40M 7120 KHz.
Sunspot number is 50, prop may be pretty good. |
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Posted: 9/22/2021 5:26:41 PM EDT
[#11]
I'm out tonight. I'll be getting home just as net ends.
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Posted: 9/22/2021 7:02:26 PM EDT
[#12]
First reminder out and I caught one of you testing at about 2258Z.
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Posted: 9/22/2021 7:08:40 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: First reminder out and I caught one of you testing at about 2258Z. Been doing some antenna work and wanted to be sure there are no RFI gremlins about. 73, Rob |
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Posted: 9/22/2021 8:01:02 PM EDT
[#14]
I'm having an issue here where my com port disappears every time I TX, so I will just be monitoring tonight.
Read the warnings and Mach's test 100%. |
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Posted: 9/22/2021 8:14:19 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Redbirdxx: I'm having an issue here where my com port disappears every time I TX, so I will just be monitoring tonight. Read the warnings and Mach's test 100%. I'm losing my internet every time I TX tonight, which is a first for me. Good luck on finding your gremlin. |
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Posted: 9/22/2021 8:25:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mach]
[#16]
I was losing internet when transmitting above a certain power and i solved it by putting chokes on both ends of the Cat6 to the shack. Also changed from cat5 to cat 6 because cat 6 is shielded.
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Posted: 9/22/2021 8:31:03 PM EDT
[#17]
Propagation was MUCH improved tonight. Sunspots for the win!
Four stations tonight. Everyone was 100% on my end, most near the upper limit of the SNR on Olivia. Thanks for making the net tonight and hopefully next week is that much better. --- As far as the internet, I'll probably clamp some ferrites on. I have cat 6 halfway, but it the wrong half. All my tools are cat 5 and the cable is cat 5e, so I guess I need to get set for 6 and get under the crawlspace. |
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Posted: 9/22/2021 9:36:20 PM EDT
[#18]
I have a pile of chokes on the USB cable to the IC7300, some on the power cable, I think that's it.
73, Rob |
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Posted: 9/22/2021 10:02:33 PM EDT
[#19]
I just have the factory usb cable with the built in ferrite bead on my 7300 and my wire antenna nearly passes over my shack. Other cables have failed to work in field but the factory one works fine.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 12:31:03 PM EDT
[#20]
I should be around to NC tonight. Sunspot number is 57 so prop should be working pretty well.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 3:05:36 PM EDT
[#21]
I should be good to go for tonight. Looped the data cable through a toroid I had laying around a couple times and that seems to have solved my issues here.
I guess the clamp on filter I had previously depended on was borderline doing the job, as the problem just kinda popped up with no changes in the setup. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 3:30:02 PM EDT
[#22]
I think I will try to get this set up for next week. I have an Icom 7100 and a mac so it'll probably be an adventure, but I am up for it.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 6:46:18 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Redbirdxx: I should be good to go for tonight. Looped the data cable through a toroid I had laying around a couple times and that seems to have solved my issues here. I guess the clamp on filter I had previously depended on was borderline doing the job, as the problem just kinda popped up with no changes in the setup. I've found a lot of the split toroids are meant for VHF rather than HF. I ended up getting a mix 31 kit from Palomar Engineers that helped. You really want mix 31 or mix 77 to cut down on HF interference. Palomar's mix 31 ferrites. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 7:05:15 PM EDT
[#24]
First reminder has been sent.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 7:16:31 PM EDT
[#25]
7120? Got nothing nothing here ):
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Posted: 9/29/2021 7:18:34 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seek2: I've found a lot of the split toroids are meant for VHF rather than HF. I ended up getting a mix 31 kit from Palomar Engineers that helped. You really want mix 31 or mix 77 to cut down on HF interference. Palomar's mix 31 ferrites. Yeah, I picked up a stack of type 31 ring toroids from them and solved a few problems here on 80m. I should stock up on some snap ons of the correct type. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 7:21:10 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Redbirdxx: 7120? Got nothing nothing here ): Yep, 7120. Second reminder just went out about 2318. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 7:26:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Redbirdxx]
[#28]
I'm hearing Weaponeer and GreenDragon, had a brief exchange with a MO station earlier (sorry, don't know your screen name) but nothing from NC. Might need a relay this week.
edit- disregard the above. Looking at it again it seems you doubled with GD and he won that fight. Caught the first few characters of your transmission. |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 7:31:58 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Redbirdxx: I'm hearing Weaponeer and GreenDragon, had a brief exchange with a MO station earlier (sorry, don't know your screen name) but nothing from NC. Might need a relay this week. I've got both of them in the buffer as well. Someone was tuning up right around 2330 and their signal was solid here. |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 9/29/2021 8:36:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: USMC2671]
[#30]
I've been copying everyone really well tonight. At times seek2 would fade out some. Hoping to do my general test this weekend and I'll be able to join next week and see how my setup works on the TX side.
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Posted: 9/29/2021 8:42:36 PM EDT
[#31]
Great propagation tonight, solid copy on six stations, though a couple had some
odd propagation effects with the signal smearing a little, probably the gray line doing its thing. Looking forward to next week, hopefully even better! |
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Posted: 9/29/2021 9:49:59 PM EDT
[#32]
I heard what sounded exactly like a Winlink station over us once or twice but it was short, I wonder if that was the same thing.
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Posted: 10/6/2021 11:26:44 AM EDT
[#33]
I should be present to NC this week.
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Posted: 10/6/2021 2:47:39 PM EDT
[#34]
Might be able to make it tonight from my father's qth, we're spending the night there on our way up to PA.
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Posted: 10/6/2021 7:04:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: seek2]
[#35]
First reminder out at 2300Z.
Sunspot number is down from last week so we'll see how prop goes. SFI isn't down nearly so much. ETA: #2 out at 2315Z #3 out at 2330Z #4 out at 2346Z Haven't seen anyone testing or tuning up yet. |
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Posted: 10/6/2021 7:49:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: USMC2671]
[#36]
Only now copying anything.
Been hearing CW for the last hour too. |
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Posted: 10/6/2021 7:57:34 PM EDT
[#37]
I'll just be a quick check-in/out. Wife and I (and my son's family) have some sort of nasty cold/flu bug that kicking our butts. Wife and I tested negative for covid on Saturday so (thankfully) it's not that. But man, it's the worst cold we've had in many years.
I'll be going back to bed. Hope next week is better. |
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Posted: 10/6/2021 8:03:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: USMC2671]
[#38]
Good copy on weaponeer. NC is broken, but mostly readable.
And I'm not being received. |
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Posted: 10/6/2021 8:23:43 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By weaponeer1911: I'll just be a quick check-in/out. Wife and I (and my son's family) have some sort of nasty cold/flu bug that kicking our butts. Wife and I tested negative for covid on Saturday so (thankfully) it's not that. But man, it's the worst cold we've had in many years. I'll be going back to bed. Hope next week is better. Solid copy here. Hope you all feel better and get well soon. |
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Posted: 10/6/2021 8:30:30 PM EDT
[#40]
Nice net tonight, conditions a little worse than last week be improved as the net progressed.
Five check ins including a new station. Glad everyone could make it! |
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Posted: 10/6/2021 8:36:21 PM EDT
[#41]
I didn't get here in time, sounded like a good net.
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Posted: 10/6/2021 8:40:31 PM EDT
[#42]
Something must be messed up for me on the TX side. Even the IL guys aren't hearing me tonight.
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Posted: 10/6/2021 8:43:22 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By weaponeer1911: I'll just be a quick check-in/out. Wife and I (and my son's family) have some sort of nasty cold/flu bug that kicking our butts. Wife and I tested negative for covid on Saturday so (thankfully) it's not that. But man, it's the worst cold we've had in many years. I'll be going back to bed. Hope next week is better. Hope you guys get better quickly. |
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Posted: 10/13/2021 4:39:37 PM EDT
[#44]
I'll be present to NC tonight.
To make things interesting if you've noted any product shortages in your AO please share on the net. |
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Posted: 10/13/2021 7:08:56 PM EDT
[Last Edit: seek2]
[#45]
First reminder out at 2302Z...
ETA: #2 at 2315Z #3 at 2332Z |
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Posted: 10/13/2021 7:51:58 PM EDT
[#46]
Just copied about 40% of the 10 min warning.
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Posted: 10/13/2021 8:06:00 PM EDT
[#47]
Lightning strikes within 2 miles, shutting down. 73 all.
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Posted: 10/13/2021 8:06:40 PM EDT
[#48]
I've got someone 500 hz down on CW +10-20db over 9 drowning out most of the Olivia.
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Posted: 10/13/2021 8:36:10 PM EDT
[#49]
Thanks for running net tonight.
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Posted: 10/13/2021 8:37:09 PM EDT
[#50]
Conditions seemed a bit better than last week. Heard everyone 100% with no real issues.
Copied five stations tonight and got updated on construction material supplies east of the Mississippi. I was running my 500 Hz filter on the 7300 so didn't see any nearby CW, sucks if it washed the net out.  |
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