From kg5ycu at gmail.com Wed May 1 09:55:37 2024 From: kg5ycu at gmail.com (Richard Bonica) Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 09:55:37 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Do I need??? Message-ID: To all, I am still working on my satellite antenna. My question now is, I have a 2m and a seperate 70cm antenna, both on the same turret like a set of cannons on a battleship. I have a baofeng and a kenwood TM-71a radio. Do I need to put the antennas on a duplexer or since the radio is already dual band with one input, I am good already? Thank you all in advance. -- Richard Bonica C: 281.935.7222 Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra Ameture Radio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kd5you at comcast.net Wed May 1 17:09:03 2024 From: kd5you at comcast.net (John Denison) Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 17:09:03 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Do I need??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If you are using two antennas simultaneously with a single radio then yes you would need a duplexer for VHF and UHF. 73 John Denison KD5YOU On 5/1/2024 9:55 AM, Richard Bonica via BVARC wrote: > To all, > > I am still working on my satellite antenna. My question now is, I have > a 2m and a seperate 70cm antenna, both on the same turret like a set > of cannons on a battleship. ? I have a baofeng and a kenwood TM-71a > radio. Do I need to put the antennas on a duplexer or since the radio > is already dual band with one input, I am good already? > > ?Thank you all in advance. > > -- > Richard Bonica > C: 281.935.7222 > Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com > Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile > CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness?First Aid, CPR, > Extra Ameture Radio > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kg5ycu at gmail.com Wed May 1 19:21:49 2024 From: kg5ycu at gmail.com (Richard Bonica) Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 19:21:49 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Do I need??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you John -- I know dual band do both bands with one antenna, just did not know if it was feasible to attach 2 yagis same way. On Wed, May 1, 2024, 5:10?PM John Denison via BVARC wrote: > If you are using two antennas simultaneously with a single radio then yes > you would need a duplexer for VHF and UHF. > > 73 > John Denison > KD5YOU > > On 5/1/2024 9:55 AM, Richard Bonica via BVARC wrote: > > To all, > > I am still working on my satellite antenna. My question now is, I have a > 2m and a seperate 70cm antenna, both on the same turret like a set of > cannons on a battleship. I have a baofeng and a kenwood TM-71a radio. Do > I need to put the antennas on a duplexer or since the radio is already dual > band with one input, I am good already? > > Thank you all in advance. > > -- > Richard Bonica > C: 281.935.7222 > Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com > Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile > CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra > Ameture Radio > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing listBVARC at bvarc.orghttp://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kd5fba at gmail.com Wed May 1 19:31:47 2024 From: kd5fba at gmail.com (Scott Medbury) Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 19:31:47 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Do I need??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have an Arrow and it requires a dual band. The AL-800 is a dual band telescoping antenna that has a bnc connector and doesn't need anything else. I haven't been active on satellite in 10 years, but have over 8000 qsos on the fm birds including the Mir Space Station and the ISS. 73 Scott KD5FBA On Wed, May 1, 2024, 7:22 PM Richard Bonica via BVARC wrote: > Thank you John -- I know dual band do both bands with one antenna, just > did not know if it was feasible to attach 2 yagis same way. > > On Wed, May 1, 2024, 5:10?PM John Denison via BVARC > wrote: > >> If you are using two antennas simultaneously with a single radio then yes >> you would need a duplexer for VHF and UHF. >> >> 73 >> John Denison >> KD5YOU >> >> On 5/1/2024 9:55 AM, Richard Bonica via BVARC wrote: >> >> To all, >> >> I am still working on my satellite antenna. My question now is, I have a >> 2m and a seperate 70cm antenna, both on the same turret like a set of >> cannons on a battleship. I have a baofeng and a kenwood TM-71a radio. Do >> I need to put the antennas on a duplexer or since the radio is already dual >> band with one input, I am good already? >> >> Thank you all in advance. >> >> -- >> Richard Bonica >> C: 281.935.7222 >> Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com >> Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile >> CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra >> Ameture Radio >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing listBVARC at bvarc.orghttp://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kg5ycu at gmail.com Wed May 1 23:05:35 2024 From: kg5ycu at gmail.com (Richard Bonica) Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 23:05:35 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Do I need??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ok- I did more research - if the same wire is connected to both bands - you do not need a duplexer. But I have 2 separate antennas on 2 different cables - so I do need it even with multi and. On Wed, May 1, 2024, 7:31?PM Scott Medbury wrote: > I have an Arrow and it requires a dual band. The AL-800 is a dual band > telescoping antenna that has a bnc connector and doesn't need anything > else. > > I haven't been active on satellite in 10 years, but have over 8000 qsos on > the fm birds including the Mir Space Station and the ISS. > > 73 Scott KD5FBA > > > On Wed, May 1, 2024, 7:22 PM Richard Bonica via BVARC > wrote: > >> Thank you John -- I know dual band do both bands with one antenna, just >> did not know if it was feasible to attach 2 yagis same way. >> >> On Wed, May 1, 2024, 5:10?PM John Denison via BVARC >> wrote: >> >>> If you are using two antennas simultaneously with a single radio then >>> yes you would need a duplexer for VHF and UHF. >>> >>> 73 >>> John Denison >>> KD5YOU >>> >>> On 5/1/2024 9:55 AM, Richard Bonica via BVARC wrote: >>> >>> To all, >>> >>> I am still working on my satellite antenna. My question now is, I have a >>> 2m and a seperate 70cm antenna, both on the same turret like a set of >>> cannons on a battleship. I have a baofeng and a kenwood TM-71a radio. Do >>> I need to put the antennas on a duplexer or since the radio is already dual >>> band with one input, I am good already? >>> >>> Thank you all in advance. >>> >>> -- >>> Richard Bonica >>> C: 281.935.7222 >>> Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com >>> Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile >>> CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, >>> Extra Ameture Radio >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing listBVARC at bvarc.orghttp://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From rick at wannall.net Thu May 2 16:43:14 2024 From: rick at wannall.net (Rick Wannall) Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 21:43:14 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] Baofeng UV82, CHIRP, import seems to work, but all channels show same freq after import In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have a Baofeng UV82. I connect it to my laptop with a Baofeng USBA-Kenwood 2-pin cable. The img file I exported to CSV starts like this: Location,Name,Frequency,Duplex,Offset,Tone,rToneFreq,cToneFreq,DtcsCode,DtcsPolarity,Mode,TStep,Skip,Comment,URCALL,RPT1CALL,RPT2CALL 5,NB5F,145.150000,-,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 7,W5BSA,145.190000,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 8,KD5HKQ,145.250000,-,0.600000,Tone,156.7,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 9,W5PAS,145.270000,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, When I get into CHIRP, connect, open that img file, and upload to radio, it completes with no error report. However, when I scroll through the channels after disconnecting, I see the correct name for each channel, but only a single frequency is shown for all 100+ channels. At the moment it happens to be the first frequency shown in the csv file, 145.150, which is for channel 5. (Only 103 of a possible 127 channels are present in the img file.) And here is something that, to me, is even weirder. When I first completed the upload and disconnected, the frequency shown on all channels was 444.550, also a frequency in the img file, but not the last one. It is third from last. After I scrolled through and saw that, I turned off the 82 and set it aside. When I came back to it later and turned it on, the frequency shown for all channels had changed to 145.15. Huh?? I am digging around in about a dozen sites ?out there? and although I find a few CHIRP problems mentioned here and there, and a few Baofeng problems, nothing remotely resembles this. I?ve looked at various pages in these sites: https://forums.radioreference.com https://www.reddit.com https://baofengacademy.com https://chirpmyradio.com https://baofengtech.com I checked for any available firmware updates. I got excited when I found that Baofeng had a software download for programming the 82 but after the install, when I open the software and try to ?read from radio?, all I get are connection failures. Even though I set for Port 4 (what CHIRP used) and it accepted that. Humph. At this point, I am wide open for any pointer to a website, or to a forum, or any suggestion on how to proceed. I can certainly program as many channels as I need to manually, and in truth there?s only three or four that I routinely monitor around Houston, so that?s easy. But I surely would love to know how to get that frequency list into that radio. Any comment gratefully received. Thanks. Rick Wannall KG5ITH Houston -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimmy.vance at gmail.com Thu May 2 18:07:48 2024 From: jimmy.vance at gmail.com (Jimmy Vance) Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 18:07:48 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Baofeng UV82, CHIRP, import seems to work, but all channels show same freq after import In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is an A and B in the display, as you scroll through one, it won't change the other.? I'm guessing you have A set to display NAME and B set to display FREQUENCY, radio is set to A so it changes channels as you scroll up or down, B won't change until you set it to be the active display On 5/2/2024 4:43 PM, Rick Wannall via BVARC wrote: > > I have a Baofeng UV82. I connect it to my laptop with a Baofeng > USBA-Kenwood 2-pin cable. The img file I exported to CSV starts like this: > > Location,Name,Frequency,Duplex,Offset,Tone,rToneFreq,cToneFreq,DtcsCode,DtcsPolarity,Mode,TStep,Skip,Comment,URCALL,RPT1CALL,RPT2CALL > > 5,NB5F,145.150000,-,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, > > 7,W5BSA,145.190000,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, > > 8,KD5HKQ,145.250000,-,0.600000,Tone,156.7,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, > > 9,W5PAS,145.270000,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, > > When I get into CHIRP, connect, open that img file, and upload to > radio, it completes with no error report. However, when I scroll > through the channels after disconnecting, I see the correct name for > each channel, but only a single frequency is shown for all 100+ > channels. At the moment it happens to be the first frequency shown in > the csv file, 145.150, which is for channel 5. (Only 103 of a possible > 127 channels are present in the img file.) > > And here is something that, to me, is even weirder. When I first > completed the upload and disconnected, the frequency shown on all > channels was 444.550, also a frequency in the img file, but not the > last one. It is third from last. After I scrolled through and saw > that, I turned off the 82 and set it aside. When I came back to it > later and turned it on, the frequency shown for all channels had > changed to 145.15. > > Huh?? > > I am digging around in about a dozen sites ?out there? and although I > find a few CHIRP problems mentioned here and there, and a few Baofeng > problems, nothing remotely resembles this. I?ve looked at various > pages in these sites: > > https://forums.radioreference.com > > https://www.reddit.com > > https://baofengacademy.com > > https://chirpmyradio.com > > https://baofengtech.com > > I checked for any available firmware updates. > > I got excited when I found that Baofeng had a software download for > programming the 82 but after the install, when I open the software and > try to ?read from radio?, all I get are connection failures. Even > though I set for Port 4 (what CHIRP used) and it accepted that. Humph. > > At this point, I am wide open for any pointer to a website, or to a > forum, or any suggestion on how to proceed. I can certainly program as > many channels as I need to manually, and in truth there?s only three > or four that I routinely monitor around Houston, so that?s easy. But I > surely would love to know how to get that frequency list into that radio. > > Any comment gratefully received. > > Thanks. > > Rick Wannall > > KG5ITH > > Houston > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From s.c.flowers at comcast.net Thu May 2 18:19:46 2024 From: s.c.flowers at comcast.net (Stephen Flowers) Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 18:19:46 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m Message-ID: <294032FD-1B94-4DD7-AE62-0167BC9A40AD@comcast.net> Colleagues, Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. I just made a contact with them. 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Get Outlook for Android ________________________________ From: BVARC on behalf of Jimmy Vance via BVARC Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:07:48 PM To: Rick Wannall via BVARC Cc: Jimmy Vance Subject: Re: [BVARC] Baofeng UV82, CHIRP, import seems to work, but all channels show same freq after import There is an A and B in the display, as you scroll through one, it won't change the other. I'm guessing you have A set to display NAME and B set to display FREQUENCY, radio is set to A so it changes channels as you scroll up or down, B won't change until you set it to be the active display On 5/2/2024 4:43 PM, Rick Wannall via BVARC wrote: I have a Baofeng UV82. I connect it to my laptop with a Baofeng USBA-Kenwood 2-pin cable. The img file I exported to CSV starts like this: Location,Name,Frequency,Duplex,Offset,Tone,rToneFreq,cToneFreq,DtcsCode,DtcsPolarity,Mode,TStep,Skip,Comment,URCALL,RPT1CALL,RPT2CALL 5,NB5F,145.150000,-,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 7,W5BSA,145.190000,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 8,KD5HKQ,145.250000,-,0.600000,Tone,156.7,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 9,W5PAS,145.270000,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, When I get into CHIRP, connect, open that img file, and upload to radio, it completes with no error report. However, when I scroll through the channels after disconnecting, I see the correct name for each channel, but only a single frequency is shown for all 100+ channels. At the moment it happens to be the first frequency shown in the csv file, 145.150, which is for channel 5. (Only 103 of a possible 127 channels are present in the img file.) And here is something that, to me, is even weirder. When I first completed the upload and disconnected, the frequency shown on all channels was 444.550, also a frequency in the img file, but not the last one. It is third from last. After I scrolled through and saw that, I turned off the 82 and set it aside. When I came back to it later and turned it on, the frequency shown for all channels had changed to 145.15. Huh?? I am digging around in about a dozen sites ?out there? and although I find a few CHIRP problems mentioned here and there, and a few Baofeng problems, nothing remotely resembles this. I?ve looked at various pages in these sites: https://forums.radioreference.com https://www.reddit.com https://baofengacademy.com https://chirpmyradio.com https://baofengtech.com I checked for any available firmware updates. I got excited when I found that Baofeng had a software download for programming the 82 but after the install, when I open the software and try to ?read from radio?, all I get are connection failures. Even though I set for Port 4 (what CHIRP used) and it accepted that. Humph. At this point, I am wide open for any pointer to a website, or to a forum, or any suggestion on how to proceed. I can certainly program as many channels as I need to manually, and in truth there?s only three or four that I routinely monitor around Houston, so that?s easy. But I surely would love to know how to get that frequency list into that radio. Any comment gratefully received. Thanks. Rick Wannall KG5ITH Houston ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best of luck & 73, Stephen (W2WF) [cid:e6a648ac-1980-49df-8ef8-b239709c9239 at namprd19.prod.outlook.com] ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________ From: BVARC on behalf of Stephen Flowers via BVARC Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:19 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Stephen Flowers Subject: [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m Colleagues, Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. I just made a contact with them. 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Forget which band... > > From: BVARC > on behalf of Stephen Flowers via BVARC > > Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:19 PM > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > > Cc: Stephen Flowers > > Subject: [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m > > Colleagues, > Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. I just made a contact with them. > > Best of luck & 73, > Stephen (W2WF) > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > From: BVARC > on behalf of Stephen Flowers via BVARC > > Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:19 PM > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > > Cc: Stephen Flowers > > Subject: [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m > > Colleagues, > Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. 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Forget which band... ________________________________ From: BVARC > on behalf of Stephen Flowers via BVARC > Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:19 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Stephen Flowers > Subject: [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m Colleagues, Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. I just made a contact with them. Best of luck & 73, Stephen (W2WF) [cid:image001.png at 01DA9CC8.FA328CA0] ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________ From: BVARC > on behalf of Stephen Flowers via BVARC > Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:19 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Stephen Flowers > Subject: [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m Colleagues, Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. I just made a contact with them. Best of luck & 73, Stephen (W2WF) [cid:image001.png at 01DA9CC8.FA328CA0] ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 477958 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From s.c.flowers at comcast.net Thu May 2 19:48:39 2024 From: s.c.flowers at comcast.net (Stephen Flowers) Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 19:48:39 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m In-Reply-To: References: <294032FD-1B94-4DD7-AE62-0167BC9A40AD@comcast.net> Message-ID: <26C22CCD-E401-4224-AC0B-73D459D0F13F@comcast.net> Hey Andr?, Yes, 12m FT8 was dead earlier today. Then 3G0YA called and the band blew up! LOL Just checked and 12m seems to be dead again though. Interesting. 73, Stephen (W2WF) > On May 2, 2024, at 7:00?PM, Andre Pollard via BVARC wrote: > > 12m FT8 is now nothing but calls to 3goya LOL > > On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 6:20?PM Stephen Flowers via BVARC > wrote: >> Colleagues, >> Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. I just made a contact with them. >> >> Best of luck & 73, >> Stephen (W2WF) >> >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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LOL On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 6:20?PM Stephen Flowers via BVARC wrote: Colleagues, Good afternoon.? 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now.? I just made a contact with them. Best of luck & 73, Stephen (W2WF) ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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LOL Just checked and 12m seems to be dead again though. Interesting. > > 73, > Stephen (W2WF) > > > On May 2, 2024, at 7:00?PM, Andre Pollard via BVARC > wrote: > > 12m FT8 is now nothing but calls to 3goya LOL > > On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 6:20?PM Stephen Flowers via BVARC > wrote: > > Colleagues, > Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. I just > made a contact with them. > > Best of luck & 73, > Stephen (W2WF) > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Spring is halfway over, and summer is fast approaching. This May the club will mostly be preparing for our big on air events in June (Museum Ships and ARRL Field Day). There's lots of preparation to be done for June so if you have time to volunteer for either of these events or to participate as an operator, please see the details below and mark your calendars! *Museum Ships weekend* will be the topic for our next club meeting on Thursday May 9th. Mark Janzer (K5MGJ) is the coordinator for the event and if you're interested in helping out he's your guy! Send him an email at K5MGJ at Yahoo.com. The event takes place at *Seawolf Park in Galveston on Saturday June 1st to Sunday June 2nd* (with some setup happening in the days before). *ARRL Field Day* is another major event coming up in June both for the hobby and for BVARC. This year BVARC's Field Day event will be at Duhacsek Park in Sugar Land. The event spans *Saturday June 22nd to Sunday June 23rd* (with set up on the Friday before). Richard Bonica (KG5YCU) is coordinating this year's BVARC Field Day event and if you would like to help make the event a success by volunteering or operating, please email Richard at KG5YCU at gmail.com. Keep an ear out for more information as the final details of the event get published. As always, please check out our website BVARC.org for updates, and for information on our weekly in-person events, nets, and other resources. The May Newsletter should be posted soon on the BVARC.org website. Don't forget about our social media as well! We have a Facebook Page , a Discord Server , and YouTube channel for the club. Add the BVARC Calendar to your calendar app (by clicking the link here ), all events for the next 30 days should be on that calendar as well as others as we confirm their dates. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> *BVARC Calendar for May 2024:* *BVARC Board of Directors Meeting* *Sunday May 5th at 5:00pm* The BVARC BoD is currently meeting on the Sunday before the Second Thursday of the month at 5pm (with few exceptions). This meeting will take place on Zoom, and all members are encouraged to attend so they can check out what the board is up to. The BVARC BoD is here to serve you, so please attend and let your voice be heard. *Where:* On Zoom (Link to be posted on the email reflector and website) *Brews with BVARC* *Tuesday May 7th at 6:30pm* For May we'll be heading to Eureka Heights Brewery in Houston. They have been around for a long while and are one of the few breweries in town that we haven't been to (and are open Tuesdays). Take a look at their year-round as well as their seasonal beers they have on tap at their tap room on their website EurekaHeights.com . They have a rotating selection of food trucks throughout the week and a cool collection of pinball machines as well! As always, be safe, arrive when you can, and let's have a great time! *Where:* Eureka Heights 941 W 18th St. Houston, TX 77008 *BVARC General Meeting* *Thursday May 9th at 7:00pm* The BVARC General Meeting will be on May 9th and we will have a presentation on Museum Ships Weekend. The presentation will cover the historical significance of the ships and the way that BVARC operates and sets up for the event. As mentioned above, please contact Mark Janzer (K5MGJ) at K5MGJ at Yahoo.com if you would like more information before the meeting or to volunteer. Doors open at 7:00pm, and the meeting starts at 7:30pm. There will be BBQ Baked Potatoes served by the BVARC Food Team (please send your RSVP to.n5vcx at att.net. *Where:* Volunteer Fire Station #4 16005 Bellaire Blvd. Houston, TX 77083 *BVARC VE Test Session* *Saturday May 11th at 10:30am* You can sign up now on our website (BVARC.org ) to take an FCC license exam to get your ham radio license or upgrade to General or Extra. *Where:* Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet St Houston, TX 77074 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> That's the rundown that I have for now. I will keep the updates coming throughout the month, so stay tuned. Please reach out to me or any BVARC board member if you have any questions or concerns about our club events, volunteering, or anything else ham radio related. We're here for you! Thanks for being a member. Thank you for your time and 73 everybody! 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Rick KG5ITH Houston Get Outlook for Android ________________________________ From: BVARC on behalf of Rick Wannall via BVARC Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:44:24 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Rick Wannall ; Jimmy Vance Subject: Re: [BVARC] Baofeng UV82, CHIRP, import seems to work, but all channels show same freq after import But when you are in channel mode...... Wait. Mayb e I get it. When I scroll through the channels it doesn't set to each channel. I have to select. Good grief. That's obviously somewhere in the manual I should have reviewed "in case I forgot something.". BLUSH! Thank you. Get Outlook for Android ________________________________ From: BVARC on behalf of Jimmy Vance via BVARC Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:07:48 PM To: Rick Wannall via BVARC Cc: Jimmy Vance Subject: Re: [BVARC] Baofeng UV82, CHIRP, import seems to work, but all channels show same freq after import There is an A and B in the display, as you scroll through one, it won't change the other. I'm guessing you have A set to display NAME and B set to display FREQUENCY, radio is set to A so it changes channels as you scroll up or down, B won't change until you set it to be the active display On 5/2/2024 4:43 PM, Rick Wannall via BVARC wrote: I have a Baofeng UV82. I connect it to my laptop with a Baofeng USBA-Kenwood 2-pin cable. The img file I exported to CSV starts like this: Location,Name,Frequency,Duplex,Offset,Tone,rToneFreq,cToneFreq,DtcsCode,DtcsPolarity,Mode,TStep,Skip,Comment,URCALL,RPT1CALL,RPT2CALL 5,NB5F,145.150000,-,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 7,W5BSA,145.190000,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 8,KD5HKQ,145.250000,-,0.600000,Tone,156.7,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 9,W5PAS,145.270000,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, When I get into CHIRP, connect, open that img file, and upload to radio, it completes with no error report. However, when I scroll through the channels after disconnecting, I see the correct name for each channel, but only a single frequency is shown for all 100+ channels. At the moment it happens to be the first frequency shown in the csv file, 145.150, which is for channel 5. (Only 103 of a possible 127 channels are present in the img file.) And here is something that, to me, is even weirder. When I first completed the upload and disconnected, the frequency shown on all channels was 444.550, also a frequency in the img file, but not the last one. It is third from last. After I scrolled through and saw that, I turned off the 82 and set it aside. When I came back to it later and turned it on, the frequency shown for all channels had changed to 145.15. Huh?? I am digging around in about a dozen sites ?out there? and although I find a few CHIRP problems mentioned here and there, and a few Baofeng problems, nothing remotely resembles this. I?ve looked at various pages in these sites: https://forums.radioreference.com https://www.reddit.com https://baofengacademy.com https://chirpmyradio.com https://baofengtech.com I checked for any available firmware updates. I got excited when I found that Baofeng had a software download for programming the 82 but after the install, when I open the software and try to ?read from radio?, all I get are connection failures. Even though I set for Port 4 (what CHIRP used) and it accepted that. Humph. At this point, I am wide open for any pointer to a website, or to a forum, or any suggestion on how to proceed. I can certainly program as many channels as I need to manually, and in truth there?s only three or four that I routinely monitor around Houston, so that?s easy. But I surely would love to know how to get that frequency list into that radio. Any comment gratefully received. Thanks. Rick Wannall KG5ITH Houston ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eddie.runner at yahoo.com Fri May 3 10:50:43 2024 From: eddie.runner at yahoo.com (Eddie Runner) Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 15:50:43 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] Vice President's Update May 2024 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1243723858.6754962.1714751443810@mail.yahoo.com> i got all that on the website.. Why dont the folks running the events send me the info directly Im not an OGRE... Eddie On Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 11:35:37 PM CDT, Kori Rahman via BVARC wrote: Hello BVARC! Spring is halfway over, and summer is fast approaching. This May the club will mostly be?preparing for our big on air events in June (Museum Ships and ARRL Field Day). There's lots of preparation to be done for June so if you have time to volunteer for either of these events or to participate as an operator, please see the details below and mark your?calendars! Museum Ships weekend will be the topic for our next club meeting on Thursday May 9th. Mark Janzer (K5MGJ) is the coordinator for the event and if you're interested in helping out he's your guy! Send him an email at K5MGJ at Yahoo.com. The event takes place at Seawolf Park in Galveston on Saturday June 1st to Sunday June 2nd (with some setup happening in the days before). ARRL Field Day is another major event coming up in June both for the hobby and for BVARC. This year BVARC's Field Day event will be at Duhacsek Park in Sugar Land. The event spans Saturday June 22nd to Sunday June 23rd (with set up on the Friday before). Richard Bonica (KG5YCU) is coordinating this year's BVARC Field Day event and if you would like to help make the event a success by volunteering or operating, please email Richard at KG5YCU at gmail.com. Keep an ear out for more information as the final details of the event get published. As always, please check out our website?BVARC.org?for?updates, and for information on our weekly in-person events, nets, and other resources.?The May Newsletter should be posted soon on the BVARC.org website.?Don't forget about our social media as well! We have a?Facebook Page, a?Discord Server, and?YouTube channel?for the club. Add the BVARC Calendar to your calendar app (by clicking the link?here), all events for the next 30 days should be on that calendar as well as others as we confirm their dates. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> BVARC?Calendar for May 2024: BVARC?Board of Directors MeetingSunday May 5th at 5:00pm The BVARC BoD is currently meeting on the Sunday?before the Second Thursday of the month at 5pm (with few exceptions). This meeting will take place on Zoom, and all members are encouraged to attend so they can?check out what the board is up?to. The BVARC BoD is here to?serve you,?so please attend and let your voice be heard. Where: On Zoom (Link to be posted on the email reflector and website) Brews with?BVARCTuesday?May 7th at 6:30pm For?May we'll be heading to Eureka Heights Brewery in Houston. They have been around for a long while and are one of the few breweries in town that we haven't been to (and are open Tuesdays). Take a look at their year-round?as well as their seasonal?beers they have on tap at their tap?room on their?website?EurekaHeights.com. They have a rotating selection of food trucks throughout the week and a cool collection of pinball machines as well! As always, be safe, arrive when you can, and let's have a great time!Where: Eureka Heights 941 W 18th St. Houston, TX 77008 BVARC?General MeetingThursday May 9th?at 7:00pm The BVARC General Meeting will be on May 9th and we will have a presentation on Museum Ships Weekend. The presentation will cover?the historical significance of the ships and the way that BVARC operates and sets up for the event. As mentioned above, please?contact Mark Janzer (K5MGJ) at?K5MGJ at Yahoo.com?if you would like more information before the meeting or to volunteer. Doors open at 7:00pm, and the meeting starts at 7:30pm. There will be BBQ Baked Potatoes served by the BVARC Food Team (please send your RSVP to.n5vcx at att.net. Where: Volunteer Fire Station #4 16005 Bellaire Blvd. Houston, TX 77083 BVARC?VE Test SessionSaturday May 11th at 10:30am You can sign up now on our website (BVARC.org) to take an FCC license exam to get your ham radio license or upgrade to General or Extra. Where: Bayland Community Center6400 Bissonnet StHouston, TX 77074 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> That's the rundown?that I have for now. I will keep the?updates?coming throughout the month, so stay tuned. Please reach out to me or any?BVARC?board member if you have any questions or concerns about our club events, volunteering, or anything else ham radio related. We're here for you! Thanks for being a member. Thank you for your time and 73 everybody! Kori Rahman, WX5KR Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club Vice-President and Club Call Sign KK5W Trustee Cell:?(770) 298 8516 Kori113 at gmail.com ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From n5xz at earthlink.net Fri May 3 15:45:20 2024 From: n5xz at earthlink.net (n5xz at earthlink.net) Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 15:45:20 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Field Day Message-ID: <073401da9d9a$d12ca7a0$7385f6e0$@earthlink.net> What are the plans for Field Day this year? I (and other members of TDXS) are ready to participate again this year. Who is Field Day Chairman for BVARC? Please contact me. 73, Allen R. 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Enjoy the hobby! 73, Stephen (W2WF) [Screenshot 2024-05-02 at 7.27.30?PM.png] [IMG_9943.jpeg] On May 2, 2024, at 7:23?PM, Jeff Greer wrote: Awesome! Got them on SSB the other day. Forget which band... ________________________________ From: BVARC > on behalf of Stephen Flowers via BVARC > Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:19 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Stephen Flowers > Subject: [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m Colleagues, Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. I just made a contact with them. Best of luck & 73, Stephen (W2WF) ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________ From: BVARC > on behalf of Stephen Flowers via BVARC > Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:19 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Stephen Flowers > Subject: [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m Colleagues, Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. I just made a contact with them. 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Yea 35W on FT8 gets you to the middle of the Pacific Ocean > from Cypress, TX. BTW, this is my current temporary antenna which > resonates on 10m (1:1.5), 12m (1:1.2), and 20m (1:2.5). > > Enjoy the hobby! > > 73, > Stephen (W2WF) > > > [image: Screenshot 2024-05-02 at 7.27.30?PM.png] > > [image: IMG_9943.jpeg] > > On May 2, 2024, at 7:23?PM, Jeff Greer wrote: > > Awesome! Got them on SSB the other day. Forget which band... > > ------------------------------ > *From:* BVARC on behalf of Stephen Flowers via > BVARC > *Sent:* Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:19 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Stephen Flowers > *Subject:* [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m > > Colleagues, > Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. I just > made a contact with them. > > Best of luck & 73, > Stephen (W2WF) > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ------------------------------ > *From:* BVARC on behalf of Stephen Flowers via > BVARC > *Sent:* Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:19 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Stephen Flowers > *Subject:* [BVARC] Easter Island DXpedition live now FT8 12m > > Colleagues, > Good afternoon. 3G0YA DXpedition station is live on 12m FT8 now. I just > made a contact with them. > > Best of luck & 73, > Stephen (W2WF) > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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As always, be safe, be responsible and arrive when you can. Hope to see you there! *When:* Tuesday May 7th at 6:30pm *Where:* Eureka Heights 941 W 18th St. Houston, TX 77008 [image: image.png] Thanks and 73! Kori Rahman, WX5KR *Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club* *Vice-President and Club Call Sign KK5W Trustee* Cell: (770) 298 8516 Kori113 at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.png Type: image/png Size: 462945 bytes Desc: not available URL: From greerjw at hotmail.com Sun May 5 16:57:19 2024 From: greerjw at hotmail.com (Jeff Greer) Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 21:57:19 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] Board of Directors Meeting Message-ID: Reminder: BVARC Admin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. 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I understand that a technique is required to analyze EFHW with MMANA. I would also like to introduce this video to amateur radio operators in Japan. thank you! > REPLY MANAGE ALL COMMENTS > If you no longer wish to receive emails about comments and replies, you can unsubscribe . > ? 2024 YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From w5lictx at gmail.com Mon May 6 08:36:02 2024 From: w5lictx at gmail.com (anthony moro) Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 08:36:02 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] HoustonPOTA Message-ID: So hey guys and gals we have decided the next event will be on the East side of town. The date will be the 20th of July. We don't want to get caught up with Field Day. So we are skipping June. It will be the same bat time, but different bat channel. We will be at Sheldon Lake State Park US-3056. The time will be 9am to 4:30pm. The park closes at 5pm. The talk in frequency will be 146.520. I can't wait to see yall then. Happy Field Day and good luck from your friendly POTA operator Anthony(W5LIC). Till then 73 and POTA on !!!!!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vernonprewitt at ymail.com Mon May 6 08:40:28 2024 From: vernonprewitt at ymail.com (Vernon Prewitt) Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 13:40:28 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] HoustonPOTA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <10433298.4039142.1715002828809@mail.yahoo.com> Could u use? a extra? ic 7300 Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 8:36 AM, anthony moro via BVARC wrote: So hey guys and gals we have decided the next event will be on the East side of town. The date will be the 20th of July. We don't want to get caught up with Field Day. So we are skipping June. It will be the same bat time, but different bat channel. ? ? We will be at Sheldon Lake State Park US-3056. The time will be 9am to 4:30pm. The park closes at 5pm. The talk in frequency will be 146.520.? ? ? ? I can't wait to see yall then. Happy Field Day and good luck from your friendly POTA operator Anthony(W5LIC). Till then 73 and POTA on !!!!!!________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sean.n5lnk at gmail.com Mon May 6 08:55:38 2024 From: sean.n5lnk at gmail.com (N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer) Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 08:55:38 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] For Sale - 2016 Honda CTX700 Message-ID: My brother in law is selling his 2016 Honda CTX700 DCT. It has 1100 miles on it and he is asking $4,000 for it. If anyone is interested please contact me at sean.n5lnk at gmail.com and I will put you in contact with him. 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Ok you hang the balun on the mast and string the wire to a tree? To work 20 meters, you?d have a 20 meter wire? Does that sound plausible?ThanksMarvin?N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2024, at 9:10?PM, Mike Knerr via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. It is Chinese company.? On Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 8:56?PM Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC wrote: Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2024, at 8:06?PM, Rick Hiller via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. To me, it sounds like this is written by someone who doesn't understand antennas or that English is their second or third language. It is a typical EFHW description....So who? is?the manufacturer or the seller?? ?Sounds commercial, not home brew. 73...Rick? W5RH? 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Final matching uses the rigs internal tuner to bring things down further to an operable SWR. GL. W5RH Sent from my i-Thingamajig On Apr 13, 2024, at 1:48?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC wrote: ? Ok you hang the balun on the mast and string the wire to a tree? To work 20 meters, you?d have a 20 meter wire? Does that sound plausible? Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2024, at 9:10?PM, Mike Knerr via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. It is Chinese company. On Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 8:56?PM Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC > wrote: [image0.png][image1.png] Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2024, at 8:06?PM, Rick Hiller via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. To me, it sounds like this is written by someone who doesn't understand antennas or that English is their second or third language. It is a typical EFHW description....So who is the manufacturer or the seller? Sounds commercial, not home brew. 73...Rick W5RH On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 7:43?PM Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC > wrote: Thank you Sent from my iPhone ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -- Rick Hiller W5RH e-mail: rickhiller73 at gmail.com Cell/VM/Text: 832-474-3713 Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive Houston, TX 77036 ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!PrVyQwBKYM_-Tn098bVJDRhXlwgAVZJNs4e5QYLNH7JhKmvHbSeqBlJvrVj86RyUNy4n4pxAeuba6g$ Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!PrVyQwBKYM_-Tn098bVJDRhXlwgAVZJNs4e5QYLNH7JhKmvHbSeqBlJvrVj86RyUNy4n4pwN5XwDDQ$ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!IgVIAcU5LIUtGmAkWCumpbFI92WWgOQc51Pje4Pg4Bp3hmwxSkrmZHtvwyATTsaOmoIhioe7Zf5BGg$ Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!IgVIAcU5LIUtGmAkWCumpbFI92WWgOQc51Pje4Pg4Bp3hmwxSkrmZHtvwyATTsaOmoIhiocOx_25zw$ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On May 6, 2024 12:58:52 PM Gary Sitton via BVARC wrote: > Clue: HWEF (half wave end fed) so half of160 meters is 80 meters or about > 250 feet! > Gary K5AMH > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kori113 at gmail.com Tue May 7 01:46:16 2024 From: kori113 at gmail.com (Kori Rahman) Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 01:46:16 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] TONIGHT: Brews with BVARC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello all, Just one more quick reminder that we will be at Eureka Heights Brewery TODAY at 6:30pm. Location and directions below: Eureka Heights brewery has been around for a long while and are one of the few breweries in town that we haven't been to yet (and are open Tuesdays). Take a look at their year-round as well as their seasonal beers on tap at their tap room on their website EurekaHeights.com . They have a rotating selection of food trucks throughout the week and a cool collection of pinball machines as well! As always, be safe, be responsible and arrive when you can. Hope to see you there! *When:* Tuesday May 7th at 6:30pm *Where:* Eureka Heights 941 W 18th St. Houston, TX 77008 [image: image.png] Thanks and 73! Kori Rahman, WX5KR Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club Vice-President and Club Call Sign KK5W Trustee Cell: (770) 298 8516 Kori113 at gmail.com On Sun, May 5, 2024, 4:55?PM Kori Rahman wrote: > Hello all, > > Just another reminder that we will be having the Brews with BVARC event *this > coming Tuesday May 7th* at Eureka Heights Brewery in Houston. They have > been around for a long while and are one of the few breweries in town that > we haven't been to yet (and are open Tuesdays). Take a look at their > year-round as well as their > seasonal beers on tap at > their tap room on their website EurekaHeights.com > . They have a rotating selection of food > trucks throughout the week and a cool collection of pinball machines as > well! As always, be safe, be responsible and arrive when you can. Hope to > see you there! > > *When:* > Tuesday May 7th at 6:30pm > > *Where:* > > Eureka Heights > > 941 W 18th St. > > Houston, TX 77008 > > [image: image.png] > > > Thanks and 73! > > > Kori Rahman, WX5KR > *Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club* > > *Vice-President and Club Call Sign KK5W Trustee* > Cell: (770) 298 8516 > > Kori113 at gmail.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On May 7, 2024 8:48:02 PM Michael Shanks via BVARC wrote: > I do believe it would be best to go to a 64 to 1 ballon I believe it?s 64 > to one I could be wrong rather than the 49 to one for that wire if you got > the space try it I have > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 7, 2024, at 8:24?PM, Michael Shanks wrote: >> If I remember correctly, my NF half wave for 180 was 262 with a 49 one >> ballon about 20 foot to 37 foot up in the air worked well with that much >> wire in the air. You?d be surprised what you can hear. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 6, 2024, at 7:08?PM, Gary Sitton via BVARC wrote: >>> Also, if the main portion isn't well above ground, you'll need to make the >>> length greater to account for the capacitive effect of the ground itself. L >>> configurations are very effective but avoid the inverted V scheme. >>> G. >>> >>> On May 6, 2024 12:58:52 PM Gary Sitton via BVARC wrote: >>>> Clue: HWEF (half wave end fed) so half of160 meters is 80 meters or about >>>> 250 feet! >>>> Gary K5AMH >>>> >>>> ________________________________________________ >>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>> >>>> BVARC mailing list >>>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Wed, May 8, 2024, 9:37?AM Dwayne Jones via BVARC wrote: > Got notice today that Brazos Bend State Park will start closing today due > to high water from the Brazos River. Right now the park service is saying > closed for 6 days. But if there is major damage of course it could be > longer. > > Dwayne > KB5YTA > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greerjw at hotmail.com Thu May 9 16:24:53 2024 From: greerjw at hotmail.com (Jeff Greer) Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 21:24:53 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] BVARC General Meeting - Museum Ships with Mark K5MGJ Message-ID: Museum Ships Weekend. 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On May 7, 2024 8:48:02 PM Michael Shanks via BVARC wrote: I do believe it would be best to go to a 64 to 1 ballon I believe it?s 64 to one I could be wrong rather than the 49 to one for that wire if you got the space try it I have Sent from my iPhone On May 7, 2024, at 8:24?PM, Michael Shanks wrote: ?If I remember correctly, my NF half wave for 180 was 262 with a 49 one ballon about 20 foot to 37 foot up in the air worked well with that much wire in the air. You?d be surprised what you can hear. Sent from my iPhone On May 6, 2024, at 7:08?PM, Gary Sitton via BVARC wrote: ? Also, if the main portion isn't well above ground, you'll need to make the length greater to account for the capacitive effect of the ground itself. L configurations are very effective but avoid the inverted V scheme. G. On May 6, 2024 12:58:52 PM Gary Sitton via BVARC wrote: Clue: HWEF (half wave end fed) so half of160 meters is 80 meters or about 250 feet! 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Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 10, 2024, 3:18 PM Rick Hiller via BVARC wrote: > > Any BVARC'ers going to Dayton Hamvention next week? > > Rick W5RH > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wesloco63 at gmail.com Fri May 10 18:16:02 2024 From: wesloco63 at gmail.com (Wes Harris) Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 18:16:02 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6FD27A51-EA81-4AAE-98EF-3241567FD23F@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rick.cary at att.net Fri May 10 21:57:44 2024 From: rick.cary at att.net (Richard Cary) Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 02:57:44 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? In-Reply-To: <6FD27A51-EA81-4AAE-98EF-3241567FD23F@gmail.com> References: <6FD27A51-EA81-4AAE-98EF-3241567FD23F@gmail.com> Message-ID: I will be arriving Wednesday to attend Contest University and then Hamvention on Friday and Saturday. I have to fly back Saturday evening. Rick Cary K5RBC ________________________________ From: BVARC on behalf of Wes Harris via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 6:16 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Wes Harris ; Scott Medbury ; Rick Hiller Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? I plan on going. Hope to see you Rick. De W5WES Wes Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2024, at 6:10?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC wrote: ? I wish I could.. 73... Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 10, 2024, 3:18 PM Rick Hiller via BVARC > wrote: Any BVARC'ers going to Dayton Hamvention next week? Rick W5RH ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wb5itt at att.net Sat May 11 07:21:29 2024 From: wb5itt at att.net (wb5itt) Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 07:21:29 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <102932333.3293639.1715430093826@att.net> I'm driving up Thursday....sharing a booth with N4NEQ out of Atlanta..Chris WB5ITT?Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message --------From: Scott Medbury via BVARC Date: 5/10/24 6:10 PM (GMT-06:00) To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Scott Medbury , Rick Hiller Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? I wish?I could..73... Scott KD5FBA?On Fri, May 10, 2024, 3:18 PM Rick Hiller via BVARC wrote:Any BVARC'ers?going to Dayton Hamvention next week?Rick? W5RH ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Tom (W5KUB) has attended Dayton every year for the last 43 years and has livestreamed on the internet for over 20 years. This year he isn?t going to make the 500-mile trip up (age 76) but has scheduled many volunteers who will be sending live video back to his command center in Memphis TN to stream out. Also, as usual, he will continue to randomly draw for prizes in his live chatroom during Saturday, via HamBot, his application that manages all the aspects of his prize awardings. For more detailed information and a list of the prizes can be found here: hamvention 2024 (ham-tv.com) 73/Chris/AC5CM From: BVARC On Behalf Of Richard Cary via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 9:58 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Richard Cary Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? I will be arriving Wednesday to attend Contest University and then Hamvention on Friday and Saturday. I have to fly back Saturday evening. Rick Cary K5RBC ________________________________ From: BVARC > on behalf of Wes Harris via BVARC > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 6:16 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Wes Harris >; Scott Medbury >; Rick Hiller > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? I plan on going. Hope to see you Rick. De W5WES Wes Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2024, at 6:10?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: ? I wish I could.. 73... Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 10, 2024, 3:18 PM Rick Hiller via BVARC > wrote: Any BVARC'ers going to Dayton Hamvention next week? Rick W5RH ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From twigit at gmail.com Sat May 11 22:31:22 2024 From: twigit at gmail.com (Jeffery MacMillian) Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 22:31:22 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Test Email Message-ID: This is a test and only a test of the BVARC email reflector . If this were an actual email, I wouldn't have called it a test. Please Disregard. 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On Sun, May 12, 2024, 3:22?PM Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote: > hamiam > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sean.n5lnk at gmail.com Sun May 12 17:12:52 2024 From: sean.n5lnk at gmail.com (Sean - N5LNK) Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 17:12:52 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] test ing the ref lector In-Reply-To: <1974305266.1684292.1715548916725@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1974305266.1684292.1715548916725@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: The ref lector werx hamiam. Regards, Sean - N5LNK > On May 12, 2024, at 4:22?PM, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote: > > ? > hamiam > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wb5itt at att.net Sun May 12 17:22:24 2024 From: wb5itt at att.net (wb5itt) Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 17:22:24 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Dayton Message-ID: <1547172317.3823413.1715552547642@att.net> Leaving Wednesday out of the Beaumont area for the Dayton Ham vention..If anybody else is headed this direction, maybe we could make a convoy out of it..Chris WB5ITT?Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Sun, May 12, 2024, 5:03?PM Bob Tomlinson via BVARC wrote: > Looks like it works. ? > > On Sun, May 12, 2024, 3:22?PM Eddie Runner via BVARC > wrote: > >> hamiam >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Scott KD5FBA On Sun, May 12, 2024, 5:54 PM Richard Bonica via BVARC wrote: > To all... > > As I go down the path of satalites and antennas, I have now realized how > much I really don't have a clue. > The things I need to learn about are : > 1) Yagis -- how they work beyond the normal parts and basic point and > listen. > 2) satalites and orbits and solar winds and solar interference in general > and what it takes to track beyond software > 3) up and down links -- beyond the 2m and 70cm frequency and how Doppler > and angle effects. > > Basically -- looks to me that the magic smoke we work to keep in > electronics is also in the antenna. > > Someone know where I can start to figure this stuff out. I am almost to > the point of calling Mr Daniel and CPT Jack . > > Thank you for help in advance. > > Richard Bonica > KG5YCU > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From w1xq at yahoo.com Sun May 12 18:35:42 2024 From: w1xq at yahoo.com (John) Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 18:35:42 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Satellites -- 2m -- 70cm -- antennas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2BB43346-F3C1-4D24-919C-91CC13D1B6D1@yahoo.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On Sun, May 12, 2024, 6:36?PM John via BVARC wrote: > I use an Elk periodic mounted on a camera tripod. > > [image: image0.jpeg] > > > 73 de W1XQ > Via Radiomarine > WGV- Galveston Radio > > > > On May 12, 2024, at 6:21?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: > > ? > With a single dual band Ht I often found that in working the analog FM > birds, my best antenna was a Pryme AL-800 telescoping whip about 32 inches > long. I made over 8000 QSOs using only a good Dual band radio in half or > full duplex and that antenna.Take care to protect the connector. DO NOT > often point the antenna at the bird. Use anything metallic for a reflector > from a car surface to a manhole cover to steel drums to a ships deck. Water > makes a good reflector. Hint: point the antenna down. If you don't hear the > bird, don't transmit. > > Hope this helps. > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > > On Sun, May 12, 2024, 5:54 PM Richard Bonica via BVARC > wrote: > >> To all... >> >> As I go down the path of satalites and antennas, I have now realized how >> much I really don't have a clue. >> The things I need to learn about are : >> 1) Yagis -- how they work beyond the normal parts and basic point and >> listen. >> 2) satalites and orbits and solar winds and solar interference in general >> and what it takes to track beyond software >> 3) up and down links -- beyond the 2m and 70cm frequency and how Doppler >> and angle effects. >> >> Basically -- looks to me that the magic smoke we work to keep in >> electronics is also in the antenna. >> >> Someone know where I can start to figure this stuff out. I am almost to >> the point of calling Mr Daniel and CPT Jack . >> >> Thank you for help in advance. >> >> Richard Bonica >> KG5YCU >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I find the two radios to be a bit easier although you have to have some way of either holding them or placing them where you can change the frequency as you correct for Doppler. If you would like a primer on what all the pieces of a Keplerian element are and how they function, I can email you a piece I wrote back in the 90's. 73...bruce On 5/12/2024 5:53 PM, Richard Bonica via BVARC wrote: > To all... > > As I go down the path of satalites and antennas, I have now realized > how much I really don't have a clue. > The things I need to learn about are : > 1) Yagis -- how they work beyond the normal parts and basic point and > listen. > 2) satalites and orbits and solar winds and solar interference in > general and what it takes to track beyond software > 3) up and down links -- beyond the 2m and 70cm frequency and how > Doppler and angle effects. > > Basically -- looks to me that the magic smoke we work to keep in > electronics is also in the antenna. > > Someone know where I can start to figure this stuff out. I am almost > to the point of calling Mr Daniel and CPT Jack . > > Thank you for help in advance. > > Richard Bonica > KG5YCU > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2024 ARRL Awards Field Checker (DXCC, WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat From walterh at k5wh.net Sun May 12 21:19:51 2024 From: walterh at k5wh.net (walterh at k5wh.net) Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 21:19:51 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Satellites -- 2m -- 70cm -- antennas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001501daa4dc$098f7d50$1cae77f0$@k5wh.net> Richard, Working Satellites can be a fantastic part of our great hobby. And depending how deep your planning to get into it, can be as cheap as $20.00 to $100.00 for a very nice antenna. Then you can use a dual band FM HT, BUT, this will only work late and night or early in the morning, when your not competing for air time with the 50 and 100 watt satellite stations. If you want the best experience possible, it can cost a few thousand dollars real quick, for a nice satellite radio capable of LSB/USB full duplex, and a pair of VHF/UHF beams with a nice az/el rotor. We have been working with a few people over the past few days, using HT?s and $15.00 antennas, to digipeat APRS packets via the ISS, with great success. For a quick and simple example of entry level access. The bottom line is, it doesn?t take a lot of money at all to test the waters, but once you get bitten by the bug, like several of us, it will take a great deal more $ for full station automation, and hands free operation. As well as getting the maximum time on each satellite pass. I hope you get the chance to give this a try, at any level, as it?s tons of fun. And, as always, anything I can do to help, just give a yell. We can get you on the birds, one way or the other. Walter/K5WH From: BVARC On Behalf Of Richard Bonica via BVARC Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2024 5:53 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Richard Bonica Subject: [BVARC] Satellites -- 2m -- 70cm -- antennas To all... As I go down the path of satalites and antennas, I have now realized how much I really don't have a clue. The things I need to learn about are : 1) Yagis -- how they work beyond the normal parts and basic point and listen. 2) satalites and orbits and solar winds and solar interference in general and what it takes to track beyond software 3) up and down links -- beyond the 2m and 70cm frequency and how Doppler and angle effects. Basically -- looks to me that the magic smoke we work to keep in electronics is also in the antenna. Someone know where I can start to figure this stuff out. I am almost to the point of calling Mr Daniel and CPT Jack . Thank you for help in advance. Richard Bonica KG5YCU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kg5ycu at gmail.com Mon May 13 05:13:37 2024 From: kg5ycu at gmail.com (Richard Bonica) Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 05:13:37 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Satellites -- 2m -- 70cm -- antennas In-Reply-To: <001501daa4dc$098f7d50$1cae77f0$@k5wh.net> References: <001501daa4dc$098f7d50$1cae77f0$@k5wh.net> Message-ID: Thank you ALL I got so much info and will try them all. Sound like I am on right path, just a long one... Again. Thank you everyone. On Sun, May 12, 2024, 9:20?PM Walter Holmes via BVARC wrote: > Richard, > > > > Working Satellites can be a fantastic part of our great hobby. > > > > And depending how deep your planning to get into it, can be as cheap as > $20.00 to $100.00 for a very nice antenna. > > > > Then you can use a dual band FM HT, BUT, this will only work late and > night or early in the morning, when your not competing for air time with > the 50 and 100 watt satellite stations. > > > > If you want the best experience possible, it can cost a few thousand > dollars real quick, for a nice satellite radio capable of LSB/USB full > duplex, and a pair of VHF/UHF beams with a nice az/el rotor. > > > > We have been working with a few people over the past few days, using HT?s > and $15.00 antennas, to digipeat APRS packets via the ISS, with great > success. For a quick and simple example of entry level access. > > > > The bottom line is, it doesn?t take a lot of money at all to test the > waters, but once you get bitten by the bug, like several of us, it will > take a great deal more $ for full station automation, and hands free > operation. As well as getting the maximum time on each satellite pass. > > > > I hope you get the chance to give this a try, at any level, as it?s tons > of fun. > > > > And, as always, anything I can do to help, just give a yell. We can get > you on the birds, one way or the other. > > > > Walter/K5WH > > > > *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *Richard Bonica via > BVARC > *Sent:* Sunday, May 12, 2024 5:53 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Richard Bonica > *Subject:* [BVARC] Satellites -- 2m -- 70cm -- antennas > > > > To all... > > > > As I go down the path of satalites and antennas, I have now realized how > much I really don't have a clue. > > The things I need to learn about are : > > 1) Yagis -- how they work beyond the normal parts and basic point and > listen. > > 2) satalites and orbits and solar winds and solar interference in general > and what it takes to track beyond software > > 3) up and down links -- beyond the 2m and 70cm frequency and how Doppler > and angle effects. > > > > Basically -- looks to me that the magic smoke we work to keep in > electronics is also in the antenna. > > > > Someone know where I can start to figure this stuff out. I am almost to > the point of calling Mr Daniel and CPT Jack . > > > > Thank you for help in advance. > > > > Richard Bonica > > KG5YCU > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steve.clark at sclark.com Mon May 13 09:47:39 2024 From: steve.clark at sclark.com (Steve Clark) Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 09:47:39 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? In-Reply-To: References: <6FD27A51-EA81-4AAE-98EF-3241567FD23F@gmail.com> Message-ID: <09a001daa544$81ee05b0$85ca1110$@sclark.com> I?ll be arriving Wednesday evening to attend Contest University, and then Hamvention on Friday and Saturday. Hope to meet you all there. Steve, KG5ICR From: BVARC On Behalf Of Chris Medlin via BVARC Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2024 11:17 AM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Chris Medlin Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? For those who cannot make the trip to Dayton (or have wondered what it?s like there), you can get a bit of the experience Saturday by way of mobile video rovers who will be live broadcasting through W5KUB.com (and W5KUB on YouTube). Tom (W5KUB) has attended Dayton every year for the last 43 years and has livestreamed on the internet for over 20 years. This year he isn?t going to make the 500-mile trip up (age 76) but has scheduled many volunteers who will be sending live video back to his command center in Memphis TN to stream out. Also, as usual, he will continue to randomly draw for prizes in his live chatroom during Saturday, via HamBot, his application that manages all the aspects of his prize awardings. For more detailed information and a list of the prizes can be found here: hamvention 2024 (ham-tv.com) 73/Chris/AC5CM From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Richard Cary via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 9:58 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Richard Cary > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? I will be arriving Wednesday to attend Contest University and then Hamvention on Friday and Saturday. I have to fly back Saturday evening. Rick Cary K5RBC _____ From: BVARC > on behalf of Wes Harris via BVARC > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 6:16 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Wes Harris >; Scott Medbury >; Rick Hiller > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? I plan on going. Hope to see you Rick. De W5WES Wes Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2024, at 6:10?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: ? I wish I could.. 73... Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 10, 2024, 3:18 PM Rick Hiller via BVARC > wrote: Any BVARC'ers going to Dayton Hamvention next week? Rick W5RH ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cw_stokes at sbcglobal.net Mon May 13 13:39:38 2024 From: cw_stokes at sbcglobal.net (Charles) Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 13:39:38 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] For Sale Kenwood TS-590S References: <61F1C544-171A-418C-9A33-22A5F7A8C30D.ref@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <61F1C544-171A-418C-9A33-22A5F7A8C30D@sbcglobal.net> > > ?Great way to get on HF or as backup rig. 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It provides basic knowledge and tools for any emergency communications volunteer and contains three modules and 11 topics, including required prerequisites. It's expected to take approximately 10 - 20 hours to complete. The Intermediate EmComm course builds on the lessons learned in the first course and equips volunteer radio amateurs with the tools needed to thrive in the fast-paced environment of public service communications and to understand the legal rights and responsibilities of working with a served agency, as well as teach them and how ham radio fits into the broader incident command (IC) structure. The new courses replace the previous EC-001 and EC-016 programs, however, certificates of completion earned for the previous courses are still valid. "Training is not a one-and-done thing. Throughout my firefighting and emergency management career, we were constantly taking new courses to reinforce existing knowledge and introduce new concepts," said ARRL Director of Emergency Management Josh Johnston, KE5MHV. "Engaged volunteers should want to stay up to date on advances in the science of emergency communications. I'd even encourage veteran operators to take the new courses." In 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revised the Guide for National Emergency Preparedness to specifically include amateur radio. ARRL and FEMA entered into a new Memoranda of Understanding in May 2023 that outlined the importance of trained radio amateurs within the response ecosystem. "Amateur radio is as important as ever in emergency management," said Johnston. "The new courses will keep hams trained to serve effectively." The ARRL Learning Center at learn.arrl.org is a member benefit and features many ways to get the most out of your amateur radio license. The Basic and Intermediate EmComm courses are available to anyone with a free www.arrl.org account. Users must log in to the ARRL Learning Center with this account, and functionality of the site relies on cookies being enabled. On Sun, May 12, 2024 at 6:21?PM Scott Medbury wrote: > With a single dual band Ht I often found that in working the analog FM > birds, my best antenna was a Pryme AL-800 telescoping whip about 32 inches > long. I made over 8000 QSOs using only a good Dual band radio in half or > full duplex and that antenna.Take care to protect the connector. DO NOT > often point the antenna at the bird. Use anything metallic for a reflector > from a car surface to a manhole cover to steel drums to a ships deck. Water > makes a good reflector. Hint: point the antenna down. If you don't hear the > bird, don't transmit. > > Hope this helps. > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > > On Sun, May 12, 2024, 5:54 PM Richard Bonica via BVARC > wrote: > >> To all... >> >> As I go down the path of satalites and antennas, I have now realized how >> much I really don't have a clue. >> The things I need to learn about are : >> 1) Yagis -- how they work beyond the normal parts and basic point and >> listen. >> 2) satalites and orbits and solar winds and solar interference in general >> and what it takes to track beyond software >> 3) up and down links -- beyond the 2m and 70cm frequency and how Doppler >> and angle effects. >> >> Basically -- looks to me that the magic smoke we work to keep in >> electronics is also in the antenna. >> >> Someone know where I can start to figure this stuff out. 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In-Reply-To: <09a001daa544$81ee05b0$85ca1110$@sclark.com> References: <6FD27A51-EA81-4AAE-98EF-3241567FD23F@gmail.com> <09a001daa544$81ee05b0$85ca1110$@sclark.com> Message-ID: <1490582281.2056257.1715629508851@mail.yahoo.com> Look for me at Contest University Thursday.? Also, I will be manning the CWops booth at Hamvention Friday at 1PM. 73, Keith NM5G On Monday, May 13, 2024 at 09:52:26 AM CDT, Steve Clark via BVARC wrote: I?ll be arriving Wednesday evening to attend Contest University, and then Hamvention on Friday and Saturday.? Hope to meet you all there. ? Steve, KG5ICR ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Chris Medlin via BVARC Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2024 11:17 AM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Chris Medlin Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? ? For those who cannot make the trip to Dayton (or have wondered what it?s like there), you can get a bit of the experience Saturday by way of mobile video rovers who will be live broadcasting through W5KUB.com (and W5KUB on YouTube). ? Tom (W5KUB) has attended Dayton every year for the last 43 years and has livestreamed on the internet for over 20 years. This year he isn?t going to make the 500-mile trip up (age 76) but has scheduled many volunteers who will be sending live video back to his command center in Memphis TN to stream out. ? Also, as usual, he will continue to randomly draw for prizes in his live chatroom during Saturday, via HamBot, his application that manages all the aspects of his prize awardings. For more detailed information and a list of the prizes can be found here: hamvention 2024 (ham-tv.com) 73/Chris/AC5CM ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Richard Cary via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 9:58 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Richard Cary Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? ? I will be arriving Wednesday to attend Contest University and then Hamvention on Friday and Saturday. I have to fly back Saturday evening. Rick Cary K5RBC From: BVARC on behalf of Wes Harris via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 6:16 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Wes Harris ; Scott Medbury ; Rick Hiller Subject: Re: [BVARC] Dayton Hamvention? ? I plan on going. ?Hope to see you Rick. ? ? De W5WES? Wes ? ? Sent from my iPhone ? On May 10, 2024, at 6:10?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC wrote: ? I wish?I could.. ? 73... Scott KD5FBA? ? On Fri, May 10, 2024, 3:18 PM Rick Hiller via BVARC wrote: Any BVARC'ers?going to Dayton Hamvention next week? ? Rick? 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As I get more info I will post it. Robert KD5YVQ ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jparmalee at aol.com Mon May 13 17:24:59 2024 From: jparmalee at aol.com (jparmalee at aol.com) Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 17:24:59 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> Message-ID: <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at: www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. Robert KD5YVQ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emdhouston at suddenlinkmail.com Mon May 13 18:27:27 2024 From: emdhouston at suddenlinkmail.com (Robert Polinski) Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 18:27:27 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> Message-ID: <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. 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Official stops for the tour are Shreveport and Laredo, no public access in Kendelton https://www.cpkcr.com/content/dam/cpkc/documents/english/pdfs/community/steam-train/Steam-Tour-Schedule.pdf On 5/13/2024 6:27 PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: > > Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no > customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to > the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass > thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so > they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but > there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops > for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as > access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the > Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert > > *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *John Parmalee > via BVARC > *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM > *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > *Cc:* jparmalee at aol.com > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. > > *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *wb5itt via BVARC > *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM > *To:* BVARC at bvarc.org > *Cc:* wb5itt > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > It's the 2816.... > > The route map and info is at > > Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo > > Chris WB5ITT > > Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable > smartphone..so there! ? > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) > > To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > > Cc: Robert Polinski > > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 > > CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May > 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info > comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( > east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights > > Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info > I will post it. Robert KD5YVQ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joevaught89 at gmail.com Tue May 14 06:47:36 2024 From: joevaught89 at gmail.com (Joe Vaught) Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 11:47:36 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] For Sale Kenwood TS-590S In-Reply-To: <61F1C544-171A-418C-9A33-22A5F7A8C30D@sbcglobal.net> References: <61F1C544-171A-418C-9A33-22A5F7A8C30D.ref@sbcglobal.net> <61F1C544-171A-418C-9A33-22A5F7A8C30D@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: nice! I?ll expand my paper route? JV at pcpcinc.net Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: BVARC on behalf of Charles via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 1:39:38 PM To: Brazos Valley ARC Cc: Charles Subject: [BVARC] For Sale Kenwood TS-590S > > ?Great way to get on HF or as backup rig. All band (160m - 6m) , all mode, 100watts. Excellent condition. Original manual.. > > $500 > Reply to : cw_stokes at sbcglobal.net W4LXM > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kd5fba at gmail.com Tue May 14 09:39:08 2024 From: kd5fba at gmail.com (Scott Medbury) Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 09:39:08 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Downsizing Continues Message-ID: I have 3 All Terrain bicycles that I need to sell as we try to consolidate our spaces. $40 or best offer for each 1 -24" Huffy Girls/women's 1 -26" Huffy Women's 18 speed 1- 26" Huffy Men's 18 speed Pictures upon request. If interested, please respond off the reflector. 73 ... Scott KD5FBA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jparmalee at aol.com Tue May 14 09:56:59 2024 From: jparmalee at aol.com (jparmalee at aol.com) Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 09:56:59 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> Message-ID: <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. Robert KD5YVQ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rickhiller73 at gmail.com Tue May 14 09:57:22 2024 From: rickhiller73 at gmail.com (Rick Hiller) Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 09:57:22 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Downsizing Continues In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <057782AF-18C7-46DC-9CB2-D90B05ECFB05@gmail.com> Sent from my i-Thingamajig > On May 14, 2024, at 9:39?AM, Scott Medbury via BVARC wrote: > > ? > I have 3 All Terrain bicycles that I need to sell as we try to consolidate our spaces. > > $40 or best offer for each > > 1 -24" Huffy Girls/women's > > 1 -26" Huffy Women's 18 speed > > 1- 26" Huffy Men's 18 speed > > Pictures upon request. > > If interested, please respond off the reflector. > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ From rickhiller73 at gmail.com Tue May 14 09:57:22 2024 From: rickhiller73 at gmail.com (Rick Hiller) Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 09:57:22 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Downsizing Continues In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <057782AF-18C7-46DC-9CB2-D90B05ECFB05@gmail.com> Sent from my i-Thingamajig > On May 14, 2024, at 9:39?AM, Scott Medbury via BVARC wrote: > > ? > I have 3 All Terrain bicycles that I need to sell as we try to consolidate our spaces. > > $40 or best offer for each > > 1 -24" Huffy Girls/women's > > 1 -26" Huffy Women's 18 speed > > 1- 26" Huffy Men's 18 speed > > Pictures upon request. > > If interested, please respond off the reflector. > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ From rudolph_ackerman at yahoo.com Tue May 14 20:21:34 2024 From: rudolph_ackerman at yahoo.com (Rudolph Ackerman) Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 01:21:34 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] Old 150watt DC to AC converter. References: <745988277.202037.1715736094231.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <745988277.202037.1715736094231@mail.yahoo.com> I found a old 150watt DC to AC converter.??? It's a good 10 to 15 years old and has never been used. Looking to use it to power the AC adapter/charger for my laptop.??? IT's rated for 130watts.???? I'm guessing it's a modified sinewave inverter due to the age. ??? Will this thing harm my laptop/charger. 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Currently I am using a pure sine wave inverter made by Samlex and the laptop charger plugged into that inverter feels like room temperature. 73 John Denison KD5YOU On 5/14/2024 8:21 PM, Rudolph Ackerman via BVARC wrote: > I found a old 150watt DC to AC converter.??? It's a good 10 to 15 > years old and has never been used. > > Looking to use it to power the AC adapter/charger for my laptop.??? > IT's rated for 130watts. > > I'm guessing it's a *modified sinewave* inverter due to the age. ??? > Will this thing harm my laptop/charger. > > Inline image > > > Thanks > > Rudy Ackerman > KF5QYG > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Marvin.Suggs at abc.com Tue May 14 21:50:59 2024 From: Marvin.Suggs at abc.com (Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV)) Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 02:50:59 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> Message-ID: <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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URL: From emdhouston at suddenlinkmail.com Tue May 14 22:51:50 2024 From: emdhouston at suddenlinkmail.com (Robert Polinski) Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 22:51:50 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> Message-ID: <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. Robert From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. Robert KD5YVQ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!P3IWEyjkbrEsmSBb3P5RQUlEkSA76TuSjjWbv73ic6HKaar__ioUDKp4Qk5oIYo4Fkhpw52XqpKFPw$ Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!P3IWEyjkbrEsmSBb3P5RQUlEkSA76TuSjjWbv73ic6HKaar__ioUDKp4Qk5oIYo4Fkhpw538ycDbUg$ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I used a UPS that had a modified sine wave inverter and it made my laptop charger run excessively hot. That was one time during a Field Day event, so I don't know if it would have shortened the life of the charger. Currently I am using a pure sine wave inverter made by Samlex and the laptop charger plugged into that inverter feels like room temperature. 73 John Denison KD5YOU On 5/14/2024 8:21 PM, Rudolph Ackerman via BVARC wrote: I found a old 150watt DC to AC converter. It's a good 10 to 15 years old and has never been used. Looking to use it to power the AC adapter/charger for my laptop. IT's rated for 130watts. I'm guessing it's a modified sinewave inverter due to the age. Will this thing harm my laptop/charger. Thanks Rudy Ackerman KF5QYG ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Marvin.Suggs at abc.com Wed May 15 00:24:54 2024 From: Marvin.Suggs at abc.com (Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV)) Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 05:24:54 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. Robert From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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URL: From gokkor at gmail.com Wed May 15 00:26:34 2024 From: gokkor at gmail.com (Gokhan KORALTURK) Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 00:26:34 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Old 150watt DC to AC converter. In-Reply-To: <004a01daa67e$150a5620$3f1f0260$@suddenlinkmail.com> References: <745988277.202037.1715736094231.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <745988277.202037.1715736094231@mail.yahoo.com> <745529a8-60cb-4d0f-97d4-63967ba11f20@comcast.net> <004a01daa67e$150a5620$3f1f0260$@suddenlinkmail.com> Message-ID: More than likely using a 105W inverter for 130W actual power demand would not be very healthy neither for your inverter nor for the device. When they say it's a 150W inverter, they usually emit the fact that it would not be able to deliver that much power with the same quality since wave (or simulated sine wave) for that power output for long. On the other hand, the same goes for your laptop charger. If if is 130 Watts it is very very unlikely it would be outputting, in fact even consuming that much power. So it's a coin toss unless you measure the actual values or can find some real life measurements on the web. All these aside, modern switching power supplies are really and I mean really good at what they do. So they will compensate for a lot of variables on the input side and will still be able to produce 19V 6.8A (which I assume are the rough values for your adapter based on "130 Watt" rating). The worst case scenario I can imagine is either your inverter getting too hot and shutting itself (or the very unlikely scenario burning itself out) or your adapter getting a bit hot and turning itself off after a while. If you can find an oscilloscope, even a very cheap one, you can actually see the power output of the inverter off and on load. That would give you the best idea. If not, just plug them together, and instead of maybe using your PC, try another load (a DC soldering iron, a variable load tester, a giant resistor, an old laptop etc. And see how long it would work without any issues. Chances are they would work just fine. You can also use an RMS multimeter to see what it does to an extent if you cannot find an oscilloscope. But my final recommendation is this, a cheap modern 200W inverter can be bought for about $20. Is it worth going through all that trouble just to make sure your 15 year old inverter would not harm your PC? I wish I had some time to help you on site to bring an oscilloscope and test it but seriously, I'd just get a new one and use the old one for something that is not sensitive. Thank you and best regards, 73, KGOKHN On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 11:12?PM Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: > I have a 12 to 19v adapter made by Tarrus that allows me to plug my Dell > laptop into a 12v power. It is more efficient than going to 120vac It was > not very expensive . Look at amazon Need to know what power your laptop > uses They range from USB-C to (like mine) 19v Robert > > > > *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *John Denison via > BVARC > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 14, 2024 8:31 PM > *To:* bvarc at bvarc.org > *Cc:* John Denison > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Old 150watt DC to AC converter. > > > > I used a UPS that had a modified sine wave inverter and it made my laptop > charger run excessively hot. That was one time during a Field Day event, so > I don't know if it would have shortened the life of the charger. Currently > I am using a pure sine wave inverter made by Samlex and the laptop charger > plugged into that inverter feels like room temperature. > > 73 > John Denison > KD5YOU > > On 5/14/2024 8:21 PM, Rudolph Ackerman via BVARC wrote: > > I found a old 150watt DC to AC converter. It's a good 10 to 15 years > old and has never been used. > > > > Looking to use it to power the AC adapter/charger for my laptop. IT's > rated for 130watts. > > > > I'm guessing it's a *modified sinewave* inverter due to the age. Will > this thing harm my laptop/charger. > > > > [image: Inline image] > > > > Thanks > > > > Rudy Ackerman > > KF5QYG > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > > > BVARC mailing list > > BVARC at bvarc.org > > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -- Gokhan KORALTURK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rudolph_ackerman at yahoo.com Wed May 15 09:21:55 2024 From: rudolph_ackerman at yahoo.com (Rudolph Ackerman) Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 14:21:55 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] Old 150watt DC to AC converter. In-Reply-To: References: <745988277.202037.1715736094231.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <745988277.202037.1715736094231@mail.yahoo.com> <745529a8-60cb-4d0f-97d4-63967ba11f20@comcast.net> <004a01daa67e$150a5620$3f1f0260$@suddenlinkmail.com> Message-ID: <1003048374.366624.1715782915423@mail.yahoo.com> Yep I have to agree, I'm tossing it and just ordered a new Besttek 300 watt full sine wave inverter from Amazon.? ? It was about $43.00 and had several good reviews by the review BOT's on there and you tube Robert - thanks for the suggestion for the?12 to 19v adapter made by Tarrus, But i decided on a new invert as I could use it for other things as well. Thanks for every one else that replied. Rudy Ackerman KF5QYG On Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 12:27:10 AM CDT, Gokhan KORALTURK via BVARC wrote: More than likely using a 105W?inverter?for 130W actual power demand would not be very healthy neither for your inverter nor for the device. When they say it's a 150W inverter, they usually emit the fact that it would not be able to deliver that much power with the same quality since wave (or simulated sine wave) for that power output for long. On the other hand, the same goes for your laptop charger. If if is 130 Watts it is very very unlikely it would be outputting, in fact even consuming that much power. So it's a coin toss unless you measure the actual values or can find some real life measurements on the web. All these aside, modern switching power supplies are really?and I mean really?good at what they do. So they will compensate?for a lot of variables on the input side and will still be able to produce 19V 6.8A (which I assume are the rough values for your adapter based on "130 Watt" rating). The worst case scenario?I can imagine is either your inverter getting too hot and shutting itself (or the very unlikely scenario burning itself out) or your adapter getting a bit hot and turning itself off after a while.? If you can find an oscilloscope, even a very cheap one, you can actually see the power output of the inverter off and on load. That would give you the best idea. If not, just plug them together, and instead of maybe using your PC, try another load (a DC soldering iron, a variable load tester, a giant resistor, an old laptop etc. And see how long it would work without any issues. Chances are they would work just fine. You can also use an RMS multimeter to see what it does to an extent if you cannot find an oscilloscope.? But my final recommendation?is this, a cheap modern 200W inverter can be bought for about $20. Is it worth going through all that trouble just to make sure your 15 year old inverter would not harm your PC?? I wish I had some time to help you on site to bring an oscilloscope?and test it but seriously, I'd just get a new one and use the old one for something that is not sensitive. Thank you and best regards, 73,KGOKHN On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 11:12?PM Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: I have a 12 to 19v adapter made by Tarrus that allows me to plug my Dell laptop into a 12v power. It is more efficient than going to 120vac It was not very expensive . Look at amazon Need to know what power your laptop uses They range from USB-C to (like mine) 19v? Robert ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of John Denison via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 8:31 PM To: bvarc at bvarc.org Cc: John Denison Subject: Re: [BVARC] Old 150watt DC to AC converter. ? I used a UPS that had a modified sine wave inverter and it made my laptop charger run excessively hot. That was one time during a Field Day event, so I don't know if it would have shortened the life of the charger. Currently I am using a pure sine wave inverter made by Samlex and the laptop charger plugged into that inverter feels like room temperature. 73 John Denison KD5YOU On 5/14/2024 8:21 PM, Rudolph Ackerman via BVARC wrote: I found a old 150watt DC to AC converter.??? It's a good 10 to 15 years old and has never been used. ? Looking to use it to power the AC adapter/charger for my laptop.??? IT's rated for 130watts.???? ? I'm guessing it's a modified sinewave inverter due to the age. ??? Will this thing harm my laptop/charger. ? ? Thanks ? 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The level of success is measured by how many contacts, and who I show it to." That was followed by "When I am done, who will care?" That answer was -- "That is why I am inviting Schools and Government to see and hopefully get them involved in the hobby and leave a positive spot in the history of radio" That kind of refocused a few thoughts I have been talking about to people and realized that I am on the right path, just that everyone words it differently. We have the contest guy - they want points We have the social guys - they want to be with their kind and We have the guy who - let me show them what I can do. With those thoughts in mind, I propose the following 1) bring the GOTA station to the main area - maybe in what I call the Fish Tank or the main entrance 2) make the conference are the class room 3) have people to volunteer to bring Home Brew items to display on entrance 4) have a 1 hr block for people to describe their Home Brew 5) We have someone designated as the "Youth Mentor" -- This person would be dedicated to welcoming youth that come and maybe introduce them to members and eventually become a point of contact for them 6) We have a 1hr block for those who do our "Engineering" and make sure things work, take credit for their work and describe a bit of what they do. 7) Also have a 1 hr block for Q&A and let our group share knowledge on the question or even maybe have a lookup on web time. With those steps, I hope people see what we do better and give others that are behind the scene a chance to thump their chest.. Heck, maybe even Daphne and team can talk about cooking for a large group .. Maybe???? I plan on bringing a projector to shine on the wall, so we can all see what is going on on a computer that will be stationed in the main area too. Now with that said -- does anyone have any thoughts? (BE NICE!!!! I know there is a guy watching this reflector. ) And please do not hold back anything, I want this year to be the year of BVARC. And if you have thoughts about what Field day is, please let me know - let's try to see where that fits in too. -- Richard Bonica C: 281.935.7222 Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra Ameture Radio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Well, that voice in my head answered back... > > "You are there to be with people that have a common goal and to show your > skills." > > Next question - "What are my goals?" > Again - "I want to test our skills as Emergency communicators. The level > of success is measured by how many contacts, and who I show it to." > > That was followed by "When I am done, who will care?" > That answer was -- "That is why I am inviting Schools and Government to > see and hopefully get them involved in the hobby and leave a positive spot > in the history of radio" > > That kind of refocused a few thoughts I have been talking about to people > and realized that I am on the right path, just that everyone words it > differently. > We have the contest guy - they want points > We have the social guys - they want to be with their kind > and > We have the guy who - let me show them what I can do. > > With those thoughts in mind, I propose the following > 1) bring the GOTA station to the main area - maybe in what I call the Fish > Tank or the main entrance > 2) make the conference are the class room > 3) have people to volunteer to bring Home Brew items to display on entrance > 4) have a 1 hr block for people to describe their Home Brew > 5) We have someone designated as the "Youth Mentor" -- This person would > be dedicated to welcoming youth that come and maybe introduce them to > members and eventually become a point of contact for them > 6) We have a 1hr block for those who do our "Engineering" and make sure > things work, take credit for their work and describe a bit of what they do. > 7) Also have a 1 hr block for Q&A and let our group share knowledge on the > question or even maybe have a lookup on web time. > > With those steps, I hope people see what we do better and give others that > are behind the scene a chance to thump their chest.. > Heck, maybe even Daphne and team can talk about cooking for a large group > .. Maybe???? > > I plan on bringing a projector to shine on the wall, so we can all see > what is going on on a computer that will be stationed in the main area too. > > Now with that said -- does anyone have any thoughts? (BE NICE!!!! 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Sent from my iPhone From joevaught89 at gmail.com Wed May 15 15:57:47 2024 From: joevaught89 at gmail.com (Joe Vaught) Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 20:57:47 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] For Sale Kenwood TS-590S In-Reply-To: <61F1C544-171A-418C-9A33-22A5F7A8C30D@sbcglobal.net> References: <61F1C544-171A-418C-9A33-22A5F7A8C30D.ref@sbcglobal.net> <61F1C544-171A-418C-9A33-22A5F7A8C30D@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: Hi Charles? do you still have this radio? please advise. Joe Vaught 713.494.3320 Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: BVARC on behalf of Charles via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 1:39:38 PM To: Brazos Valley ARC Cc: Charles Subject: [BVARC] For Sale Kenwood TS-590S > > ?Great way to get on HF or as backup rig. All band (160m - 6m) , all mode, 100watts. Excellent condition. Original manual.. > > $500 > Reply to : cw_stokes at sbcglobal.net W4LXM > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A large part of our function was > flightline operations should the drawbridge be up and medical transport was > necessary. It was a great experience and we learned a lot. > > David Morefield > N?LUV > 281.960.5253 > > Check out my Photography > https://www.fluffyshotme.com > > > > On May 15, 2024, at 14:39, K5BOU via BVARC wrote: > > ?And weeks ago, officials said on the news it would never happen in > Houston because they have protocols in place. > > On May 15, 2024, at 2:33?PM, JP Pritchard via BVARC > wrote: > > A barge smashed into the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas, on > Wednesday morning, causing a section of the bridge to fall onto the barge, > Fox 7 Austin reports. > > > https://www.foxnews.com/us/pelican-island-bridge-galveston-struck-barge-causing-portion-collapse-officials > > Explore the Fox News apps that are right for you at > http://www.foxnews.com/apps-products/index.html. > > > Sent from my iPhone > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Have another scout troop in mind as well. 73 Joe vaught KJ5EPN 713.494.3320 Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: BVARC on behalf of Richard Bonica via BVARC Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 2:59:50 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Richard Bonica Subject: [BVARC] Field day thoughts... To All,,, I was thinking about field day just now. I asked myself "Why do you do field day?" Well, that voice in my head answered back... "You are there to be with people that have a common goal and to show your skills." Next question - "What are my goals?" Again - "I want to test our skills as Emergency communicators. The level of success is measured by how many contacts, and who I show it to." That was followed by "When I am done, who will care?" That answer was -- "That is why I am inviting Schools and Government to see and hopefully get them involved in the hobby and leave a positive spot in the history of radio" That kind of refocused a few thoughts I have been talking about to people and realized that I am on the right path, just that everyone words it differently. We have the contest guy - they want points We have the social guys - they want to be with their kind and We have the guy who - let me show them what I can do. With those thoughts in mind, I propose the following 1) bring the GOTA station to the main area - maybe in what I call the Fish Tank or the main entrance 2) make the conference are the class room 3) have people to volunteer to bring Home Brew items to display on entrance 4) have a 1 hr block for people to describe their Home Brew 5) We have someone designated as the "Youth Mentor" -- This person would be dedicated to welcoming youth that come and maybe introduce them to members and eventually become a point of contact for them 6) We have a 1hr block for those who do our "Engineering" and make sure things work, take credit for their work and describe a bit of what they do. 7) Also have a 1 hr block for Q&A and let our group share knowledge on the question or even maybe have a lookup on web time. With those steps, I hope people see what we do better and give others that are behind the scene a chance to thump their chest.. Heck, maybe even Daphne and team can talk about cooking for a large group .. Maybe???? I plan on bringing a projector to shine on the wall, so we can all see what is going on on a computer that will be stationed in the main area too. Now with that said -- does anyone have any thoughts? (BE NICE!!!! I know there is a guy watching this reflector. ) And please do not hold back anything, I want this year to be the year of BVARC. And if you have thoughts about what Field day is, please let me know - let's try to see where that fits in too. -- Richard Bonica C: 281.935.7222 Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra Ameture Radio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Robert -----Original Message----- From: BVARC On Behalf Of JP Pritchard via BVARC Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 3:36 PM To: BRAZOS CLUB Cc: JP Pritchard Subject: [BVARC] Museum Ships: One lane now open One lane of Pelican Island Causeway reopens after barge hits bridge The bridge connects the north side of Galveston Island just west of the Port of Galveston with the south side of Pelican Island. Some people were stranded for hours. https://www.khou.com/mobile/article/news/local/pelican-island-causeway-bridg e-galveston-texas/285-7ae769e4-136d-4a6d-bd9b-5778dfa6f1bd Article shared from the KHOU app, download the app today at https://www.khou.com/appredirect/. 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The level >> of success is measured by how many contacts, and who I show it to." >> >> That was followed by "When I am done, who will care?" >> That answer was -- "That is why I am inviting Schools and Government to >> see and hopefully get them involved in the hobby and leave a positive spot >> in the history of radio" >> >> That kind of refocused a few thoughts I have been talking about to people >> and realized that I am on the right path, just that everyone words it >> differently. >> We have the contest guy - they want points >> We have the social guys - they want to be with their kind >> and >> We have the guy who - let me show them what I can do. >> >> With those thoughts in mind, I propose the following >> 1) bring the GOTA station to the main area - maybe in what I call the >> Fish Tank or the main entrance >> 2) make the conference are the class room >> 3) have people to volunteer to bring Home Brew items to display on >> entrance >> 4) have a 1 hr block for people to describe their Home Brew >> 5) We have someone designated as the "Youth Mentor" -- This person would >> be dedicated to welcoming youth that come and maybe introduce them to >> members and eventually become a point of contact for them >> 6) We have a 1hr block for those who do our "Engineering" and make sure >> things work, take credit for their work and describe a bit of what they do. >> 7) Also have a 1 hr block for Q&A and let our group share knowledge on >> the question or even maybe have a lookup on web time. >> >> With those steps, I hope people see what we do better and give others >> that are behind the scene a chance to thump their chest.. >> Heck, maybe even Daphne and team can talk about cooking for a large group >> .. Maybe???? >> >> I plan on bringing a projector to shine on the wall, so we can all see >> what is going on on a computer that will be stationed in the main area too. >> >> Now with that said -- does anyone have any thoughts? (BE NICE!!!! I know >> there is a guy watching this reflector. ) And please do not hold back >> anything, I want this year to be the year of BVARC. >> And if you have thoughts about what Field day is, please let me know - >> let's try to see where that fits in too. >> >> -- >> Richard Bonica >> C: 281.935.7222 >> Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com >> Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile >> CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra >> Ameture Radio >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The level >>> of success is measured by how many contacts, and who I show it to." >>> >>> That was followed by "When I am done, who will care?" >>> That answer was -- "That is why I am inviting Schools and Government to >>> see and hopefully get them involved in the hobby and leave a positive spot >>> in the history of radio" >>> >>> That kind of refocused a few thoughts I have been talking about to >>> people and realized that I am on the right path, just that everyone words >>> it differently. >>> We have the contest guy - they want points >>> We have the social guys - they want to be with their kind >>> and >>> We have the guy who - let me show them what I can do. >>> >>> With those thoughts in mind, I propose the following >>> 1) bring the GOTA station to the main area - maybe in what I call the >>> Fish Tank or the main entrance >>> 2) make the conference are the class room >>> 3) have people to volunteer to bring Home Brew items to display on >>> entrance >>> 4) have a 1 hr block for people to describe their Home Brew >>> 5) We have someone designated as the "Youth Mentor" -- This person would >>> be dedicated to welcoming youth that come and maybe introduce them to >>> members and eventually become a point of contact for them >>> 6) We have a 1hr block for those who do our "Engineering" and make sure >>> things work, take credit for their work and describe a bit of what they do. >>> 7) Also have a 1 hr block for Q&A and let our group share knowledge on >>> the question or even maybe have a lookup on web time. >>> >>> With those steps, I hope people see what we do better and give others >>> that are behind the scene a chance to thump their chest.. >>> Heck, maybe even Daphne and team can talk about cooking for a large >>> group .. Maybe???? >>> >>> I plan on bringing a projector to shine on the wall, so we can all see >>> what is going on on a computer that will be stationed in the main area too. >>> >>> Now with that said -- does anyone have any thoughts? (BE NICE!!!! I know >>> there is a guy watching this reflector. ) And please do not hold back >>> anything, I want this year to be the year of BVARC. >>> And if you have thoughts about what Field day is, please let me know - >>> let's try to see where that fits in too. >>> >>> -- >>> Richard Bonica >>> C: 281.935.7222 >>> Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com >>> Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile >>> CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, >>> Extra Ameture Radio >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From philippe at k5bou.net Wed May 15 18:31:32 2024 From: philippe at k5bou.net (K5BOU) Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 18:31:32 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Field day thoughts... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rudolph_ackerman at yahoo.com Wed May 15 18:38:39 2024 From: rudolph_ackerman at yahoo.com (Rudolph Ackerman) Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 23:38:39 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] Field day thoughts... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1331127974.615886.1715816319076@mail.yahoo.com> Work on organization?- Allow people take the lead for tasks, areas, or activity's?- Provide the list of leads to all other leads and volunteers, so they can work together with out being forced to deal with one bottle neck, that may or may not respond to calls or emails. ? ?- All these leads and the tasks areas they are leading need to be listed on any web site, flier, and meeting notes. ?? That way if others are trying to reach some one they are not reduced to calling the one and only phone number that is listed on all BVARC docs, webs site that always goes to voice mail.? ?- If you are a lead, have a plan, with back ups, of what ever you are leading. ?? ????? - Some examples of bad past planning ?????????? ? - Planning meetings being moved around all the time and as there was no list of volunteers, people were left off the meeting invites? ? ? ? ? ?? - PA system arrives 2 hours after start of event.???????????? - 2nd day of the event and people still asking how to pay for their tables that should have been paid for before they even allowed to setup ???????????? - The event was over but the lead of the tear down group spent over 90 minutes on the phone trying to find out what needed to be done.??? Due to this several volunteers gave up and went home.????? Once breakdown did start the instructions were unclear and not complete.??? As a result to many tables were broken down and put away, had to be set up again. ?? ??? Just my take on things, do with it what you wnat. Rudy Ackerman KF5QYG On Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 03:00:26 PM CDT, Richard Bonica via BVARC wrote: To All,,,I was thinking about field day just now. I asked myself "Why do you do field day?" Well, that voice in my head answered?back... "You are there to be with people that have a common goal and to show your skills." Next question - "What are my goals?"Again - "I want to test our skills as Emergency communicators. The level of success is measured?by how many contacts, and who I show it to." That was followed by "When I am done, who will care?"That answer was -- "That is why I am inviting Schools and Government?to see and hopefully get them involved in the hobby and leave a positive spot in the history of radio" That kind of refocused a few thoughts I have been talking about to people and realized that I am on the right path, just that everyone words it differently. We have the contest guy - they want?pointsWe have the social guys - they want to be with their kind? andWe have the?guy who - let me show them what I can do. With those thoughts in mind, I propose the following1) bring the GOTA station to the main area - maybe in what I call the Fish Tank or the main entrance2) make the conference are the class room3) have people to volunteer to bring Home Brew items to display on entrance4) have a 1 hr block?for people to describe?their Home Brew5) We have someone designated as the "Youth Mentor" -- This person would be dedicated to welcoming youth that come and maybe introduce them to members and eventually become a point of contact for them6) We have a 1hr block?for those who do our "Engineering"?and make sure things work, take credit for their work and describe a bit of what they do.7) Also have a 1 hr block?for Q&A and let our group share knowledge?on the question or even maybe have a lookup on web time. With those steps, I hope people see what we do better and give?others that are?behind the scene a chance to?thump their?chest..Heck, maybe even Daphne and team can talk about cooking for a?large group .. Maybe???? I plan on bringing?a projector to shine on the wall, so we can all see what is going on on a computer that will be stationed in the main area too. Now with that said -- does anyone have any thoughts? (BE NICE!!!! I know there is a guy watching this reflector. ) And please do not hold back anything, I want this year to be the year of BVARC. And if you have thoughts about what Field day is, please let me know - let's try to see where that fits in too. -- Richard BonicaC: 281.935.7222 Email:?kg5ycu at gmail.com Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile? CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness?First Aid, CPR, Extra Ameture Radio ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kg5ycu at gmail.com Wed May 15 19:38:50 2024 From: kg5ycu at gmail.com (Richard Bonica) Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 19:38:50 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Field day thoughts... In-Reply-To: <1331127974.615886.1715816319076@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1331127974.615886.1715816319076@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Well , I have -- as a matter of fact everyone has stepped up and helped. Again - and I can not say this enough THANK YOU TO ALL THAT ARE HELPING ALREADY. Everyone has their space and is doing what they can. I am letting them do their job. I am simply pointing out what is missing and someone grabs it. I have only had to ask. BVARC is an example of people that if asked do what is needed and might bark a bit but get the job done .. On Wed, May 15, 2024, 6:39?PM Rudolph Ackerman wrote: > Work on organization > - Allow people take the lead for tasks, areas, or activity's > - Provide the list of leads to all other leads and volunteers, so they > can work together with out being forced to deal with one bottle neck, that > may or may not respond to calls or emails. > - All these leads and the tasks areas they are leading need to be listed > on any web site, flier, and meeting notes. That way if others are trying > to reach some one they are not reduced to calling the one and only phone > number that is listed on all BVARC docs, webs site that always goes to > voice mail. > - If you are a lead, have a plan, with back ups, of what ever you are > leading. > - Some examples of bad past planning > - Planning meetings being moved around all the time and as > there was no list of volunteers, people were left off the meeting invites > - PA system arrives 2 hours after start of event. > - 2nd day of the event and people still asking how to pay for > their tables that should have been paid for before they even allowed to > setup > - The event was over but the lead of the tear down group > spent over 90 minutes on the phone trying to find out what needed to be > done. Due to this several volunteers gave up and went home. Once > breakdown did start the instructions were unclear and not complete. As a > result to many tables were broken down and put away, had to be set up > again. > > Just my take on things, do with it what you wnat. > > Rudy Ackerman > KF5QYG > > > On Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 03:00:26 PM CDT, Richard Bonica via BVARC < > bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote: > > > To All,,, > I was thinking about field day just now. I asked myself "Why do you do > field day?" Well, that voice in my head answered back... > > "You are there to be with people that have a common goal and to show your > skills." > > Next question - "What are my goals?" > Again - "I want to test our skills as Emergency communicators. The level > of success is measured by how many contacts, and who I show it to." > > That was followed by "When I am done, who will care?" > That answer was -- "That is why I am inviting Schools and Government to > see and hopefully get them involved in the hobby and leave a positive spot > in the history of radio" > > That kind of refocused a few thoughts I have been talking about to people > and realized that I am on the right path, just that everyone words it > differently. > We have the contest guy - they want points > We have the social guys - they want to be with their kind > and > We have the guy who - let me show them what I can do. > > With those thoughts in mind, I propose the following > 1) bring the GOTA station to the main area - maybe in what I call the Fish > Tank or the main entrance > 2) make the conference are the class room > 3) have people to volunteer to bring Home Brew items to display on entrance > 4) have a 1 hr block for people to describe their Home Brew > 5) We have someone designated as the "Youth Mentor" -- This person would > be dedicated to welcoming youth that come and maybe introduce them to > members and eventually become a point of contact for them > 6) We have a 1hr block for those who do our "Engineering" and make sure > things work, take credit for their work and describe a bit of what they do. > 7) Also have a 1 hr block for Q&A and let our group share knowledge on the > question or even maybe have a lookup on web time. > > With those steps, I hope people see what we do better and give others that > are behind the scene a chance to thump their chest.. > Heck, maybe even Daphne and team can talk about cooking for a large group > .. Maybe???? > > I plan on bringing a projector to shine on the wall, so we can all see > what is going on on a computer that will be stationed in the main area too. > > Now with that said -- does anyone have any thoughts? (BE NICE!!!! I know > there is a guy watching this reflector. ) And please do not hold back > anything, I want this year to be the year of BVARC. > And if you have thoughts about what Field day is, please let me know - > let's try to see where that fits in too. > > -- > Richard Bonica > C: 281.935.7222 > Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com > Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile > CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra > Ameture Radio > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kg5ycu at gmail.com Wed May 15 19:40:37 2024 From: kg5ycu at gmail.com (Richard Bonica) Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 19:40:37 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Field day thoughts... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you Mike -- and let us know. We are all thinking about you ... On Wed, May 15, 2024, 6:16?PM Mike Knerr via BVARC wrote: > If NY surgery comes out right, I'll sell tickets. > > On Wed, May 15, 2024, 6:08?PM Richard Bonica via BVARC > wrote: > >> Yes >> >> On Wed, May 15, 2024, 3:22?PM Mike Knerr via BVARC >> wrote: >> >>> Are we planning on having door prizes this year? >>> >>> On Wed, May 15, 2024, 3:00?PM Richard Bonica via BVARC >>> wrote: >>> >>>> To All,,, >>>> I was thinking about field day just now. I asked myself "Why do you do >>>> field day?" Well, that voice in my head answered back... >>>> >>>> "You are there to be with people that have a common goal and to show >>>> your skills." >>>> >>>> Next question - "What are my goals?" >>>> Again - "I want to test our skills as Emergency communicators. The >>>> level of success is measured by how many contacts, and who I show it to." >>>> >>>> That was followed by "When I am done, who will care?" >>>> That answer was -- "That is why I am inviting Schools and Government to >>>> see and hopefully get them involved in the hobby and leave a positive spot >>>> in the history of radio" >>>> >>>> That kind of refocused a few thoughts I have been talking about to >>>> people and realized that I am on the right path, just that everyone words >>>> it differently. >>>> We have the contest guy - they want points >>>> We have the social guys - they want to be with their kind >>>> and >>>> We have the guy who - let me show them what I can do. >>>> >>>> With those thoughts in mind, I propose the following >>>> 1) bring the GOTA station to the main area - maybe in what I call the >>>> Fish Tank or the main entrance >>>> 2) make the conference are the class room >>>> 3) have people to volunteer to bring Home Brew items to display on >>>> entrance >>>> 4) have a 1 hr block for people to describe their Home Brew >>>> 5) We have someone designated as the "Youth Mentor" -- This person >>>> would be dedicated to welcoming youth that come and maybe introduce them to >>>> members and eventually become a point of contact for them >>>> 6) We have a 1hr block for those who do our "Engineering" and make sure >>>> things work, take credit for their work and describe a bit of what they do. >>>> 7) Also have a 1 hr block for Q&A and let our group share knowledge on >>>> the question or even maybe have a lookup on web time. >>>> >>>> With those steps, I hope people see what we do better and give others >>>> that are behind the scene a chance to thump their chest.. >>>> Heck, maybe even Daphne and team can talk about cooking for a large >>>> group .. Maybe???? >>>> >>>> I plan on bringing a projector to shine on the wall, so we can all see >>>> what is going on on a computer that will be stationed in the main area too. >>>> >>>> Now with that said -- does anyone have any thoughts? (BE NICE!!!! I >>>> know there is a guy watching this reflector. ) And please do not hold back >>>> anything, I want this year to be the year of BVARC. >>>> And if you have thoughts about what Field day is, please let me know - >>>> let's try to see where that fits in too. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Richard Bonica >>>> C: 281.935.7222 >>>> Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com >>>> Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile >>>> CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, >>>> Extra Ameture Radio >>>> ________________________________________________ >>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>> >>>> BVARC mailing list >>>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I come from the Emergency handling and mitigation - Every exercise and event is a way to plan and be ready for a true incident. After Action Reports are important to me too. The only thing I want to make sure of is that people give feedback and we sort through emotional things and respond to the actual things we can fix. When I do the after action report, I do not just say "well - this sucked..." I also want to give a possible solution and why. I hope that was clear, I do not want to throw out thoughts, but want to make sure we are also working on things we can really fix. On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 6:32?PM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: > Great input Rich! I'm a believer in doing a survey after each major event. > Do we know people's feedback? How do we me sure if the event was a success? > We should not do it based on our personal thoughts but on what people are > looking for. Just my 2 cents. > > > > > > > > [image: image001.png] > > K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont > > Houston*|*Texas*|*USA*|* > > https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ > > [image: image002.jpg] > > On May 15, 2024, at 18:16, Mike Knerr via BVARC wrote: > > ? > If NY surgery comes out right, I'll sell tickets. > > On Wed, May 15, 2024, 6:08?PM Richard Bonica via BVARC > wrote: > >> Yes >> >> On Wed, May 15, 2024, 3:22?PM Mike Knerr via BVARC >> wrote: >> >>> Are we planning on having door prizes this year? >>> >>> On Wed, May 15, 2024, 3:00?PM Richard Bonica via BVARC >>> wrote: >>> >>>> To All,,, >>>> I was thinking about field day just now. I asked myself "Why do you do >>>> field day?" Well, that voice in my head answered back... >>>> >>>> "You are there to be with people that have a common goal and to show >>>> your skills." >>>> >>>> Next question - "What are my goals?" >>>> Again - "I want to test our skills as Emergency communicators. The >>>> level of success is measured by how many contacts, and who I show it to." >>>> >>>> That was followed by "When I am done, who will care?" >>>> That answer was -- "That is why I am inviting Schools and Government to >>>> see and hopefully get them involved in the hobby and leave a positive spot >>>> in the history of radio" >>>> >>>> That kind of refocused a few thoughts I have been talking about to >>>> people and realized that I am on the right path, just that everyone words >>>> it differently. >>>> We have the contest guy - they want points >>>> We have the social guys - they want to be with their kind >>>> and >>>> We have the guy who - let me show them what I can do. >>>> >>>> With those thoughts in mind, I propose the following >>>> 1) bring the GOTA station to the main area - maybe in what I call the >>>> Fish Tank or the main entrance >>>> 2) make the conference are the class room >>>> 3) have people to volunteer to bring Home Brew items to display on >>>> entrance >>>> 4) have a 1 hr block for people to describe their Home Brew >>>> 5) We have someone designated as the "Youth Mentor" -- This person >>>> would be dedicated to welcoming youth that come and maybe introduce them to >>>> members and eventually become a point of contact for them >>>> 6) We have a 1hr block for those who do our "Engineering" and make sure >>>> things work, take credit for their work and describe a bit of what they do. >>>> 7) Also have a 1 hr block for Q&A and let our group share knowledge on >>>> the question or even maybe have a lookup on web time. >>>> >>>> With those steps, I hope people see what we do better and give others >>>> that are behind the scene a chance to thump their chest.. >>>> Heck, maybe even Daphne and team can talk about cooking for a large >>>> group .. Maybe???? >>>> >>>> I plan on bringing a projector to shine on the wall, so we can all see >>>> what is going on on a computer that will be stationed in the main area too. >>>> >>>> Now with that said -- does anyone have any thoughts? (BE NICE!!!! I >>>> know there is a guy watching this reflector. ) And please do not hold back >>>> anything, I want this year to be the year of BVARC. >>>> And if you have thoughts about what Field day is, please let me know - >>>> let's try to see where that fits in too. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Richard Bonica >>>> C: 281.935.7222 >>>> Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com >>>> Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile >>>> CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, >>>> Extra Ameture Radio >>>> ________________________________________________ >>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>> >>>> BVARC mailing list >>>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -- Commander Richard Bonica Mission Bend Emergency Team(MBET) C: 281.935.7222 Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile Territory: NE Fort Bend CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra Ameture Radio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I did want to try personal equipment, but it was brought to my attention that if we do that, we will have a lot of interference. If I can make this Field Day work, I am thinking of trying to get together. It would involve people bringing out their own equipment and setting up and seeing how that would work. Kind of a BVARC field day. But let me finish screwing this up before I screw something else up.... But I do agree Thank you Richard On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 8:14?PM ke5hdf--- via BVARC wrote: > I say BRAVO. Well said. > My vision of FD adds one small piece. It began as an emergency practice > that requires some thought to " how to do this with minimal equipment ". > Let the contest guys do their thing but reserve room for the the people > that want to see what they can set up in one or two hours like they would > need to do in a REAL situation. > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -- Commander Richard Bonica Mission Bend Emergency Team(MBET) C: 281.935.7222 Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile Territory: NE Fort Bend CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra Ameture Radio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: To all who are Field Day Crew, I have updated the Google Spreadsheet. Also, I would like to have a conference call via ZOOM next week. Tue before the net would be good for me. From like 6-7pm on the 22nd. All others, if you wish to join our team, please feel free. -- Richard Bonica C: 281.935.7222 Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra Ameture Radio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sean.n5lnk at gmail.com Thu May 16 10:32:36 2024 From: sean.n5lnk at gmail.com (N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer) Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 10:32:36 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] BVARC - Photojournalist Message-ID: If you are interested please contact me off the reflector at sean.n5lnk at gmail.com I am looking for club members interested in teaming with me as event photojournalists. The goal is to have a group of us available at our club events to capture still-life and video of the many great people and the things they are doing. So, we have a historical archive for future generations. The process would be we pan out and enjoy the event taking photos or video along the way. I will gather the media from the group at the end of the event and disseminate our collection for proper archiving. If we are able to capture enough usable video clips I plan to compile those into a produced video and place it on our YouTube Channel. A cell phone camera is capable of capturing those impromptu moments, or if you have dedicated camera equipment even better. Thanks in advance for your interest in this much needed club support. Regards, Sean Linkenheimer Recording Secretary -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I was curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham radio emergency group/team. Here are some questions to consider: - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be activated? - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? And there could be additional questions to explore. I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather Facebook page. Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities in need? These are just observations, with safety in mind. From kd5fba at gmail.com Fri May 17 12:09:22 2024 From: kd5fba at gmail.com (Scott Medbury) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 12:09:22 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: <85324027-529A-4B46-B7CB-BAE417B9C2E0@K5BOU.net> References: <85324027-529A-4B46-B7CB-BAE417B9C2E0@K5BOU.net> Message-ID: It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn Class which is several hours long and VERY informative. I think that most of us could benefit from a refresher or the initial class. 73 and safe at home.. Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: > I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal > observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. > > Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious > about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who > annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. > > I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either > before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during > this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and > Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; > Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. > > A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during > previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham > radio emergency group/team. > > Here are some questions to consider: > > - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? > - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be > activated? > - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris > County physically capable of assisting when needed? > - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, > such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? > > And there could be additional questions to explore. > > I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that > we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be > quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather > Facebook page. > > Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities > in need? > > These are just observations, with safety in mind. > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I was curious >> about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who >> annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. >> >> I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either >> before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during >> this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and >> Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; >> Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. >> >> A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during >> previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham >> radio emergency group/team. >> >> Here are some questions to consider: >> >> - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? >> - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be >> activated? >> - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris >> County physically capable of assisting when needed? >> - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, >> such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? >> >> And there could be additional questions to explore. >> >> I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that >> we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be >> quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather >> Facebook page. >> >> Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities >> in need? >> >> These are just observations, with safety in mind. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I think that most of us could >> benefit from a refresher or the initial class. >> >> 73 and safe at home.. >> Scott KD5FBA >> >> On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: >> >>> I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal >>> observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. >>> >>> Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was >>> curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, >>> who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. >>> >>> I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either >>> before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during >>> this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and >>> Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; >>> Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. >>> >>> A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during >>> previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham >>> radio emergency group/team. >>> >>> Here are some questions to consider: >>> >>> - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? >>> - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be >>> activated? >>> - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or >>> Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? >>> - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, >>> such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? >>> >>> And there could be additional questions to explore. >>> >>> I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given >>> that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to >>> be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my >>> Weather Facebook page. >>> >>> Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist >>> communities in need? >>> >>> These are just observations, with safety in mind. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Two houses were in jeopardy > of catching fire. > > My daughter and several neighbors called 911,311, Centerpoint Energy for > over an hour and could not get anyone to answer. > > When my daughter called me to tell me about it, I got on my radio and > nobody was available to respond. > > I then tried a GMRS channel and there were 2 people monitoring the calls. > I gave them the address and within 15 minutes a constable and fire > department showed up. A couple of hours later the trees behind these houses > caught on fire. Since 911 was still not available I got back on the GMRS > channel and they got the fire department to come back. In my opinion, the > people monitoring this channel prevented a house fire and I was extremely > grateful. > > I just received my technician license in January and got it for emergency > reasons. It already has paid off well. > > I just wanted to share my experience. > > Cathy > N0JAB > WSAB 405 > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 17, 2024, at 12:49?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: > > ? > I think it's time for Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Montgomery, and > Chambers counties to step up and do it again. David, I thank you for > Brazoria country leadership. All too often we see severe loss of property > and needless loss of life from severe weather. > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:18 PM David Lira wrote: > >> NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in Angleton a few weeks >> ago. It was very informative. They're around but they aren't promoted very >> well. >> >> Regards, >> David Lira K5DBL >> >> >> On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC >> wrote: >> >>> It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn Class which is >>> several hours long and VERY informative. I think that most of us could >>> benefit from a refresher or the initial class. >>> >>> 73 and safe at home.. >>> Scott KD5FBA >>> >>> On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: >>> >>>> I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal >>>> observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. >>>> >>>> Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was >>>> curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, >>>> who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. >>>> >>>> I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either >>>> before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during >>>> this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and >>>> Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; >>>> Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. >>>> >>>> A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during >>>> previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham >>>> radio emergency group/team. >>>> >>>> Here are some questions to consider: >>>> >>>> - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? >>>> - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be >>>> activated? >>>> - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or >>>> Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? >>>> - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, >>>> such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? >>>> >>>> And there could be additional questions to explore. >>>> >>>> I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given >>>> that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to >>>> be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my >>>> Weather Facebook page. >>>> >>>> Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist >>>> communities in need? >>>> >>>> These are just observations, with safety in mind. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________________________ >>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>> >>>> BVARC mailing list >>>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >> ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ctmedlin at outlook.com Fri May 17 13:07:02 2024 From: ctmedlin at outlook.com (Chris Medlin) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 18:07:02 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: References: <85324027-529A-4B46-B7CB-BAE417B9C2E0@K5BOU.net> Message-ID: https://www.weather.gov/hgx/skywarn At the above link you will find a Skywarn training schedule. I don't normally see much activity after April. There is a generic online Skywarn class that I believe you can find on this site as well. But it wont be specific to Houston weather. You might also want to contact the WCM Dan Reilly to see if he knows about any other ones. 73/Chris/AC5CM From: BVARC On Behalf Of David Lira via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 12:19 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: David Lira ; Scott Medbury ; K5BOU Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in Angleton a few weeks ago. It was very informative. They're around but they aren't promoted very well. Regards, David Lira K5DBL On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn Class which is several hours long and VERY informative. I think that most of us could benefit from a refresher or the initial class. 73 and safe at home.. Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC > wrote: I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham radio emergency group/team. Here are some questions to consider: - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be activated? - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? And there could be additional questions to explore. I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather Facebook page. Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities in need? These are just observations, with safety in mind. ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leemanpa at me.com Fri May 17 13:16:12 2024 From: leemanpa at me.com (leemanpa at me.com) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 13:16:12 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0b5b01daa886$4dfc5f00$e9f51d00$@me.com> Just for the record, we were tasked by Harris County OEM (TranStar) with opening and monitoring an emergency net from around 1930 hours. Originally to be on the 147.000 citywide repeater, we learned that the antenna took some major damage, and the transmit footprint was seriously degraded. We then sent an announcement through groups.io to the members of the STX District 14 group that we were opening the net on the RoseHill 146.720 repeater. We ran it last night until 2300, stood down until 0700 today, and we are still monitoring it for emergency traffic or damage/power outages, etc.. We have a direct WebEOC line into HC OEM, and all emergency messages get instantly routed to them. So?.. Just an FYI, for those of you within range of H-Town, you can always check the Groups.io for STXARESD14 for any nets that may be stood up in an event.. Be safe out there, folks! WA5LEE Lee Glassman, ARRL VE, COM-L, COM-T, AUXCOMM, NREMT #E3525310 Tomball, Texas https://wa5lee.com Pronouns: Him/He HCOHSEM AUXCOMM From: BVARC On Behalf Of Cathy Steinberg via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 12:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Cathy Steinberg Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness Last night a limb fell on some electrical wires behind a house across the street from where my daughter lives in West Houston. There were flashes and spark like explosions happening over and over. Two houses were in jeopardy of catching fire. My daughter and several neighbors called 911,311, Centerpoint Energy for over an hour and could not get anyone to answer. When my daughter called me to tell me about it, I got on my radio and nobody was available to respond. I then tried a GMRS channel and there were 2 people monitoring the calls. I gave them the address and within 15 minutes a constable and fire department showed up. A couple of hours later the trees behind these houses caught on fire. Since 911 was still not available I got back on the GMRS channel and they got the fire department to come back. In my opinion, the people monitoring this channel prevented a house fire and I was extremely grateful. I just received my technician license in January and got it for emergency reasons. It already has paid off well. I just wanted to share my experience. Cathy N0JAB WSAB 405 Sent from my iPhone On May 17, 2024, at 12:49?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: ? I think it's time for Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Montgomery, and Chambers counties to step up and do it again. David, I thank you for Brazoria country leadership. All too often we see severe loss of property and needless loss of life from severe weather. 73 ... Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:18 PM David Lira > wrote: NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in Angleton a few weeks ago. It was very informative. They're around but they aren't promoted very well. Regards, David Lira K5DBL On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn Class which is several hours long and VERY informative. I think that most of us could benefit from a refresher or the initial class. 73 and safe at home.. Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC > wrote: I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham radio emergency group/team. Here are some questions to consider: - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be activated? - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? And there could be additional questions to explore. I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather Facebook page. Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities in need? These are just observations, with safety in mind. ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From leemanpa at me.com Fri May 17 13:20:49 2024 From: leemanpa at me.com (leemanpa at me.com) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 13:20:49 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: <035B9561-410F-4AD3-9A6F-F4F5EA67B6C0@k5bou.net> References: <0b5b01daa886$4dfc5f00$e9f51d00$@me.com> <035B9561-410F-4AD3-9A6F-F4F5EA67B6C0@k5bou.net> Message-ID: <0d2801daa886$fb6400d0$f22c0270$@me.com> Actually, if you have cell service, there is a groups.io app, very low data usage, that can notify you if an alert is sent on a subscribed group.. WA5LEE Lee Glassman, ARRL VE, COM-L, COM-T, AUXCOMM, NREMT #E3525310 Tomball, Texas https://wa5lee.com Pronouns: Him/He HCOHSEM AUXCOMM From: BVARC On Behalf Of K5BOU via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 1:18 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: K5BOU ; leemanpa at me.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness To check the group.ie you will need power for your router or wifi. K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont Houston|Texas|USA| https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ On May 17, 2024, at 13:16, Lee Glassman WA5LEE via BVARC > wrote: ? Just for the record, we were tasked by Harris County OEM (TranStar) with opening and monitoring an emergency net from around 1930 hours. Originally to be on the 147.000 citywide repeater, we learned that the antenna took some major damage, and the transmit footprint was seriously degraded. We then sent an announcement through groups.io to the members of the STX District 14 group that we were opening the net on the RoseHill 146.720 repeater. We ran it last night until 2300, stood down until 0700 today, and we are still monitoring it for emergency traffic or damage/power outages, etc.. We have a direct WebEOC line into HC OEM, and all emergency messages get instantly routed to them. So?.. Just an FYI, for those of you within range of H-Town, you can always check the Groups.io for STXARESD14 for any nets that may be stood up in an event.. Be safe out there, folks! WA5LEE Lee Glassman, ARRL VE, COM-L, COM-T, AUXCOMM, NREMT #E3525310 Tomball, Texas https://wa5lee.com Pronouns: Him/He HCOHSEM AUXCOMM From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Cathy Steinberg via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 12:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Cathy Steinberg > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness Last night a limb fell on some electrical wires behind a house across the street from where my daughter lives in West Houston. There were flashes and spark like explosions happening over and over. Two houses were in jeopardy of catching fire. My daughter and several neighbors called 911,311, Centerpoint Energy for over an hour and could not get anyone to answer. When my daughter called me to tell me about it, I got on my radio and nobody was available to respond. I then tried a GMRS channel and there were 2 people monitoring the calls. I gave them the address and within 15 minutes a constable and fire department showed up. A couple of hours later the trees behind these houses caught on fire. Since 911 was still not available I got back on the GMRS channel and they got the fire department to come back. In my opinion, the people monitoring this channel prevented a house fire and I was extremely grateful. I just received my technician license in January and got it for emergency reasons. It already has paid off well. I just wanted to share my experience. Cathy N0JAB WSAB 405 Sent from my iPhone On May 17, 2024, at 12:49?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: ? I think it's time for Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Montgomery, and Chambers counties to step up and do it again. David, I thank you for Brazoria country leadership. All too often we see severe loss of property and needless loss of life from severe weather. 73 ... Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:18 PM David Lira > wrote: NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in Angleton a few weeks ago. It was very informative. They're around but they aren't promoted very well. Regards, David Lira K5DBL On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn Class which is several hours long and VERY informative. I think that most of us could benefit from a refresher or the initial class. 73 and safe at home.. Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC > wrote: I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham radio emergency group/team. Here are some questions to consider: - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be activated? - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? And there could be additional questions to explore. I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather Facebook page. Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities in need? These are just observations, with safety in mind. ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <18f881d4a20.28bb.45299514d50f36af3f145250f1f97d09@comcast.net> Just tested my repeater connection from the Heights. I have 100 amp 13 v., Lithium-Iron-Phosphate system here. Cell phone is working but no cable internet. We have no power here but are getting by. Gary K5AMH -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ctmedlin at outlook.com Fri May 17 15:00:54 2024 From: ctmedlin at outlook.com (Chris Medlin) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 20:00:54 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] 2 Mtr. base station. In-Reply-To: <18f881d4a20.28bb.45299514d50f36af3f145250f1f97d09@comcast.net> References: <18f881d4a20.28bb.45299514d50f36af3f145250f1f97d09@comcast.net> Message-ID: Hi Gary, What radio are you running in the house? If it's a mobile rig, you wont need anything more than low power from the Heights.. it will last you a good while... probably 500mA on receive and 2A on xmit (on low power). Chris/AC5CM From: BVARC On Behalf Of Gary Sitton via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 2:53 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Gary Sitton Subject: [BVARC] 2 Mtr. base station. Just tested my repeater connection from the Heights. I have 100 amp 13 v., Lithium-Iron-Phosphate system here. Cell phone is working but no cable internet. We have no power here but are getting by. Gary K5AMH -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ctmedlin at outlook.com Fri May 17 15:14:41 2024 From: ctmedlin at outlook.com (Chris Medlin) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 20:14:41 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] Preliminary survey - NWS Houston Message-ID: Preliminary survey is out from yesterday's storms in Houston from NWS Houston: Survey reports from severe storms 5/16: - EF-1 tornado near Cypress (peak winds 110mph). - Straight-line wind damage in downtown Houston. Winds peaked ~ 100mph. - Widespread straight-line winds near Baytown/Galena Park area. Wind peaked 90-100mph. 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Cell phone is working but no cable internet. We have no power here but are getting by. > Gary K5AMH > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kg5ycu at gmail.com Fri May 17 15:31:59 2024 From: kg5ycu at gmail.com (Richard Bonica) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 15:31:59 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Field day question Message-ID: To all, Does anyone mind if I take an hour on sat to run a round table on emergency response to incident? I now have a personal experience since my office is at Magnum and 290. I was also home when they hit 99 and West park. At home I had people answer - but at 290 I felt VERY alone with no response. I have always been one for ham and emergency - but until last night - I was clueless of what I realy did not understand. I would like to hold a round table and talk about 1 what is expected 2 how to achieve this 3 hear what others do that I can do better. Does anyone object?? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greerjw at hotmail.com Fri May 17 15:32:15 2024 From: greerjw at hotmail.com (Jeff Greer) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 20:32:15 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: <035B9561-410F-4AD3-9A6F-F4F5EA67B6C0@k5bou.net> References: <0b5b01daa886$4dfc5f00$e9f51d00$@me.com> <035B9561-410F-4AD3-9A6F-F4F5EA67B6C0@k5bou.net> Message-ID: ...or a mobile phone with a cellular connection... ________________________________ From: BVARC on behalf of K5BOU via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 1:18 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: K5BOU ; leemanpa at me.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness To check the group.ie you will need power for your router or wifi. [image001.png] K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont Houston|Texas|USA| https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ [image002.jpg] On May 17, 2024, at 13:16, Lee Glassman WA5LEE via BVARC wrote: ? Just for the record, we were tasked by Harris County OEM (TranStar) with opening and monitoring an emergency net from around 1930 hours. Originally to be on the 147.000 citywide repeater, we learned that the antenna took some major damage, and the transmit footprint was seriously degraded. We then sent an announcement through groups.io to the members of the STX District 14 group that we were opening the net on the RoseHill 146.720 repeater. We ran it last night until 2300, stood down until 0700 today, and we are still monitoring it for emergency traffic or damage/power outages, etc.. We have a direct WebEOC line into HC OEM, and all emergency messages get instantly routed to them. So?.. Just an FYI, for those of you within range of H-Town, you can always check the Groups.io for STXARESD14 for any nets that may be stood up in an event.. Be safe out there, folks! WA5LEE Lee Glassman, ARRL VE, COM-L, COM-T, AUXCOMM, NREMT #E3525310 Tomball, Texas https://wa5lee.com Pronouns: Him/He HCOHSEM AUXCOMM From: BVARC On Behalf Of Cathy Steinberg via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 12:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Cathy Steinberg Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness Last night a limb fell on some electrical wires behind a house across the street from where my daughter lives in West Houston. There were flashes and spark like explosions happening over and over. Two houses were in jeopardy of catching fire. My daughter and several neighbors called 911,311, Centerpoint Energy for over an hour and could not get anyone to answer. When my daughter called me to tell me about it, I got on my radio and nobody was available to respond. I then tried a GMRS channel and there were 2 people monitoring the calls. I gave them the address and within 15 minutes a constable and fire department showed up. A couple of hours later the trees behind these houses caught on fire. Since 911 was still not available I got back on the GMRS channel and they got the fire department to come back. In my opinion, the people monitoring this channel prevented a house fire and I was extremely grateful. I just received my technician license in January and got it for emergency reasons. It already has paid off well. I just wanted to share my experience. Cathy N0JAB WSAB 405 Sent from my iPhone On May 17, 2024, at 12:49?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: ? I think it's time for Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Montgomery, and Chambers counties to step up and do it again. David, I thank you for Brazoria country leadership. All too often we see severe loss of property and needless loss of life from severe weather. 73 ... Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:18 PM David Lira > wrote: NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in Angleton a few weeks ago. It was very informative. They're around but they aren't promoted very well. Regards, David Lira K5DBL On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn Class which is several hours long and VERY informative. I think that most of us could benefit from a refresher or the initial class. 73 and safe at home.. Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC > wrote: I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham radio emergency group/team. Here are some questions to consider: - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be activated? - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? And there could be additional questions to explore. I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather Facebook page. Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities in need? These are just observations, with safety in mind. ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ctmedlin at outlook.com Fri May 17 15:36:46 2024 From: ctmedlin at outlook.com (Chris Medlin) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 20:36:46 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: References: <0b5b01daa886$4dfc5f00$e9f51d00$@me.com> <035B9561-410F-4AD3-9A6F-F4F5EA67B6C0@k5bou.net> Message-ID: No guarantee that you will have cell service after an event. Definitely raises an awareness that we should do a better job of socializing what frequencies have the EmComm activities on them? in a more constant manner during the off season. Drops $00.02 73/Chris/AC5CM From: BVARC On Behalf Of Jeff Greer via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 3:32 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Jeff Greer ; K5BOU ; leemanpa at me.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness ...or a mobile phone with a cellular connection... ________________________________ From: BVARC > on behalf of K5BOU via BVARC > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 1:18 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: K5BOU >; leemanpa at me.com > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness To check the group.ie you will need power for your router or wifi. K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont Houston|Texas|USA| https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ On May 17, 2024, at 13:16, Lee Glassman WA5LEE via BVARC > wrote: ? Just for the record, we were tasked by Harris County OEM (TranStar) with opening and monitoring an emergency net from around 1930 hours. Originally to be on the 147.000 citywide repeater, we learned that the antenna took some major damage, and the transmit footprint was seriously degraded. We then sent an announcement through groups.io to the members of the STX District 14 group that we were opening the net on the RoseHill 146.720 repeater. We ran it last night until 2300, stood down until 0700 today, and we are still monitoring it for emergency traffic or damage/power outages, etc.. We have a direct WebEOC line into HC OEM, and all emergency messages get instantly routed to them. So?.. Just an FYI, for those of you within range of H-Town, you can always check the Groups.io for STXARESD14 for any nets that may be stood up in an event.. Be safe out there, folks! WA5LEE Lee Glassman, ARRL VE, COM-L, COM-T, AUXCOMM, NREMT #E3525310 Tomball, Texas https://wa5lee.com Pronouns: Him/He HCOHSEM AUXCOMM From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Cathy Steinberg via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 12:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Cathy Steinberg > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness Last night a limb fell on some electrical wires behind a house across the street from where my daughter lives in West Houston. There were flashes and spark like explosions happening over and over. Two houses were in jeopardy of catching fire. My daughter and several neighbors called 911,311, Centerpoint Energy for over an hour and could not get anyone to answer. When my daughter called me to tell me about it, I got on my radio and nobody was available to respond. I then tried a GMRS channel and there were 2 people monitoring the calls. I gave them the address and within 15 minutes a constable and fire department showed up. A couple of hours later the trees behind these houses caught on fire. Since 911 was still not available I got back on the GMRS channel and they got the fire department to come back. In my opinion, the people monitoring this channel prevented a house fire and I was extremely grateful. I just received my technician license in January and got it for emergency reasons. It already has paid off well. I just wanted to share my experience. Cathy N0JAB WSAB 405 Sent from my iPhone On May 17, 2024, at 12:49?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: ? I think it's time for Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Montgomery, and Chambers counties to step up and do it again. David, I thank you for Brazoria country leadership. All too often we see severe loss of property and needless loss of life from severe weather. 73 ... Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:18 PM David Lira > wrote: NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in Angleton a few weeks ago. It was very informative. They're around but they aren't promoted very well. Regards, David Lira K5DBL On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn Class which is several hours long and VERY informative. I think that most of us could benefit from a refresher or the initial class. 73 and safe at home.. Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC > wrote: I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham radio emergency group/team. Here are some questions to consider: - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be activated? - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? And there could be additional questions to explore. I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather Facebook page. Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities in need? These are just observations, with safety in mind. ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: <18f881d4a20.28bb.45299514d50f36af3f145250f1f97d09@comcast.net> Message-ID: <18f88ac8de8.28bb.45299514d50f36af3f145250f1f97d09@comcast.net> Chris, I can use only 5w on xmit and get a very low noise repeater connection. My antenna is a vertical dipole at 20'. Gary On May 17, 2024 3:09:51 PM Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: > Hi Gary, What radio are you running in the house? If it?s a mobile rig, you > wont need anything more than low power from the Heights.. it will last you > a good while? probably 500mA on receive and 2A on xmit (on low power). > > > > Chris/AC5CM > > > > From: BVARC On Behalf Of Gary Sitton via BVARC > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 2:53 PM > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Gary Sitton > Subject: [BVARC] 2 Mtr. base station. > > > > Just tested my repeater connection from the Heights. I have 100 amp 13 v., > Lithium-Iron-Phosphate system here. Cell phone is working but no cable > internet. We have no power here but are getting by. > > Gary K5AMH > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k5izo at yahoo.com Fri May 17 17:46:08 2024 From: k5izo at yahoo.com (John Chauvin) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 22:46:08 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] Field day question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1027468813.1407411.1715985968567@mail.yahoo.com> Richard,I am responding only to you with a c.c. to Mike Hardwick.? I hate it when people needlessly "reply to all." Not only do I not have a problem with your having a class at Field Day but I think it is a superb idea.? After all, FD is supposedly an emergency preparedness event.? However, it must not interfere with the ongoing on-the-air operations.? A large faction of the club like to make as many Qs as possible.? Yes, I will do CW, but I'm very casual about it. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your approach to managing field day.? Yes, there are a lot of members who are on "auto-pilot" and they know what they are doing.? It is imperative that you track all the various tasks so none are overlooked and on-track.? This is a project that needs to be actively managed, and I don't know if you have an MBA or you dropped out of elementary school but regardless I like what I saw at the meeting.? I trust that you are using some sort of Project Management Document.? I was Chairperson of the Hamfest for about 10 years, taking it from 20 tables to 220 tables; I used an Excel spread sheet listing all the tasks on separate lines, with columns (or other) to list the task leader, status, deadlines, critical action items, comments & notes without micromanaging.? However, there are 9 ways to skin a cat but the project management document must follow normally accepted business management practices to be successful.? I specifically like that you are letting the people who know what they are doing, do so rather than coming in like "a bull in a china closet" and "improving" across the board from the status quo.? It's best to pretty much, but not completely, do it the way it has been done with some tweaking the first year and then possibly making some significant changes (if you deem necessary) the 2nd year.? I also like that you want to return to the Firemen's Training Field next year as it has a lot of advantages with a lot of room, sometimes with separate buildings, a lot of "skyhooks" for antennas, etc. Oh by the way, it might behoove you to go to Museum Ships Weekend which occurs 3 weeks before FD (May 31, June 1 and 2), assuming that the Pelican Island Causeway bridge has been reopened by then.? We have long ago dubbed this "A precursor to Field Day."? See a brief description in a block on the BVARC homepage; more detailed info will be published via the reflector as well as the BVARC web page within a week.? Also, you can check with Mark Janzer (Chairman) or me for more info. Keep up the good work and I look forward to FD-2024. Tnx es 73,?de John, K5IZO On Friday, May 17, 2024 at 03:32:43 PM CDT, Richard Bonica via BVARC wrote: To all, Does anyone mind if I take an hour on sat to run a round table on emergency response to incident? I now have a personal experience since my office is at Magnum and 290. I was also home when they hit 99 and West park. At home I had people answer - but at 290 I felt VERY alone with no response. I have always been one for ham and emergency - but until last night - I was clueless of what I realy did not understand.? I would like to hold a round table and talk about 1 what is expected? 2 how to achieve this 3 hear what others do that I can do better. Does anyone object??________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emdhouston at cebridge.net Fri May 17 19:13:18 2024 From: emdhouston at cebridge.net (Robert Polinski) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 19:13:18 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: References: <0b5b01daa886$4dfc5f00$e9f51d00$@me.com> <035B9561-410F-4AD3-9A6F-F4F5EA67B6C0@k5bou.net> Message-ID: <000201daa8b8$31d76720$95863560$@cebridge.net> Back about 10 yrs ago. When there was a chance of bad weather, there was a skywarn net activated by the NWS Galveston, A Ham would man the ham station at the League City office, an take reports of bad weather, flooding or other weather related damage. He would also report any weather related items hams needed to know. This was run as a net on the Saltgrass Link System (back when it was active) Most of the time one ham was the net control (do not remember his call) he used the Galveston Weather Station call. This was a great service, and you always knew where to tune for weather service info. During hurricane IKE I was station at the Humble FD, the FD stopped making calls when the winds reached 85mph. Since the City of Humble is close to the airport, and the NWS has a wind speed gage at the airport, I via, ham radio, asked the weather service when the wind reached 85. and advised the fire dept. They were impressed that I could communicate with the NWS directly. I would like to see that service back. At that time the League City office had 2 fully equipped Ham stations, and actively recruited hams to train and use there stations. The used many of the reports hams supplied to advise the news media as to the conditions of the streets, neighborhoods & areas. It was great service. Tell me if you would like to see this service back? We can do it on the 146.940 as well as other repeaters. Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC On Behalf Of Chris Medlin via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 3:37 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Chris Medlin ; Jeff Greer ; K5BOU ; leemanpa at me.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness No guarantee that you will have cell service after an event. Definitely raises an awareness that we should do a better job of socializing what frequencies have the EmComm activities on them? in a more constant manner during the off season. Drops $00.02 73/Chris/AC5CM From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Jeff Greer via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 3:32 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Jeff Greer >; K5BOU >; leemanpa at me.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness ...or a mobile phone with a cellular connection... _____ From: BVARC > on behalf of K5BOU via BVARC > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 1:18 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: K5BOU >; leemanpa at me.com > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness To check the group.ie you will need power for your router or wifi. K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont Houston|Texas|USA| https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ On May 17, 2024, at 13:16, Lee Glassman WA5LEE via BVARC > wrote: ? Just for the record, we were tasked by Harris County OEM (TranStar) with opening and monitoring an emergency net from around 1930 hours. Originally to be on the 147.000 citywide repeater, we learned that the antenna took some major damage, and the transmit footprint was seriously degraded. We then sent an announcement through groups.io to the members of the STX District 14 group that we were opening the net on the RoseHill 146.720 repeater. We ran it last night until 2300, stood down until 0700 today, and we are still monitoring it for emergency traffic or damage/power outages, etc.. We have a direct WebEOC line into HC OEM, and all emergency messages get instantly routed to them. So?.. Just an FYI, for those of you within range of H-Town, you can always check the Groups.io for STXARESD14 for any nets that may be stood up in an event.. Be safe out there, folks! WA5LEE Lee Glassman, ARRL VE, COM-L, COM-T, AUXCOMM, NREMT #E3525310 Tomball, Texas https://wa5lee.com Pronouns: Him/He HCOHSEM AUXCOMM From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Cathy Steinberg via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 12:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Cathy Steinberg > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness Last night a limb fell on some electrical wires behind a house across the street from where my daughter lives in West Houston. There were flashes and spark like explosions happening over and over. Two houses were in jeopardy of catching fire. My daughter and several neighbors called 911,311, Centerpoint Energy for over an hour and could not get anyone to answer. When my daughter called me to tell me about it, I got on my radio and nobody was available to respond. I then tried a GMRS channel and there were 2 people monitoring the calls. I gave them the address and within 15 minutes a constable and fire department showed up. A couple of hours later the trees behind these houses caught on fire. Since 911 was still not available I got back on the GMRS channel and they got the fire department to come back. In my opinion, the people monitoring this channel prevented a house fire and I was extremely grateful. I just received my technician license in January and got it for emergency reasons. It already has paid off well. I just wanted to share my experience. Cathy N0JAB WSAB 405 Sent from my iPhone On May 17, 2024, at 12:49?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: ? I think it's time for Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Montgomery, and Chambers counties to step up and do it again. David, I thank you for Brazoria country leadership. All too often we see severe loss of property and needless loss of life from severe weather. 73 ... Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:18 PM David Lira > wrote: NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in Angleton a few weeks ago. It was very informative. They're around but they aren't promoted very well. Regards, David Lira K5DBL On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn Class which is several hours long and VERY informative. I think that most of us could benefit from a refresher or the initial class. 73 and safe at home.. Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC > wrote: I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham radio emergency group/team. Here are some questions to consider: - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be activated? - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? And there could be additional questions to explore. I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather Facebook page. Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities in need? These are just observations, with safety in mind. ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kd5you at comcast.net Fri May 17 19:30:34 2024 From: kd5you at comcast.net (John Denison) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 19:30:34 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: <85324027-529A-4B46-B7CB-BAE417B9C2E0@K5BOU.net> References: <85324027-529A-4B46-B7CB-BAE417B9C2E0@K5BOU.net> Message-ID: <70f45243-a924-43a8-b84c-e6e87c3ed607@comcast.net> One issue I see is that not everyone knows where to go for SkyWarn nets. In the past everyone knew to jump onto the Saltgrass Link System as the NWS had someone manning the radio room at the NWS office, and it was a really quick and easy way to send reports to the NWS. Since the disappearance of the SLS, 444.500 was loosely designated as the SkyWarn repeater for the Houston area, but that hasn't happened except for maybe one or two events. Last night we had a SkyWarn net on the Fort Bend 145.49 repeater starting at 17:55 and ending at 19:00. Even though NWS was not manning the radio room at the NWS office, we were still able to take reports and pass them on to NWS via their 800 storm spotter number. I was NCS during the net, and knowing that there might not be any net taking place in and around Harris County, I read out the tornado warnings that were issued for Harris & surrounding counties. The 145.49 repeater has good coverage in Fort Bend County, but it is not really intended for very wide coverage. Still, hopefully some people could benefit if they can hear the 145.49 repeater. 73 John Denison KD5YOU On 5/17/2024 11:50 AM, K5BOU via BVARC wrote: > I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. > > Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. > > I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. > > A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham radio emergency group/team. > > Here are some questions to consider: > > - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? > - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be activated? > - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? > - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? > > And there could be additional questions to explore. > > I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather Facebook page. > > Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities in need? > > These are just observations, with safety in mind. > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ From k5izo at yahoo.com Fri May 17 19:31:34 2024 From: k5izo at yahoo.com (John Chauvin) Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 00:31:34 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] Oops, I sent it to the reflector References: <634887909.1429657.1715992294479.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <634887909.1429657.1715992294479@mail.yahoo.com> So all you saw my commending Richard for his approach to Field Day.? I accidentally sent it to the reflector.? So join me in looking forward to Field Day and, as mentioned, Museum Ships Weekend assuming the bridge is reopened in time. Tnx,John -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k5pgf at yahoo.com Fri May 17 19:50:38 2024 From: k5pgf at yahoo.com (terry leatherland) Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 00:50:38 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] MFJ SWR Analyzer for Sale In-Reply-To: <634887909.1429657.1715992294479@mail.yahoo.com> References: <634887909.1429657.1715992294479.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <634887909.1429657.1715992294479@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <904673291.784108.1715993439184@mail.yahoo.com> Hello BVARC . I bought a new analyzer. If anyone is a new HAM in need of a steady eddy Analyzer, Mine is now for sale. 50$I can hand deliver to the Saturday am breakfast , or for 10$ more, I'll mail it.? Zelle is good. Cash is better.?Terry? Terry Leatherland, K5PGF281-455-8090Sugar Land, Tx ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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However, it must not interfere with the > ongoing on-the-air operations.? A large faction of the club like to > make as many Qs as possible.? Yes, I will do CW, but I'm very casual > about it. > > I want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your approach > to managing field day.? Yes, there are a lot of members who are on > "auto-pilot" and they know what they are doing.? It is imperative that > you track all the various tasks so none are overlooked and on-track.? > This is a project that needs to be actively managed, and I don't know > if you have an MBA or you dropped out of elementary school but > regardless I like what I saw at the meeting.? I trust that you are > using some sort of Project Management Document.? I was Chairperson of > the Hamfest for about 10 years, taking it from 20 tables to 220 > tables; I used an Excel spread sheet listing all the tasks on separate > lines, with columns (or other) to list the task leader, status, > deadlines, critical action items, comments & notes without > micromanaging.? However, there are 9 ways to skin a cat but the > project management document must follow normally accepted business > management practices to be successful.? I specifically like that you > are letting the people who know what they are doing, do so rather than > coming in like "a bull in a china closet" and "improving" across the > board from the status quo.? It's best to pretty much, but not > completely, do it the way it has been done with some tweaking the > first year and then possibly making some significant changes (if you > deem necessary) the 2nd year.? I also like that you want to return to > the Firemen's Training Field next year as it has a lot of advantages > with a lot of room, sometimes with separate buildings, a lot of > "skyhooks" for antennas, etc. > > Oh by the way, it might behoove you to go to Museum Ships Weekend > which occurs 3 weeks before FD (May 31, June 1 and 2), assuming that > the Pelican Island Causeway bridge has been reopened by then.? We have > long ago dubbed this "A precursor to Field Day."? See a brief > description in a block on the BVARC homepage; more detailed info will > be published via the reflector as well as the BVARC web page within a > week.? Also, you can check with Mark Janzer (Chairman) or me for more > info. > > Keep up the good work and I look forward to FD-2024. > > Tnx es 73, > de John, K5IZO > > > On Friday, May 17, 2024 at 03:32:43 PM CDT, Richard Bonica via BVARC > wrote: > > > To all, > > Does anyone mind if I take an hour on sat to run a round table on > emergency response to incident? > > I now have a personal experience since my office is at Magnum and 290. > I was also home when they hit 99 and West park. At home I had people > answer - but at 290 I felt VERY alone with no response. I have always > been one for ham and emergency - but until last night - I was clueless > of what I realy did not understand. > > I would like to hold a round table and talk about 1 what is expected? > 2 how to achieve this 3 hear what others do that I can do better. > > Does anyone object?? > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kd5you at comcast.net Fri May 17 19:58:31 2024 From: kd5you at comcast.net (John Denison) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 19:58:31 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: <000201daa8b8$31d76720$95863560$@cebridge.net> References: <0b5b01daa886$4dfc5f00$e9f51d00$@me.com> <035B9561-410F-4AD3-9A6F-F4F5EA67B6C0@k5bou.net> <000201daa8b8$31d76720$95863560$@cebridge.net> Message-ID: <2a2bc121-8b32-48ae-a124-c1a161cce704@comcast.net> Most of the NWS nets I recall KB5PGY David Fanelli (I had to go look it up as I have a hard time remembering his call) and he is still very active in various nets in the Greater Houston area. 73 John Denison KD5YOU On 5/17/2024 7:13 PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: > > Back about 10 yrs ago. When there was a chance of bad weather, there > was a skywarn net activated by the NWS Galveston, A Ham would man the > ham station at the League City office,? an take reports of bad > weather, flooding or other weather related damage. He would also > report any weather related items hams needed to know. This was run as > a net on the Saltgrass Link System (back when it was active) Most of > the time one ham was the net control (do not remember his call) he > used the Galveston Weather Station call. This was a great service, and > you always knew where to tune for weather service info. During > hurricane IKE I was station at the Humble FD, the FD stopped making > calls when the winds reached 85mph. ?Since the City of Humble is close > to the airport, and the NWS has a wind speed gage at the airport, I > via, ham radio, asked the weather service when the wind reached 85. > and advised the fire dept. They were impressed that I could > communicate with the NWS directly. I would like to see that service > back. At that time the League City office had 2 fully equipped Ham > stations, and actively recruited hams to train and use there stations. > The used many of the reports hams supplied to advise the news media as > to the conditions of the streets, neighborhoods ?& areas. It was great > service. Tell me if you would like to see this service back? We can do > it on the 146.940 as well as other repeaters. Robert KD5YVQ > > *From:*BVARC *On Behalf Of *Chris Medlin via > BVARC > *Sent:* Friday, May 17, 2024 3:37 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Chris Medlin ; Jeff Greer > ; K5BOU ; leemanpa at me.com > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness > > No guarantee that you will have cell service after an event. > > Definitely raises an awareness that we should do a better job of > socializing what frequencies have the EmComm activities on them? in a > more constant manner during the off season. > > Drops $00.02 > > 73/Chris/AC5CM > > *From:*BVARC *On Behalf Of *Jeff Greer via BVARC > *Sent:* Friday, May 17, 2024 3:32 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Jeff Greer ; K5BOU ; > leemanpa at me.com > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness > > ...or a mobile phone with a cellular connection... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:*BVARC on behalf of K5BOU via BVARC > > *Sent:* Friday, May 17, 2024 1:18 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* K5BOU ; leemanpa at me.com > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness > > To check the group.ie you will need power for your router or wifi. > > K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont > > Houston*|*Texas*|*USA*|* > > https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ > > On May 17, 2024, at 13:16, Lee Glassman WA5LEE via BVARC > wrote: > > ? > > Just for the record, we were tasked by Harris County OEM > (TranStar) with opening and monitoring an emergency net from > around 1930 hours. Originally to be on the 147.000 citywide > repeater, we learned that the antenna took some major damage, and > the transmit footprint was seriously degraded. > > We then sent an announcement through groups.io to the members of > the STX District 14 group that we were opening the net on the > RoseHill 146.720 repeater. We ran it last night until 2300, stood > down until 0700 today, and we are still monitoring it for > emergency traffic or damage/power outages, etc.. > > We have a direct WebEOC line into HC OEM, and all emergency > messages get instantly routed to them. > > So?.. Just an FYI, for those of you within range of H-Town, you > can always check the Groups.io for STXARESD14 for any nets that > may be stood up in an event.. > > Be safe out there, folks! > > *WA5LEE * > > *Lee Glassman, ARRL VE, COM-L, COM-T, AUXCOMM, NREMT #**E3525310* > > *Tomball, Texas* > > *https://wa5lee.com* > > *Pronouns: Him/He* > > *HCOHSEM AUXCOMM* > > *From:*BVARC *On Behalf Of *Cathy > Steinberg via BVARC > *Sent:* Friday, May 17, 2024 12:51 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Cathy Steinberg > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness > > Last night a limb fell on some electrical wires behind ?a house > across the street from where my daughter lives in West Houston. > There were flashes and spark like explosions happening over and > over. Two houses were in jeopardy of catching fire. > > My daughter and several neighbors called 911,311, Centerpoint > Energy for over an hour and could not get anyone to answer. > > When my daughter called me to tell me about it, I got on my radio > and nobody was available to respond. > > I then tried a GMRS channel and there were 2 people monitoring the > calls. I gave them the address and within 15 minutes a constable > and fire department showed up. A couple of hours later the trees > behind these houses caught on fire. Since 911 was still not > available I got back on the GMRS channel and they got the fire > department to come back. In my opinion, the people monitoring this > channel prevented a house fire and I was extremely grateful. > > I just received my technician license in January and got it for > emergency reasons. It already has paid off well. > > I just wanted to share my experience. > > Cathy > > N0JAB > > WSAB 405 > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 17, 2024, at 12:49?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: > > ? > > I think it's time for Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston,? > Montgomery, and Chambers counties to step up and do it again. > David, I thank you for Brazoria country leadership. All too > often we see severe loss of property and needless loss of life > from severe weather. > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > > On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:18 PM David Lira > wrote: > > NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in > Angleton a few weeks ago. It was very informative. They're > around but they aren't promoted very well. > > Regards, > > David Lira K5DBL > > On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: > > It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn > Class which is several hours long and VERY > informative.? I think that most of us could benefit > from a refresher or the initial class. > > 73 and safe at home.. > > ?Scott KD5FBA > > On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC > wrote: > > I hope everyone is well. The following email > contains my personal observations, which > unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. > > Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement > weather. I was curious about the response of our > dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who > annually invest their time and effort in training > for such situations. > > I understand during storms, it's crucial to > disconnect antennas, either before or after the > event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio > during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned > in to some net in Alabama and Florida, where they > were actively discussing and preparing for the > weather; Dallas also seemed to have a few > emergency net in place yesterday. > > A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone > mentioned that during previous hurricane events, > there was little to no activity from the Ham radio > emergency group/team. > > Here are some questions to consider: > > - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? > - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio > emergency responders to be activated? > - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group > in Fort Bend or Harris County physically capable > of assisting when needed? > - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham > radio organizations, such as those in Florida, to > glean insights from their experiences? > > And there could be additional questions to explore. > > I don't intend for this to prompt rude or > sarcastic responses. Given that we are in Houston, > and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted > to be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot > of relevant data on my Weather Facebook page. > > Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response > team to assist communities in need? > > These are just observations, with safety in mind. > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jlf26754 at live.com Fri May 17 20:13:03 2024 From: jlf26754 at live.com (Jack Frost) Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 01:13:03 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: <2a2bc121-8b32-48ae-a124-c1a161cce704@comcast.net> References: <0b5b01daa886$4dfc5f00$e9f51d00$@me.com> <035B9561-410F-4AD3-9A6F-F4F5EA67B6C0@k5bou.net> <000201daa8b8$31d76720$95863560$@cebridge.net> <2a2bc121-8b32-48ae-a124-c1a161cce704@comcast.net> Message-ID: They were on the JSC repeater every Thurs nite. I haven?t been able to monitor them in a year. I think they changed something with their antenna or repeater location. From: BVARC On Behalf Of John Denison via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 7:59 PM To: bvarc at bvarc.org Cc: John Denison Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness Most of the NWS nets I recall KB5PGY David Fanelli (I had to go look it up as I have a hard time remembering his call) and he is still very active in various nets in the Greater Houston area. 73 John Denison KD5YOU On 5/17/2024 7:13 PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: Back about 10 yrs ago. When there was a chance of bad weather, there was a skywarn net activated by the NWS Galveston, A Ham would man the ham station at the League City office, an take reports of bad weather, flooding or other weather related damage. He would also report any weather related items hams needed to know. This was run as a net on the Saltgrass Link System (back when it was active) Most of the time one ham was the net control (do not remember his call) he used the Galveston Weather Station call. This was a great service, and you always knew where to tune for weather service info. During hurricane IKE I was station at the Humble FD, the FD stopped making calls when the winds reached 85mph. Since the City of Humble is close to the airport, and the NWS has a wind speed gage at the airport, I via, ham radio, asked the weather service when the wind reached 85. and advised the fire dept. They were impressed that I could communicate with the NWS directly. I would like to see that service back. At that time the League City office had 2 fully equipped Ham stations, and actively recruited hams to train and use there stations. The used many of the reports hams supplied to advise the news media as to the conditions of the streets, neighborhoods & areas. It was great service. Tell me if you would like to see this service back? We can do it on the 146.940 as well as other repeaters. Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC On Behalf Of Chris Medlin via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 3:37 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Chris Medlin ; Jeff Greer ; K5BOU ; leemanpa at me.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness No guarantee that you will have cell service after an event. Definitely raises an awareness that we should do a better job of socializing what frequencies have the EmComm activities on them? in a more constant manner during the off season. Drops $00.02 73/Chris/AC5CM From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Jeff Greer via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 3:32 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Jeff Greer >; K5BOU >; leemanpa at me.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness ...or a mobile phone with a cellular connection... ________________________________ From: BVARC > on behalf of K5BOU via BVARC > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 1:18 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: K5BOU >; leemanpa at me.com > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness To check the group.ie you will need power for your router or wifi. K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont Houston|Texas|USA| https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ On May 17, 2024, at 13:16, Lee Glassman WA5LEE via BVARC > wrote: ? Just for the record, we were tasked by Harris County OEM (TranStar) with opening and monitoring an emergency net from around 1930 hours. Originally to be on the 147.000 citywide repeater, we learned that the antenna took some major damage, and the transmit footprint was seriously degraded. We then sent an announcement through groups.io to the members of the STX District 14 group that we were opening the net on the RoseHill 146.720 repeater. We ran it last night until 2300, stood down until 0700 today, and we are still monitoring it for emergency traffic or damage/power outages, etc.. We have a direct WebEOC line into HC OEM, and all emergency messages get instantly routed to them. So?.. Just an FYI, for those of you within range of H-Town, you can always check the Groups.io for STXARESD14 for any nets that may be stood up in an event.. Be safe out there, folks! WA5LEE Lee Glassman, ARRL VE, COM-L, COM-T, AUXCOMM, NREMT #E3525310 Tomball, Texas https://wa5lee.com Pronouns: Him/He HCOHSEM AUXCOMM From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Cathy Steinberg via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 12:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Cathy Steinberg > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness Last night a limb fell on some electrical wires behind a house across the street from where my daughter lives in West Houston. There were flashes and spark like explosions happening over and over. Two houses were in jeopardy of catching fire. My daughter and several neighbors called 911,311, Centerpoint Energy for over an hour and could not get anyone to answer. When my daughter called me to tell me about it, I got on my radio and nobody was available to respond. I then tried a GMRS channel and there were 2 people monitoring the calls. I gave them the address and within 15 minutes a constable and fire department showed up. A couple of hours later the trees behind these houses caught on fire. Since 911 was still not available I got back on the GMRS channel and they got the fire department to come back. In my opinion, the people monitoring this channel prevented a house fire and I was extremely grateful. I just received my technician license in January and got it for emergency reasons. It already has paid off well. I just wanted to share my experience. Cathy N0JAB WSAB 405 Sent from my iPhone On May 17, 2024, at 12:49?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: ? I think it's time for Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Montgomery, and Chambers counties to step up and do it again. David, I thank you for Brazoria country leadership. All too often we see severe loss of property and needless loss of life from severe weather. 73 ... Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:18 PM David Lira > wrote: NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in Angleton a few weeks ago. It was very informative. They're around but they aren't promoted very well. Regards, David Lira K5DBL On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn Class which is several hours long and VERY informative. I think that most of us could benefit from a refresher or the initial class. 73 and safe at home.. Scott KD5FBA On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC > wrote: I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham radio emergency group/team. Here are some questions to consider: - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be activated? - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? And there could be additional questions to explore. I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather Facebook page. Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities in need? These are just observations, with safety in mind. ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kd5you at comcast.net Fri May 17 20:41:46 2024 From: kd5you at comcast.net (John Denison) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 20:41:46 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: References: <0b5b01daa886$4dfc5f00$e9f51d00$@me.com> <035B9561-410F-4AD3-9A6F-F4F5EA67B6C0@k5bou.net> <000201daa8b8$31d76720$95863560$@cebridge.net> <2a2bc121-8b32-48ae-a124-c1a161cce704@comcast.net> Message-ID: <1174a024-6cd2-4bb1-a357-8cd28f62dd6e@comcast.net> As far as I know their repeater antenna is still at 90', and I get S5 on their 146.64 repeater here in Pecan Grove. 73 John Denison KD5YOU On 5/17/2024 8:13 PM, Jack Frost via BVARC wrote: > > They were on the JSC repeater every Thurs nite. I haven?t been able to > monitor them in a year. I think they changed something with their > antenna or repeater location. > > *From:*BVARC *On Behalf Of *John Denison via > BVARC > *Sent:* Friday, May 17, 2024 7:59 PM > *To:* bvarc at bvarc.org > *Cc:* John Denison > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness > > Most of the NWS nets I recall KB5PGY David Fanelli (I had to go look > it up as I have a hard time remembering his call) and he is still very > active in various nets in the Greater Houston area. > > 73 > John Denison > KD5YOU > > On 5/17/2024 7:13 PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: > > Back about 10 yrs ago. When there was a chance of bad weather, > there was a skywarn net activated by the NWS Galveston, A Ham > would man the ham station at the League City office, an take > reports of bad weather, flooding or other weather related damage. > He would also report any weather related items hams needed to > know. This was run as a net on the Saltgrass Link System (back > when it was active) Most of the time one ham was the net control > (do not remember his call) he used the Galveston Weather Station > call. This was a great service, and you always knew where to tune > for weather service info. During hurricane IKE I was station at > the Humble FD, the FD stopped making calls when the winds reached > 85mph. ?Since the City of Humble is close to the airport, and the > NWS has a wind speed gage at the airport, I via, ham radio, asked > the weather service when the wind reached 85. and advised the fire > dept. They were impressed that I could communicate with the NWS > directly. I would like to see that service back. At that time the > League City office had 2 fully equipped Ham stations, and actively > recruited hams to train and use there stations. The used many of > the reports hams supplied to advise the news media as to the > conditions of the streets, neighborhoods ?& areas. It was great > service. Tell me if you would like to see this service back? We > can do it on the 146.940 as well as other repeaters. Robert KD5YVQ > > *From:*BVARC > *On Behalf Of *Chris Medlin via BVARC > *Sent:* Friday, May 17, 2024 3:37 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > > *Cc:* Chris Medlin > ; Jeff Greer > ; K5BOU > ; leemanpa at me.com > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness > > No guarantee that you will have cell service after an event. > > Definitely raises an awareness that we should do a better job of > socializing what frequencies have the EmComm activities on them? > in a more constant manner during the off season. > > Drops $00.02 > > 73/Chris/AC5CM > > *From:*BVARC *On Behalf Of *Jeff Greer > via BVARC > *Sent:* Friday, May 17, 2024 3:32 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Jeff Greer ; K5BOU > ; leemanpa at me.com > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness > > ...or a mobile phone with a cellular connection... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:*BVARC on behalf of K5BOU via > BVARC > *Sent:* Friday, May 17, 2024 1:18 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* K5BOU ; leemanpa at me.com > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness > > To check the group.ie you will need power for your router or wifi. > > K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont > > Houston*|*Texas*|*USA*|* > > https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ > > > On May 17, 2024, at 13:16, Lee Glassman WA5LEE via BVARC > wrote: > > ? > > Just for the record, we were tasked by Harris County OEM > (TranStar) with opening and monitoring an emergency net from > around 1930 hours. Originally to be on the 147.000 citywide > repeater, we learned that the antenna took some major damage, > and the transmit footprint was seriously degraded. > > We then sent an announcement through groups.io to the members > of the STX District 14 group that we were opening the net on > the RoseHill 146.720 repeater. We ran it last night until > 2300, stood down until 0700 today, and we are still monitoring > it for emergency traffic or damage/power outages, etc.. > > We have a direct WebEOC line into HC OEM, and all emergency > messages get instantly routed to them. > > So?.. Just an FYI, for those of you within range of H-Town, > you can always check the Groups.io for STXARESD14 for any nets > that may be stood up in an event.. > > Be safe out there, folks! > > *WA5LEE * > > *Lee Glassman, ARRL VE, COM-L, COM-T, AUXCOMM, NREMT #**E3525310* > > *Tomball, Texas* > > *https://wa5lee.com* > > > *Pronouns: Him/He* > > *HCOHSEM AUXCOMM* > > *From:*BVARC *On Behalf Of *Cathy > Steinberg via BVARC > *Sent:* Friday, May 17, 2024 12:51 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Cathy Steinberg > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Emergency preparness > > Last night a limb fell on some electrical wires behind ?a > house across the street from where my daughter lives in West > Houston. There were flashes and spark like explosions > happening over and over. Two houses were in jeopardy of > catching fire. > > My daughter and several neighbors called 911,311, Centerpoint > Energy for over an hour and could not get anyone to answer. > > When my daughter called me to tell me about it, I got on my > radio and nobody was available to respond. > > I then tried a GMRS channel and there were 2 people monitoring > the calls. I gave them the address and within 15 minutes a > constable and fire department showed up. A couple of hours > later the trees behind these houses caught on fire. Since 911 > was still not available I got back on the GMRS channel and > they got the fire department to come back. In my opinion, the > people monitoring this channel prevented a house fire and I > was extremely grateful. > > I just received my technician license in January and got it > for emergency reasons. It already has paid off well. > > I just wanted to share my experience. > > Cathy > > N0JAB > > WSAB 405 > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 17, 2024, at 12:49?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: > > ? > > I think it's time for Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston,? > Montgomery, and Chambers counties to step up and do it > again. David, I thank you for Brazoria country leadership. > All too often we see severe loss of property and needless > loss of life from severe weather. > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > > On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:18 PM David Lira > wrote: > > NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in > Angleton a few weeks ago. It was very informative. > They're around but they aren't promoted very well. > > Regards, > > David Lira K5DBL > > On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: > > It has been years since I have heard of a NWS > Skywarn Class which is several hours long and VERY > informative. I think that most of us could benefit > from a refresher or the initial class. > > 73 and safe at home.. > > ?Scott KD5FBA > > On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC > wrote: > > I hope everyone is well. The following email > contains my personal observations, which > unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. > > Yesterday, we encountered the effects of > inclement weather. I was curious about the > response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio > Operators, who annually invest their time and > effort in training for such situations. > > I understand during storms, it's crucial to > disconnect antennas, either before or after > the event. I didn't notice any activity on the > radio during this time eighteen before or > after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and > Florida, where they were actively discussing > and preparing for the weather; Dallas also > seemed to have a few emergency net in place > yesterday. > > A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone > mentioned that during previous hurricane > events, there was little to no activity from > the Ham radio emergency group/team. > > Here are some questions to consider: > > - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? > - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio > emergency responders to be activated? > - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio > group in Fort Bend or Harris County physically > capable of assisting when needed? > - Should we consider collaborating with other > Ham radio organizations, such as those in > Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? > > And there could be additional questions to > explore. > > I don't intend for this to prompt rude or > sarcastic responses. Given that we are in > Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane > season predicted to be quite active and > unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on > my Weather Facebook page. > > Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response > team to assist communities in need? > > These are just observations, with safety in mind. > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available > here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > > BVARC at bvarc.org > > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From twigit at gmail.com Sat May 18 00:38:52 2024 From: twigit at gmail.com (Jeffery MacMillian) Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 00:38:52 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: <85324027-529A-4B46-B7CB-BAE417B9C2E0@K5BOU.net> References: <85324027-529A-4B46-B7CB-BAE417B9C2E0@K5BOU.net> Message-ID: Thank you for this email. Your intentions are well taken and I don't personally find it negative in any way, because it is honest. I have experienced inclimate weather events many times and in many places. I grew up in Amarillo, which is under constant threat of inclement weather every time it rains in the spring. The people there are tough and very supportive of their community. The weather is a way of life and something everyone has to pay attention to. There are air raid type syrens every few blocks. Almost every home has weather radios, many homes have storm shelters. Most everyone has felt the direct effects of Tornadoes, huge hail, ice storms, blizzards, and in the spring, the winds run like crazy for a few months. Tough droughts make for nasty grass fires that scar the landscape and threaten lives, crops, livestock, and small towns for years. Skywarn in these communities is a public service that works well with the National Weather Service and the official emergency responders in this area as one single response team. We are very fortunate to live in a place that has almost a mild climate in direct comparison. In manys ways this community takes it for granted. Years go by here without major calamity, and once it is all clear, we go back to our busy lives. We all know the answers to your questions. The tough part is what is the solution? Is this a county issue, public service issue, or a Ham issue? BVARC does many things well, but SkyWarn is not one of them. There are good people in some of the emergency services groups, and there is very little interest in Skywarn at all. Some people like the thrill of tornado chasing, My personal experience is that these people have to be ready to face serious destruction and loss of life scenes that are unimaginable. Some of the more recent events like Jerral TX in 1997 shows how quickly a beautiful day can turn the world upside down. It is a hard thing to prepare for, and just as much so to witness the aftermath. . Our recent events expose this as a gap, but once power is restored and the sky is clear the focus will, most likely, head back to where it has traditionally been. I could be wrong, but not twice in one day. Have Fun and Stay Safe, Jeff KC5TT On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 11:50?AM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: > I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal > observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. > > Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious > about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who > annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. > > I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either > before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during > this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and > Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; > Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. > > A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during > previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham > radio emergency group/team. > > Here are some questions to consider: > > - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? > - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be > activated? > - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris > County physically capable of assisting when needed? > - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, > such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? > > And there could be additional questions to explore. > > I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that > we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be > quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather > Facebook page. > > Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities > in need? > > These are just observations, with safety in mind. > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ctmedlin at outlook.com Sat May 18 10:34:52 2024 From: ctmedlin at outlook.com (Chris Medlin) Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 15:34:52 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] 2 Mtr. base station. In-Reply-To: <18f88ac8de8.28bb.45299514d50f36af3f145250f1f97d09@comcast.net> References: <18f881d4a20.28bb.45299514d50f36af3f145250f1f97d09@comcast.net> <18f88ac8de8.28bb.45299514d50f36af3f145250f1f97d09@comcast.net> Message-ID: If you are only running 5W then your battery will last you a very long time. The antenna is up over 600 ft so its got excellent coverage across the city. From: BVARC On Behalf Of Gary Sitton via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 5:29 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Gary Sitton Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2 Mtr. base station. Chris, I can use only 5w on xmit and get a very low noise repeater connection. My antenna is a vertical dipole at 20'. Gary On May 17, 2024 3:09:51 PM Chris Medlin via BVARC > wrote: Hi Gary, What radio are you running in the house? If it's a mobile rig, you wont need anything more than low power from the Heights.. it will last you a good while... probably 500mA on receive and 2A on xmit (on low power). Chris/AC5CM From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Gary Sitton via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 2:53 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Gary Sitton > Subject: [BVARC] 2 Mtr. base station. Just tested my repeater connection from the Heights. I have 100 amp 13 v., Lithium-Iron-Phosphate system here. Cell phone is working but no cable internet. We have no power here but are getting by. Gary K5AMH ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If anyone is a new HAM in need of a steady eddy Analyzer, Mine is now for sale. 50$ I can hand deliver to the Saturday am breakfast , or for 10$ more, I'll mail it. Zelle is good. Cash is better. Terry [Inline image] Terry Leatherland, K5PGF 281-455-8090 Sugar Land, Tx ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Transtar answered ob the first call The answer is simple ... reach out to the NWS to ask about classes and repeaters. I will do that and report back to this reflector. Ralph KE5HDF Get Outlook for Android -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kd5fba at gmail.com Sat May 18 12:25:39 2024 From: kd5fba at gmail.com (Scott Medbury) Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 12:25:39 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency communications In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Ralph! 73 ... Scott KD5FBA On Sat, May 18, 2024, 12:17 PM ralph phillips via BVARC wrote: > I agree with the observations made regarding the current deficit of > communications during storms. > > Houston used to have sirens all over town. They are gone. > > We used to have 2 or 3 repeaters active for weather spotting. One of them > was manned by a local TV station meteorologist. Now we don't have anything > regular set up. > > Weather spotting, NOT Chasing, is a big activity in the Midwest and > North East. Why has it disappeared here > My first thought (not necessarily accurate) is a reliance on formal ARES > groups. They function when activated for major events to support served > agencies. That is what ARES is for. They are needed there and do a good > job. After Harvey, I needed help to report a broken gas line. Transtar > answered ob the first call > > The answer is simple ... reach out to the NWS to ask about classes and > repeaters. I will do that and report back to this reflector. > > Ralph > KE5HDF > > > Get Outlook for Android > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sean.n5lnk at gmail.com Sat May 18 15:10:00 2024 From: sean.n5lnk at gmail.com (N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer) Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 15:10:00 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: <85324027-529A-4B46-B7CB-BAE417B9C2E0@K5BOU.net> References: <85324027-529A-4B46-B7CB-BAE417B9C2E0@K5BOU.net> Message-ID: During my time this weekend trying to get myself better prepared when it comes to emergency communications I came across this Emergency Communications Plan found freely on the web District 14 ARES . It appears to have proper and updated information and is the most comprehensive I have found for our area regarding band plan and leadership structure. This may be useful to you if you are wondering what frequencies are used in an emergency situation and what the leadership structure looks like when activated. District 14 is Harris County. Regards, Sean Linkenheimer STX ARES District 1 On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 11:50?AM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: > I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal > observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. > > Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious > about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who > annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. > > I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either > before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during > this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and > Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; > Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. > > A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during > previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham > radio emergency group/team. > > Here are some questions to consider: > > - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? > - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be > activated? > - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris > County physically capable of assisting when needed? > - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, > such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? > > And there could be additional questions to explore. > > I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that > we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be > quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather > Facebook page. > > Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities > in need? > > These are just observations, with safety in mind. > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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District 14 is Harris County. > > > Regards, > Sean Linkenheimer > STX ARES District 1 > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 11:50?AM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: > >> I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal >> observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. >> >> Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious >> about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who >> annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. >> >> I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either >> before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during >> this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and >> Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; >> Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. >> >> A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during >> previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham >> radio emergency group/team. >> >> Here are some questions to consider: >> >> - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? >> - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be >> activated? >> - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris >> County physically capable of assisting when needed? >> - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, >> such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? >> >> And there could be additional questions to explore. >> >> I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. 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They are gone. >> >> We used to have 2 or 3 repeaters active for weather spotting. One of >> them was manned by a local TV station meteorologist. Now we don't have >> anything regular set up. >> >> Weather spotting, NOT Chasing, is a big activity in the Midwest and >> North East. Why has it disappeared here >> My first thought (not necessarily accurate) is a reliance on formal ARES >> groups. They function when activated for major events to support served >> agencies. That is what ARES is for. They are needed there and do a good >> job. After Harvey, I needed help to report a broken gas line. Transtar >> answered ob the first call >> >> The answer is simple ... reach out to the NWS to ask about classes and >> repeaters. 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Terry Leatherland, K5PGF281-455-8090Sugar Land, Tx ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 1715993352785blob.jpg Type: image/png Size: 1927186 bytes Desc: not available URL: From leemanpa at me.com Sun May 19 07:45:43 2024 From: leemanpa at me.com (leemanpa at me.com) Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 07:45:43 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Rigs 4 sale.. Message-ID: <024e01daa9ea$775bfe90$6613fbb0$@me.com> Friend of mine from another group asked me to spread the word. He is forced to move by work and cannot do Ham stuff for a while: Yaesu FT6000R, 5 months old, Excellent condition - $200 Icom T90 Handheld, about 8 years old, operates just fine. $75 Anyone interested, contact me off-list and I will give you his info. WA5LEE Lee Glassman, ARRL VE, COM-L, COM-T, AUXCOMM, NREMT #E3525310 Tomball, Texas https://wa5lee.com Pronouns: Him/He HCOHSEM AUXCOMM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ke5hdf at sbcglobal.net Mon May 20 15:33:43 2024 From: ke5hdf at sbcglobal.net (ralph phillips) Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 20:33:43 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] Fw: SkyWarn and Amateur Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A conversation started on the BVARC reflector about the lack of radio communications during the past few heavy rainfalls and wind storms. Several operators wanted to relay reports from their areas last week but could not raise anyone on the air at Transtar or NWS. I reached out to the SkyWarn coordinator for Houston/Galveston with questions about repeaters, reporting, and training. His reply is attached below. Basically he says: * they were on the air during last week's storm * They now use the south coast linked repeater system * training is available * we can always use the 800 phone number listed on their webpage. * They are willing to do a class tailored for amateur radio operators. My thoughts: * PLEASE understand that SkyWarn is NOT storm chasing. A few comments I saw on the reflector indicated some people equate the two. SkyWarn is nothing more than reporting what you see where ever you are ... on the road, at home, at a ball game, in a shelter, etc. * The training tells you what the NWS wants you to report. * The training schedule shows multiple classes in March...none in the SW sector of "Greater Houston" * We can go online to take the classes on our own. We do not have to wait on them to give a class that is convenient to us. * The south coast repeaters web page does not load for me, but the second link works fine and lists several linked repeaters * That 800 phone number may not work during severe weather because the circuits are overloaded or the towers are down. * Make sure you can reach several of the repeaters listed in case the ones closest to you go down during a storm. * An on-line search revealed there is a SkyWarn net on Echolink that meets every month during the "off season" and weekly during hurricane season. https://voipwx.net/welcome-to-the-voip-skywarn-hurricane-net-support-site/ * I had training several years ago and should probably take a refresher. I will watch for ZOOM based (or similar) sessions. Reach out to Dan Reilly if you want to request training for a club or something tailored to amateur radio. dan.reilly at noaa.gov 73 Ralph KE5HDF ________________________________ From: Dan Reilly - NOAA Federal Sent: Monday, May 20, 2024 7:20 AM To: ralph phillips Cc: David Fanelli ; D. A. Fanelli Subject: Re: SkyWarn and Amateur Radio We activated for this event, had a board operator (copied here). We do more Skywarn training than most offices. https://www.weather.gov/hgx/skywarn_schedule There have been some changes in the network past few years Saltgrass has faded away, South Coast Reflector I believe has taken its place, although the web site for that network seems to be down. http://southcoastreflector.com/ https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/feature_search.php?system=South%20Coast%20Reflector%20System&state_id=%&type=systems#google_vignette We'd be happy to do a ham-centric training next go around. But The 800 number remains a viable method of reporting as well. 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Several operators wanted to relay reports from their areas last week but could not raise anyone on the air at Transtar or NWS. I reached out to the SkyWarn coordinator for Houston/Galveston with questions about repeaters, reporting, and training. His reply is attached below. Basically he says: * they were on the air during last week's storm * They now use the south coast linked repeater system * training is available * we can always use the 800 phone number listed on their webpage. * They are willing to do a class tailored for amateur radio operators. My thoughts: * PLEASE understand that SkyWarn is NOT storm chasing. A few comments I saw on the reflector indicated some people equate the two. SkyWarn is nothing more than reporting what you see where ever you are ... on the road, at home, at a ball game, in a shelter, etc. * The training tells you what the NWS wants you to report. * The training schedule shows multiple classes in March...none in the SW sector of "Greater Houston" * We can go online to take the classes on our own. We do not have to wait on them to give a class that is convenient to us. * The south coast repeaters web page does not load for me, but the second link works fine and lists several linked repeaters * That 800 phone number may not work during severe weather because the circuits are overloaded or the towers are down. * Make sure you can reach several of the repeaters listed in case the ones closest to you go down during a storm. * An on-line search revealed there is a SkyWarn net on Echolink that meets every month during the "off season" and weekly during hurricane season. https://voipwx.net/welcome-to-the-voip-skywarn-hurricane-net-support-site/ * I had training several years ago and should probably take a refresher. I will watch for ZOOM based (or similar) sessions. Reach out to Dan Reilly if you want to request training for a club or something tailored to amateur radio. dan.reilly at noaa.gov 73 Ralph KE5HDF _____ From: Dan Reilly - NOAA Federal > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2024 7:20 AM To: ralph phillips > Cc: David Fanelli >; D. A. Fanelli > Subject: Re: SkyWarn and Amateur Radio We activated for this event, had a board operator (copied here). We do more Skywarn training than most offices. https://www.weather.gov/hgx/skywarn_schedule There have been some changes in the network past few years Saltgrass has faded away, South Coast Reflector I believe has taken its place, although the web site for that network seems to be down. http://southcoastreflector.com/ https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/feature_search.php?system=South%20Coa st%20Reflector%20System &state_id=%&type=systems#google_vignette We'd be happy to do a ham-centric training next go around. But The 800 number remains a viable method of reporting as well. 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Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Thursday, May 9, 2024, 7:17 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: Ive read about the 64:1 being used on end fed half waves. I personally use a 49:1. I think its really going to depend on the impedance. If 3200 ohm, use 64:1. If its 2450 ohm go with the 49:1.? Chris/AC5CM Typos brought to you by iPhone On May 8, 2024, at 00:12, Gary Sitton via BVARC wrote: ?I agree on a 49:! Unun for HWEF use. For 1.8 mhz special care should be taken in the design.G. On May 7, 2024 8:48:02 PM Michael Shanks via BVARC wrote: I do believe it would be best to go to a 64 to 1 ballon I believe it?s 64 to one I could be wrong rather than the 49 to one for that wire if you got the space try it I have Sent from my iPhone On May 7, 2024, at 8:24?PM, Michael Shanks wrote: ?If I remember correctly, my NF half wave for 180 was 262 with a 49 one ballon about 20 foot to 37 foot up in the air worked well with that much wire in the air. You?d be surprised what you can hear. Sent from my iPhone On May 6, 2024, at 7:08?PM, Gary Sitton via BVARC wrote: ?Also, if the main portion isn't well above ground, you'll need to make the length greater to account for the capacitive effect of the ground itself. L configurations are very effective but avoid the inverted V scheme.G. On May 6, 2024 12:58:52 PM Gary Sitton via BVARC wrote: Clue: HWEF (half wave end fed) so half of160 meters is 80 meters or about 250 feet!Gary K5AMH? ________________________________________________Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing listBVARC at bvarc.orghttp://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.orgPublicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randypickut at gmail.com Tue May 21 13:42:16 2024 From: randypickut at gmail.com (Randy Pickut) Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 13:42:16 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Please explain this end fed antenna In-Reply-To: <763652142.1361470.1716306878528@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1C294544-6975-4EF0-A39C-2F4397D9FF9E@gmail.com> <9EBA3DC6-1442-45A7-832C-5CCB0EB67FA1@gmail.com> <18f569ce168.28bb.45299514d50f36af3f145250f1f97d09@comcast.net> <763652142.1361470.1716306878528@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Hey guys! I got my general not too long ago and I want to break into 40- and 80-meter SSB. On Ebay, I ended up buying this: END FED "RANDOM WIRE" FOR 80-10 METERS WITH ONLY RADIO & TUNER, MANY PICKY BUILT IN RADIO TUNERS WILL TUNE THIS ANTENNA PERFECTLY ON 80-6 METERS!! Made in the USA by a (((TAX PAYING))) HAM for HamsI do have just the 9:1 UNUN . . . I received the 9:1 UNUN along with 51 feet of marine 18 AWG tinned & insulated stranded copper wire. A 17-foot pole has been put up in the backyard with the antenna wire strung in an ENE direction. The UNUN is at the top of the pole, and it is connected to an FT-891 through an FC-50 tuner by means of 55 feet of RG-8. Been kind of busy wrapping up a semester and have been trying to get this antenna up in fits and starts. Right now, I am mating the junction box to the antenna to the brick exterior, and I'm waiting to run the cable indoors up to my transceiver. I am using Liquid Nails to glue the box to the brick and I'll have to wait some hours for that to set. Hopefully, this setup will work, and I will be able to transact with the Wednesday 7pm RagChew Net. Wish me luck! -- Randy Pickut, KI5LQS On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 10:55?AM john Parmalee via BVARC wrote: > I am working on an end fed antenna. It?s going to be a sloperr with a bit > of a vertical component. I intend to wind my own torpid and leave some > extra turns that I can tap for where I get The best match. It might wind > up. being a 9 1/2 to one. Two turns in the primary. > > > Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS > > > On Thursday, May 9, 2024, 7:17 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC > wrote: > > Ive read about the 64:1 being used on end fed half waves. I personally use > a 49:1. I think its really going to depend on the impedance. If 3200 ohm, > use 64:1. If its 2450 ohm go with the 49:1. > > > Chris/AC5CM > > Typos brought to you by iPhone > > On May 8, 2024, at 00:12, Gary Sitton via BVARC wrote: > > ? > I agree on a 49:! Unun for HWEF use. For 1.8 mhz special care should be > taken in the design. > G. > > On May 7, 2024 8:48:02 PM Michael Shanks via BVARC > wrote: > > I do believe it would be best to go to a 64 to 1 ballon I believe it?s 64 > to one I could be wrong rather than the 49 to one for that wire if you got > the space try it I have > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 7, 2024, at 8:24?PM, Michael Shanks wrote: > > ?If I remember correctly, my NF half wave for 180 was 262 with a 49 one > ballon about 20 foot to 37 foot up in the air worked well with that much > wire in the air. You?d be surprised what you can hear. > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 6, 2024, at 7:08?PM, Gary Sitton via BVARC wrote: > > ? > Also, if the main portion isn't well above ground, you'll need to make the > length greater to account for the capacitive effect of the ground itself. L > configurations are very effective but avoid the inverted V scheme. > G. > > On May 6, 2024 12:58:52 PM Gary Sitton via BVARC wrote: > > Clue: HWEF (half wave end fed) so half of160 meters is 80 meters or about > 250 feet! > Gary K5AMH > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Scott KD5FBA > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From beachcatbum at gmail.com Wed May 22 07:54:45 2024 From: beachcatbum at gmail.com (M Reiter) Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 07:54:45 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: <85324027-529A-4B46-B7CB-BAE417B9C2E0@K5BOU.net> References: <85324027-529A-4B46-B7CB-BAE417B9C2E0@K5BOU.net> Message-ID: hey peeps, For me, the power went out 2 minutes into the storm, the transmission lines behind my neighborhood took a fatal hit that they are still working on to rebuild. I did not get my HT out and I am sorry for that missed opportunity. I had nothing to report and ended up sitting in a dark house reading a book on my phone when I could have been chatting with yall assuming the radio towers had power. next time. On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 11:50?AM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: > I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal > observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. > > Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was curious > about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, who > annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. > > I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either > before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during > this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and > Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; > Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. > > A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during > previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham > radio emergency group/team. > > Here are some questions to consider: > > - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? > - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be > activated? > - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or Harris > County physically capable of assisting when needed? > - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, > such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? > > And there could be additional questions to explore. > > I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given that > we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to be > quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my Weather > Facebook page. > > Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist communities > in need? > > These are just observations, with safety in mind. > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I have always been one for > ham and emergency - but until last night - I was clueless of what I realy > did not understand. > > I would like to hold a round table and talk about 1 what is expected 2 > how to achieve this 3 hear what others do that I can do better. > > Does anyone object?? > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From david at fluffyshotme.com Wed May 22 08:11:12 2024 From: david at fluffyshotme.com (David Morefield) Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 08:11:12 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Field day question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <19EAF21F-DDDF-473B-8045-82A2FF7B0BD9@fluffyshotme.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <860C78EA-C053-4FDF-AB9E-617FF2B89968@ka8kpn.org> References: <860C78EA-C053-4FDF-AB9E-617FF2B89968@ka8kpn.org> Message-ID: Lower bands are not good. CW only here and I can only reach upper WI on my beam and must use 100W to do so. QSB is a thing. On 40M on either my vertical or my OCF up 55ft. I need about 600W to have folks on east or west coast copy me well. QSB is still a thing. I can't say about SSB as I am a cw rag chewer and don't even know where my mic is.... YMMV 73 Phil W2OZB "I only drop words that give the sentence meaning." On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:07?AM Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC < bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote: > Alas. I cannot. I started a new job and haven't been able to run any of > my radios all week. > > > On May 21, 2024 7:43:49 PM CDT, Rick Hiller via BVARC > wrote: > >> Can anyone comment on the current HF prop? I can't even get W1AW >> Bulletins on CW. 40, 20, 30 are usually best but today NOT even a >> squeek. I have not been on the air so I don' t know what's up. >> >> Tnx...Rick W5RH >> >> ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From KJ5EMP at ARRL.net Wed May 22 10:22:14 2024 From: KJ5EMP at ARRL.net (KJ Anderson) Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 15:22:14 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] Current HF Propagation ??? In-Reply-To: <860C78EA-C053-4FDF-AB9E-617FF2B89968@ka8kpn.org> References: <860C78EA-C053-4FDF-AB9E-617FF2B89968@ka8kpn.org> Message-ID: Space Weather has a great app that will alert you to radio blackouts, we?ve been getting blasted by the sun lately so it?s no surprise to me that HF might be garbage sporadically. It will also be really good, sporadically. ------------------------------------------------- KJ Anderson 253-380-2636 www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd From: BVARC On Behalf Of Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2024 10:07 AM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN Subject: Re: [BVARC] Current HF Propagation ??? Alas. I cannot. I started a new job and haven't been able to run any of my radios all week. On May 21, 2024 7:43:49 PM CDT, Rick Hiller via BVARC > wrote: Can anyone comment on the current HF prop? I can't even get W1AW Bulletins on CW. 40, 20, 30 are usually best but today NOT even a squeek. I have not been on the air so I don' t know what's up. Tnx...Rick W5RH -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kd5fba at gmail.com Wed May 22 10:33:20 2024 From: kd5fba at gmail.com (Scott Medbury) Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 10:33:20 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Clothes Dryer In-Reply-To: References: <00bc01daabba$cf42a8d0$6dc7fa70$@gmail.com> Message-ID: It can be used as a Faraday cage. Lol. Power cable included. Scott On Wed, May 22, 2024, 7:30 AM timothy sloan wrote: > Is the coax and antenna included? > > On Tue, May 21, 2024, 3:11 PM Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: > >> I still have the whirlpool electric clothes dryer for sale. Was asking >> $100. NOW $80 cash delivered within 25 miles of my house. Attached is a >> file with more information about the dryer. I really need to move it. >> >> >> >> Please respond off reflector. >> >> >> >> 73 ... Scott KD5FBA >> >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bshircliffe at gmail.com Wed May 22 11:49:32 2024 From: bshircliffe at gmail.com (Brian Shircliffe) Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 11:49:32 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Emergency preparness In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I got some BLUETTI portable units coming down from my warehouse in Dallas today. Donating a lot of them to the Salvation Army, and trying to get them in the hands of anyone that wants to buy a unit at cost. It is mainly our smaller units 300-2000wh batteries and 200 watt panels. If you know anyone looking for some portable power units let me know. 832-452-9868 -Brian On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 1:17?PM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: > Cathy, great story and thanks to share with us. You story backup what i > was thinling on my email. You can train all your life long, if there is no > one to help, whats the point. Im glad someone was able to hrlp on GMRS. > Aboutbto buy my GMRS lucence too. > > > > > > > > [image: image001.png] > > K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont > > Houston*|*Texas*|*USA*|* > > https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ > > [image: image002.jpg] > > On May 17, 2024, at 12:51, Cathy Steinberg via BVARC > wrote: > > ?Last night a limb fell on some electrical wires behind a house across > the street from where my daughter lives in West Houston. There were flashes > and spark like explosions happening over and over. Two houses were in > jeopardy of catching fire. > > My daughter and several neighbors called 911,311, Centerpoint Energy for > over an hour and could not get anyone to answer. > > When my daughter called me to tell me about it, I got on my radio and > nobody was available to respond. > > I then tried a GMRS channel and there were 2 people monitoring the calls. > I gave them the address and within 15 minutes a constable and fire > department showed up. A couple of hours later the trees behind these houses > caught on fire. Since 911 was still not available I got back on the GMRS > channel and they got the fire department to come back. In my opinion, the > people monitoring this channel prevented a house fire and I was extremely > grateful. > > I just received my technician license in January and got it for emergency > reasons. It already has paid off well. > > I just wanted to share my experience. > > Cathy > N0JAB > WSAB 405 > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 17, 2024, at 12:49?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC > wrote: > > ? > I think it's time for Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Montgomery, and > Chambers counties to step up and do it again. David, I thank you for > Brazoria country leadership. All too often we see severe loss of property > and needless loss of life from severe weather. > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:18 PM David Lira wrote: > >> NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in Angleton a few weeks >> ago. It was very informative. They're around but they aren't promoted very >> well. >> >> Regards, >> David Lira K5DBL >> >> >> On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC >> wrote: >> >>> It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn Class which is >>> several hours long and VERY informative. I think that most of us could >>> benefit from a refresher or the initial class. >>> >>> 73 and safe at home.. >>> Scott KD5FBA >>> >>> On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: >>> >>>> I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal >>>> observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. >>>> >>>> Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was >>>> curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, >>>> who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. >>>> >>>> I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, either >>>> before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio during >>>> this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in Alabama and >>>> Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for the weather; >>>> Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place yesterday. >>>> >>>> A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during >>>> previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham >>>> radio emergency group/team. >>>> >>>> Here are some questions to consider: >>>> >>>> - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? >>>> - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be >>>> activated? >>>> - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or >>>> Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? >>>> - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, >>>> such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? >>>> >>>> And there could be additional questions to explore. >>>> >>>> I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given >>>> that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to >>>> be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my >>>> Weather Facebook page. >>>> >>>> Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist >>>> communities in need? >>>> >>>> These are just observations, with safety in mind. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________________________ >>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>> >>>> BVARC mailing list >>>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >> ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -- Brian Shircliffe - *832-452-9868* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please if you know anyone that could use one of these units these are great for emergencies! https://www.linkedin.com/events/after-stormsalesevent7198786779599011840/comments/ [image: image.png] On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 11:49?AM Brian Shircliffe wrote: > I got some BLUETTI portable units coming down from my warehouse in Dallas > today. Donating a lot of them to the Salvation Army, and trying to get > them in the hands of anyone that wants to buy a unit at cost. It is mainly > our smaller units 300-2000wh batteries and 200 watt panels. If you know > anyone looking for some portable power units let me know. 832-452-9868 > > -Brian > > On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 1:17?PM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: > >> Cathy, great story and thanks to share with us. You story backup what i >> was thinling on my email. You can train all your life long, if there is no >> one to help, whats the point. Im glad someone was able to hrlp on GMRS. >> Aboutbto buy my GMRS lucence too. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [image: image001.png] >> >> K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont >> >> Houston*|*Texas*|*USA*|* >> >> https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ >> >> [image: image002.jpg] >> >> On May 17, 2024, at 12:51, Cathy Steinberg via BVARC >> wrote: >> >> ?Last night a limb fell on some electrical wires behind a house across >> the street from where my daughter lives in West Houston. There were flashes >> and spark like explosions happening over and over. Two houses were in >> jeopardy of catching fire. >> >> My daughter and several neighbors called 911,311, Centerpoint Energy for >> over an hour and could not get anyone to answer. >> >> When my daughter called me to tell me about it, I got on my radio and >> nobody was available to respond. >> >> I then tried a GMRS channel and there were 2 people monitoring the calls. >> I gave them the address and within 15 minutes a constable and fire >> department showed up. A couple of hours later the trees behind these houses >> caught on fire. Since 911 was still not available I got back on the GMRS >> channel and they got the fire department to come back. In my opinion, the >> people monitoring this channel prevented a house fire and I was extremely >> grateful. >> >> I just received my technician license in January and got it for emergency >> reasons. It already has paid off well. >> >> I just wanted to share my experience. >> >> Cathy >> N0JAB >> WSAB 405 >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 17, 2024, at 12:49?PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC >> wrote: >> >> ? >> I think it's time for Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Montgomery, and >> Chambers counties to step up and do it again. David, I thank you for >> Brazoria country leadership. All too often we see severe loss of property >> and needless loss of life from severe weather. >> >> 73 ... Scott KD5FBA >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:18 PM David Lira wrote: >> >>> NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in Angleton a few weeks >>> ago. It was very informative. They're around but they aren't promoted very >>> well. >>> >>> Regards, >>> David Lira K5DBL >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC >>> wrote: >>> >>>> It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn Class which is >>>> several hours long and VERY informative. I think that most of us could >>>> benefit from a refresher or the initial class. >>>> >>>> 73 and safe at home.. >>>> Scott KD5FBA >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 17, 2024, 11:51 AM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: >>>> >>>>> I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal >>>>> observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. >>>>> >>>>> Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was >>>>> curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio Operators, >>>>> who annually invest their time and effort in training for such situations. >>>>> >>>>> I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, >>>>> either before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on the radio >>>>> during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in to some net in >>>>> Alabama and Florida, where they were actively discussing and preparing for >>>>> the weather; Dallas also seemed to have a few emergency net in place >>>>> yesterday. >>>>> >>>>> A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that during >>>>> previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity from the Ham >>>>> radio emergency group/team. >>>>> >>>>> Here are some questions to consider: >>>>> >>>>> - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? >>>>> - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders to be >>>>> activated? >>>>> - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend or >>>>> Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? >>>>> - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio organizations, >>>>> such as those in Florida, to glean insights from their experiences? >>>>> >>>>> And there could be additional questions to explore. >>>>> >>>>> I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. Given >>>>> that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane season predicted to >>>>> be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot of relevant data on my >>>>> Weather Facebook page. >>>>> >>>>> Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist >>>>> communities in need? >>>>> >>>>> These are just observations, with safety in mind. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________________________ >>>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>>> >>>>> BVARC mailing list >>>>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>>>> >>>> ________________________________________________ >>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>> >>>> BVARC mailing list >>>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>>> >>> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > > > -- > Brian Shircliffe - *832-452-9868* > -- Brian Shircliffe - *832-452-9868* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Howard Bingham BVARC member since about 2003 -- On 5/22/2024 2:17 PM, m m via BVARC wrote: > I am in Fulshear and was on my HT but could not raise anyone and also > monitor NOAA. > > Jerry Dotson > KJ5 CPT > Sent to you > >> On May 22, 2024, at 7:55?AM, M Reiter via BVARC wrote: >> >> ? >> hey peeps, >> For me, the power went out 2 minutes into the storm, the transmission >> lines behind my neighborhood took a fatal hit that they are still >> working on to rebuild. >> I did not get my HT out and I am sorry for that missed opportunity.? >> I had nothing to report and ended up? sitting in a dark house reading >> a book on my phone when I could have been chatting with yall assuming >> the radio towers had power.? next time. >> >> On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 11:50?AM K5BOU via BVARC wrote: >> >> I hope everyone is well. The following email contains my personal >> observations, which unfortunately lean towards a negative aspect. >> >> Yesterday, we encountered the effects of inclement weather. I was >> curious about the response of our dedicated emergency Ham radio >> Operators, who annually invest their time and effort in training >> for such situations. >> >> I understand during storms, it's crucial to disconnect antennas, >> either before or after the event. I didn't notice any activity on >> the radio during this time eighteen before or after. I tuned in >> to some net in Alabama and Florida, where they were actively >> discussing and preparing for the weather; Dallas also seemed to >> have a few emergency net in place yesterday. >> >> A week ago, during a "stir crazy net," someone mentioned that >> during previous hurricane events, there was little to no activity >> from the Ham radio emergency group/team. >> >> Here are some questions to consider: >> >> - Should our approach be reactive or proactive? >> - When is it appropriate for the Ham radio emergency responders >> to be activated? >> - Are all members of the Emergency Ham radio group in Fort Bend >> or Harris County physically capable of assisting when needed? >> - Should we consider collaborating with other Ham radio >> organizations, such as those in Florida, to glean insights from >> their experiences? >> >> And there could be additional questions to explore. >> >> I don't intend for this to prompt rude or sarcastic responses. >> Given that we are in Houston, and with the upcoming hurricane >> season predicted to be quite active and unique, I've shared a lot >> of relevant data on my Weather Facebook page. >> >> Does BVARC have a dedicated emergency response team to assist >> communities in need? >> >> These are just observations, with safety in mind. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please Contact, George Levandoski, k5JIN 832-723-4760 From kd5ayf at reagan.com Thu May 23 15:29:11 2024 From: kd5ayf at reagan.com (George Levandoski) Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 15:29:11 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] =?utf-8?q?Stuff_for_Sale=E2=80=A6Icom_IC7300_and_more=2E?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: SP-38?Sold!!! George Levandoski, > On May 23, 2024, at 1:53?PM, George Levandoski wrote: > > ?Like new, lightly used, Icom IC-7300 ?$850 (with 7300 leatherette cover) > Icom SP38 External Speaker for the IC-7300?$100. (Fits under the cover with the radio) > Astron RS-35M-AP, 30-amp Power Supply > > Also have a Heil ICM boom-mic ($100) and HS-1 articulating Arm ($50), and hand PTT switch ($20). > > Please Contact, > > George Levandoski, k5JIN > 832-723-4760 From lee.usry at gmail.com Thu May 23 15:34:22 2024 From: lee.usry at gmail.com (Lee Usry) Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 15:34:22 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] =?utf-8?q?Stuff_for_Sale=E2=80=A6Icom_IC7300_and_more=2E?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <649B1DE4-D2C4-4E9B-8F7C-348596C8C3F1@gmail.com> If they would settle for a 7100 let me know! I?m going to a 991. > On May 23, 2024, at 3:29?PM, George Levandoski via BVARC wrote: > > ?SP-38?Sold!!! > George Levandoski, > >> On May 23, 2024, at 1:53?PM, George Levandoski wrote: >> >> ?Like new, lightly used, Icom IC-7300 ?$850 (with 7300 leatherette cover) >> Icom SP38 External Speaker for the IC-7300?$100. (Fits under the cover with the radio) >> Astron RS-35M-AP, 30-amp Power Supply >> >> Also have a Heil ICM boom-mic ($100) and HS-1 articulating Arm ($50), and hand PTT switch ($20). >> >> Please Contact, >> >> George Levandoski, k5JIN >> 832-723-4760 > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ From kd5ayf at reagan.com Fri May 24 07:52:42 2024 From: kd5ayf at reagan.com (George Levandoski) Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 07:52:42 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] =?utf-8?q?Stuff_for_Sale=E2=80=A6Icom_IC7300_and_more=2E?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Additionally I?m selling a Bencher BY-1 Iambic Paddle (black base) with dust cover. $85. ($180.00 new)? George Levandoski, > On May 23, 2024, at 1:53?PM, George Levandoski wrote: > > ?Like new, lightly used, Icom IC-7300 ?$850 (with 7300 leatherette cover) > Icom SP38 External Speaker for the IC-7300?$100. (Fits under the cover with the radio) > Astron RS-35M-AP, 30-amp Power Supply > > Also have a Heil ICM boom-mic ($100) and HS-1 articulating Arm ($50), and hand PTT switch ($20). > > Please Contact, > > George Levandoski, k5JIN > 832-723-4760 From kd5ayf at reagan.com Fri May 24 11:30:20 2024 From: kd5ayf at reagan.com (George Levandoski) Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 11:30:20 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] =?utf-8?q?Stuff_for_Sale=E2=80=A6Icom_IC7300_and_more=2E?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <05417450-A154-4E10-9C57-CA0B2CC1B4D7@reagan.com> George Levandoski, > On May 23, 2024, at 1:52?PM, George Levandoski wrote: > > ?Like new, lightly used, Icom IC-7300 ?$850 (with 7300 leatherette cover) > Astron RS-35M-AP, 30-amp Power Supply?$200. > > Also have a Heil ICM boom-mic ($100) and HS-1 articulating Arm ($50), and hand PTT switch ($20). > > Please Contact, > > George Levandoski, k5JIN > 832-723-4760 From cw_stokes at sbcglobal.net Fri May 24 14:10:22 2024 From: cw_stokes at sbcglobal.net (Charles) Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 14:10:22 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Equipment for sale References: Message-ID: <6948DCE4-9328-4E43-8E3D-591476624956@sbcglobal.net> > > ? > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. Robert From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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Train will pass here as it comes into HOUSTON. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqq-1HPjJ2o From: BVARC On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2024 12:23 AM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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URL: From m_suggs at comcast.net Sat May 25 00:29:53 2024 From: m_suggs at comcast.net (Marvin Suggs) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 00:29:53 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> Message-ID: <6ec90e61-41eb-4122-adfd-054213e2a997@email.android.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kd5ayf at reagan.com Sat May 25 10:11:09 2024 From: kd5ayf at reagan.com (George Levandoski) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 10:11:09 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] =?utf-8?q?Stuff_for_Sale=E2=80=A6Icom_IC7300_and_more=2E?= In-Reply-To: <05417450-A154-4E10-9C57-CA0B2CC1B4D7@reagan.com> References: <05417450-A154-4E10-9C57-CA0B2CC1B4D7@reagan.com> Message-ID: <3407B560-3683-49B5-9FC6-3ACAF5EA9975@reagan.com> Another item for sale: LDG AT-100 Pro II Antenna Tuner (Excellent Condition)?$125. Icom IC-7300?NEW PRICE? $750 (Like New) >> Astron RS-35M-AP, 30-amp Power Supply?NEW PRICE?$145. George Levandoski, 832-723-47600 > On May 24, 2024, at 11:30?AM, George Levandoski wrote: > > ? > George Levandoski, > >> On May 23, 2024, at 1:52?PM, George Levandoski wrote: >> >> ?Like new, lightly used, Icom IC-7300 ?$850 (with 7300 leatherette cover) >> Astron RS-35M-AP, 30-amp Power Supply?$200. >> >> Also have a Heil ICM boom-mic ($100) and HS-1 articulating Arm ($50), and hand PTT switch ($20). >> >> Please Contact, >> >> George Levandoski, k5JIN >> 832-723-4760 From Marvin.Suggs at abc.com Sat May 25 12:19:53 2024 From: Marvin.Suggs at abc.com (Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV)) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 17:19:53 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] =?utf-8?q?Stuff_for_Sale=E2=80=A6Icom_IC7300_and_more=2E?= In-Reply-To: <3407B560-3683-49B5-9FC6-3ACAF5EA9975@reagan.com> References: <05417450-A154-4E10-9C57-CA0B2CC1B4D7@reagan.com> <3407B560-3683-49B5-9FC6-3ACAF5EA9975@reagan.com> Message-ID: I?m interested in the tuner George . Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone > On May 25, 2024, at 10:11?AM, George Levandoski via BVARC wrote: > > ?This Message is From an External Sender > Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > > Another item for sale: > > LDG AT-100 Pro II Antenna Tuner (Excellent Condition)?$125. > > Icom IC-7300?NEW PRICE? $750 (Like New) > >>> Astron RS-35M-AP, 30-amp Power Supply?NEW PRICE?$145. > > > > George Levandoski, 832-723-47600 > >> On May 24, 2024, at 11:30?AM, George Levandoski wrote: >> >> ? >> George Levandoski, >> >>>> On May 23, 2024, at 1:52?PM, George Levandoski wrote: >>> >>> ?Like new, lightly used, Icom IC-7300 ?$850 (with 7300 leatherette cover) >>> Astron RS-35M-AP, 30-amp Power Supply?$200. >>> >>> Also have a Heil ICM boom-mic ($100) and HS-1 articulating Arm ($50), and hand PTT switch ($20). >>> >>> Please Contact, >>> >>> George Levandoski, k5JIN >>> 832-723-4760 > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!Nv94zEliBZqVSlgRzA9D5izOqIg0jyFngJ0FRUSskmd-G8D9u8CDnnPzwquFkuee1FeA5S1XSQQ61Q$ > Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!Nv94zEliBZqVSlgRzA9D5izOqIg0jyFngJ0FRUSskmd-G8D9u8CDnnPzwquFkuee1FeA5S3dkD252w$ From ka8kpn at ka8kpn.org Sat May 25 12:33:22 2024 From: ka8kpn at ka8kpn.org (Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 12:33:22 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> <18C9F9B9-959B-4D54-AF3E-E2ED7441B2C8@abc.com> <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> Message-ID: <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: > > I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves > Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all > Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru > the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ > > *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *Suggs, Marvin > (KTRK-TV) via BVARC > *Sent:* Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and > UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. > > Thanks > > Marvin N5RKW > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > wrote: > > ? Thanks Robert! > > They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. > Glidden sub comms on 160.770. > > Marvin > > N5RKW > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC > wrote: > > ? > > *This Message is From an External Sender* > Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you > recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > > I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a > subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they > enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 > Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS > bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track? went to > Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from > Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that > line. ?Robert > > *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *Suggs, > Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: > > ? > > *This Message is From an External Sender* > Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you > recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > > I have seen the KC? on UP tracks in Houston, on? the > bridge over I 45,? I think they have trackage rights to > complete their system.? This is quite a trip they have > taken.? I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the > mountains from los Angeles.? I remember the engineer > saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping > up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was > in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked > all night so I went home. ?There should be a lot of good > chasing on 59 down south. > > *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of > *Robert Polinski via BVARC > *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM > *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > *Cc:* Robert Polinski > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has > no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the > nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. > They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note > they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go > thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but > there will not be any train show here. They will have to > make stops for water, which they select as per the water > quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 > past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing > using Bellaire water. Robert > > *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of > *John Parmalee via BVARC > *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM > *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > *Cc:* jparmalee at aol.com > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. > > *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of > *wb5itt via BVARC > *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM > *To:* BVARC at bvarc.org > *Cc:* wb5itt > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > It's the 2816.... > > The route map and info is at > > Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo > > Chris WB5ITT > > Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution > capable smartphone..so there! ? > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) > > To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > > Cc: Robert Polinski > > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 > > CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston > between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. > Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont > down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru > Houston, thru the Heights > > Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I > get more info I will post it. 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URL: From dballi at mail.com Sat May 25 12:58:48 2024 From: dballi at mail.com (Donovan Balli) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 12:58:48 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> <18C9F9B9-959B-4D54-AF3E-E2ED7441B2C8@abc.com> <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> Message-ID: <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: > > I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. > > On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: >> >> I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves >> Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all >> Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going >> thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. >> Robert KD5YVQ >> >> *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *Suggs, Marvin >> (KTRK-TV) via BVARC >> *Sent:* Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM >> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB >> *Cc:* Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 >> >> Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and >> UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. >> >> Thanks >> >> Marvin N5RKW >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) >> wrote: >> >> ? Thanks Robert! >> >> They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. >> Glidden sub comms on 160.770. >> >> Marvin >> >> N5RKW >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC >> wrote: >> >> ? >> >> *This Message is From an External Sender* >> Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you >> recognize the sender and know the content is safe. >> >> I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a >> subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they >> enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 >> Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS >> bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track? went to >> Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from >> Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that >> line. ?Robert >> >> *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *Suggs, >> Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM >> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB >> *Cc:* Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 >> >> Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> >> On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC >> wrote: >> >> ? >> >> *This Message is From an External Sender* >> Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless >> you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. >> >> I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on? the >> bridge over I 45,? I think they have trackage rights to >> complete their system.? This is quite a trip they have >> taken.? I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the >> mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer >> saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping >> up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was >> in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked >> all night so I went home. ?There should be a lot of good >> chasing on 59 down south. >> >> *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of >> *Robert Polinski via BVARC >> *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM >> *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' >> *Cc:* Robert Polinski >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 >> >> Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC >> has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the >> nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. >> They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note >> they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go >> thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but >> there will not be any train show here. They will have to >> make stops for water, which they select as per the water >> quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 >> past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing >> using Bellaire water. Robert >> >> *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of >> *John Parmalee via BVARC >> *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM >> *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' >> *Cc:* jparmalee at aol.com >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 >> >> PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. >> >> *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of >> *wb5itt via BVARC >> *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM >> *To:* BVARC at bvarc.org >> *Cc:* wb5itt >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 >> >> It's the 2816.... >> >> The route map and info is at >> >> Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo >> >> Chris WB5ITT >> >> Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution >> capable smartphone..so there! ? >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> >> From: Robert Polinski via BVARC >> >> Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) >> >> To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' >> >> Cc: Robert Polinski >> >> Subject: [BVARC] 2618 >> >> CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston >> between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. >> Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from >> Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) >> thru Houston, thru the Heights >> >> Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I >> get more info I will post it. 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URL: From Marvin.Suggs at abc.com Sat May 25 15:04:13 2024 From: Marvin.Suggs at abc.com (Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV)) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 20:04:13 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> <18C9F9B9-959B-4D54-AF3E-E2ED7441B2C8@abc.com> <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> Message-ID: Should be entertaining Beaumont 1503 Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 12:59?PM, Donovan Balli via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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URL: From jcarson222 at yahoo.com Sat May 25 16:07:26 2024 From: jcarson222 at yahoo.com (Jeffrey Carson) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 21:07:26 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> <18C9F9B9-959B-4D54-AF3E-E2ED7441B2C8@abc.com> <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> Message-ID: <830556095.4312143.1716671246560@mail.yahoo.com> Hey, just now seeing this today. I was watching and does it appear stuck north of Lake Charles perhaps or is the tracker not updating? On Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 03:04:46 PM CDT, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC wrote: Should be entertaining Beaumont 1503 Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 12:59?PM, Donovan Balli via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track? went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. ?Robert ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC? on UP tracks in Houston, on? the bridge over I 45,? I think they have trackage rights to complete their system.? This is quite a trip they have taken.? I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles.? I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. ?There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south.? ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert ? ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? ? It's the 2816.... ? The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo? ? Chris WB5ITT? ? ? Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there!? ? ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: [BVARC] 2618 ? CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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URL: From Marvin.Suggs at abc.com Sat May 25 16:10:05 2024 From: Marvin.Suggs at abc.com (Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV)) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 21:10:05 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <830556095.4312143.1716671246560@mail.yahoo.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> <18C9F9B9-959B-4D54-AF3E-E2ED7441B2C8@abc.com> <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> <830556095.4312143.1716671246560@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <500158C0-E39A-438A-B70B-C9BF864D614B@abc.com> Tracker is stuck. Should be in Beaumont Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 4:08?PM, Jeffrey Carson via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hey, just now seeing this today. I was watching and does it appear stuck north of Lake Charles perhaps or is the tracker not updating? On Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 03:04:46 PM CDT, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC wrote: Should be entertaining Beaumont 1503 Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 12:59?PM, Donovan Balli via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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URL: From ctmedlin at outlook.com Sat May 25 16:45:52 2024 From: ctmedlin at outlook.com (Chris Medlin) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 21:45:52 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> <18C9F9B9-959B-4D54-AF3E-E2ED7441B2C8@abc.com> <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> Message-ID: I see the map on the website. Its close to lake charles now. Any idea when it might be coming thru sugar land? So i can help to communicate to family who may want to bring their kids up. Typos brought to you by iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 12:59, Donovan Balli via BVARC wrote: ? https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. Robert KD5YVQ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!P3IWEyjkbrEsmSBb3P5RQUlEkSA76TuSjjWbv73ic6HKaar__ioUDKp4Qk5oIYo4Fkhpw52XqpKFPw$ Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!P3IWEyjkbrEsmSBb3P5RQUlEkSA76TuSjjWbv73ic6HKaar__ioUDKp4Qk5oIYo4Fkhpw538ycDbUg$ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!LQ3ps7TOkiLfF5nEbR7ZdMACi3TG7Ainj96lGcFInHtQVCbu9PhKisbFqBKeRYQr6lvRadp8gsA_KA$ Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!LQ3ps7TOkiLfF5nEbR7ZdMACi3TG7Ainj96lGcFInHtQVCbu9PhKisbFqBKeRYQr6lvRadqX_bAFtQ$ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Marvin.Suggs at abc.com Sat May 25 16:48:29 2024 From: Marvin.Suggs at abc.com (Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV)) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 21:48:29 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> <18C9F9B9-959B-4D54-AF3E-E2ED7441B2C8@abc.com> <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> Message-ID: It?s in Liberty 1648 Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 4:46?PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I see the map on the website. Its close to lake charles now. Any idea when it might be coming thru sugar land? So i can help to communicate to family who may want to bring their kids up. Typos brought to you by iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 12:59, Donovan Balli via BVARC wrote: ? https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, May 25, 2024, 4:46 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: I see the map on the website. Its close to lake charles now. Any idea when it might be coming thru sugar land?So i can help to communicate to family who may want to bring their kids up.? Typos brought to you by iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 12:59, Donovan Balli via BVARC wrote: ? https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: #yiv9214971697 filtered {}#yiv9214971697 filtered {}#yiv9214971697 filtered {}#yiv9214971697 p.yiv9214971697MsoNormal, #yiv9214971697 li.yiv9214971697MsoNormal, #yiv9214971697 div.yiv9214971697MsoNormal {margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;}#yiv9214971697 a:link, #yiv9214971697 span.yiv9214971697MsoHyperlink {color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline;}#yiv9214971697 span.yiv9214971697EmailStyle220 {font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv9214971697 .yiv9214971697MsoChpDefault {font-size:10pt;}#yiv9214971697 div.yiv9214971697WordSection1 {} I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track? went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. ?Robert ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC? on UP tracks in Houston, on? the bridge over I 45,? I think they have trackage rights to complete their system.? This is quite a trip they have taken.? I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles.? I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. ?There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south.? ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert ? ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? ? It's the 2816.... ? The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo? ? Chris WB5ITT? ? ? Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there!? ? ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: [BVARC] 2618 ? CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. Robert KD5YVQ ? ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!P3IWEyjkbrEsmSBb3P5RQUlEkSA76TuSjjWbv73ic6HKaar__ioUDKp4Qk5oIYo4Fkhpw52XqpKFPw$ Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!P3IWEyjkbrEsmSBb3P5RQUlEkSA76TuSjjWbv73ic6HKaar__ioUDKp4Qk5oIYo4Fkhpw538ycDbUg$ ? ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!LQ3ps7TOkiLfF5nEbR7ZdMACi3TG7Ainj96lGcFInHtQVCbu9PhKisbFqBKeRYQr6lvRadp8gsA_KA$ Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!LQ3ps7TOkiLfF5nEbR7ZdMACi3TG7Ainj96lGcFInHtQVCbu9PhKisbFqBKeRYQr6lvRadqX_bAFtQ$ ? ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Its close to lake charles now. Any idea when it might be coming thru sugar land?So i can help to communicate to family who may want to bring their kids up.? Typos brought to you by iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 12:59, Donovan Balli via BVARC wrote: ? https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: #yiv9214971697 filtered {}#yiv9214971697 filtered {}#yiv9214971697 filtered {}#yiv9214971697 p.yiv9214971697MsoNormal, #yiv9214971697 li.yiv9214971697MsoNormal, #yiv9214971697 div.yiv9214971697MsoNormal {margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;}#yiv9214971697 a:link, #yiv9214971697 span.yiv9214971697MsoHyperlink {color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline;}#yiv9214971697 span.yiv9214971697EmailStyle220 {font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv9214971697 .yiv9214971697MsoChpDefault {font-size:10pt;}#yiv9214971697 div.yiv9214971697WordSection1 {} I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track? went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. ?Robert ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC? on UP tracks in Houston, on? the bridge over I 45,? I think they have trackage rights to complete their system.? This is quite a trip they have taken.? I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles.? I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. ?There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south.? ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert ? ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? ? It's the 2816.... ? The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo? ? Chris WB5ITT? ? ? Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there!? ? ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: [BVARC] 2618 ? CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. Robert KD5YVQ ? ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!P3IWEyjkbrEsmSBb3P5RQUlEkSA76TuSjjWbv73ic6HKaar__ioUDKp4Qk5oIYo4Fkhpw52XqpKFPw$ Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!P3IWEyjkbrEsmSBb3P5RQUlEkSA76TuSjjWbv73ic6HKaar__ioUDKp4Qk5oIYo4Fkhpw538ycDbUg$ ? ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!LQ3ps7TOkiLfF5nEbR7ZdMACi3TG7Ainj96lGcFInHtQVCbu9PhKisbFqBKeRYQr6lvRadp8gsA_KA$ Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!LQ3ps7TOkiLfF5nEbR7ZdMACi3TG7Ainj96lGcFInHtQVCbu9PhKisbFqBKeRYQr6lvRadqX_bAFtQ$ ? ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I?ve seen a Kansas City Southern train go by and a very long UPT train both heading north Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, May 25, 2024, 4:46 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: I see the map on the website. Its close to lake charles now. Any idea when it might be coming thru sugar land? So i can help to communicate to family who may want to bring their kids up. Typos brought to you by iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 12:59, Donovan Balli via BVARC wrote: ? https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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URL: From jimmy.vance at gmail.com Sat May 25 17:37:31 2024 From: jimmy.vance at gmail.com (Jimmy Vance) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 17:37:31 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] 2816 In-Reply-To: <1604429012.2341830.1716675643281@mail.yahoo.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> <18C9F9B9-959B-4D54-AF3E-E2ED7441B2C8@abc.com> <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> <1604429012.2341830.1716675643281@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4005b141-8569-4edf-8060-ea06f2164d0e@gmail.com> I'm surprised thee is not more of a crowd at Tower 26 On 5/25/2024 5:20 PM, john Parmalee via BVARC wrote: > Keep me posted at 5:20. I?m sitting in a parking lot in Memorial Park > with a pretty good view of the track. > > > Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS > > > On Saturday, May 25, 2024, 4:46 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC > wrote: > > I see the map on the website. Its close to lake charles now. Any > idea when it might be coming thru sugar land? > So i can help to communicate to family who may want to bring their > kids up. > > > Typos brought to you by iPhone > >> On May 25, 2024, at 12:59, Donovan Balli via BVARC >> wrote: >> >> ? >> >> https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route >> >> >> About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. >> >> >> On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: >>> >>> I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. >>> >>> On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: > > I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it > leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. > Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows > it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the > afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ > > *From:* BVARC > *On Behalf Of *Suggs, Marvin > (KTRK-TV) via BVARC > *Sent:* Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > > *Cc:* Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 > and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. > > Thanks > > Marvin N5RKW > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > > wrote: > > ? Thanks Robert! > > They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in > Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. > > Marvin > > N5RKW > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC > > wrote: > > ? > > *This Message is From an External Sender* > Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you > recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > > I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a > subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they > enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 > Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS > bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track? went to > Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from > Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs > that line. ?Robert > > *From:* BVARC > *On Behalf Of *Suggs, > Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > > *Cc:* Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > > wrote: > > ? > > *This Message is From an External Sender* > Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless > you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > > I have seen the KC? on UP tracks in Houston, on? the > bridge over I 45,? I think they have trackage rights > to complete their system. This is quite a trip they > have taken.? I remember chasing The Royal Hudson > through the mountains from los Angeles.? I remember > the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a > good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat > land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was > now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. > ?There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. > > *From:* BVARC > *On Behalf Of > *Robert Polinski via BVARC > *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM > *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > > > *Cc:* Robert Polinski > > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC > has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is > the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the > west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I > did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so > they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the > night here but there will not be any train show here. > They will have to make stops for water, which they > select as per the water quality as well as access, > maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up > at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. > Robert > > *From:* BVARC > *On Behalf Of *John > Parmalee via BVARC > *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM > *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > > > *Cc:* jparmalee at aol.com > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. > > *From:* BVARC > *On Behalf Of > *wb5itt via BVARC > *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM > *To:* BVARC at bvarc.org > *Cc:* wb5itt > > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 > > It's the 2816.... > > The route map and info is at > > Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo > > Chris WB5ITT > > Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution > capable smartphone..so there! ? > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > > > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) > > To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > > > > Cc: Robert Polinski > > > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 > > CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru > Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at > this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes > it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east > of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights > > Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As > I get more info I will post it. 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URL: From jparmalee at aol.com Sat May 25 17:47:51 2024 From: jparmalee at aol.com (john Parmalee) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 22:47:51 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <866369265.2334987.1716675674561@mail.yahoo.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> <18C9F9B9-959B-4D54-AF3E-E2ED7441B2C8@abc.com> <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> <866369265.2334987.1716675674561@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1346000989.2343046.1716677271483@mail.yahoo.com> Apparently, my first post didn?t get out I?m sitting in Memorial Park. That?s where I saw the two northbound. Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, May 25, 2024, 5:21 PM, john Parmalee via BVARC wrote: I?ve seen a Kansas City Southern train go by and a very long UPT train both heading north Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, May 25, 2024, 4:46 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: I see the map on the website. Its close to lake charles now. Any idea when it might be coming thru sugar land?So i can help to communicate to family who may want to bring their kids up.? Typos brought to you by iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 12:59, Donovan Balli via BVARC wrote: ? https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: #yiv7622530890 filtered {}#yiv7622530890 filtered {}#yiv7622530890 filtered {}#yiv7622530890 p.yiv7622530890MsoNormal, #yiv7622530890 li.yiv7622530890MsoNormal, #yiv7622530890 div.yiv7622530890MsoNormal {margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;}#yiv7622530890 a:link, #yiv7622530890 span.yiv7622530890MsoHyperlink {color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline;}#yiv7622530890 span.yiv7622530890EmailStyle220 {font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv7622530890 .yiv7622530890MsoChpDefault {font-size:10pt;}#yiv7622530890 div.yiv7622530890WordSection1 {} I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track? went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. ?Robert ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC? on UP tracks in Houston, on? the bridge over I 45,? I think they have trackage rights to complete their system.? This is quite a trip they have taken.? I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles.? I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. ?There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south.? ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert ? ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? ? It's the 2816.... ? The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo? ? Chris WB5ITT? ? ? Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there!? ? ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: [BVARC] 2618 ? CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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URL: From Marvin.Suggs at abc.com Sat May 25 18:15:18 2024 From: Marvin.Suggs at abc.com (Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV)) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 23:15:18 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <1346000989.2343046.1716677271483@mail.yahoo.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> <18C9F9B9-959B-4D54-AF3E-E2ED7441B2C8@abc.com> <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> <866369265.2334987.1716675674561@mail.yahoo.com> <1346000989.2343046.1716677271483@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1D08A4DB-072E-4B32-B44E-5BA84954F260@abc.com> Any updates ? Thank u Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 5:48?PM, john Parmalee via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Apparently, my first post didn?t get out I?m sitting in Memorial Park. That?s where I saw the two northbound. Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, May 25, 2024, 5:21 PM, john Parmalee via BVARC wrote: I?ve seen a Kansas City Southern train go by and a very long UPT train both heading north Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, May 25, 2024, 4:46 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: I see the map on the website. Its close to lake charles now. Any idea when it might be coming thru sugar land? So i can help to communicate to family who may want to bring their kids up. Typos brought to you by iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 12:59, Donovan Balli via BVARC wrote: ? https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC > wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC on UP tracks in Houston, on the bridge over I 45, I think they have trackage rights to complete their system. This is quite a trip they have taken. I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert From: BVARC > On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. From: BVARC > On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt > Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 It's the 2816.... The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo Chris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC > Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' > Cc: Robert Polinski > Subject: [BVARC] 2618 CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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URL: From jcarson222 at yahoo.com Sat May 25 18:59:36 2024 From: jcarson222 at yahoo.com (Jeffrey Carson) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 23:59:36 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] 2618 In-Reply-To: <1D08A4DB-072E-4B32-B44E-5BA84954F260@abc.com> References: <001501daa56b$be37e9b0$3aa7bd10$@cebridge.net> <451428448.3294332.1715630909618@att.net> <002e01daa584$64a10030$2de30090$@aol.com> <000a01daa58d$20b75af0$622610d0$@suddenlinkmail.com> <00c301daa60e$f97e7c20$ec7b7460$@aol.com> <1F871403-070E-4B22-890C-2390428416F2@abc.com> <004501daa67b$3a642200$af2c6600$@suddenlinkmail.com> <18C9F9B9-959B-4D54-AF3E-E2ED7441B2C8@abc.com> <000b01daae63$9abbb880$d0332980$@suddenlinkmail.com> <05cbd923-d7a7-4ce0-884f-d6454189cbbf@ka8kpn.org> <448241b7-229f-4bff-93ca-028e9e7653fe@mail.com> <866369265.2334987.1716675674561@mail.yahoo.com> <1346000989.2343046.1716677271483@mail.yahoo.com> <1D08A4DB-072E-4B32-B44E-5BA84954F260@abc.com> Message-ID: <939295258.4343688.1716681576886@mail.yahoo.com> Dayton Texas Steam Train | | | | | | | | | | | Dayton Texas Steam Train | | | I took that in Dayton just a bit ago. It was moving pretty fast.? On Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 06:15:54 PM CDT, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC wrote: Any updates ? Thank u Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 5:48?PM, john Parmalee via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Apparently, my first post didn?t get out I?m sitting in Memorial Park. That?s where I saw the two northbound. Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, May 25, 2024, 5:21 PM, john Parmalee via BVARC wrote: I?ve seen a Kansas City Southern train go by and a very long UPT train both heading north Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, May 25, 2024, 4:46 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: I see the map on the website. Its close to lake charles now. Any idea when it might be coming thru sugar land?So i can help to communicate to family who may want to bring their kids up.? Typos brought to you by iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 12:59, Donovan Balli via BVARC wrote: ? https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC wrote: I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this afternoon. On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. Thanks Marvin N5RKW Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) wrote: ? Thanks Robert! They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. Marvin N5RKW? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track? went to Wharton but had been removed completely Bare grass, from Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now runs that line. ?Robert ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at Richmond? Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I have seen the KC? on UP tracks in Houston, on? the bridge over I 45,? I think they have trackage rights to complete their system.? This is quite a trip they have taken.? I remember chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains from los Angeles.? I remember the engineer saying at a stop that we were doing a good job of keeping up but their orders on the flat land was 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went home. ?There should be a lot of good chasing on 59 down south.? ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of Robert Polinski via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? Just note, it has no official stops in Houston as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use the passenger main thru downtown so they will go thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night here but there will not be any train show here. They will have to make stops for water, which they select as per the water quality as well as access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing using Bellaire water. Robert ? ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of John Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: jparmalee at aol.com Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. ? From: BVARC On Behalf Of wb5itt via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM To: BVARC at bvarc.org Cc: wb5itt Subject: Re: [BVARC] 2618 ? ? It's the 2816.... ? The route map and info is at Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo? ? Chris WB5ITT? ? ? Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there!? ? ? -------- Original message -------- From: Robert Polinski via BVARC Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' Cc: Robert Polinski Subject: [BVARC] 2618 ? CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, thru the Heights Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. 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Has anyone out there had any bad experiences with variable speed AC units generating RF noise interference, what you did about it if you had it, what brands are good vs. not so good on this issue? Also looking at 17 SEER vs. 20 SEER?quite a price difference? (My old one is 13 SEER). ? Any input would be appreciated. ? 73, ? Allen R. 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URL: From kd5ayf at reagan.com Sat May 25 19:21:15 2024 From: kd5ayf at reagan.com (George Levandoski) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 19:21:15 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] =?utf-8?q?Stuff_for_Sale=E2=80=A6Icom_IC7300_and_more=2E?= In-Reply-To: <05417450-A154-4E10-9C57-CA0B2CC1B4D7@reagan.com> References: <05417450-A154-4E10-9C57-CA0B2CC1B4D7@reagan.com> Message-ID: <10200556-65DC-453F-9E4B-D1209250381E@reagan.com> Thank you to all? SP38 Speaker?Gone. Heil Hand Switch?Spoken for. LDG Tuner and Astron PS?Spoken for. IC 7300?Gone Still have the Heil ICM Mic and articulating mic boom. Cheers, George Levandoski, K5JIN > On May 24, 2024, at 11:30?AM, George Levandoski wrote: > > ? > George Levandoski, > >> On May 23, 2024, at 1:52?PM, George Levandoski wrote: >> >> ?Like new, lightly used, Icom IC-7300 ?$850 (with 7300 leatherette cover) >> Astron RS-35M-AP, 30-amp Power Supply?$200. >> >> Also have a Heil ICM boom-mic ($100) and HS-1 articulating Arm ($50), and hand PTT switch ($20). >> >> Please Contact, >> >> George Levandoski, k5JIN >> 832-723-4760 From jparmalee at aol.com Sat May 25 19:42:06 2024 From: jparmalee at aol.com (john Parmalee) Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 00:42:06 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] Train In-Reply-To: <6948DCE4-9328-4E43-8E3D-591476624956@sbcglobal.net> References: <6948DCE4-9328-4E43-8E3D-591476624956@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <1314882388.2353958.1716684126938@mail.yahoo.com> ? Train just passed Memorial Park Five ago,?traveling about 40 miles an hour. It?s a beautiful locomotive and train. Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Friday, May 24, 2024, 2:11 PM, Charles via BVARC wrote: > > ? > > > Fluke 30.? $35 > > > Elenco LCR-1810.? ? $60.00 > > > Fluke 33.? $30.00 > > > Simpson 260.? ? ? ? $95.00 > > Kenwood TS-590s.? ? ? ? $500.00 > > > W4LXM > Please contact me at: > cw_stokes at sbcglobal.net > > > > C3rd-lxm > From Iphone > ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Marvin.Suggs at abc.com Sat May 25 20:00:10 2024 From: Marvin.Suggs at abc.com (Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV)) Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 01:00:10 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] Train In-Reply-To: <1314882388.2353958.1716684126938@mail.yahoo.com> References: <6948DCE4-9328-4E43-8E3D-591476624956@sbcglobal.net> <1314882388.2353958.1716684126938@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thank we?re all here at the BRAZOS River Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2024, at 7:42?PM, john Parmalee via BVARC wrote: ? This Message is From an External Sender Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Train just passed Memorial Park Five ago, traveling about 40 miles an hour. It?s a beautiful locomotive and train. 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URL: From jimmy.vance at gmail.com Sat May 25 21:06:47 2024 From: jimmy.vance at gmail.com (Jimmy Vance) Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 21:06:47 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] 2816 Re: 2618 In-Reply-To: References: <939295258.4343688.1716681576886@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Photo Credit Nico May be an image of railroad On 5/25/2024 8:05 PM, John via BVARC wrote: > Cool video. I collect Railroad telegram forms! Saw the CP and thought > of this > > image0.jpeg > > 73 de W1XQ > Mark your reply > ?Via Imperial ? > > > >> On May 25, 2024, at 6:59?PM, Jeffrey Carson via BVARC >> wrote: >> >> ? >> Dayton Texas Steam Train >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Dayton Texas Steam Train >> >> >> >> >> I took that in Dayton just a bit ago. It was moving pretty fast. >> >> >> On Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 06:15:54 PM CDT, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) >> via BVARC wrote: >> >> >> Any updates ? Thank u >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 25, 2024, at 5:48?PM, john Parmalee via BVARC >>> wrote: >>> >>> ? >>> >>> *This Message is From an External Sender* >>> Caution: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize >>> the sender and know the content is safe. >>> >>> Apparently, my first post didn?t get out I?m sitting in Memorial >>> Park. That?s where I saw the two northbound. >>> >>> >>> Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, May 25, 2024, 5:21 PM, john Parmalee via BVARC >>> wrote: >>> >>> I?ve seen a Kansas City Southern train go by and a very long UPT >>> train both heading north >>> >>> >>> Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, May 25, 2024, 4:46 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC >>> wrote: >>> >>> I see the map on the website. Its close to lake charles now. >>> Any idea when it might be coming thru sugar land? >>> So i can help to communicate to family who may want to bring >>> their kids up. >>> >>> >>> Typos brought to you by iPhone >>> >>>> On May 25, 2024, at 12:59, Donovan Balli via BVARC >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> ? >>>> >>>> https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train/#steam-train-route >>>> >>>> >>>> About halfway from Shreveport to Beaumont, as of 1 PM. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/25/2024 12:33 PM, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I heard it was going to leave Beaumont about 12:50 this >>>>> afternoon. >>>>> >>>>> On 5/25/24 00:22, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote: >>> >>> I hope to have an update in the AM. Last notice I got was it >>> leaves Shreveport at noon tomorrow, arrive Kendleton sat >>> evening. Spend all Sunday there and leave to Victoria 8 am. >>> The route shows it going thru the Amtrak Depot, witch should >>> be late in the afternoon Sat. Robert KD5YVQ >>> >>> *From:* BVARC >>> *On Behalf Of *Suggs, >>> Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC >>> *Sent:* Friday, May 24, 2024 10:34 PM >>> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB >>> >>> *Cc:* Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) >>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 >>> >>> Any Ham Steam train chasers? What frequency? I?ll monitor >>> 146.940 and UP Glidden Sub 160.770 MHZ. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Marvin N5RKW >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> >>> On May 15, 2024, at 12:25?AM, Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) >>> > wrote: >>> >>> ? Thanks Robert! >>> >>> They built a pretty impressive intermodal facility in >>> Kendleton. Glidden sub comms on 160.770. >>> >>> Marvin >>> >>> N5RKW >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> >>> On May 14, 2024, at 10:52?PM, Robert Polinski via >>> BVARC > wrote: >>> >>> ? >>> >>> *This Message is From an External Sender* >>> Caution: Do not click links or open attachments >>> unless you recognize the sender and know the content >>> is safe. >>> >>> I will keep you informed as the date gets closer. I >>> am a subcontractor for UP and they will keep me >>> advised as they enter UP trackage. After it passes >>> thru Rosenburg about 2 Miles it enters CPKC >>> trackage. About 15-20 years ago KCS bought the >>> Victoria sub from SP (UP). The track went to Wharton >>> but had been removed completely Bare grass, from >>> Wharton to Victoria. KCS re-laid the track and now >>> runs that line. ?Robert >>> >>> *From:* BVARC >> > *On Behalf Of >>> *Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) via BVARC >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:51 PM >>> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB >>> > >>> *Cc:* Suggs, Marvin (KTRK-TV) >> > >>> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 >>> >>> Any idea what time it?ll cross the BRAZOS River at >>> Richmond? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On May 14, 2024, at 9:58?AM, John Parmalee via >>> BVARC > >>> wrote: >>> >>> ? >>> >>> *This Message is From an External Sender* >>> Caution: Do not click links or open attachments >>> unless you recognize the sender and know the >>> content is safe. >>> >>> I have seen the KC? on UP tracks in Houston, on >>> the bridge over I 45,? I think they have >>> trackage rights to complete their system.? This >>> is quite a trip they have taken.? I remember >>> chasing The Royal Hudson through the mountains >>> from los Angeles. I remember the engineer saying >>> at a stop that we were doing a good job of >>> keeping up but their orders on the flat land was >>> 75 and this was in the days of 55mph. It was now >>> 5:00 AM and I had worked all night so I went >>> home. ?There should be a lot of good chasing on >>> 59 down south. >>> >>> *From:* BVARC >> > *On Behalf Of >>> *Robert Polinski via BVARC >>> *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 6:27 PM >>> *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' >>> > >>> *Cc:* Robert Polinski >>> >> > >>> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 >>> >>> Just note, it has no official stops in Houston >>> as CPKC has no customers or track in Houston. >>> Shreveport Is the nearest CPKC track to the east >>> & Rosenburg to the west. They use trackage >>> rights to pass thru Houston. I did note they use >>> the passenger main thru downtown so they will go >>> thru the Amtrak Depot. They may spend the night >>> here but there will not be any train show here. >>> They will have to make stops for water, which >>> they select as per the water quality as well as >>> access, maybe the depot. When UP 844 past thru, >>> they filled up at the Bellaire Blvd. crossing >>> using Bellaire water. Robert >>> >>> *From:* BVARC >> > *On Behalf Of >>> *John Parmalee via BVARC >>> *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 5:25 PM >>> *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' >>> > >>> *Cc:* jparmalee at aol.com >>> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 >>> >>> PLEASE KEEP UP POSTED, WOULS LOVE TO SEE IT. >>> >>> *From:* BVARC >> > *On Behalf Of >>> *wb5itt via BVARC >>> *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2024 3:08 PM >>> *To:* BVARC at bvarc.org >>> *Cc:* wb5itt >> > >>> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] 2618 >>> >>> It's the 2816.... >>> >>> The route map and info is at >>> >>> Only Texas stop planned so far is Laredo >>> >>> Chris WB5ITT >>> >>> Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G >>> Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> >>> From: Robert Polinski via BVARC >> > >>> >>> Date: 5/13/24 2:28 PM (GMT-06:00) >>> >>> To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' >>> > >>> >>> Cc: Robert Polinski >> > >>> >>> Subject: [BVARC] 2618 >>> >>> CPKC Steam locomotive 2618 will be passing thru >>> Houston between May 25-27 exact time & date >>> unknown at this time. Will advise as info comes >>> in. Route takes it from Beaumont down the tracks >>> next to Hy 90 ( east of Houston) thru Houston, >>> thru the Heights >>> >>> Thru memorial park, Bellaire, Rosenburg, >>> Victoria. As I get more info I will post it. >>> Robert KD5YVQ >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!P3IWEyjkbrEsmSBb3P5RQUlEkSA76TuSjjWbv73ic6HKaar__ioUDKp4Qk5oIYo4Fkhpw52XqpKFPw$ >>> >>> >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!P3IWEyjkbrEsmSBb3P5RQUlEkSA76TuSjjWbv73ic6HKaar__ioUDKp4Qk5oIYo4Fkhpw538ycDbUg$ >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!LQ3ps7TOkiLfF5nEbR7ZdMACi3TG7Ainj96lGcFInHtQVCbu9PhKisbFqBKeRYQr6lvRadp8gsA_KA$ >>> >>> >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!LQ3ps7TOkiLfF5nEbR7ZdMACi3TG7Ainj96lGcFInHtQVCbu9PhKisbFqBKeRYQr6lvRadqX_bAFtQ$ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!Jb_B3Y462OQ9H7r_JiJERHAFuKcb2UHX03Rr0DZTOH6ERlv820KIU8eGD4GeWBouUAjgjmCcSVN0zA$ >>> >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!Jb_B3Y462OQ9H7r_JiJERHAFuKcb2UHX03Rr0DZTOH6ERlv820KIU8eGD4GeWBouUAjgjmBCuha9cw$ >>> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here:https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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BVARC Admin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Board of Directors MeetingTime: Jun 9, 2024 05:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)? ? ? ? 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May 31, June 1, 2 In-Reply-To: <57295117.2479505.1685131177354@mail.yahoo.com> References: <57295117.2479505.1685131177354.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <57295117.2479505.1685131177354@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1208492224.4002074.1716837891892@mail.yahoo.com> From May 31 to June 2nd, the historic ships at Seawolf Park onPelican Island in Galveston will come to life as part of an annualworldwide event commemorating their service. This year, BVARC will behosting MSWE on the destroyer escort, the USS Stewart, the submarineUSS Cavalla and the concrete hulled WWI era SS Selma. BVARC members will be operating and communicating with the 100+ otherhistoric vessels in the United States and around the world. Due tothe unique situation of Seawolf Park having the USS Stewart and USSCavalla at the same location, any contact will provide an extraclaimed ship QSO contact (2 for 1). During MSWE, the public may comeand visit the operators during the weekend observing the contactsbeing made. ?The schedule for the weekend will begin on Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Three operating positions are planned with SSB, CW and data modes available. The schedule break down is: The event begins June 1, 0000z(UTC) to June 2nd 2359z(UTC) - Which for local time on Pelican Island is 7pm Friday to 6:59pm Sunday. Set-up 4pm to 7pm Friday Operating time 7 pm Friday to 1pm Sunday (tentative) Tear down 1 pm to 3 pm Sunday???????????????? Operators (and only scheduled operators) volunteering for the overnight shift will be able to nap in the Stewart?s enlisted berthing area in the aft of the ship. We have a 4 op head count limitation for each overnight. The main meal Saturday evening (RSVP required) will be catered. Lunch Saturday will be sandwiches (Subway) and breakfast tacos for Saturday and Sunday mornings. To sign-up for a shift(s), volunteer for set-up or tear down or just obtain more information contact me, Mark Janzer, K5MGJ at?k5mgj at yahoo.com. You must be pre-registered on our list to participate. The list will be provided to the entry gate for admittance. ?The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club is grateful for the enthusiastic support of the Cavalla Historical Foundation, Galveston Naval Museum and the Galveston Park Board of Trustees for their permission to be aboard the vessels and the use of the park facilities. We look forward to continued future activity and expansion of BVARC?s involvement of MSWE. This involvement allows us, in our own way, to honor those who served their country at sea and to support Galveston Parks. ? Mark K5MGJ Museum Ships Weekend Coordinator -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Most have gone to ECM motors to meet energy requirements, although the savings are very small on a single speed unit. As far as brands go, many are made by a few co and sold under different names. ICP owns Carrier, Bryant Airquest, Arcoaire, Comfortmaker, day&Nite, Heal,Keeprite, Tempstar. Ingersoll Rand owns Trane, American Standard,( made in Tyler TX Daikin owns Dakin, Goodman, Amana, Janitrol, GMC. ( Dakin AC made in Waller TX) Johnson Controls make York, Colman, Evcon Rheem owns Rheem, Ruud, Friedrich, Weatherking Surecomfort. As far as the difference in a 17 & 20 Seer In the end you will not save much with the 20 and they have more stuff that fails. I like Trane,Daikin,Rheem in that order. All make OK systems, most all have a no frills brand Carrier, Bryant. Rheem, Ruud Daikin Goodman Robert Kd5yvq From: BVARC On Behalf Of Allen Brier via BVARC Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2024 6:01 PM To: tdxs-list at tdxs.net; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' ; ctdxcc at lists.kkn.net Cc: n5xz at earthlink.net Subject: [BVARC] A bit off topic...but not really The time has come to replace my 19 year old air conditioner at the house. I am considering the choices of 2-speed vs. variable speed. Has anyone out there had any bad experiences with variable speed AC units generating RF noise interference, what you did about it if you had it, what brands are good vs. not so good on this issue? Also looking at 17 SEER vs. 20 SEER.quite a price difference. (My old one is 13 SEER). Any input would be appreciated. 73, Allen R. Brier N5XZ 1515 Windloch Lane Richmond, TX 77406 713-705-4801 Virus-free. www.avg.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If it's below 440, you might be able to cut it but I would try not to do that except as a last resort...Most dual band antennas are already pre tuned...Chris WB5ITT?Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! ? -------- Original message --------From: terry leatherland via BVARC Date: 5/27/24 6:33 PM (GMT-06:00) To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: terry leatherland Subject: [BVARC] Mobile antenna tuning question I'm sure someone knows about Mobile antennas. Our friends at River Oaks Car Stereo for sure. Anthony?Here is my dilemma , or something I am doing wrong.?I bought this antenna to mount on my new truck. I have a brand new Comet analyzer. The antenna is hood lip mounted with a comet Hood mount.?When I analyze the raw antenna thru its one piece of coax, it is perfect 1.5 or less on 2Meters @ 50ohms.?But when I dial up? to 440 Mhz, the swr and Ohms is off the chart.My radio is my old reliable Kenwood TMV71 of which I have 3 identical.Shouldn't I be able to just change the band knob to 430 and it read good SWR?? Do I have to find the resonant point of the upper band and start trimming the top length down to 440 good swr?I'm perplexed or doing something dumb.?TerryTerry Leatherland, K5PGF281-455-8090Sugar Land, Tx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I have a brand new Comet analyzer. The antenna is hood lip mounted with a comet Hood mount. When I analyze the raw antenna thru its one piece of coax, it is perfect 1.5 or less on 2Meters @ 50ohms. But when I dial up to 440 Mhz, the swr and Ohms is off the chart. My radio is my old reliable Kenwood TMV71 of which I have 3 identical. Shouldn't I be able to just change the band knob to 430 and it read good SWR? Do I have to find the resonant point of the upper band and start trimming the top length down to 440 good swr? I'm perplexed or doing something dumb. Terry <1716852465475blob.jpg> Terry Leatherland, K5PGF 281-455-8090 Sugar Land, Tx <1716852465475blob.jpg> ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!OFa3D0ZYyP7Mp6uQ5VLB6VLJU-Xy5KKK8c3QyxsEUy6Uw5B7prPxmZcyKt0eZWYPU8MWk414NoIjAg$ Publicly available archives are available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/__;!!Om87Lau1Cg!OFa3D0ZYyP7Mp6uQ5VLB6VLJU-Xy5KKK8c3QyxsEUy6Uw5B7prPxmZcyKt0eZWYPU8MWk42Z-zvW6g$ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Anthony? > Here is my dilemma , or something I am doing wrong. > > I bought this antenna to mount on my new truck. I have a brand new > Comet analyzer. The antenna is hood lip mounted with a comet Hood mount. > When I analyze the raw antenna thru its one piece of coax, it is > perfect 1.5 or less on 2Meters @ 50ohms. > But when I dial up? to 440 Mhz, the swr and Ohms is off the chart. > My radio is my old reliable Kenwood TMV71 of which I have 3 identical. > > Shouldn't I be able to just change the band knob to 430 and it read > good SWR?? 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On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 7:24?AM terry leatherland via BVARC wrote: > Hi Folks. For once I am in town and I totally forgot about the meeting > last night. I was hungry and started a steak on the grill and at 7 I > realized i forgot. > I guess I need to lock it in my multiple calendars that control my life. > :-( > Terry > > Terry Leatherland, K5PGF > 281-455-8090 > Sugar Land, Tx > > > > On Friday, May 24, 2024 at 06:02:54 PM CDT, Jeff Greer via BVARC < > bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote: > > > The next BVARC Board of Directors meeting is Sunday, June 9th, at 5:00 > p.m. via Zoom. As always, all are welcome to attend. > > BVARC Admin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. > > Topic: Board of Directors Meeting > Time: Jun 9, 2024 05:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) > Jun 9, 2024 05:00 PM > > Join Zoom Meeting > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88391031096?pwd=WUNXUG5jQnlwcVBVQzdtazIvcnRBdz09 > > Meeting ID: 883 9103 1096 > Passcode: 532795 > > --- > > One tap mobile > +13462487799,,88391031096#,,,,*532795# US (Houston) > +17193594580,,88391031096#,,,,*532795# US > > --- > > Dial by your location > ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) > ? +1 719 359 4580 US > ? +1 253 205 0468 US > ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) > ? +1 669 444 9171 US > ? +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) > ? +1 507 473 4847 US > ? +1 564 217 2000 US > ? +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) > ? +1 646 931 3860 US > ? +1 689 278 1000 US > ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) > ? +1 305 224 1968 US > ? +1 309 205 3325 US > ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) > ? +1 360 209 5623 US > ? +1 386 347 5053 US > > Meeting ID: 883 9103 1096 > Passcode: 532795 > > Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kmqPLt52 > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -- Commander Richard Bonica Mission Bend Emergency Team(MBET) C: 281.935.7222 Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile Territory: NE Fort Bend CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra Ameture Radio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From w5lictx at gmail.com Tue May 28 04:51:02 2024 From: w5lictx at gmail.com (anthony moro) Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 04:51:02 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Mobile antenna tuning question In-Reply-To: References: <481100707.2631080.1716852808077.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <481100707.2631080.1716852808077@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I would have to agree with John. Also if the antenna has a set screw on the top part then maybe it could be shortened or lengthen. But first check the analysier. There have been a few of them that I have used and needed a different connector to measure different bands. On Mon, May 27, 2024, 7:23 PM John Denison via BVARC wrote: > Terry are you using the CAA-500 Comet analyzer? If so, then are you using > the N connector to test 70cm? The manual states that the UHF (SO-239) > connector is for everything 300MHz and below, and the N connector is for > 300 to 500 MHz. As it is, its like there is no antenna connected to the N > connector and thus your SWR is at infinity. > > 73 > John Denison > KD5YOU > > On 5/27/2024 6:33 PM, terry leatherland via BVARC wrote: > > I'm sure someone knows about Mobile antennas. Our friends at River Oaks > Car Stereo for sure. Anthony? > Here is my dilemma , or something I am doing wrong. > > I bought this antenna to mount on my new truck. I have a brand new Comet > analyzer. The antenna is hood lip mounted with a comet Hood mount. > When I analyze the raw antenna thru its one piece of coax, it is perfect > 1.5 or less on 2Meters @ 50ohms. > But when I dial up to 440 Mhz, the swr and Ohms is off the chart. > My radio is my old reliable Kenwood TMV71 of which I have 3 identical. > > Shouldn't I be able to just change the band knob to 430 and it read good > SWR? Do I have to find the resonant point of the upper band and start > trimming the top length down to 440 good swr? > I'm perplexed or doing something dumb. > > Terry > > [image: Inline image] > > > Terry Leatherland, K5PGF > 281-455-8090 > Sugar Land, Tx > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing listBVARC at bvarc.orghttp://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hope to see you on the air! 73, Stephen (M/W2WF) From greerjw at hotmail.com Tue May 28 06:40:25 2024 From: greerjw at hotmail.com (Jeff Greer) Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 11:40:25 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] BVARC BoD Meeting- sorry i missed In-Reply-To: References: <2141837640.2515827.1716812623374@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: June 9th is next BoD. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Richard Bonica via BVARC Date: 5/28/24 2:38 AM (GMT-06:00) To: terry leatherland , BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Richard Bonica , Kori Rahman , N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer , David Ely Subject: Re: [BVARC] BVARC BoD Meeting- sorry i missed Wow - I just realized I missed too. Sorry - had a few updates for Board on Field Day... On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 7:24?AM terry leatherland via BVARC > wrote: Hi Folks. For once I am in town and I totally forgot about the meeting last night. I was hungry and started a steak on the grill and at 7 I realized i forgot. I guess I need to lock it in my multiple calendars that control my life. :-( Terry Terry Leatherland, K5PGF 281-455-8090 Sugar Land, Tx On Friday, May 24, 2024 at 06:02:54 PM CDT, Jeff Greer via BVARC > wrote: The next BVARC Board of Directors meeting is Sunday, June 9th, at 5:00 p.m. via Zoom. As always, all are welcome to attend. BVARC Admin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Board of Directors Meeting Time: Jun 9, 2024 05:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Jun 9, 2024 05:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88391031096?pwd=WUNXUG5jQnlwcVBVQzdtazIvcnRBdz09 Meeting ID: 883 9103 1096 Passcode: 532795 --- One tap mobile +13462487799,,88391031096#,,,,*532795# US (Houston) +17193594580,,88391031096#,,,,*532795# US --- Dial by your location ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) ? +1 719 359 4580 US ? +1 253 205 0468 US ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) ? +1 669 444 9171 US ? +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) ? +1 507 473 4847 US ? +1 564 217 2000 US ? +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) ? +1 646 931 3860 US ? +1 689 278 1000 US ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) ? +1 305 224 1968 US ? +1 309 205 3325 US ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) ? +1 360 209 5623 US ? +1 386 347 5053 US Meeting ID: 883 9103 1096 Passcode: 532795 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kmqPLt52 ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -- Commander Richard Bonica Mission Bend Emergency Team(MBET) C: 281.935.7222 Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile Territory: NE Fort Bend CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra Ameture Radio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I was hungry and started a steak on the grill and at 7 I >> realized i forgot. >> I guess I need to lock it in my multiple calendars that control my life. >> :-( >> Terry >> >> Terry Leatherland, K5PGF >> 281-455-8090 >> Sugar Land, Tx >> >> >> >> On Friday, May 24, 2024 at 06:02:54 PM CDT, Jeff Greer via BVARC < >> bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote: >> >> >> The next BVARC Board of Directors meeting is Sunday, June 9th, at 5:00 >> p.m. via Zoom. As always, all are welcome to attend. >> >> BVARC Admin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. >> >> Topic: Board of Directors Meeting >> Time: Jun 9, 2024 05:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) >> Jun 9, 2024 05:00 PM >> >> Join Zoom Meeting >> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88391031096?pwd=WUNXUG5jQnlwcVBVQzdtazIvcnRBdz09 >> >> Meeting ID: 883 9103 1096 >> Passcode: 532795 >> >> --- >> >> One tap mobile >> +13462487799,,88391031096#,,,,*532795# US (Houston) >> +17193594580,,88391031096#,,,,*532795# US >> >> --- >> >> Dial by your location >> ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) >> ? +1 719 359 4580 US >> ? +1 253 205 0468 US >> ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) >> ? +1 669 444 9171 US >> ? +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) >> ? +1 507 473 4847 US >> ? +1 564 217 2000 US >> ? +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) >> ? +1 646 931 3860 US >> ? +1 689 278 1000 US >> ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) >> ? +1 305 224 1968 US >> ? +1 309 205 3325 US >> ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) >> ? +1 360 209 5623 US >> ? +1 386 347 5053 US >> >> Meeting ID: 883 9103 1096 >> Passcode: 532795 >> >> Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kmqPLt52 >> >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> > > > -- > Commander Richard Bonica > Mission Bend Emergency Team(MBET) > C: 281.935.7222 > Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com > Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile > Territory: NE Fort Bend > CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra > Ameture Radio > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The manual states that the UHF (SO-239) connector is for everything 300MHz and below, and the N connector is for 300 to 500 MHz. As it is, its like there is no antenna connected to the N connector and thus your SWR is at infinity. 73 John Denison KD5YOU On 5/27/2024 6:33 PM, terry leatherland via BVARC wrote: I'm sure someone knows about Mobile antennas. Our friends at River Oaks Car Stereo for sure. Anthony? Here is my dilemma , or something I am doing wrong.? I bought this antenna to mount on my new truck. I have a brand new Comet analyzer. The antenna is hood lip mounted with a comet Hood mount.? When I analyze the raw antenna thru its one piece of coax, it is perfect 1.5 or less on 2Meters @ 50ohms.? But when I dial up? to 440 Mhz, the swr and Ohms is off the chart. My radio is my old reliable Kenwood TMV71 of which I have 3 identical. Shouldn't I be able to just change the band knob to 430 and it read good SWR?? Do I have to find the resonant point of the upper band and start trimming the top length down to 440 good swr? I'm perplexed or doing something dumb.? Terry Terry Leatherland, K5PGF 281-455-8090 Sugar Land, Tx ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From sean.n5lnk at gmail.com Tue May 28 09:21:04 2024 From: sean.n5lnk at gmail.com (N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer) Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 09:21:04 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] BVARC - Photojournalist In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am looking for anyone interested in teaming with me and taking photos of BVARC club events. This evening's social gathering at SaltGrass is a potential good start, but definitely Museum Ships Weekend is the first big event coming up with no photographer coverage (that I know of). No special skill is required. I am just interested in the photos you take of the events that you are willing to have posted in our archive folder on the website. The goal is to have a group of us available at our club events to capture still-life and video of the many great people and the things they are doing. So, we have a historical archive for future generations. The process would be we pan out and enjoy the event taking photos or video along the way. I will gather the media from the group at the end of the event and disseminate our collection for proper archiving. If we are able to capture enough usable video clips I plan to compile those into a produced video and place it on our YouTube Channel. A cell phone camera is capable of these captures and no special equipment is required, or if you happen to have dedicated camera equipment feel free to put it to work. Thanks in advance for your interest in this much needed club support. If you have any photos you would like to share from past events or of upcoming events please send them to me off the reflector at sean.n5lnk at gmail.com Regards, Sean Linkenheimer On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 10:32?AM N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer < sean.n5lnk at gmail.com> wrote: > If you are interested please contact me off the reflector at > sean.n5lnk at gmail.com > > I am looking for club members interested in teaming with me as event > photojournalists. The goal is to have a group of us available at our club > events to capture still-life and video of the many great people and the > things they are doing. So, we have a historical archive for > future generations. The process would be we pan out and enjoy the event > taking photos or video along the way. I will gather the media from the > group at the end of the event and disseminate our collection for > proper archiving. If we are able to capture enough usable video clips I > plan to compile those into a produced video and place it on our YouTube > Channel. A cell phone camera is capable of capturing those > impromptu moments, or if you have dedicated camera equipment even better. > Thanks in advance for your interest in this much needed club support. > > Regards, > Sean Linkenheimer > Recording Secretary > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I was hungry and started a steak on the grill and at 7 I realized i forgot.?I guess I need to lock it in my multiple calendars that control my life. :-(?Terry Terry Leatherland, K5PGF281-455-8090Sugar Land, Tx On Friday, May 24, 2024 at 06:02:54 PM CDT, Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: The next BVARC Board of Directors meeting is Sunday, June 9th, at 5:00 p.m. via Zoom.? As always, all are welcome to attend. BVARC Admin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Board of Directors MeetingTime: Jun 9, 2024 05:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)? ? ? ? Jun 9, 2024 05:00 PM?Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88391031096?pwd=WUNXUG5jQnlwcVBVQzdtazIvcnRBdz09 Meeting ID: 883 9103 1096Passcode: 532795 --- One tap mobile+13462487799,,88391031096#,,,,*532795# US (Houston)+17193594580,,88391031096#,,,,*532795# US --- Dial by your location? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)? +1 719 359 4580 US? +1 253 205 0468 US? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)? +1 669 444 9171 US? +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)? +1 507 473 4847 US? +1 564 217 2000 US? +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)? +1 646 931 3860 US? +1 689 278 1000 US? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)? +1 305 224 1968 US? +1 309 205 3325 US? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)? +1 360 209 5623 US? +1 386 347 5053 US Meeting ID: 883 9103 1096Passcode: 532795 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kmqPLt52 ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -- Commander?Richard Bonica Mission Bend Emergency Team(MBET) C: 281.935.7222 Email:?kg5ycu at gmail.com Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile? 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URL: From eddie.runner at yahoo.com Tue May 28 10:23:32 2024 From: eddie.runner at yahoo.com (Eddie Runner) Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 15:23:32 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] Mobile antenna tuning question In-Reply-To: <481100707.2631080.1716852808077@mail.yahoo.com> References: <481100707.2631080.1716852808077.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <481100707.2631080.1716852808077@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1403065987.4973079.1716909812193@mail.yahoo.com> I would call COMET and see if this is normal...Eddie (NU5K) On Monday, May 27, 2024 at 06:34:01 PM CDT, terry leatherland via BVARC wrote: I'm sure someone knows about Mobile antennas. Our friends at River Oaks Car Stereo for sure. Anthony?Here is my dilemma , or something I am doing wrong.? I bought this antenna to mount on my new truck. I have a brand new Comet analyzer. The antenna is hood lip mounted with a comet Hood mount.?When I analyze the raw antenna thru its one piece of coax, it is perfect 1.5 or less on 2Meters @ 50ohms.?But when I dial up? to 440 Mhz, the swr and Ohms is off the chart.My radio is my old reliable Kenwood TMV71 of which I have 3 identical. Shouldn't I be able to just change the band knob to 430 and it read good SWR?? Do I have to find the resonant point of the upper band and start trimming the top length down to 440 good swr?I'm perplexed or doing something dumb.? Terry Terry Leatherland, K5PGF281-455-8090Sugar Land, Tx ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Scott KD5FBA > > On Tue, May 28, 2024, 2:39 AM Richard Bonica via BVARC > wrote: > > Wow - I just realized I missed too. Sorry - had a few updates for Board on > Field Day... > > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 7:24?AM terry leatherland via BVARC < > bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote: > > Hi Folks. For once I am in town and I totally forgot about the meeting > last night. I was hungry and started a steak on the grill and at 7 I > realized i forgot. > I guess I need to lock it in my multiple calendars that control my life. > :-( > Terry > > Terry Leatherland, K5PGF > 281-455-8090 > Sugar Land, Tx > > > > On Friday, May 24, 2024 at 06:02:54 PM CDT, Jeff Greer via BVARC < > bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote: > > > The next BVARC Board of Directors meeting is Sunday, June 9th, at 5:00 > p.m. via Zoom. As always, all are welcome to attend. > > BVARC Admin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. > > Topic: Board of Directors Meeting > Time: Jun 9, 2024 05:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) > Jun 9, 2024 05:00 PM > > Join Zoom Meeting > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88391031096?pwd=WUNXUG5jQnlwcVBVQzdtazIvcnRBdz09 > > Meeting ID: 883 9103 1096 > Passcode: 532795 > > --- > > One tap mobile > +13462487799,,88391031096#,,,,*532795# US (Houston) > +17193594580,,88391031096#,,,,*532795# US > > --- > > Dial by your location > ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) > ? +1 719 359 4580 US > ? +1 253 205 0468 US > ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) > ? +1 669 444 9171 US > ? +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) > ? +1 507 473 4847 US > ? +1 564 217 2000 US > ? +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) > ? +1 646 931 3860 US > ? +1 689 278 1000 US > ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) > ? +1 305 224 1968 US > ? +1 309 205 3325 US > ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) > ? +1 360 209 5623 US > ? +1 386 347 5053 US > > Meeting ID: 883 9103 1096 > Passcode: 532795 > > Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kmqPLt52 > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > > > -- > Commander Richard Bonica > Mission Bend Emergency Team(MBET) > C: 281.935.7222 > Email: kg5ycu at gmail.com > Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile > Territory: NE Fort Bend > CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra > Ameture Radio > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Meet your radio buddies, learn about becoming a ham, > learn about ham radio events. > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eddie.runner at yahoo.com Tue May 28 13:44:14 2024 From: eddie.runner at yahoo.com (Eddie Runner) Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 18:44:14 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] lightning safety References: <1028806898.5242777.1716921854895.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1028806898.5242777.1716921854895@mail.yahoo.com> I have used outside antennas for most of my life?and never had a lightning strike (that i know of) I always hear Hams going to take down an antennaor unscrew the coax when a storm is coming. I WOULD NEVER EVER touch a coax or antenna if I couldhear thunder or if a storm was near.. Trying to protect your gear may end your life. Eddie (NU5K) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k5dbltx at gmail.com Tue May 28 15:57:41 2024 From: k5dbltx at gmail.com (David Lira) Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 15:57:41 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] lightning safety In-Reply-To: <1028806898.5242777.1716921854895@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1028806898.5242777.1716921854895.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1028806898.5242777.1716921854895@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I took a direct lightning strike at my house back on the 17th when that bad thunderstorm blew through. It hit one of the trees surrounding my "antenna farm". It showed me that all of the money I spent on grounding, bonding and lightning arrestors and switches was money well spent. Remarkably I took no significant damage. Prior to that I had bnc connectors at the radio and would leave my station disconnected when not in use. For reasons Eddie stated I wouldn't want to mess with coax during a storm. Regards, David Lira K5DBL On Tue, May 28, 2024, 13:44 Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote: > I have used outside antennas for most of my life > and never had a lightning strike (that i know of) > > I always hear Hams going to take down an antenna > or unscrew the coax when a storm is coming. > > I WOULD NEVER EVER touch a coax or antenna if I could > hear thunder or if a storm was near.. > > Trying to protect your gear may end your life. > > Eddie (NU5K) > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Meet your radio buddies, learn about becoming a ham, > learn about ham radio events. > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From n5vcx at att.net Tue May 28 16:37:50 2024 From: n5vcx at att.net (Mike Hardwick) Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 16:37:50 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] BVARC Dinner at Saltgrass Tomorrow! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7956D866-AB62-4DAD-AF2A-31922F1352B5@att.net> I will be there. Mike Hardwick. > On May 28, 2024, at 4:24 PM, David Morefield via BVARC wrote: > > ? > I am planning to go, anyone else going :) > David Morefield > > Owner - Fluffyshotme Photography > > David at fluffyshotme.com > > 281-960-5253 mobile > > > > > > > >> On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:35?PM Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: >> Hey, BVARC! >> >> Come on out and enjoy some medium rare comradery at Saltgrass tomorrow evening. Note that the newsletter said 9 p.m., but we are meeting at 6 p.m. >> >> Tuesday May 28th >> Saltgrass Steak House >> 9110 Southwest Freeway >> Between Gessner and Bissonnet >> 6PM >> Everyone is invited! 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URL: From k5pgf at yahoo.com Tue May 28 16:57:23 2024 From: k5pgf at yahoo.com (terry leatherland) Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 21:57:23 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] Mobile antenna tuning question In-Reply-To: <1403065987.4973079.1716909812193@mail.yahoo.com> References: <481100707.2631080.1716852808077.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <481100707.2631080.1716852808077@mail.yahoo.com> <1403065987.4973079.1716909812193@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <653883040.2887307.1716933443418@mail.yahoo.com> That wasn?t it. ?I used the uhf connector port and it?s still swr off the chart.? Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 10:23 AM, Eddie Runner wrote: I would call COMET and see if this is normal...Eddie (NU5K) On Monday, May 27, 2024 at 06:34:01 PM CDT, terry leatherland via BVARC wrote: I'm sure someone knows about Mobile antennas. Our friends at River Oaks Car Stereo for sure. Anthony?Here is my dilemma , or something I am doing wrong.? I bought this antenna to mount on my new truck. I have a brand new Comet analyzer. The antenna is hood lip mounted with a comet Hood mount.?When I analyze the raw antenna thru its one piece of coax, it is perfect 1.5 or less on 2Meters @ 50ohms.?But when I dial up? to 440 Mhz, the swr and Ohms is off the chart.My radio is my old reliable Kenwood TMV71 of which I have 3 identical. Shouldn't I be able to just change the band knob to 430 and it read good SWR?? Do I have to find the resonant point of the upper band and start trimming the top length down to 440 good swr?I'm perplexed or doing something dumb.? Terry Terry Leatherland, K5PGF281-455-8090Sugar Land, Tx ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Mike Hardwick. > On May 28, 2024, at 5:19 PM, JP Pritchard via BVARC wrote: > > ?Is an rsvp required? > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On May 28, 2024, at 4:43?PM, Mike Hardwick via BVARC wrote: >>> >> ?I will be there. >> >> Mike Hardwick. >> >>>> On May 28, 2024, at 4:24 PM, David Morefield via BVARC wrote: >>>> >>> ? >>> I am planning to go, anyone else going :) >>> David Morefield >>> >>> Owner - Fluffyshotme Photography >>> >>> David at fluffyshotme.com >>> >>> 281-960-5253 mobile >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:35?PM Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: >>>> Hey, BVARC! >>>> >>>> Come on out and enjoy some medium rare comradery at Saltgrass tomorrow evening. Note that the newsletter said 9 p.m., but we are meeting at 6 p.m. >>>> >>>> Tuesday May 28th >>>> Saltgrass Steak House >>>> 9110 Southwest Freeway >>>> Between Gessner and Bissonnet >>>> 6PM >>>> Everyone is invited! Meet your radio buddies, learn about becoming a ham, learn about ham radio events. >>>> ________________________________________________ >>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>> >>>> BVARC mailing list >>>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>> Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC at bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ctmedlin at outlook.com Tue May 28 17:50:25 2024 From: ctmedlin at outlook.com (Chris Medlin) Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 22:50:25 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] BVARC BoD Meeting- sorry i missed In-Reply-To: References: <2141837640.2515827.1716812623374@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I must be missing something. The date at the beginning of this email chain says the next BOD mtg is in June? we still have a few more days left to get through in May before we even get to June. 73/Chris/AC5CM Typos brought to you by iPhone On May 28, 2024, at 02:38, Richard Bonica via BVARC wrote: ? Wow - I just realized I missed too. Sorry - had a few updates for Board on Field Day... On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 7:24?AM terry leatherland via BVARC > wrote: Hi Folks. For once I am in town and I totally forgot about the meeting last night. I was hungry and started a steak on the grill and at 7 I realized i forgot. I guess I need to lock it in my multiple calendars that control my life. :-( Terry Terry Leatherland, K5PGF 281-455-8090 Sugar Land, Tx On Friday, May 24, 2024 at 06:02:54 PM CDT, Jeff Greer via BVARC > wrote: The next BVARC Board of Directors meeting is Sunday, June 9th, at 5:00 p.m. via Zoom. As always, all are welcome to attend. BVARC Admin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. 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Brier N5XZ > > 1515 Windloch Lane > > Richmond, TX 77406 > > 713-705-4801 > > > > > > Virus-free.www.avg.com > > <#m_-7838492839805334065_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ctmedlin at outlook.com Tue May 28 21:19:37 2024 From: ctmedlin at outlook.com (Chris Medlin) Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 02:19:37 +0000 Subject: [BVARC] RG-63 Message-ID: Does anyone have a piece of RG-63 coax laying around the shack that you font need and are willing to part with? I?m looking for minimum 5 ft but 5-10 ft length. Its 150 ohm coax. Tnx Chris/AC5CM Typos brought to you by iPhone From david at fluffyshotme.com Tue May 28 21:22:37 2024 From: david at fluffyshotme.com (David Morefield) Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 21:22:37 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Greater Houston HamFest Open Forum Planning Session In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <81E6F282-4148-4C97-B5C1-E95A1E72DB69@fluffyshotme.com> Looking forward to it. David Morefield N?LUV 281.960.5253 Check out my Photography https://www.fluffyshotme.com > On May 28, 2024, at 18:46, Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: > > ? > Reminder to join us for an open forum planning session for the Greater Houston HamFest 2025! > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emdhouston at suddenlinkmail.com Tue May 28 21:38:45 2024 From: emdhouston at suddenlinkmail.com (Robert Polinski) Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 21:38:45 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Mobile antenna tuning question In-Reply-To: <653883040.2887307.1716933443418@mail.yahoo.com> References: <481100707.2631080.1716852808077.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <481100707.2631080.1716852808077@mail.yahoo.com> <1403065987.4973079.1716909812193@mail.yahoo.com> <653883040.2887307.1716933443418@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <008b01dab171$56d48500$047d8f00$@suddenlinkmail.com> Terry, first I would put a swr watt meter (Bird) in line and see what the SWR is. Many of the low price meters do poorly on UHF. Having installed 1000s of UHF ant on commercial vehicles. They like to be in direct contact with a ground plane. If the antenna will detach from its base ( mon or UHF mount) try it on a mag mount on the roof and take another reading. I have a headache rack on my truck and the UHF antennas did poorly on them, I moved them to the roof and all worked great. If you do not have access to a Bird wattmeter I can bring mine to the next meeting. Robert KD5YVQ From: BVARC On Behalf Of terry leatherland via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 4:57 PM To: Eddie Runner ; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: terry leatherland Subject: Re: [BVARC] Mobile antenna tuning question That wasn?t it. I used the uhf connector port and it?s still swr off the chart. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 10:23 AM, Eddie Runner > wrote: I would call COMET and see if this is normal... Eddie (NU5K) On Monday, May 27, 2024 at 06:34:01 PM CDT, terry leatherland via BVARC > wrote: I'm sure someone knows about Mobile antennas. Our friends at River Oaks Car Stereo for sure. Anthony? Here is my dilemma , or something I am doing wrong. I bought this antenna to mount on my new truck. I have a brand new Comet analyzer. The antenna is hood lip mounted with a comet Hood mount. When I analyze the raw antenna thru its one piece of coax, it is perfect 1.5 or less on 2Meters @ 50ohms. But when I dial up to 440 Mhz, the swr and Ohms is off the chart. My radio is my old reliable Kenwood TMV71 of which I have 3 identical. Shouldn't I be able to just change the band knob to 430 and it read good SWR? Do I have to find the resonant point of the upper band and start trimming the top length down to 440 good swr? I'm perplexed or doing something dumb. Terry Terry Leatherland, K5PGF 281-455-8090 Sugar Land, Tx ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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May 31, June 1, 2 In-Reply-To: <1208492224.4002074.1716837891892@mail.yahoo.com> References: <57295117.2479505.1685131177354.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <57295117.2479505.1685131177354@mail.yahoo.com> <1208492224.4002074.1716837891892@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <659369998.4640411.1716989700736@mail.yahoo.com> We'll be sending in a volunteer admittance list to the Museum on Thursday.So if you would like to participate, please let me know by Thursday noon. We're tentatively going to have a 2 meter MSWE net on the 146.94 (PL 167.9) on Friday and Saturday night a 8pm, for about an hour.Otherwise you might find us on 15, 20 or 40 meters along with all the other ships. 73Mark JanzerK5MGJ On Monday, May 27, 2024 at 02:24:51 PM CDT, mark janzer wrote: From May 31 to June 2nd, the historic ships at Seawolf Park onPelican Island in Galveston will come to life as part of an annualworldwide event commemorating their service. This year, BVARC will behosting MSWE on the destroyer escort, the USS Stewart, the submarineUSS Cavalla and the concrete hulled WWI era SS Selma. BVARC members will be operating and communicating with the 100+ otherhistoric vessels in the United States and around the world. Due tothe unique situation of Seawolf Park having the USS Stewart and USSCavalla at the same location, any contact will provide an extraclaimed ship QSO contact (2 for 1). During MSWE, the public may comeand visit the operators during the weekend observing the contactsbeing made. ?The schedule for the weekend will begin on Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Three operating positions are planned with SSB, CW and data modes available. The schedule break down is: The event begins June 1, 0000z(UTC) to June 2nd 2359z(UTC) - Which for local time on Pelican Island is 7pm Friday to 6:59pm Sunday. Set-up 4pm to 7pm Friday Operating time 7 pm Friday to 1pm Sunday (tentative) Tear down 1 pm to 3 pm Sunday???????????????? Operators (and only scheduled operators) volunteering for the overnight shift will be able to nap in the Stewart?s enlisted berthing area in the aft of the ship. We have a 4 op head count limitation for each overnight. The main meal Saturday evening (RSVP required) will be catered. Lunch Saturday will be sandwiches (Subway) and breakfast tacos for Saturday and Sunday mornings. To sign-up for a shift(s), volunteer for set-up or tear down or just obtain more information contact me, Mark Janzer, K5MGJ at?k5mgj at yahoo.com. You must be pre-registered on our list to participate. The list will be provided to the entry gate for admittance. ?The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club is grateful for the enthusiastic support of the Cavalla Historical Foundation, Galveston Naval Museum and the Galveston Park Board of Trustees for their permission to be aboard the vessels and the use of the park facilities. We look forward to continued future activity and expansion of BVARC?s involvement of MSWE. 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RH Sent from my i-Thingamajig > On May 29, 2024, at 9:09?AM, Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: > > ? > BVARC Admin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. > > Topic: Field Day Kick Off Meeting > Time: May 30, 2024 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) > > Join Zoom Meeting > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210720754?pwd=NJknaYVJqSEceRdGq3W0MT8Z1e6Epo.1 > > Meeting ID: 822 1072 0754 > Passcode: 827744 > > --- > > One tap mobile > +13462487799,,82210720754#,,,,*827744# US (Houston) > +12532158782,,82210720754#,,,,*827744# US (Tacoma) > > --- > > Dial by your location > ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) > ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) > ? +1 669 444 9171 US > ? +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) > ? +1 719 359 4580 US > ? +1 253 205 0468 US > ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) > ? +1 360 209 5623 US > ? +1 386 347 5053 US > ? +1 507 473 4847 US > ? +1 564 217 2000 US > ? +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) > ? +1 646 931 3860 US > ? +1 689 278 1000 US > ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) > ? +1 305 224 1968 US > ? +1 309 205 3325 US > > Meeting ID: 822 1072 0754 > Passcode: 827744 > > Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kws6daRi1 > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Lets get some feedback.* > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WK5J at yahoo.com Wed May 29 13:07:44 2024 From: WK5J at yahoo.com (=?utf-8?Q?Jorge_A.Guti=C3=A9rrez?=) Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 13:07:44 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Ham Radio Saltgrass In-Reply-To: References: <1731854343.5624735.1716994814191.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1731854343.5624735.1716994814191@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1a5e7ac6-2001-444f-a5a8-d4e4a7ca3b35@Canary> Ditto to Mr Linkenheimer. I?m easily an hour or more away, but I would be willing to attend at least once or twice a month, provided I am not traveling. > On Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 10:27, N5LNK - Sean Linkenheimer via BVARC wrote: > Glad to hear it went well. Great photo on Facebook. Having it more frequently would provide more opportunity for people to fit into their schedule. Distance wise we are not super far from this location but add in the traffic around dinner time and we are not close either. We would not make every Friday but could possibly plan better with more time slots. > > > Regards, > Sean Linkenheimer > > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 10:00?AM Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote: > > First Ham Radio Dinner at Saltgrass steakhouse was fun, Talk has been to have the dinner deal every Friday. Lets get some feedback. > > ________________________________________________ > > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > > > BVARC mailing list > > BVARC at bvarc.org (mailto:BVARC at bvarc.org) > > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Scott KD5FBA On Wed, May 29, 2024, 9:09 AM Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: > BVARC Admin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. > > Topic: Field Day Kick Off Meeting > Time: May 30, 2024 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) > > Join Zoom Meeting > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210720754?pwd=NJknaYVJqSEceRdGq3W0MT8Z1e6Epo.1 > > Meeting ID: 822 1072 0754 > Passcode: 827744 > > --- > > One tap mobile > +13462487799,,82210720754#,,,,*827744# US (Houston) > +12532158782,,82210720754#,,,,*827744# US (Tacoma) > > --- > > Dial by your location > ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) > ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) > ? +1 669 444 9171 US > ? +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) > ? +1 719 359 4580 US > ? +1 253 205 0468 US > ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) > ? +1 360 209 5623 US > ? +1 386 347 5053 US > ? +1 507 473 4847 US > ? +1 564 217 2000 US > ? +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) > ? +1 646 931 3860 US > ? +1 689 278 1000 US > ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) > ? +1 305 224 1968 US > ? +1 309 205 3325 US > > Meeting ID: 822 1072 0754 > Passcode: 827744 > > Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kws6daRi1 > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Topic: Field Day Kick Off Meeting Time: May 30, 2024 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210720754?pwd=NJknaYVJqSEceRdGq3W0MT8Z1e6Epo.1 Meeting ID: 822 1072 0754 Passcode: 827744 --- One tap mobile +13462487799,,82210720754#,,,,*827744# US (Houston) +12532158782,,82210720754#,,,,*827744# US (Tacoma) --- Dial by your location ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) ? +1 669 444 9171 US ? +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) ? +1 719 359 4580 US ? +1 253 205 0468 US ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) ? +1 360 209 5623 US ? +1 386 347 5053 US ? +1 507 473 4847 US ? +1 564 217 2000 US ? +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) ? +1 646 931 3860 US ? +1 689 278 1000 US ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) ? +1 305 224 1968 US ? +1 309 205 3325 US Meeting ID: 822 1072 0754 Passcode: 827744 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kws6daRi1 ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Wed, May 29, 2024, 9:09 AM Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: BVARC Admin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. ? Topic: Field Day Kick Off Meeting Time: May 30, 2024 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) ? Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82210720754?pwd=NJknaYVJqSEceRdGq3W0MT8Z1e6Epo.1 ? Meeting ID: 822 1072 0754 Passcode: 827744 ? --- ? One tap mobile +13462487799,,82210720754#,,,,*827744# US (Houston) +12532158782,,82210720754#,,,,*827744# US (Tacoma) ? --- ? Dial by your location ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) ? +1 669 444 9171 US ? +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) ? +1 719 359 4580 US ? +1 253 205 0468 US ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) ? +1 360 209 5623 US ? +1 386 347 5053 US ? +1 507 473 4847 US ? +1 564 217 2000 US ? +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) ? +1 646 931 3860 US ? +1 689 278 1000 US ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) ? +1 305 224 1968 US ? +1 309 205 3325 US ? Meeting ID: 822 1072 0754 Passcode: 827744 ? Find your local number:https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kws6daRi1 ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k5izo at yahoo.com Thu May 30 10:30:53 2024 From: k5izo at yahoo.com (John Chauvin) Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 15:30:53 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [BVARC] Fw: Museum Ships Weekend Event - THIS weekend Fri.-Sun. May 31, June 1, 2 - pre-registration will be sent in today at 1PM for gate admittance In-Reply-To: <1208492224.4002074.1716837891892@mail.yahoo.com> References: <57295117.2479505.1685131177354.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <57295117.2479505.1685131177354@mail.yahoo.com> <1208492224.4002074.1716837891892@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <862349528.6142789.1717083053214@mail.yahoo.com> If you intend to participate in the Museum Ships Weekend in some manner, this is the last call for you to be put on the list for pre-registration for gate admittance.? Mark must know by 1PM TODAY as he needs to get the list to the Galveston Naval Museum Ships personnel a day before the event begins.? Email him before 1PM today at?K5MGJ at yahoo.com? We will also activate the 146.94 machine from the ships at 8PM both tomorrow (Friday) night and Saturday night.? This counts as 2 ships if we make a Q with you. The e-mail dated May 27 from Mark is resent below which gives details. MSWE has crossed the magic number of 100 ships participating (104 as of this moment).?Of those 104, 29 are DX plus the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor will be activated. We are looking for another fun weekend!? ?? Tnx es 73de John, K5IZO To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: mark janzer Sent: Monday, May 27, 2024 at 02:25:32 PM CDTSubject: [BVARC] Museum Ships Weekend Event - THIS weekend Fri.-Sun. May 31, June 1, 2 From May 31 to June 2nd, the historic ships at Seawolf Park onPelican Island in Galveston will come to life as part of an annualworldwide event commemorating their service. This year, BVARC will behosting MSWE on the destroyer escort, the USS Stewart, the submarineUSS Cavalla and the concrete hulled WWI era SS Selma. BVARC members will be operating and communicating with the 100+ otherhistoric vessels in the United States and around the world. Due tothe unique situation of Seawolf Park having the USS Stewart and USSCavalla at the same location, any contact will provide an extraclaimed ship QSO contact (2 for 1). During MSWE, the public may comeand visit the operators during the weekend observing the contactsbeing made. ?The schedule for the weekend will begin on Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Three operating positions are planned with SSB, CW and data modes available. The schedule break down is: The event begins June 1, 0000z(UTC) to June 2nd 2359z(UTC) - Which for local time on Pelican Island is 7pm Friday to 6:59pm Sunday. Set-up 4pm to 7pm Friday Operating time 7 pm Friday to 1pm Sunday (tentative) Tear down 1 pm to 3 pm Sunday???????????????? Operators (and only scheduled operators) volunteering for the overnight shift will be able to nap in the Stewart?s enlisted berthing area in the aft of the ship. We have a 4 op head count limitation for each overnight. The main meal Saturday evening (RSVP required) will be catered. Lunch Saturday will be sandwiches (Subway) and breakfast tacos for Saturday and Sunday mornings. To sign-up for a shift(s), volunteer for set-up or tear down or just obtain more information contact me, Mark Janzer, K5MGJ at?k5mgj at yahoo.com. You must be pre-registered on our list to participate. The list will be provided to the entry gate for admittance. ?The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club is grateful for the enthusiastic support of the Cavalla Historical Foundation, Galveston Naval Museum and the Galveston Park Board of Trustees for their permission to be aboard the vessels and the use of the park facilities. We look forward to continued future activity and expansion of BVARC?s involvement of MSWE. This involvement allows us, in our own way, to honor those who served their country at sea and to support Galveston Parks. ? Mark K5MGJ Museum Ships Weekend Coordinator ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From david at fluffyshotme.com Thu May 30 16:09:43 2024 From: david at fluffyshotme.com (David Morefield) Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 16:09:43 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Greater Houston HamFest Open Forum Planning Session In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <721F6901-97CB-4782-989A-3CA07B753B0D@fluffyshotme.com> Looking forward to hearing everyone?s feedback and ideas tonight at 7pm with regard to HamFest. If you are unable to login on the Zoom call, feel free to email your feedback to this thread. David Morefield N?LUV 281.960.5253 Check out my Photography https://www.fluffyshotme.com > On May 28, 2024, at 18:46, Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: > > ? > Reminder to join us for an open forum planning session for the Greater Houston HamFest 2025! > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From philippe at k5bou.net Thu May 30 16:11:54 2024 From: philippe at k5bou.net (K5BOU) Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 16:11:54 -0500 Subject: [BVARC] Greater Houston HamFest Open Forum Planning Session In-Reply-To: <721F6901-97CB-4782-989A-3CA07B753B0D@fluffyshotme.com> References: <721F6901-97CB-4782-989A-3CA07B753B0D@fluffyshotme.com> Message-ID: Link please ? K5BOU-Philippe Boucaumont Houston|Texas|USA https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ ? > On May 30, 2024, at 4:09?PM, David Morefield via BVARC wrote: > > Looking forward to hearing everyone?s feedback and ideas tonight at 7pm with regard to HamFest. > > If you are unable to login on the Zoom call, feel free to email your feedback to this thread. > > David Morefield > N?LUV > 281.960.5253 > > Check out my Photography > https://www.fluffyshotme.com > > > > >> On May 28, 2024, at 18:46, Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: >> >> ? >> Reminder to join us for an open forum planning session for the Greater Houston HamFest 2025! >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC at bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC at bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Zoom is a publicly traded company headquartered in San Jose, CA. us02web.zoom.us ________________________________ From: K5BOU Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 4:11 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: David Morefield ; Jeff Greer Subject: Re: [BVARC] Greater Houston HamFest Open Forum Planning Session Link please [PastedGraphic-6.png] K5BOU-Philippe Boucaumont Houston|Texas|USA https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ [PastedGraphic-7.png] On May 30, 2024, at 4:09?PM, David Morefield via BVARC wrote: Looking forward to hearing everyone?s feedback and ideas tonight at 7pm with regard to HamFest. If you are unable to login on the Zoom call, feel free to email your feedback to this thread. David Morefield N?LUV 281.960.5253 Check out my Photography https://www.fluffyshotme.com [http://fluffyshotme.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Footer.jpg] On May 28, 2024, at 18:46, Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote: ? Reminder to join us for an open forum planning session for the Greater Houston HamFest 2025! ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PastedGraphic-6.png Type: image/png Size: 3502 bytes Desc: PastedGraphic-6.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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A contact with the Museum counts as two "points" as you will be communicating with the USS Stewart destroyer escort and the USS Cavalla submarine. If you stick around long enough, later in the net we'll activate the SS Selma for your third point. We'll do the 2m net again on Saturday night at 8pm. 73 Galveston Naval Museum ARC N5FKP SS Selma W5MSQ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Friday, May 31, 2024 at 06:56:38 PM CDT, Mike Hardwick wrote: 146.94 repeater On Friday, May 31, 2024 at 06:46:28 PM CDT, mark janzer via BVARC wrote: We'll be on the air from the Galveston Naval Museum, aboard the USS Stewart, for this evenings 2m net.A contact with the Museum counts as two "points" as you will be communicating with the USS Stewart destroyer escort and the USS Cavalla submarine.If you stick around long enough, later in the net we'll activate the SS Selma for your third point.We'll do the 2m net again on Saturday night at 8pm. 73Galveston Naval Museum ARCN5FKP SS Selma W5MSQ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC at bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc at bvarc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: