From crlobdell1 at gmail.com Sat Mar 1 19:20:34 2025 From: crlobdell1 at gmail.com (Chris Lobdell) Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 20:20:34 -0500 Subject: [bars] Net Notes W1HH Net Wednesday Night, February 26, 2025 In-Reply-To: <1472741243.4458950.1740582387748@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1472741243.4458950.1740582387748@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Many thanks to those 19 fine folks who checked into the W1HH Net last Wednesday! W1OLU - Rick - Billerica KC1TLE - John - N. Billerica KA1ULN - Niece - Andover W7LSG - Ken - Billerica WB1HBU - Eric - West Lynn KC1FTJ - John - N. Chelmsford W1LUS - Bruce - Tewksbury N1CVO - Shawn - Lowell KC1TLF - Dave - Tyngsborough N1WRN - Doug - Reading * W1LPG - Brendan - Bedford K1THF -Tom - Wilmington KB1ELE - Lee - Lowell KC1WFE - Greg - Carlisle KB1OIQ - Andy - Westford KD1TF - Gary - Andover WA1ESU - Fred - Newburyport K1DED - Danny - Acton KB1OPS??- Dave - Fitchburg *= Net Manager, BARS President Billerica wins with 3 check ins. No NET next week, meeting at 7 pm at the church! Until next time, 73 and Gud DX - Chris Lobdell KC1IUK On Feb 26, 2025 at 10:06?AM -0500, DOUGLAS BRUCE , wrote: > Welcome to this week?s edition of "NET NOTES" !! > ?We will be having our BARS weekly net tonight at 08:00 pm EST or 01:00 UTC > > ? Show your support!! Please join in the fun ? all are most welcome. > > ? Chris, KC1IUK, will be your host tonight for the festivities! > > ? Here is the repeater info: > > ??QTH: Westford > > ?FREQ: 146.955??MHz > > ?CALL: WB1GOF > > ??Offset:??- 0.6 MHz > > ??Tone:??CTCSS 74.4 Hz > > ? NOTICE!! WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT BY DOING THE NET ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS!!!!??Please contact Doug, N1WRN,? ? ? for more info. > > ? 73, > ? Doug > ? N1WRN > ? Billerica Amateur Radio Society Net Manager > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From k1cpr at bd5.com Sun Mar 2 13:39:24 2025 From: k1cpr at bd5.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Juan_Jim=C3=A9nez?=) Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 14:39:24 -0500 Subject: [bars] Fwd: Next shipment to Ukraine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The box is on it's way. I was able to pay for air shipment through Meest, as well as for proper packaging and insurance. It will arrive in 7-10 days, as opposed to 6-7 weeks by slow boat. Thank you to all who donated. I guarantee you the Zaporiszha Ham Radio Club will appreciate the help. With the Marconi test set and BK Precision spectrum analyzer they will be able to keep their equipment working to provide backup for the communications network the Russians have destroyed. They always send a thank you note with pictures when the donations arrive, and i will forward them to all of you as well. Slava Ukraini! 73, Juan K1CPR ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Juan Jim?nez Date: Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 16:50 Subject: Re: Next shipment to Ukraine To: Update, I have received a few more donations, for which i am very grateful. Nick UR6QV / UT5Q has requested a change in shipping plans. He has asked me to send the two units to Germany, instead of Poland. I am not sure why, but I suspect it has to do with import duties and the state of relations between Poland and Ukraine. There was some friction there for a while about agricultural transshipments eating into Polish farmer profits, but I thought that had been resolved. Anyway, I am now looking for the best way to send the items to Germany and should have them out the door this weekend. An interesting piece of info... my wife's cousin was housing Ukrainian refugee families for a while in her very large home in Przemysl where she raised four boys and one girl. I've been there several times and it's right next to the Ukrainian border. Not quite shouting, but definitely screaming distance. ??? The reason I mention this is that I asked one of her sons the other day how many families were still there and if she needed any supplies. Turns out they have all moved on into Western Europe and the US, absorbed into other established Ukrainian communities. This is REALLY good news for the children in particular, whom I am sure we're stressed out about the language barriers, etc. Thought you folks might want to know. ? 73, Juan K1CPR On Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 12:55 Juan Jim?nez wrote: > So far I have received $75 in donations! Thanks to those who decided to > help. Payday is next week, and as I said, I will pay the difference to get > this shipped one way or the other. Anybody else interested in contributing? > > I can receive donations via PayPal (twiter at herdthecats.com > ), Venmo (@juan-jimenez-677) or Zelle > (781-491-3934). Please type "UKRAINE" in the comment field for any > donations so i can identify them and set them aside. > > And please keep your comments about why I am doing this for Ukraine and > not helping people locally to yourself. I have family there and don't need > to justify my actions to you or anyone else. If you want to set up your own > initiatives for local use, go right ahead. > > 73, > K1CPR > Juan > > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:31?AM Juan Jim?nez wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> Once again I am looking for help to pay for the cost of shipping radio >> equipment to the Zaporizhzhia amateur radio club in Ukraine. As a reminder, >> members of this club work to distribute all sorts of HF/VHF/UHF equipment >> across the country to act as a safety net in areas where the Russians are >> destroying communications infrastructure. In many areas, the radios are the >> only lifeline they have to communicate with the rest of the country. >> >> This time I am not shipping radios or supplies, I am shipping two key >> pieces of test equipment they requested to be able to repair the radios >> they already have, a Marconi Communications Test Set model 2955 and a BK >> Precision 2630 spectrum analyzer which I bought last week. >> >> There are two ways to ship via Meest, by boat or by air. There are no >> lithium batteries in the equipment so it can be shipped by air, unlike the >> last time where the handies had lithium batteries. By air will cost around >> $400 delivered in Ukraine in a few days, by boat it will be 4-6 weeks and >> about $200. >> >> If anyone is interested in participating, I can receive donations via >> PayPal (twiter at herdthecats.com ), Venmo >> (@juan-jimenez-677) or Zelle (781-491-3934). Please type "UKRAINE" in the >> comment field for any donations so i can identify them and set them aside. >> >> If I get enough to pay for this I will send out another email letting >> everyone know there is no need for further donations. If more money is >> received than the cost of the shipping, the difference will be set aside >> for the next Ukraine project. If there isn't enough then I will make up the >> difference. One way or another I will get this equipment out to them by >> next month. >> >> 73, >> Juan >> K1CPR >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dmarcucci at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 20:34:17 2025 From: dmarcucci at gmail.com (David Marcucci) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 21:34:17 -0500 Subject: [bars] Presentation slides available on the website. Message-ID: Hi all, A link to the presentation slides from tonight?s March 5th meeting has been added to the meeting announcement post on the website. The link to the meeting announcement is https://www.w1hh.org/march-5-2025-bars-meeting-jay-taft-k1ehz-presents-an-overview-of-the-amateur-radio-emergency-data-network-aredn/ . Unfortunately I believe Mark said the meeting did not record. 73, Dave KC1TLF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dmarcucci at gmail.com Thu Mar 6 16:13:24 2025 From: dmarcucci at gmail.com (David Marcucci) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 17:13:24 -0500 Subject: [bars] You are invited to provide feedback on the W1HH.org Website!! Message-ID: Hello fellow BARS mailing list members! As announced at the membership meeting last night, BARS is conducting a survey to understand better how people are using the club website, w1hh.org. Everyone who visits the website is invited to participate in the survey which will ask you about how often you visit, why you visit, how to like the current site, and what you'd like to see changed. You DO NOT have to be a BARS member to complete the survey. All this information will be collected and analyzed to inform future changes. The goal is to have an award-winning website to match our award-winning newsletter! You will have to register to receive a survey invite and you can do that using the link below. I'm running the survey off of my business domain so you'll get emails from my "David at Marcucci.pro" email address in case they end up in spam. If you have problems registering, just let me know. Thanks in advance for all the great feedback!! Survey invite link: https://tools.marcucci.pro/survey/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=862773&lang=en 73, Dave KC1TLF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k1dc.radio at gmail.com Fri Mar 7 12:43:19 2025 From: k1dc.radio at gmail.com (Tim - K1DC) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 13:43:19 -0500 Subject: [bars] Source for fiberglass rod/tube? Message-ID: <8e2ef688-54af-470b-bcd2-f4bde68be7e0@gmail.com> I've _finally_ got my hands on an open-box AZ-EL rotor to build my sat. antenna system!? I have the antennas (somewhere...) but I'll be needing a fiberglass boom to act as a crossbar.? Anyone have a local vendor for such an item?? I'm not yet sure on the dimensional requirements but roughly 6ft x 1.5in OD. 73, Tim/K1DC -- Courageously sent from a non-Apple device that /includes/ a headphone jack. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tim?Carter - K1DC +1.978.710.0133 k1dc.radio at gmail.com https://k1dc.com "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination." -- /Albert Einstein/ Warning: Spelling errors in this message are the product of a poor school system. Pay teachures more than athletes. This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humor or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorized (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social fauxpas. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the mutt next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From apizer at comcast.net Fri Mar 7 12:56:01 2025 From: apizer at comcast.net (apizer at comcast.net) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 13:56:01 -0500 Subject: [bars] Source for fiberglass rod/tube? In-Reply-To: <8e2ef688-54af-470b-bcd2-f4bde68be7e0@gmail.com> References: <8e2ef688-54af-470b-bcd2-f4bde68be7e0@gmail.com> Message-ID: <039001db8f92$92ef11e0$b8cd35a0$@comcast.net> Maybe Grainger? Art NF1A From: bars On Behalf Of Tim - K1DC Sent: Friday, March 7, 2025 1:43 PM To: bars at w1hh.org Subject: [bars] Source for fiberglass rod/tube? I've _finally_ got my hands on an open-box AZ-EL rotor to build my sat. antenna system! I have the antennas (somewhere...) but I'll be needing a fiberglass boom to act as a crossbar. Anyone have a local vendor for such an item? I'm not yet sure on the dimensional requirements but roughly 6ft x 1.5in OD. 73, Tim/K1DC -- Courageously sent from a non-Apple device that includes a headphone jack. _____ Tim Carter - K1DC +1.978.710.0133 k1dc.radio at gmail.com <="" td=""> https://k1dc.com "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination." -- Albert Einstein Warning: Spelling errors in this message are the product of a poor school system. Pay teachures more than athletes. This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humor or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorized (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social fauxpas. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the mutt next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From n1hts at comcast.net Fri Mar 7 15:03:36 2025 From: n1hts at comcast.net (n1hts at comcast.net) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 16:03:36 -0500 (EST) Subject: [bars] Source for fiberglass rod/tube? In-Reply-To: <039001db8f92$92ef11e0$b8cd35a0$@comcast.net> References: <8e2ef688-54af-470b-bcd2-f4bde68be7e0@gmail.com> <039001db8f92$92ef11e0$b8cd35a0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <641803834.4971427.1741381416359@connect.xfinity.com> I may have one. Let me look for it. Jim N1HTS > On 03/07/2025 1:56 PM EST apizer--- via bars wrote: > > > > Maybe Grainger? > > Art > > NF1A > > > > > > From: bars On Behalf Of Tim - K1DC > Sent: Friday, March 7, 2025 1:43 PM > To: bars at w1hh.org > Subject: [bars] Source for fiberglass rod/tube? > > > > I've _finally_ got my hands on an open-box AZ-EL rotor to build my sat. antenna system! I have the antennas (somewhere...) but I'll be needing a fiberglass boom to act as a crossbar. Anyone have a local vendor for such an item? I'm not yet sure on the dimensional requirements but roughly 6ft x 1.5in OD. > > 73, > > Tim/K1DC > > -- > > > Courageously sent from a non-Apple device that includes a headphone jack. > > > --------------------------------------------- > https://k1dc.com/img/k1dc-qsl-card-front.png > > > Tim Carter - K1DC > > > > > > +1.978.710.0133 tel:1.978.710.0133 > > k1dc.radio at gmail.com mailto:k1dc.radio at gmail.com > > <="" td=""> > > https://k1dc.com > > "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination." -- Albert Einstein > > Warning: Spelling errors in this message are the product of a poor school system. 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Here is the repeater info: QTH: Westford FREQ: 146.955 MHz CALL: WB1GOF Offset: - 0.6 MHz Tone: CTCSS 74.4 Hz NOTICE!! WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT BY DOING THE NET ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS!!!! Please contact Doug, N1WRN, for more info. 73, Doug N1WRN Billerica Amateur Radio Society Net Manager -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From k1cpr at bd5.com Wed Mar 12 20:36:24 2025 From: k1cpr at bd5.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Juan_Jim=C3=A9nez?=) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:36:24 -0400 Subject: [bars] Next shipment to Ukraine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The equipment we sent to Ukraine has arrived in Poland, where it will now be put on a truck and delivered across the border to Germany. From there the German team working with Nick will take over and get it into Ukraine, where their wizards are waiting for it to help fix and maintain many radios. ? (Yes, I know. Poland to Germany, and then back through Poland to Ukraine... Hey, as long as it gets there. Meest paused deliveries to Ukraine, though. They likely have a very good reason for that.) [image: image.png] 73, K1CPR Juan On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 4:50?PM Juan Jim?nez wrote: > Update, I have received a few more donations, for which i am very > grateful. > > Nick UR6QV / UT5Q has requested a change in shipping plans. He has asked > me to send the two units to Germany, instead of Poland. I am not sure why, > but I suspect it has to do with import duties and the state of relations > between Poland and Ukraine. There was some friction there for a while about > agricultural transshipments eating into Polish farmer profits, but I > thought that had been resolved. > > Anyway, I am now looking for the best way to send the items to Germany and > should have them out the door this weekend. > > An interesting piece of info... my wife's cousin was housing Ukrainian > refugee families for a while in her very large home in Przemysl where she > raised four boys and one girl. I've been there several times and it's right > next to the Ukrainian border. Not quite shouting, but definitely screaming > distance. ??? > > The reason I mention this is that I asked one of her sons the other day > how many families were still there and if she needed any supplies. Turns > out they have all moved on into Western Europe and the US, absorbed into > other established Ukrainian communities. This is REALLY good news for the > children in particular, whom I am sure we're stressed out about the > language barriers, etc. > > Thought you folks might want to know. ? > > 73, > Juan > K1CPR > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 12:55 Juan Jim?nez wrote: > >> So far I have received $75 in donations! Thanks to those who decided to >> help. Payday is next week, and as I said, I will pay the difference to get >> this shipped one way or the other. Anybody else interested in contributing? >> >> I can receive donations via PayPal (twiter at herdthecats.com >> ), Venmo (@juan-jimenez-677) or Zelle >> (781-491-3934). Please type "UKRAINE" in the comment field for any >> donations so i can identify them and set them aside. >> >> And please keep your comments about why I am doing this for Ukraine and >> not helping people locally to yourself. I have family there and don't need >> to justify my actions to you or anyone else. If you want to set up your own >> initiatives for local use, go right ahead. >> >> 73, >> K1CPR >> Juan >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:31?AM Juan Jim?nez wrote: >> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> Once again I am looking for help to pay for the cost of shipping radio >>> equipment to the Zaporizhzhia amateur radio club in Ukraine. As a reminder, >>> members of this club work to distribute all sorts of HF/VHF/UHF equipment >>> across the country to act as a safety net in areas where the Russians are >>> destroying communications infrastructure. In many areas, the radios are the >>> only lifeline they have to communicate with the rest of the country. >>> >>> This time I am not shipping radios or supplies, I am shipping two key >>> pieces of test equipment they requested to be able to repair the radios >>> they already have, a Marconi Communications Test Set model 2955 and a BK >>> Precision 2630 spectrum analyzer which I bought last week. >>> >>> There are two ways to ship via Meest, by boat or by air. There are no >>> lithium batteries in the equipment so it can be shipped by air, unlike the >>> last time where the handies had lithium batteries. By air will cost around >>> $400 delivered in Ukraine in a few days, by boat it will be 4-6 weeks and >>> about $200. >>> >>> If anyone is interested in participating, I can receive donations via >>> PayPal (twiter at herdthecats.com ), Venmo >>> (@juan-jimenez-677) or Zelle (781-491-3934). Please type "UKRAINE" in the >>> comment field for any donations so i can identify them and set them aside. >>> >>> If I get enough to pay for this I will send out another email letting >>> everyone know there is no need for further donations. If more money is >>> received than the cost of the shipping, the difference will be set aside >>> for the next Ukraine project. If there isn't enough then I will make up the >>> difference. One way or another I will get this equipment out to them by >>> next month. >>> >>> 73, >>> Juan >>> K1CPR >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From there the German team working with Nick will take over and get it into Ukraine, where their wizards are waiting for it to help fix and maintain many radios. ?(Yes, I know. Poland to Germany, and then back through Poland to Ukraine... Hey, as long as it gets there. Meest paused deliveries to Ukraine, though. They likely have a very good reason for that.)73,K1CPRJuanOn Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 4:50?PM Juan Jim?nez wrote:Update, I have received a few more donations, for which i am very grateful.?Nick UR6QV / UT5Q has requested a change in shipping plans. He has asked me to send the two units to Germany, instead of Poland. I am not sure why, but I suspect it has to do with import duties and the state of relations between Poland and Ukraine. There was some friction there for a while about agricultural transshipments eating into Polish farmer profits, but I thought that had been resolved.?Anyway, I am now looking for the best way to send the items to Germany and should have them out the door this weekend.?An interesting piece of info... my wife's cousin was housing Ukrainian refugee families for a while in her very large home in Przemysl where she raised four boys and one girl. I've been there several times and it's right next to the Ukrainian border. Not quite shouting, but definitely screaming distance. ???The reason I mention this is that I asked one of her sons the other day how many families were still there and if she needed any supplies. Turns out they have all moved on into Western Europe and the US, absorbed into other established Ukrainian communities. This is REALLY good news for the children in particular, whom I am sure we're stressed out about the language barriers, etc.?Thought you folks might want to know. ?73,JuanK1CPROn Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 12:55 Juan Jim?nez wrote:So far I have received $75 in donations! Thanks to those who decided to help. Payday is next week, and as I said, I will pay the difference to get this shipped one way or the other. Anybody else interested in contributing?I can receive donations via PayPal (twiter at herdthecats.com), Venmo (@juan-jimenez-677) or Zelle (781-491-3934). Please type "UKRAINE" in the comment field for any donations so i can identify them and set them aside.And please keep your comments about why I am doing this for Ukraine and not helping people locally to yourself. I have family there and don't need to justify my actions to you or anyone else. If you want to set up your own initiatives for local use, go right ahead.73,K1CPRJuanOn Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:31?AM Juan Jim?nez wrote:Hi folks,Once again I am looking for help to pay for the cost of shipping radio equipment to the Zaporizhzhia amateur radio club in Ukraine. As a reminder, members of this club work to distribute all sorts of HF/VHF/UHF equipment across the country to act as a safety net in areas where the Russians are destroying communications infrastructure. In many areas, the radios are the only lifeline they have to communicate with the rest of the country.This time I am not shipping radios or supplies, I am shipping two key pieces of test equipment they requested to be able to repair the radios they already have, a Marconi Communications Test Set model 2955 and a BK Precision 2630 spectrum analyzer which I bought last week.There are two ways to ship via Meest, by boat or by air. There are no lithium batteries in the equipment so it can be shipped by air, unlike the last time where the handies had lithium batteries. By air will cost around $400 delivered in Ukraine in a few days, by boat it will be 4-6 weeks and about $200.If anyone is interested in participating, I can receive donations via PayPal (twiter at herdthecats.com), Venmo (@juan-jimenez-677) or Zelle (781-491-3934). Please type "UKRAINE" in the comment field for any donations so i can identify them and set them aside.If I get enough to pay for this I will send out another email letting everyone know there is no need for further donations. If more money is received than the cost of the shipping, the difference will be set aside for the next Ukraine project. If there isn't enough then I will make up the difference. One way or another I will get this equipment out to them by next month.73,JuanK1CPR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Imagine the cell phone system. You phone just receives data from the cell phone towers. Now imagine if your cell phone also sent information to other nearby cellphones and nearby cell phones could route messages, calls, or data through your cell phone to reach the towers. How?s it is a mesh network. If you are familiar how the National Traffic System works to send radiograms, that is technically a mesh network. I can create radiograms and any operator can receive them and forward them onto the final recipient but I also accept radiograms from other to sent them either to the recipient or another operator to continue it on its way. That?s my best simple explanation. There are a lot of more complex topics beyond this to increase efficiency and improve resilience of the mesh but that?s beyond basics. 73, Dave, KC1TLF On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 11:56?AM Welch, Brendan wrote: > www.nhmesh.com > gives me too much. I want a very simple, basic explanation > for something which could be the next FT8 ??? > > _______________________________________________ > bars mailing list > bars at w1hh.org > http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k1cpr at bd5.com Sun Mar 16 12:11:06 2025 From: k1cpr at bd5.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Juan_Jim=C3=A9nez?=) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 13:11:06 -0400 Subject: [bars] Is anyone familiar with mesh networks ? from W1LPG In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: "Now imagine if your cell phone also sent information to other nearby cellphones and nearby cell phones could route messages, calls, or data through your cell phone to reach the towers. How?s it is a mesh network." You just described a hacker's wet dream. On Sun, Mar 16, 2025, 12:18 David Marcucci wrote: > A mesh network is any network where the participants are not just > receivers of information but also senders of information that is traveling > across the network. > > Imagine the cell phone system. You phone just receives data from the cell > phone towers. Now imagine if your cell phone also sent information to other > nearby cellphones and nearby cell phones could route messages, calls, or > data through your cell phone to reach the towers. How?s it is a mesh > network. > > If you are familiar how the National Traffic System works to send > radiograms, that is technically a mesh network. I can create radiograms and > any operator can receive them and forward them onto the final recipient but > I also accept radiograms from other to sent them either to the recipient or > another operator to continue it on its way. > > That?s my best simple explanation. There are a lot of more complex topics > beyond this to increase efficiency and improve resilience of the mesh but > that?s beyond basics. > > 73, > Dave, KC1TLF > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 11:56?AM Welch, Brendan > wrote: > >> www.nhmesh.com >> gives me too much. I want a very simple, basic explanation >> for something which could be the next FT8 ??? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> bars mailing list >> bars at w1hh.org >> http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org >> > _______________________________________________ > bars mailing list > bars at w1hh.org > http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From geoffreyf at comcast.net Sun Mar 16 12:46:53 2025 From: geoffreyf at comcast.net (geoffreyf at comcast.net) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 17:46:53 +0000 Subject: [bars] Is anyone familiar with mesh networks ? from W1LPG In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Referring to hacker wet dreams is really not a good argument. Examining the specification or reading others examination of the 5G / 6G specification might be a lot more work than you wish to do - but it's the only basis for useful comment about hacker nocturnal emissions. Actually, it's a basis for why that is utterly irrelevant to the question about Mesh networks for amateur radio. A simple explanation of mesh was requested, and that simple explanation is all transceivers are repeaters. Then there are problems with loop repeating, solved by algorithms. Asked and answered. This kind of colorful ejaculation of ideas is why these list serves can be very tedious. Geoff / W1GCF ________________________________ From: bars on behalf of Juan Jim?nez via bars Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2025 1:11 PM To: David Marcucci Cc: w1hh Subject: Re: [bars] Is anyone familiar with mesh networks ? from W1LPG "Now imagine if your cell phone also sent information to other nearby cellphones and nearby cell phones could route messages, calls, or data through your cell phone to reach the towers. How?s it is a mesh network." You just described a hacker's wet dream. On Sun, Mar 16, 2025, 12:18 David Marcucci > wrote: A mesh network is any network where the participants are not just receivers of information but also senders of information that is traveling across the network. Imagine the cell phone system. You phone just receives data from the cell phone towers. Now imagine if your cell phone also sent information to other nearby cellphones and nearby cell phones could route messages, calls, or data through your cell phone to reach the towers. How?s it is a mesh network. If you are familiar how the National Traffic System works to send radiograms, that is technically a mesh network. I can create radiograms and any operator can receive them and forward them onto the final recipient but I also accept radiograms from other to sent them either to the recipient or another operator to continue it on its way. That?s my best simple explanation. There are a lot of more complex topics beyond this to increase efficiency and improve resilience of the mesh but that?s beyond basics. 73, Dave, KC1TLF On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 11:56?AM Welch, Brendan > wrote: www.nhmesh.com gives me too much. I want a very simple, basic explanation for something which could be the next FT8 ??? _______________________________________________ bars mailing list bars at w1hh.org http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org _______________________________________________ bars mailing list bars at w1hh.org http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From douglas.bruce1 at comcast.net Wed Mar 19 14:48:24 2025 From: douglas.bruce1 at comcast.net (DOUGLAS BRUCE) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:48:24 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [bars] Net Notes W1HH Net Wednesday Night March 19, 2025 Message-ID: <1650172824.442498.1742413704647@connect.xfinity.com> Welcome to this week?s edition of "NET NOTES" !! We will be having our BARS weekly net tonight at 08:00 pm EST or 00:00 UTC Show your support!! Please join in the fun ? all are most welcome. Dave, KC1TLF, will be your host tonight for the festivities! Here is the repeater info: QTH: Westford FREQ: 146.955 MHz CALL: WB1GOF Offset: - 0.6 MHz Tone: CTCSS 74.4 Hz NOTICE!! WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT BY DOING THE NET ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS!!!! Please contact Doug, N1WRN, for more info. 73, Doug N1WRN Billerica Amateur Radio Society Net Manager -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From douglas.bruce1 at comcast.net Wed Mar 19 14:51:46 2025 From: douglas.bruce1 at comcast.net (DOUGLAS BRUCE) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:51:46 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [bars] W1HH Net Wednesday Night March 19, 2025 Start Time Message-ID: <2045101905.442849.1742413906287@connect.xfinity.com> Good Afternoon All, Tonight's Net will start at 8:00 EDT, not EST as indicated in my last email. It will start at 00:00 UTC. 73, Doug N1WRN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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KC1TLF - Dave, Tyngsboro 73, Dave, KC1TLF On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 3:48?PM DOUGLAS BRUCE wrote: > *Welcome to this week?s edition of "NET NOTES" !! * > > > * We will be having our BARS weekly net tonight at 08:00 pm EST or 00:00 > UTC Show your support!! Please join in the fun ? all are most welcome.* > > > > > > > > * Dave, KC1TLF, will be your host tonight for the festivities! Here is > the repeater info: QTH: Westford FREQ: 146.955 MHz* > > > > > > > > > > > * CALL: WB1GOF Offset: - 0.6 MHz Tone: CTCSS 74.4 Hz NOTICE!! WE NEED > VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT BY DOING THE NET ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS!!!! Please > contact Doug, N1WRN, for more info. 73, Doug* > * N1WRN* > * Billerica Amateur Radio Society Net Manager* > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From k1cpr at bd5.com Sun Mar 23 13:06:51 2025 From: k1cpr at bd5.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Juan_Jim=C3=A9nez?=) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:06:51 -0400 Subject: [bars] C1971/1972 transistors In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Folks, I didn't think I would have to explain it, but after 50 years in IT and electronics I know all about the standard sources. None of them have what I need, except for desperate Chinese suppliers known to ship counterfeit parts, in some cases with twisted leads. So, to clarify, I am looking for *reliable alternate* sources. 73, K1CPR Juan On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 11:48?AM Richard T wrote: > Try the big three > > Gigafarts > Digikey > Mouser > > Then Amazon and horrors, lastly eBay > RichieT > W1RJT > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 11:11?AM Juan Jim?nez via bars > wrote: > >> Does anyone know where I can get a good deal on a pair of C1971 and C1972 >> RF transistors? >> >> 73, >> K1CPR >> Juan >> _______________________________________________ >> bars mailing list >> bars at w1hh.org >> http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From w1lusba at gmail.com Sun Mar 23 13:21:18 2025 From: w1lusba at gmail.com (Bruce Anderson) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:21:18 -0400 Subject: [bars] Downloadable pdf Antenna Books and Documents Message-ID: Here are several books and files in pdf format that can be found on the internet. I have not verified the copyright status of each, only that the links work. Please do due diligence and respect any copyright that may apply. http://www.n5dux.com/ham/files/pdf/index.php N5DUX Ham Radio PDFs http://www.apparentlyapparel.com/uploads/5/3/5/6/5356442/practical_antenna_handbook_fourth_edition_carr.pdf http://tubebooks.org/Books/ant1936.pdf Radio Antenna Handbook 1936 http://www.seklad69associates.com/seklad69associates.com/EEG_808_and_815_files/Antenna%20Engineering%20Handbook.pdf Antenna Engineering Handbook - Richard C Johnson - Georgia Institute of Engineering http://www.tubebooks.org/Books/Jonesant.pdf Jones Antenna Handbook - Frank C Jones 1937 https://ia801609.us.archive.org/21/items/The_Radio_Handbook_William_Orr_Editor_15th_Edition_1959/The_Radio_Handbook_William_Orr_Editor_15th_Edition_1959.pdf The Radio Handbook William I Orr W6SAI https://archive.org/details/73dipolelongwire00edwa 73 Dipole and Long-Wire Antennas by Edward M. Noll, W3FQJ https://archive.org/details/DTIC_AD0684938 A FIELD GUIDE TO SIMPLE HF DIPOLES C. Barnes, J. A. Hudick, and M. E. Mills http://www.n5dux.com/ham/files/pdf/Antenna%20Toolkit%20-%202nd%20Edition.pdf Joseph J. Carr, K4IPV http://wireless.ictp.it/handbook/C4.pdf Antenna Basics http://www.radio-astronomy.org/library/Antenna-design.pdf MODERN ANTENNA DESIGN THOMAS A. MILLIGAN https://www.cv.nrao.edu/course/astr534/PDFnewfiles/AntennaTheory.pdf Antenna Fundamentals http://www.waves.utoronto.ca/prof/svhum/ece422/notes/06-antennachar.pdf Antenna Characteristics http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/rraj/Courses/6710/S10/Lectures/AntennasPropagation.pdf Antennas & Propagation Rajmohan Rajaraman .Lecture Notes On Antenna & Wave Propagation Dr.V.Thrimurthulu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From richard.heckbert at gmail.com Sun Mar 23 13:34:49 2025 From: richard.heckbert at gmail.com (Richard Heckbert) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:34:49 +0000 Subject: [bars] C1971/1972 transistors In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Juan, Just run down to your nearest Radio Shack, er, You-Do-It Electronics, er A1 Electronics - Dang! All I?m seeing are ones on Amazon that are Chinese in origin. Some even have the nerve to put a Mitsubishi logo on them but then say Chinese generic. All the big names don?t seem to have them Newark, Mouser, Jameco, DigiKey I did find C1971?s at LCSC Electronics under PN 2SC1971 https://www.lcsc.com/products/Bipolar-BJT_326.html?globalKeyword=C1971%2520&s_z=n_C1971%2520 The above are my goto?s when I need components Sorry, Rick W1OLU From: bars on behalf of Juan Jim?nez via bars Reply-To: Juan Jim?nez Date: Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 2:07?PM To: w1hh Subject: Re: [bars] C1971/1972 transistors Folks, I didn't think I would have to explain it, but after 50 years in IT and electronics I know all about the standard sources. None of them have what I need, except for desperate Chinese suppliers known to ship counterfeit parts, in some cases with twisted leads. So, to clarify, I am looking for reliable alternate sources. 73, K1CPR Juan On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 11:48?AM Richard T > wrote: Try the big three Gigafarts Digikey Mouser Then Amazon and horrors, lastly eBay RichieT W1RJT On Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 11:11?AM Juan Jim?nez via bars > wrote: Does anyone know where I can get a good deal on a pair of C1971 and C1972 RF transistors? 73, K1CPR Juan _______________________________________________ bars mailing list bars at w1hh.org http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scrook at comcast.net Sun Mar 23 14:32:09 2025 From: scrook at comcast.net (Stephen Crook) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:32:09 -0400 Subject: [bars] C1971/1972 transistors In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <871DA1FC-A1B3-4136-B1E2-56BACA2ABB01@comcast.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k1cpr at bd5.com Sun Mar 23 17:14:26 2025 From: k1cpr at bd5.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Juan_Jim=C3=A9nez?=) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:14:26 -0400 Subject: [bars] C1971/1972 transistors In-Reply-To: <871DA1FC-A1B3-4136-B1E2-56BACA2ABB01@comcast.net> References: <871DA1FC-A1B3-4136-B1E2-56BACA2ABB01@comcast.net> Message-ID: Thanks, that gives me a few more leads. 73, K1CPR Juan On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 3:32?PM Stephen Crook wrote: > Alas, they are obsolete? hence mostly (Chinese?) counterfeit parts out > there now. :-( > > NTE342 is alleged to be a replacement for Mitsubishi?s 2SC1971 > > Try: https://vetco.net/search?options%5Bprefix%5D=last&q=Nte342 > They bought NTE?s inventory when NTE went under in 2024. > > = KB1LKR ? Steve = > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 23, 2025, at 2:59?PM, Richard Heckbert via bars > wrote: > > ? > > Juan, > > > > Just run down to your nearest Radio Shack, er, You-Do-It Electronics, er > A1 Electronics - Dang! > > > > All I?m seeing are ones on Amazon that are Chinese in origin. Some even > have the nerve to put a Mitsubishi logo on them but then say Chinese > generic. > > All the big names don?t seem to have them > > Newark, Mouser, Jameco, DigiKey > > > > I did find C1971?s at LCSC Electronics under PN 2SC1971 > > > https://www.lcsc.com/products/Bipolar-BJT_326.html?globalKeyword=C1971%2520&s_z=n_C1971%2520 > > > > The above are my goto?s when I need components > > > > Sorry, > > Rick > > W1OLU > > > > *From: *bars on behalf of Juan Jim?nez via bars < > bars at w1hh.org> > *Reply-To: *Juan Jim?nez > *Date: *Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 2:07?PM > *To: *w1hh > *Subject: *Re: [bars] C1971/1972 transistors > > > > Folks, I didn't think I would have to explain it, but after 50 years in IT > and electronics I know all about the standard sources. None of them have > what I need, except for desperate Chinese suppliers known to ship > counterfeit parts, in some cases with twisted leads. > > > > So, to clarify, I am looking for *reliable alternate* sources. > > > > 73, > > K1CPR > > Juan > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 11:48?AM Richard T > wrote: > > Try the big three > > Gigafarts > Digikey > Mouser > > Then Amazon and horrors, lastly eBay > > RichieT > W1RJT > > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 11:11?AM Juan Jim?nez via bars > wrote: > > Does anyone know where I can get a good deal on a pair of C1971 and C1972 > RF transistors? > > > > 73, > > K1CPR > > Juan > > _______________________________________________ > bars mailing list > bars at w1hh.org > http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org > > _______________________________________________ > bars mailing list > bars at w1hh.org > http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k1cpr at bd5.com Sun Mar 23 17:16:06 2025 From: k1cpr at bd5.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Juan_Jim=C3=A9nez?=) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:16:06 -0400 Subject: [bars] C1971/1972 transistors In-Reply-To: <871DA1FC-A1B3-4136-B1E2-56BACA2ABB01@comcast.net> References: <871DA1FC-A1B3-4136-B1E2-56BACA2ABB01@comcast.net> Message-ID: A bit of irony, I used to work for Mitsubishi Corporation, contract work, writing the software for their supply chain management for their pilot (at the time) semiconductor plant in Durham NC. 73, K1CPR Juan On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 3:32?PM Stephen Crook wrote: > Alas, they are obsolete? hence mostly (Chinese?) counterfeit parts out > there now. :-( > > NTE342 is alleged to be a replacement for Mitsubishi?s 2SC1971 > > Try: https://vetco.net/search?options%5Bprefix%5D=last&q=Nte342 > They bought NTE?s inventory when NTE went under in 2024. > > = KB1LKR ? Steve = > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 23, 2025, at 2:59?PM, Richard Heckbert via bars > wrote: > > ? > > Juan, > > > > Just run down to your nearest Radio Shack, er, You-Do-It Electronics, er > A1 Electronics - Dang! > > > > All I?m seeing are ones on Amazon that are Chinese in origin. Some even > have the nerve to put a Mitsubishi logo on them but then say Chinese > generic. > > All the big names don?t seem to have them > > Newark, Mouser, Jameco, DigiKey > > > > I did find C1971?s at LCSC Electronics under PN 2SC1971 > > > https://www.lcsc.com/products/Bipolar-BJT_326.html?globalKeyword=C1971%2520&s_z=n_C1971%2520 > > > > The above are my goto?s when I need components > > > > Sorry, > > Rick > > W1OLU > > > > *From: *bars on behalf of Juan Jim?nez via bars < > bars at w1hh.org> > *Reply-To: *Juan Jim?nez > *Date: *Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 2:07?PM > *To: *w1hh > *Subject: *Re: [bars] C1971/1972 transistors > > > > Folks, I didn't think I would have to explain it, but after 50 years in IT > and electronics I know all about the standard sources. None of them have > what I need, except for desperate Chinese suppliers known to ship > counterfeit parts, in some cases with twisted leads. > > > > So, to clarify, I am looking for *reliable alternate* sources. > > > > 73, > > K1CPR > > Juan > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 11:48?AM Richard T > wrote: > > Try the big three > > Gigafarts > Digikey > Mouser > > Then Amazon and horrors, lastly eBay > > RichieT > W1RJT > > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 11:11?AM Juan Jim?nez via bars > wrote: > > Does anyone know where I can get a good deal on a pair of C1971 and C1972 > RF transistors? > > > > 73, > > K1CPR > > Juan > > _______________________________________________ > bars mailing list > bars at w1hh.org > http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org > > _______________________________________________ > bars mailing list > bars at w1hh.org > http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Terry Terry M Stader KA8SCP WB1GOF Repeaters Proprietor Begin forwarded message: > From: Bob DeMattia K1IW > Date: March 24, 2025 at 1:17:31?PM EDT > To: KA8SCP Stader KA8SCP > Subject: Billerica Take-Down April 4th > > ?Billerica Take-Down April 4th > > Hi KA8SCP, > We will be removing the Billerica repeater from its current site on April 4th. It will be off the air for 2 - 3 weeks while the antennas are relocated to the new site. Some work will also be done to the equipment itself during the downtime. The Burlington repeater on 145.43 should provide adequate coverage in the Billerica area during this period. > > > We are in need of some people to help with the removal on the 4th. The tower is hinged, so it will be lowered and everything removed. We also need to bring the antennas, equipment, and some empty racks that are in the repeater room down to the loading area to be put on vehicles. > > We currently have four volunteers but could use four more. We will meet at 300 Concord Rd, Billerica at 9AM on the 4th. I would estimate it will take about four hours to complete the work. > > Please reply if you are interested in helping. > > 73, > Bob > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k1cpr at bd5.com Tue Mar 25 09:54:25 2025 From: k1cpr at bd5.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Juan_Jim=C3=A9nez?=) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:54:25 -0400 Subject: [bars] Next shipment to Ukraine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The shipment to Ukraine has been liberated from Polish customs. No import duties, but they charged ?114 for taxes, fees and the omnipresent customs stamp. From the remainder of your donations, I PayPal'd half of that into the pot to contribute, and it's finally making its way to... Germany. LOL! >From there it goes to Ukraine. This would make for a great Monty Python episode... 73, K1CPR Juan On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 9:36?PM Juan Jim?nez wrote: > The equipment we sent to Ukraine has arrived in Poland, where it will now > be put on a truck and delivered across the border to Germany. From there > the German team working with Nick will take over and get it into Ukraine, > where their wizards are waiting for it to help fix and maintain many > radios. ? > > (Yes, I know. Poland to Germany, and then back through Poland to > Ukraine... Hey, as long as it gets there. Meest paused deliveries to > Ukraine, though. They likely have a very good reason for that.) > > [image: image.png] > > 73, > K1CPR > Juan > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 4:50?PM Juan Jim?nez wrote: > >> Update, I have received a few more donations, for which i am very >> grateful. >> >> Nick UR6QV / UT5Q has requested a change in shipping plans. He has asked >> me to send the two units to Germany, instead of Poland. I am not sure why, >> but I suspect it has to do with import duties and the state of relations >> between Poland and Ukraine. There was some friction there for a while about >> agricultural transshipments eating into Polish farmer profits, but I >> thought that had been resolved. >> >> Anyway, I am now looking for the best way to send the items to Germany >> and should have them out the door this weekend. >> >> An interesting piece of info... my wife's cousin was housing Ukrainian >> refugee families for a while in her very large home in Przemysl where she >> raised four boys and one girl. I've been there several times and it's right >> next to the Ukrainian border. Not quite shouting, but definitely screaming >> distance. ??? >> >> The reason I mention this is that I asked one of her sons the other day >> how many families were still there and if she needed any supplies. Turns >> out they have all moved on into Western Europe and the US, absorbed into >> other established Ukrainian communities. This is REALLY good news for the >> children in particular, whom I am sure we're stressed out about the >> language barriers, etc. >> >> Thought you folks might want to know. ? >> >> 73, >> Juan >> K1CPR >> >> On Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 12:55 Juan Jim?nez wrote: >> >>> So far I have received $75 in donations! Thanks to those who decided to >>> help. Payday is next week, and as I said, I will pay the difference to get >>> this shipped one way or the other. Anybody else interested in contributing? >>> >>> I can receive donations via PayPal (twiter at herdthecats.com >>> ), Venmo (@juan-jimenez-677) or Zelle >>> (781-491-3934). Please type "UKRAINE" in the comment field for any >>> donations so i can identify them and set them aside. >>> >>> And please keep your comments about why I am doing this for Ukraine and >>> not helping people locally to yourself. I have family there and don't need >>> to justify my actions to you or anyone else. If you want to set up your own >>> initiatives for local use, go right ahead. >>> >>> 73, >>> K1CPR >>> Juan >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:31?AM Juan Jim?nez wrote: >>> >>>> Hi folks, >>>> >>>> Once again I am looking for help to pay for the cost of shipping radio >>>> equipment to the Zaporizhzhia amateur radio club in Ukraine. As a reminder, >>>> members of this club work to distribute all sorts of HF/VHF/UHF equipment >>>> across the country to act as a safety net in areas where the Russians are >>>> destroying communications infrastructure. In many areas, the radios are the >>>> only lifeline they have to communicate with the rest of the country. >>>> >>>> This time I am not shipping radios or supplies, I am shipping two key >>>> pieces of test equipment they requested to be able to repair the radios >>>> they already have, a Marconi Communications Test Set model 2955 and a BK >>>> Precision 2630 spectrum analyzer which I bought last week. >>>> >>>> There are two ways to ship via Meest, by boat or by air. There are no >>>> lithium batteries in the equipment so it can be shipped by air, unlike the >>>> last time where the handies had lithium batteries. By air will cost around >>>> $400 delivered in Ukraine in a few days, by boat it will be 4-6 weeks and >>>> about $200. >>>> >>>> If anyone is interested in participating, I can receive donations via >>>> PayPal (twiter at herdthecats.com ), Venmo >>>> (@juan-jimenez-677) or Zelle (781-491-3934). Please type "UKRAINE" in the >>>> comment field for any donations so i can identify them and set them aside. >>>> >>>> If I get enough to pay for this I will send out another email letting >>>> everyone know there is no need for further donations. If more money is >>>> received than the cost of the shipping, the difference will be set aside >>>> for the next Ukraine project. If there isn't enough then I will make up the >>>> difference. One way or another I will get this equipment out to them by >>>> next month. >>>> >>>> 73, >>>> Juan >>>> K1CPR >>>> >>>> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Rodgers) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:23:50 -0400 Subject: [bars] Arduino In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From crlobdell1 at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 10:07:44 2025 From: crlobdell1 at gmail.com (Chris Lobdell) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 11:07:44 -0400 Subject: [bars] Net Notes W1HH Net Wednesday Night March 26, 2025 In-Reply-To: <1003199821.5859461.1743010616412@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1003199821.5859461.1743010616412@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <694bf7f1-27cd-441b-9814-92db7fa29a77@Spark> Many thanks to the following 22 HAMS that checked into the W1HH BARS Net this past Wednesday! W2BPL - Chris - Bedford KC1TLE - John - Billerica W7LSG - Ken - Billerica N1CVO - Shawn - Lowell WB1HBU- Eric - West Lynn KC1FTJ - John - N. Chelmsford N1ALO - Peter- Dracut W1LUS - Bruce - Tewksbury KC1VYX-Craig - Billerica KC1WFE - Greg - Carisle W1LPG - Brendan - Bedford KC1WLO - Mike - Chelmsford KJ1BRD - Jeff - Chelmsford KD1TF - Gary - Dracut NF1A - Art - Billerica N1WRN - Doug - Reading* KB1OIQ - Andy - Westford W1OLU - Rick - N. Billerica KA1ULN - Niece - Andover WA1ESU - Fred - Newburyport K1VK - Paul - Bedford KC1QPG - Pedro - Stoneham *BARS President-NET Control Manager Billerica wins again with 5 check ins! NO NET next week, it?s meeting night at 7 PM at the Chelmsford Bible Church. 73 & Gud DX! - Chris Lobdell WK1IUK On Mar 26, 2025 at 1:36?PM -0400, DOUGLAS BRUCE , wrote: > Welcome to this week?s edition of "NET NOTES" !! > ?We will be having our BARS weekly net tonight at 08:00 pm EDT or 00:00 UTC > > ? Show your support!! Please join in the fun ? all are most welcome. > > ? Chris, KC1IUK, will be your host tonight for the festivities! > > ? Here is the repeater info: > > ??QTH: Westford > > ?FREQ: 146.955??MHz > > ?CALL: WB1GOF > > ??Offset:??- 0.6 MHz > > ??Tone:??CTCSS 74.4 Hz > > ? NOTICE!! WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT BY DOING THE NET ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS!!!!??Please contact Doug, N1WRN,? ? ? for more info. > > ? 73, > ? Doug > ? N1WRN > ? Billerica Amateur Radio Society Net Manager > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From w1lusba at gmail.com Sun Mar 30 15:28:54 2025 From: w1lusba at gmail.com (Bruce Anderson) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:28:54 -0400 Subject: [bars] BARS In-Person and ZOOM meeting April 2, 7:00 PM "The DXpedition Doctor" Message-ID: Arnold Shatz, N6HC, will be our guest speaker for the April 2, 2025 Club meeting. He will give a presentation entitled "The DXpedition Doctor," which will cover the behind-the-scenes work that Arnold did for multiple DXpeditions around the world. This involved ensuring that each member of the team remained healthy and that all of their needs were met during the DXpedition to ensure its success. I was first licensed as KN3ANU at the age of 13 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and quickly upgraded to a General Class ticket. I received an Official Relay Station (ORS) appointment from the ARRL and enjoyed handling CW traffic and participating in CD contests. Amateur radio was put on hold while I attended Temple University and earned a B.S. in Biology and an M.D. degree. Post-medical school training followed at the University of California, San Francisco, and service in the United States Public Health Service (Department of the Navy- Lieutenant Commander), Indian Health Service on the Navajo and Hopi reservations. I moved to Southern California in 1976 and started a solo private urology practice. In 1977 I upgraded to Extra Class as N6HC. I am an active member of CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) both in my immediate community of Tustin, California, and Costa Mesa, California. I have been an ARRL member for more than 60 years and I am a member of the league's Legacy Circle and Maxim Society. I serve as a Volunteer Examiner and a Field QSL card checker for both ARRL and CQ awards. I am a member of the Southern California DX Club (Vice-President-2009), Northern California DX Foundation, Southern California Contest Club and Orange County Amateur Radio Club. I am also a Chiltern DX Association (UK) member and the Medical Amateur Radio Council, Ltd. (MARCO). I was elected to membership in the A-1 operators club and I have earned many operating awards including WAS (6 bands, SSB, CW, RTTY), DXCC #1 Honor Roll, DXCC (9 bands, SSB, CW, RTTY), WAZ (CW & SSB), WAC, WPX (SSB & CW), and VUCC. I am an active contester and have earned numerous awards for participation in both domestic and DX competitions. I have operated from many places around the continental United States as well as Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, Samoa, and Prince Edward Island. I was named the DXer of the Year (2012) and awarded the first Meritorious Service award (2018) by the Southern California DX Club. I have been a team member of fourteen major DXpeditions: K7C-Kure atoll (2005), 3B7C- St. Brandon Island (2007), TX5C- Clipperton Island (2008), K4M-Midway Island (2009), T31A- Kanton atoll, Central Kiribati (2011), T32C- Christmas Island, Eastern Kiribati (2011), NH8S-Swains Island (2012), T33A-Banaba (2013), FT5ZM-Amsterdam Island (2014), TX3X-Chesterfield Island (2015), the ill-fated 3Y0Z-Bouvet Island (2018), KH1/KH7Z- Baker Island (2018), VP6D-Ducie Island (2018) and VP6R-Pitcairn Island (2019) DXpeditions. Below is your link to the Zoom portion of the April 2 meeting Topic: BARS In-Person and ZOOM meeting April 2, 7:00 PM Every month on the First Wed, Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZEqcO-tpjguGtwuXhoQ8QsksvxxbrbJosIw/ics?icsToken=DHf6JLBVpEwFZahgcwAALAAAAF__Uk-vBo38JSq1jE6BqcCG5du3DG0Bft1uUKoktwusXCBepP3w_ssM5Etp6PfntkvcM5Oyo75pMsIMLzAwMDAwMQ Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85776583408?pwd=ZStjdHBkK3VqeWV2T1doODJLdzNRQT09 Meeting ID: 857 7658 3408 Passcode: 205070 --- One tap mobile +13092053325,,85776583408#,,,,*205070# US +13126266799,,85776583408#,,,,*205070# US (Chicago) --- Dial by your location ? +1 309 205 3325 US ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) ? +1 646 931 3860 US ? +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) ? +1 305 224 1968 US ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) ? +1 360 209 5623 US ? +1 386 347 5053 US ? +1 507 473 4847 US ? +1 564 217 2000 US ? +1 669 444 9171 US ? +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) ? +1 689 278 1000 US ? +1 719 359 4580 US ? +1 253 205 0468 US Meeting ID: 857 7658 3408 Passcode: 205070 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kurFSAv3G Bruce Anderson W1LUS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You should have already received the Zoom meeting info from Bruce via this email list. This month's guest speaker will be Arnold Shatz, N6HC, giving a presentation entitled ?The DXpedition Doctor? covering his behind-the-scenes work on multiple DXpeditions worldwide which involved making sure that each member of the team remained healthy and ensuring that all of their needs were met during the DXpedition in order to ensure its success. Here is a link to our regular meeting announcement post: April 2, 2025 BARS Meeting ? Arnold Shatz, N6HC, ?The DXpedition Doctor? . Any materials from the meeting will be shared on those post after the meeting. Be sure to check out this month's newsletter or w1hh.org for more info on our upcoming meeting. As a reminder, BARS dues run from January 1 through December 31. 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