The HARC Elmer Net

• WA2UAR i/o
• KC3PGT
• N3ZZK
• WR3P
• km3s -W3EL Dan

• WA2UAR
• KC3PRE

• KC3PGT
• KC3AZT
• K3FZT
• KC3PRE, Chris

Steve gave a demonstration of JS8Call. It has several modes. We heard normal and fast modes. Like with CW, slowing your speed can increase the distance. PSK Reporter]] shows where listening stations hear your digitial signal. Technicians have data privileges on 10 meters.

• K2RSJ Rich
• K3FZT Steve
• AJ3DI Jim
• K1UVH/M Mik
• WS3RIC Eric
• KE3NP, Fred
• K2SPG, Stephen

Rich, first checkin. He got a DSTAR radio.

Steve works on his second work station.

Mike mobile from Boston. DM281E Kenwood mobile with 5/8 magmount on the company net. J-hill gang. Meet once a month 160 ft sea level. 2 meters simplex. Commercial 2-way radio background, retired 9 years firefighter. Eric, first net. He set up a Common GD1., DMR expert

Fred, eggbeater antenna for 2 meters

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• KC3PGT
• KM3S
• K3FZT
• AJ3DI
• W3AZT
• AA3VZ

Jay wants to get hams into ARES and the Rec Cross. He works on improving via digital modes. FLDIGI and Winlink

Allan hears clicking. In an out in the repeater?

Steve came on with his FT991A for the first time. Jay gets a gold start for spending 1 1/2 hours configuring FLDIGI. Jim also gives Jay a star.

Steve has a new call, W3AZT The next What Hams Do will talk about citizen science. hamsci.org

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• NW3T, no traffic
• KC3PGT
• K2RSJ, Rich
• W3AZT
• N3ZZK
• K3FZT, Steve
• AJ3DI
• aa3vz

**i Notes Cliff ran the weather net on Monday.

Get your vanity call before the fee.

AM Rally this weekend!

Carl has returned. Hospitalized for 7 days.

• on 16-bit 48000 hz. 50% recceive,

10 meters net at 28.450

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• AA3VZ
• N3ZZK
• NW3T
• WS3RIC
• W3AZT

WB3JOE 147.06 pl 131.8

Carl went back to work. will check out a 160 antenna.

Eric wants to put some verticals on his roof for VHF/UHF.

K3DVF 28.45 and 448.825 131.8 pl Friday 50.150 k3dvf.com

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• AA3VZ
• N3ZZK
• K3FZT
• W3AOK, Bill, previously N3FVI
• W3AZT
• K2SPG

Cliff learning about digital modes. He does Philly ARES.

MARC will do a memorial for K3UCR tonight. Anthony served him.

Carl learning RTTY and FT8 and FT4 He worked Australia over the weekend on 20 meters.

Bill knows Kristoff, DF9RM. He bought a Wolf River Coil.

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• K2RSJ
• K3FZT
• N3ZZK
• AJ3DI
• W3AZT
• K2SPG, Stephen in Palmira NJ

Cliff got n FT-991A.

Steve got a Heil headset!

W3AZT talked about a grounding plate for your desk. K3FZT suggests a grounding bar.

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• K3FZT
• N3ZZK
• W3AZT
• KM3S

Cliff will get a grounding kit. Getting in to 2 m ssb. He runs the Tuesday drivetime net

K3FZT put up a pole in the nice sun.

Carl will set up a vertical for Saul. He will get a shortened antenna for 160 meters

Carl ran 20 gauge wire around a cycloe fence to create a counterpoise. You can run a wire to a cold water pipe. K3FZT reminded us that mnodern condos use plastic.

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• W3AZT
• KC3OPD

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• K2RSJ
• K3FZT
• KC3OZI
• AJ3DI
• W4GMN, Dan

Rich gets a gold star for 3 mobile installations. He wants an AllStar node. I love my ClearNode.

Steve gets a gold star for donating some HTs to Handiham. He got his endfed and new swr analyser Paul in Springfield

Dan got his license in January and upgraded to General.

The main repeater dropped about half way through. We resumed on 444.9, our backup frequency. One for the books.

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Cliff gets a super gold star for becoming the Philadelphia Area Coordinator for the Eastern Pennsylvania ARRL. Ralph, WR3P, had COVID. In the hospital for 6 months. He'll come on this or next week. In bed now. Roll-up j-pole fromN9TAX Carl notices more ads and articles in QST for magnetic loops. The HG3 Stepper Mag Loop Antenna

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• W3AZT
• K2RSJ KC3OZI, PAUL
• N3ZZK

Cliff ordered an Alpha Loop! Hooking up a Baofeng to a computer for new tech emergency training.

W3AZT on 60 meters. He needs to get his Icom on 60 meters. Cutting a diode can open it up. Upgrade Echolink. The new update has Call CQ. Stee got a guy from Hawaii. Cliff believes you can do it legally.

Rich building his shack.

Paul playing with POTA. A Wolf River Coil. He wonders about inductance and radials.

Carl got his second COVID shot. Working on a Dipole for Saul, W3WHK

Cliff gave a utube video about adding radials. Chester County ARES video about SWR and loss.

Steve used a window screen for a CB antenna at age 13.

Carl says to cut one inch at a time.

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• kc3pre, Chris
  • Notes

Testing Cliff's Alpha Loop!

Carl got a confirmation from an island by Sicily. It came back quickly. Carl got Saul's vertical set up in his basement. He has to go back and take measurements.

Steve having fun with FT8 and PSK Reporter. He contacted deep south Brazil with 50 Watts. PP5JR

Cliff ordered a J-pole.

April QST has a magnetic loop.

Paul had some gray line contacts to Brazil. 20 Meters. 14.295 around 07:30 PM. 100 Watts.

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Carl got Mark KC3JJ's antenna. A dipole with loading coils connected to a tower. It acts as a capacity hat.

Steve has 250 feet of wire.

Charlie saved the net with a simplex link. I had trouble making the repeater.

Warren asked about aartment and portable antennas.

Steve worked 6 meters 8 ft8 with 5 Watts, 120 miles north into New York with an SWR of 3.0

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Cliff got his Alpha Loop. He can't hear any FT8. Weird.

Paul has construction going on.

Carl's 160 Dipole needs a tower with a beam acting as a capacity hat for working 80 and 160 meters. Only 120-130 feet with a coil.

Carl tried hitting a repeater in AC J-pole with 30 Watts. He couldn't because the windows had a copper tint to reduce UV.

Rich does net control from the drive time net on the Phil-mont repeater, 147.03 MHz, 131.8 PL, 05:00 PM Monday-Friday.

Rich wants to buy a ClearNode.

Steve suggests using a remote SDR.

Steve got his extra.

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kc3ozi got his extra! He did POTA at Ridley on Sunday. He got 41 QSos. Moving his antenna 15 feet south got him into New England. Strange.

K3FZT asked finds it a nusance to go between 80 meteres digital net and the 2 meters repeteer used as a back channel. The FT-400 has band stacking.

N3ZZK caught up on QSL cards from his log. They forgot to respond. Email them.

W3EL tinkered around and built some power supplies.

kc3ozi offers his help for extra studies.

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• w3azt
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• k3cbvl
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• kd4utl, Brian

Alan checked in at first. Distracted taking flying lessons.

KC3OZI researches a radial field for his vertical. Length is less important than the number of radials.

KC3PL will move his shack one room over.

KC3BVL recommends the K3CX beacons starting at 28.8 MHz 50.8 MHz

kc4utl unpacking equiment after 20 years.

KC3BPL helped Fred put up antennas last year, a week before the pandemic. He made a moxon out of crutches. He has only shaken one man's hand since.

K3CH met Fred in 1995. He played Santa Clause in the pre-Thanksgiving day parade for 15 years.

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• kc3rne, Chris
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• aj3di
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• w3azt

N3ZZK Got the new 160/80 meters shortened dipole but hasn't used it yet.

KC3RNE, Chris from Ardmore.

Chris asked about used equipment. Jim recommends July 17 hamfest. The MARC hamfest.

w3azt on 60 meeters. He has a 46-foot top hat antenna with an UNUN. Not as well from 17-6 meters. He wants to build another antenna within it, like a triangle within a triangle.

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• n3zzk
• w3azt
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• k2rsj
• k3cl

Ground plane for a magnetic loop.

Remember to join 13 Colonies.

Enoch checked in the net. He had copper under his roof and mounted a loop. "Don't touch that!" Reports on the Delta Loop compared to a beam.

K2RSJ passed his extra!

WX4NHC will have a test on Saturday.

W3AZT recommendgs rcforbs as a remote station.

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• aj3di
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• w4gmn
• kd4utl, Brian

K3CL checked in mobile. Just got back into town. He met KC3SAI through YARC.

Paul went camping with the Wolf River Coil. He built a group of radials. 12 groups of 4.

Carl says that the battleship New Jersey has a Discone on the front.

KC3SAI, a new ham in Northern Liberties. Sean. Welcome to the hobby!

Steve got a Yaesu ft-100DR mobile as a base station.

w4gmn got his license in January.

KD4UTL told us about his father who served in the Navy. He can still use it tog et lucidity.

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• kc3ozi
• n3zzk
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• kc3nyw, Paul w3azt
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Two weeks until Field Day!

KC3OZI still dealing with construction. Maybe POTA this weekend. Play with the Wolf River Coil.

N3ZZK worked 6 ships.

A half wave doesn't need radials. A quarter wave needs radials, minimum 1 per band covered. A ground mounted vertical will produce more DX. Careful when cutting grass! You can run radials from ground rods.

Carl wonders about #12 or #14 gauge wire for grounding.

K3CL has an IRC channel. irc.libera.chat ##phillyhams He mentioned the salt water antenna. Carl says the DXpeditions use

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• kc3sai, Sean
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• n3eg, Earl
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• n1lc, Lamonte
• kd4utl, Brian

K2RSJ asked about relearning CW after getting his extra. K3FZT joined an operating class. CW in the No Code era from K3RA. TheLong Island CW Club. Also CWOPS.

KC3SAI, Sean, still has audio issues. We'll get it.

Carl has something wrong with his 2m beam.

KC3SAI wants to make a J-pole. He wants to use an SWR meter to tune it.

N3EG moved away in 1981, back visiting family. Try at the lower end of the band and move up. If lowest at the high end then too short. If lowest at the bottom then then too long.

• aa3vz recommends k3dvf web site

Earl built his first antenna in 1975, a 5 element yagi. He prefers quarter or 5/8 verticals to J-poles.

Brian wondered about tuning copper gutters.

N3FLL gutter antennas

Steve recommend svg rain gutters

Diamond x30 or x50 for suggested verticals

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• n3zzk
• wa3zpc
• kc3ozi
• kc3l/p
• w3azt
• n1lc i/o ** ka3ttt baluns

New member Fran, KC3SAD, couldn't get in. He had the PL tones off. Yaseu FT series

• KC3OZI playing with his Wolf River Coil and doin some POTA
• GLARC will have a VE session tomorrow.

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• KM3S
• KT3H, Formerly KC3OZI
• KD4UTL
• N3ZZK
• KC3SAI
• W4GMN
• K3FZT
• N1LC
• AJ3DI

w4gmn just got an Icom IC706 Mark IIG. He wants to make his first HF antenna. He can't get outside. He built a 6M antenna. Maybe a speaker wire dipole.

KD4UTL brought up antiquated smoke alarms. It has happened with me.

Ed, KB3IV at Philmont has experience building indoor dipoles. An interesting configuration: one leg on the ceiling, one limb on the baseboard. This doubles the possible space.

N1LC also recommends the end fed. It looks like the way to go. They can zigzag or slope, the wire just can't loop back on itself. I recommended a 9:1 Balun at the antenna and a 1:1 balun at the transceiver.

BalunDesigns.com make good baluns, and they also have good instructions. Thanks AJ3DI.

N3ZZK mentioned the copper tint on new condo windows to reduce UV. Watch out for the tips of the dipole, they carry high voltage. Wire strung around indoors can increase the chances of RFI.

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• K3FZT
• NW3T in/out

N3ZZK did 13 colonies. He worked 20 meters SSB from 06:00-08:00 PM he only worked 3-4 contacts. Then all of a sudden people started coming in. He will go to the Kimberton hamfest. 6 and 10 meters have started opening up at around 08:00 at night.

K3FZT worked digital for 13 colonies. He notices repeater noise. Like an engine hum. Only when transmitting. We all hear it. Charlie, K3CJ, says it comes from the PL tone running hot with everything else.

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• n3cck has a power outage

Cliff suggests a base for an outdoor patio umbrella. About 16 inches across, 2 inch hole. Get a dow and drop it in, then attach it to that.

Cliff has started looking at an end fed antenna.

AJ3DI got his Yoda van back. He accidently joine YARC, hanging out in their Discord. A young ham heard his first QSO.

AJ3DI uses a Comet GP-1. 3 Ft. Same as Diamond except $10 cheaper. Freddie, AP3LI, just built an awesome loop. KC3BVL, Jim, also builds antennas. He wants to bring back Field Hour in a park, Clark Park, QRP Portable.

W3AZT rode through the thunderstorm. The wind felt like five guys trying to flip the car. A few people visually saw a tornado.

K3FZT had some antenna mishaps. One won't load. Probably from water damage. Commercial stations take hundreds of lightning hits a year. True they spend much more money.

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• KC3PGT
• K3CL/P
• K3FZT
• W3AE, Horace
• N1LC
• W3AZT
• AJ3DI

I've gotten on 6m and 2m with my Alpha Loop. On the VHF/UHF bands it acts as a shielded Faraday electrical loop.

N3ZZK lost power during the storm. He went to Kimberton, the first hamfest since the pandemic. About 75 sellers and all kinds of equipment. Someone bought an Icom for $2000 cash. He tried to work an island.

We began getting QRM from a jammer. They went away after a few minutes. The calm fighter always wins.

K3FZT shopping for his Winlink gateway.

W3AE checked in from west Philadelphia. He used to come here every day in the early 70s.

N1LC announces a VE sesion on the 29th on hamstudy.org. They can accommodate the blind.

W3WHK lost a grayhound.

Horace asked about swap meets. Steve recommended Pen Wireless Association. They run an online swap meet. Charlie, K3CJ, mentioned the swap net on 3938 SSB, Thursday at 00:00 GMT.

W3AZT helped Saul. We love our animals…

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New guy, KC3SJG

KC3PGT has some things coming up on ARES. Repeater and simplex testing and mapping. We need SOPs for when repeaters go down.

KC3OZI did a POTA activation. He had a hard time getting out a signal on 20m. He successfully hunted some DX. He will also design a QSL card.

K3FZT wired in a mini DIN port for his Kenwood 271-A. He will play with a DRE-70.

AJ3DI did the PTN. He likes Cliff's simplex testing idea. Like whisper down the lane. KC3BPL brought up an old Holmesburg contest of exchanging zipcodes. National Radio Night Out.

K2RSJ mentioned the Drive Time net. Maybe a new NCS. Monday-Friday 05:00 PM 147.03 MHz.

KC3PGT said that Gloucester County did the testing with a map. He has a QSL card. Protoe MS-150 and the ElmerNet.

KT3H had a QSO in South Africa. He wonders about attaching an antenna to his stone chimney. Straps?

K3FZT just put up a chimney mounted pole.

K3FZT enjoys his Tempest weather station.

AJ3DI 145.050 montco Winlink ka3odi-n

W3AZT referenced an article about the peak of the cycle coming earlier than expected.

K2GFY stopped by. . Bill in the Pine Barrens.

N3FZT suggests Winlink under Linux on a Raspberry Pi. A couple of layers of abstraction. A layer to tramspose Intel to ARM.

KC3PGT thinks Winlink and FLDIGI will become important for emergency service.

AJ3DI says Winlink runs under Linux. X25, soundcard, getpat.io for PAT, the client. AJ3DI.com for Winlink info.

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I had antenna issues. Sorry about that.

W3AZT having fun with SDRs. Propagation does work wonders. New app: Signal ID. Identifies signals for audio tones.

K3FZT works on his DRA70.

KT3H did POTA at the Apalchain trail. About 60 QSOs in 90 minutes.

KC3AZT uses Hamsphere? A virtual environment. Good for non-hams.

KT3H shared about POTA.

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KC3 PGT loves his X-50. Phil-mont seems to put out a little lower output.

K3FZT also has a DIamond X-50 with a type M about 35 Ft up. A pretty good antenna. He'd like to put up an X-200. He made a calbe for his new FT-4X to program it using Chrip, but it didn't work.

NW3T has an upcoming VE sesion on Saturday and hopes to travel next month.

N3ZZK went on vacation to New England. He stopped at W1AW! He just missed getting in on the operating time after 03:45 PM. They send out messages after that. Very small. Four rooms. Each room had an opearating station. You can use all the antennas. At some point Saul will put his pictures on groups.io. They have up to a 40 meter beam on 4 towers within 100 ft of the building. Plus a couple dipoles for 160 and 80 meters, and 1 towers dedicated to VHF/UHF. He also went to Maine and went closest to the international timezone, a lighthouse at Arcadia park. He had a mobile station and keyed a VE repeater. Cell phones switch over. A VE2 came came back. Usingn3ZZK/1 on 2 meters. We have begun discussing doing a study group to upgrade to our extras.

K3CL will go back to school next week. Phil-mont had a hackathon at Field Day to try getting GNU Radio working without success. It crahed running the simplest program.

W3AZT started working with FLDigi. Experimenting with PSK31 on 40 meters.

AJ3DI did Philly ARES and digital copy with FLDigi. A newish ham got to ping the ISS with APRS.

K3FZT urges people to volunteer for the MS-150. Link on phil-mont.org. He got a new WIresX radio and tries to create a new node.

N3ZZK needs to add one more antenna to his roof, a 160 antenna.

K3CL says good call about studying for extra, he has seen many successes and failures. Study every question in the pool. He will become a session manager for GLARC.

W3WHK checked in. WA3PZO can get license manuals. He heard a lecture at the expo for getting your exam. He did WAE DX, 160 contacts.

N3ZZK talked to the people at the Protestant Home. They will have a meeting on the 24th. He won't hold his breath. Not looking good.

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I got my X50A working. Winlink under Linux using telnet, thanks AJ3DI.

Philadelphia ARES will do testing all September. Repeater and Simplex testing. KC3PGT trying a workaround for the FT-((1A where you don't need to switch from Fm to FM-Data.

N3ZZK worked a half dozen of the lighthouses. Mostly on the east coast. He's thought about heading to Cape May. KC3JV has a friend. He brought his 160 antenna, but didn't put it up. 90 F at 19:15 EDT. He will sit down with Saul, W3WHK and go through his ARRL pictures. In a residential area with houses across the street.

W3AZT's uncle passed away. Messing around with some PSK31. Helping AA5DK with a $4000 radio.

K3FZT playing with WSPR. Setting up a schedule to band hop. Also in QST, info for computing RF exposure.

KC3PGT thinking about a EMCOM loaded vertical from Alpha Antenna.

KC3SAI has audio that goes in and out. Can someone help him?

W3AZT says on 30 meters WSPR during the fall and winter you can chase the gray line. He worked Antarctica with 0.25 Watts.

AJ3DI referred to WSPR as a consolation prize. Also pskreporter.info. Many plan POTA events.

N3FZT running 30 Watts on the FT-3000. Dials down to 10 Watts for WSPR.

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• kc3qep Katherine in South Philly
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Katherine got her license less than a year. UV5R with upgraded antenna. She wonders about outdoor antennas in the city. She owns a house. Mostly on VHF. Dreams of upgrading to general. Spacewise a vertical. Little South Philly row house.

Cliff recommends the X50-A for outdoor. WA2UAR has experience. kc3bvl upgraded to extra but all of his enjoyment comes from vhf and uhf. He has verticals and beams on his roof. For a little amp he recommends the Mount Ari VHF Radio Club. They had an auction.

WB3HYB offered an amp. I did not copy his email address correctly.

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Wa2UAR using 10 Watts on a 991A. WOrking well. He wonders about bureaus. PSK31 in Germany. Only QSL via bureau.

Phil-mont has a meeting about the MS150.

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N3ZZK missed the net last week from cutting grass due to storms. Working on the sloper. He has enough room in the yard. 160-20 meters. He may have seen a 160 mag loop in QST.

W3AZT warns of some guys on 160 meters from Atlantic City. They look down on you unless you use a half wave dipole on 160 meters.

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Next week I will become the main net control. Charlye, K3CJ, will retire after running the net since 1998. I will maintai nthis page for historical reasons. The Elmer Net will become part of the main net.

KC3BVL announces a series of short VHF contests.

Jim first got a Mirage amp for 2 meters. W3AZT says become the future. His mo had dehydration but looking better.

KT3H made a mount from wood and PVC.