The January 2015 Board of Directors meeting minutes have been posted to the “Members Area / Meeting Minutes” page.
Monthly Archives: January 2015
My eBay HQ-145-X
I bought this Hammarlund HQ-145-X on eBay. I paid a little more than I planned, but I got tired of losing auctions. Got it Monday, and there is little cosmetic damage. Dirt, on the other hand, is a different story. The cover is well ventilated with thousands of holes, and 50+ years of dust build-up was on the top of the chassis. The underneath side was clean. It did work – I heard signals with just a wire off the back of the radio. Audio gain pot was noisy, some controls not real smooth.
My First Real New QSL Card Since 1973
Elevation Profile to Repeater Site
Lying in bed last night, I thought it would be neat if there was a tool that did this. And of course, there already is.
Here is an elevation profile from my house to the new repeater site. This is at ground level,
Here is the URL to do your own location.
http://www.geocontext.org/publ/2010/04/profiler/en/
Repeater Back on the Air
Despite some rain and wind, Mike Rink W2HYP, Jim Stefano W2COP, and I managed to get our antenna mounted about 45 ft up the tower, and get the repeater on the air.