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VE7 Kilohertz
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« on: April 07, 2005, 06:37:13 PM »

Going to be giving the CCA1000D another run tonight. Now with new and improved VFO.

Join in 1945KHz +/- 30KHz after 8pm.  :lol:

CU there

Paul
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« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2005, 06:11:09 PM »

Paul
I listened for your transmissions in New Mexico last night, between static crashes. I heard only a weak carrier hetrodyne on 1945 KHz at about 9:30-10:00 MDT here. Audio was in the noise.

Don't know if it was you are someone else. Post some pix of your rig for us if you haven't already. THanks.
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« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2005, 08:43:38 PM »

Quote from: VE7KHz
Going to be giving the CCA1000D another run tonight. Now with new and improved VFO.

Join in 1945KHz +/- 30KHz after 8pm.  :lol:

CU there

Paul
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Paul, I'm in New Mexico this weekend and it's wild stormy all through the Rockies, judging by QRN on the AM BCB it would be tough. They're even predicting thundersnows . I'll be glad to set up a sked after I return home Monday. The noise should be a lot less.

Hopefully, I'll be able to make it home, that is. They're saying 1-2 feet of snow plus hi winds along the Colorado Front Range on Sat-Sun and it's 350 miles up I-25 to get back home.

On top of that, the cheapest gas around here is $1.43/gallon for regular- Yikes! Took the XYL's Jeep, but at best it's an 18 MPG ride

Bill

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« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2005, 09:59:24 PM »

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On top of that, the cheapest gas around here is $1.43/gallon for regular- Yikes! Took the XYL's Jeep, but at best it's an 18 MPG ride

Bill

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$1.43?Huh?  We're paying anywhere from $2-$2.25/gallon for regular...

Go figure...
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« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2005, 11:24:21 PM »

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Quote from: Bill, KD0HG
On top of that, the cheapest gas around here is $1.43/gallon for regular- Yikes! Took the XYL's Jeep, but at best it's an 18 MPG ride

Bill

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$1.43?Huh?  We're paying anywhere from $2-$2.25/gallon for regular...

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DOH! Sri Ed.
I meant $2.43/gallon.

-bill
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« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2005, 12:26:03 AM »

LONDON (Reuters) - Domestic petrol prices could hit record highs in the
run-up to the May 5 general election as oil majors look to recoup retail
losses caused by soaring global oil prices, industry analysts say.

Average domestic pump prices for premium unleaded petrol rose last week to
84 pence a litre on Friday, edging closer to a domestic record of 85.3 pence
in June 2000 that spurred massive nationwide protests and fuel blockades in
September of that year.

Bert Morris, director of the AA Motoring Trust, said the country's petrol
prices could veer as much as five pence a litre either way of current levels
in response to volatile world oil and gasoline prices.

"But it will take more than the oil market fluctuations that we've been
seeing to drive prices to the next psychologically important level of 90
pence a litre," Morris said.

"Prices are still going up in the UK this week, but it's still selling at a
loss," said Jose Blanco of Oil Price Assessments Limited (OPAL).

Blanco said fuel retail margins across Europe were "still very low compared
with historical margins."

"Very few countries are keeping up their margins versus historical levels so
prices have to catch up (with higher oil prices)," Blanco said.

According to OPAL calculations, domestic gross petrol retail margins dropped
to 3.08 pence a litre last week from 4.08 pence in March as oil majors and
other fuel retailers had yet to pass on the full cost of soaring
international gasoline prices that hit fresh all-time highs on Monday.

He said the gross diesel margin widened to 3.62 pence last week from 2.88 in
March.

The gross margin is before costs of transportation and of operating the
forecourt network are taken into account.

"Fuel retailers say they need about six pence a litre to cover their costs,
so they're selling at a loss," Blanco said.

PUMP IT UP

Pump prices have been rising sharply on the European continent this week,
with average German petrol rising to 1.207 euros a litre, and diesel to
1.058 euros on Wednesday from 1.179 and 1.029 respectively last Friday.

In Italy, according to OPAL's European-wide analysis, petrol and diesel have
jumped to 1.201 and 1.089 a litre respectively this week, while French
motorists are paying 1.149 a litre for petrol and 1.035 for diesel.

While high taxes mean domestic fuel prices are amongst the highest in
Europe, the Netherlands is more expensive for petrol, rising this week to
1.327 euros a litre for petrol, although much cheaper for diesel at 1.006 a
litre.

In euro terms, the UK average petrol price of 84 pence a litre translated at
1.226 euros.

Diesel remains the most expensive in Europe at 88.4 pence a litre last
Friday, or 1.290 euros a litre.
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« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2005, 06:47:37 AM »

Wonder if you got the rig going.
I monitored 160 a bit but there is an =S9+10db local QRM source here that I have not been able to find.  
160 was really quiet this winter.  Hope we can use it more next winter.

73
W2ILA
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« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2005, 08:56:30 PM »

Quote from: Tom W2ILA
Wonder if you got the rig going.
I monitored 160 a bit but there is an =S9+10db local QRM source here that I have not been able to find.  
160 was really quiet this winter.  Hope we can use it more next winter.

73
W2ILA


Tom,
       Let's all try to tough it out a little bit and hang on 160M through the warm weather. The QRN can get to be a bit severe at times, but at other times it's tolerable. You put in a consistent good signal into my receiver, regardless of the time of year.

In a few weeks I want to put up a 160M "double bazooka", just to try it out and see how it works. A friend (Marty, WB2FOU) gave me one allready assembled. All I have to do is hang it. I don't often hear of many of this type of antenna and am curious how it would compare with my balanced 260' flat-top. I'm told double bazooks are very broadbanded. Do you have any experience with them? Any tips on configuration?

Any possibility you may be down this way during the Summer like we spoke about before?

Hope to mod-U-sooner-than-later.
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« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2005, 09:37:23 AM »

Hey Joe,

Would love to be on 160 and QRN isn't a big deal.
My problem is a local QRM from some noise generator like a battery charger.  It basically has put an end to my career on 160.

TM
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« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2005, 11:38:19 AM »

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Hey Joe,

Would love to be on 160 and QRN isn't a big deal.
My problem is a local QRM from some noise generator like a battery charger.  It basically has put an end to my career on 160.

TM


Tom,
      Who owns the battery charger or whatever it is?  Has the source of QRM been identified?I think it would be a crime to keep you off of 160M. I know you really enjoy the band and put out a consistently good signal. Besides, you're the first person a lot of people contact on 160M from the state of Rhode Island!
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« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2005, 12:55:02 PM »

Hey Joe,
TNX OM!  QSL fm Rhode Island!!

I don't know where the noise is from.  it appeared about 8 weeks ago.  I am only guessing it is a battery charger but it could be anything.  Dimmer, touch lamp, dog thing, etc etc.  It runs 24/7 except it went away last week for about 48 hours.
It has a white-noise sound but it could be anything - maybe even broadband noise of some type.  I walked arould with an HT tuned to 1885 AM but no luck with that.
The 160 L gets it +20.  The 80m dipole hears it at S9.  The low 160 full wave loop hears it at +10.
Soon, hopefully some of the local hams can help track it down.  There has to be a way!

Besides, the plan is to bring the 300G into the main station next fall.  So there is no choice but to solve the mystery.

73
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« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2005, 07:04:46 PM »

Hi Guys,

Well I got on Thursday night and had a good chat with the locals but didn't hear anyone out east. The CCA works great! I love it. I have pics but haven't had time to upload to my site yet. I will and then let you know. In the meantime, the Bauer 707 popped it's main fuse on Saturday and it took me 4 hours to find the problem but it's on it;s way to full recovery. Seems the plate load cap I put in a few years back gave up the ghost so I am going to replace it with a vacuum variable. Should be very deluxe.

Cheers for now and look for you on 1945 or 3870KHz.

Paul
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