From kf8ql at yahoo.com Sat Jun 10 09:11:09 2023 From: kf8ql at yahoo.com (David DeVos) Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2023 14:11:09 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] June VHF Contest starts today at 2:00 EST References: <1789536895.2473784.1686406269369.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1789536895.2473784.1686406269369@mail.yahoo.com> Hello everyone, I will be out roving as a limited rover (6,2,220,432) in EN73/74/83/84 today (Saturday) for the June VHF Contest.?? Tomorrow (Sunday), I will be in EN62/63/72/73? Coordinate via Text to my phone number below.? I will be operating FT4, FT8, CW, and SSB Dave DeVos - KF8QL 616-278-8068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k8tb at bosscher.org Mon Jun 12 14:29:00 2023 From: k8tb at bosscher.org (Tom) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:29:00 -0400 Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Congratulations to Jeff, W7JW on 6 meter FFMA ! Message-ID: <067fc686-dc6c-0c3f-a11b-55b12a012049@bosscher.org> Jeff would probably not desire to bring up here, but I will. Jeff got #'s 487 and 488 this past week. I believe Jeff is the first in Michigan to get all 488. Very well done Jeff, and thank you for being a leader in this chase! ??? ??? Tom K8TB ************************************************************************************ I'm happy to report that FFMA has been completed. I worked KN6UWK in DM02 on Saturday morning and AA5PR in DM53 Sunday morning. This morning all confirmed in LoTW and 3 QSLs checked locally all submitted to ARRL Sunday afternoon. A BIG thanks to both operators for being QRV. Thanks also to Al, K8SIX for all of his work in getting KN6UWK operational on DM02. While Al crowdfunded the KPA500, he paid for it upfront before starting the request for donations. He also purchased at his expense a hard cover transport case for the KPA500 and a new 7 element LFA, all before the 6m E Season started. Al deserves recognition for his legwork, emails with Base commanders?and suppliers. Another BIG thanks goes to John, AA5PR who built a cool little self contained 6m remote trailer. I had emailed John several times over the past summers and he kept?telling me, stand by, I have a plan.? I didn't know what he was up to until Saturday morning?when he contacted me on Slack with his plan. So while roving on his own during the contest, several times he took the time to log into his remote and look for me. On Sunday morning he found?me. His 100 watt, solar powered, moxon remote somewhere in DM53 exchanged pretty good reports on FT8 and the deal was done. FFMA from Michigan achieved. Thanks to all the others, like AG6EE, KB7Q, AC0RA et al who go out across?this?great Country activating grids for the rest of us. Best of luck to all FFMA chasers this summer. I suspect another?dozen FFMA will be issued in 2023. Vy 73 Jeff W7JW EN82fj Michigan? Jeff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From 77bowman at charter.net Mon Jun 12 15:23:35 2023 From: 77bowman at charter.net (Barry Bowman) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:23:35 -0400 Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Congratulations to Jeff, W7JW on 6 meter FFMA ! In-Reply-To: <067fc686-dc6c-0c3f-a11b-55b12a012049@bosscher.org> References: <067fc686-dc6c-0c3f-a11b-55b12a012049@bosscher.org> Message-ID: Hi Tom I know I?ve recently seen this but can?t remember what the 488 is for. I think I saw something about it in QST magazine article. Anyways, congrats to Jeff. You can forward to him if you like. 73?s Barry KE8JCD Sent from Mail for Windows From: Tom Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 3:29 PM To: mivus at mivus.org Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Congratulations to Jeff,W7JW on 6 meter FFMA ! Jeff would probably not desire to bring up here, but I will. Jeff got #'s 487 and 488 this past week. I believe Jeff is the first in Michigan to get all 488. Very well done Jeff, and thank you for being a leader in this chase! ??? ??? Tom K8TB ************************************************************************************ I'm happy to report that FFMA has been completed. I worked KN6UWK in DM02 on Saturday morning and AA5PR in DM53 Sunday morning. This morning all confirmed in LoTW and 3 QSLs checked locally all submitted to ARRL Sunday afternoon. A BIG thanks to both operators for being QRV. Thanks also to Al, K8SIX for all of his work in getting KN6UWK operational on DM02. While Al crowdfunded the KPA500, he paid for it upfront before starting the request for donations. He also purchased at his expense a hard cover transport case for the KPA500 and a new 7 element LFA, all before the 6m E Season started. Al deserves recognition for his legwork, emails with Base commanders?and suppliers. Another BIG thanks goes to John, AA5PR who built a cool little self contained 6m remote trailer. I had emailed John several times over the past summers and he kept?telling me, stand by, I have a plan.? I didn't know what he was up to until Saturday morning?when he contacted me on Slack with his plan. So while roving on his own during the contest, several times he took the time to log into his remote and look for me. On Sunday morning he found?me. His 100 watt, solar powered, moxon remote somewhere in DM53 exchanged pretty good reports on FT8 and the deal was done. FFMA from Michigan achieved. Thanks to all the others, like AG6EE, KB7Q, AC0RA et al who go out across?this?great Country activating grids for the rest of us. Best of luck to all FFMA chasers this summer. I suspect another?dozen FFMA will be issued in 2023. Vy 73 Jeff W7JW EN82fj Michigan? Jeff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kr8u at hotmail.com Mon Jun 12 19:35:41 2023 From: kr8u at hotmail.com (Dennis KR8U Fitz) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:35:41 +0000 Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Congratulations to Jeff, W7JW on 6 meter FFMA ! In-Reply-To: References: <067fc686-dc6c-0c3f-a11b-55b12a012049@bosscher.org> Message-ID: http://www.arrl.org/ffma Take a look at the link or search FFMA award for working all 488 grids in Lowe 48 states on 6 meters. Dennis KR8U Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device Get Outlook for Android ________________________________ From: MiVUS on behalf of Barry Bowman <77bowman at charter.net> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 4:23:35 PM To: mivus at mivus.org ; k8tb at bosscher.org Subject: Re: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Congratulations to Jeff, W7JW on 6 meter FFMA ! Hi Tom I know I?ve recently seen this but can?t remember what the 488 is for. I think I saw something about it in QST magazine article. Anyways, congrats to Jeff. You can forward to him if you like. 73?s Barry KE8JCD Sent from Mail for Windows From: Tom Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 3:29 PM To: mivus at mivus.org Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Congratulations to Jeff,W7JW on 6 meter FFMA ! Jeff would probably not desire to bring up here, but I will. Jeff got #'s 487 and 488 this past week. I believe Jeff is the first in Michigan to get all 488. Very well done Jeff, and thank you for being a leader in this chase! Tom K8TB ************************************************************************************ I'm happy to report that FFMA has been completed. I worked KN6UWK in DM02 on Saturday morning and AA5PR in DM53 Sunday morning. This morning all confirmed in LoTW and 3 QSLs checked locally all submitted to ARRL Sunday afternoon. A BIG thanks to both operators for being QRV. Thanks also to Al, K8SIX for all of his work in getting KN6UWK operational on DM02. While Al crowdfunded the KPA500, he paid for it upfront before starting the request for donations. He also purchased at his expense a hard cover transport case for the KPA500 and a new 7 element LFA, all before the 6m E Season started. Al deserves recognition for his legwork, emails with Base commanders and suppliers. Another BIG thanks goes to John, AA5PR who built a cool little self contained 6m remote trailer. I had emailed John several times over the past summers and he kept telling me, stand by, I have a plan. I didn't know what he was up to until Saturday morning when he contacted me on Slack with his plan. So while roving on his own during the contest, several times he took the time to log into his remote and look for me. On Sunday morning he found me. His 100 watt, solar powered, moxon remote somewhere in DM53 exchanged pretty good reports on FT8 and the deal was done. FFMA from Michigan achieved. Thanks to all the others, like AG6EE, KB7Q, AC0RA et al who go out across this great Country activating grids for the rest of us. Best of luck to all FFMA chasers this summer. I suspect another dozen FFMA will be issued in 2023. Vy 73 Jeff W7JW EN82fj Michigan Jeff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From 77bowman at charter.net Mon Jun 12 21:10:32 2023 From: 77bowman at charter.net (Barry Bowman) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 22:10:32 -0400 Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Congratulations to Jeff, W7JW on 6 meter FFMA ! In-Reply-To: References: <067fc686-dc6c-0c3f-a11b-55b12a012049@bosscher.org> Message-ID: Okay I remember this now. Thanks Sent from Mail for Windows From: Dennis KR8U Fitz Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 8:35 PM To: mivus at mivus.org; k8tb at bosscher.org Subject: Re: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Congratulations to Jeff,W7JW on 6 meter FFMA ! http://www.arrl.org/ffma Take a look at the link or search FFMA award for working all 488 grids in Lowe 48 states on 6 meters. Dennis KR8U? Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device Get Outlook for Android From: MiVUS on behalf of Barry Bowman <77bowman at charter.net> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 4:23:35 PM To: mivus at mivus.org ; k8tb at bosscher.org Subject: Re: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Congratulations to Jeff, W7JW on 6 meter FFMA ! ? Hi Tom I know I?ve recently seen this but can?t remember what the 488 is for. I think I saw something about it in QST magazine article. Anyways, congrats to Jeff. You can forward to him if you like. 73?s Barry KE8JCD ? Sent from Mail for Windows ? From: Tom Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 3:29 PM To: mivus at mivus.org Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Congratulations to Jeff,W7JW on 6 meter FFMA ! ? Jeff would probably not desire to bring up here, but I will. Jeff got #'s 487 and 488 this past week. I believe Jeff is the first in Michigan to get all 488. Very well done Jeff, and thank you for being a leader in this chase! ??? ??? Tom K8TB ************************************************************************************ I'm happy to report that FFMA has been completed. I worked KN6UWK in DM02 on Saturday morning and AA5PR in DM53 Sunday morning. This morning all confirmed in LoTW and 3 QSLs checked locally all submitted to ARRL Sunday afternoon. ? A BIG thanks to both operators for being QRV. Thanks also to Al, K8SIX for all of his work in getting KN6UWK operational on DM02. While Al crowdfunded the KPA500, he paid for it upfront before starting the request for donations. He also purchased at his expense a hard cover transport case for the KPA500 and a new 7 element LFA, all before the 6m E Season started. Al deserves recognition for his legwork, emails with Base commanders?and suppliers. ? Another BIG thanks goes to John, AA5PR who built a cool little self contained 6m remote trailer. I had emailed John several times over the past summers and he kept?telling me, stand by, I have a plan.? I didn't know what he was up to until Saturday morning?when he contacted me on Slack with his plan. So while roving on his own during the contest, several times he took the time to log into his remote and look for me. On Sunday morning he found?me. His 100 watt, solar powered, moxon remote somewhere in DM53 exchanged pretty good reports on FT8 and the deal was done. FFMA from Michigan achieved. ? Thanks to all the others, like AG6EE, KB7Q, AC0RA et al who go out across?this?great Country activating grids for the rest of us. Best of luck to all FFMA chasers this summer. I suspect another?dozen FFMA will be issued in 2023. ? Vy 73 Jeff W7JW EN82fj Michigan? Jeff ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 19F1BE43193542C79CAF916CDECCC4BE.png Type: image/png Size: 144 bytes Desc: not available URL: From kx8xx at yahoo.com Thu Jun 22 12:14:29 2023 From: kx8xx at yahoo.com (kx8xx) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:14:29 -0400 Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] 70cm Antennae Mfg ID Help Request Message-ID: <539827047.4635626.1687454075648@yahoo.com> Hallo,I'm attempting to re-enter the V/UHF weak signal world. I retrieved my old 432 mHz beam from my scrap aluminium pile and find a few broken element insulators.I want to determine the manufacturer in case they may still be around for parts.It's 16 elements, 3 of which are tied together with phasing cross straps ala log-periodic (rest are standard reflector and parasitic director elements). I'm guessing the multiple driven elements were to broad-band it, perhaps for ATV use?Another ID clue: it's fed with a copper tube sleeve balun mounted on the boom.adTHANKSvance es vy 73 de Mark KX8XX? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k9yr at yahoo.com Thu Jun 22 12:46:10 2023 From: k9yr at yahoo.com (Jeff Berman) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:46:10 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] 70cm Antennae Mfg ID Help Request In-Reply-To: <539827047.4635626.1687454075648@yahoo.com> References: <539827047.4635626.1687454075648@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <194254503.3776360.1687455970284@mail.yahoo.com> Mark that?s a KLM 16 element, replacement insulators are available from M2, but are a bit expensive. Inspect the copper straps solder connections on the balun, they tend to break away over time. I have the same antenna on my tower?73 Jeff K9YR Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On Thursday, June 22, 2023, 12:14, kx8xx via MiVUS wrote: Hallo, I'm attempting to re-enter the V/UHF weak signal world. I retrieved my old 432 mHz beam from my scrap aluminium pile and find a few broken element insulators. I want to determine the manufacturer in case they may still be around for parts. It's 16 elements, 3 of which are tied together with phasing cross straps ala log-periodic (rest are standard reflector and parasitic director elements). I'm guessing the multiple driven elements were to broad-band it, perhaps for ATV use? Another ID clue: it's fed with a copper tube sleeve balun mounted on the boom. adTHANKSvance es vy 73 de Mark KX8XX?_______________________________________________ MiVUS mailing list MiVUS at mivus.org subscribe/unsubscribe http://mail.mivus.org/mailman/listinfo/mivus_mivus.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kx8xx at yahoo.com Thu Jun 22 14:04:20 2023 From: kx8xx at yahoo.com (kx8xx) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 15:04:20 -0400 Subject: [Mich VHF UHF Society] 70cm Antennae Mfg ID Help Request In-Reply-To: <194254503.3776360.1687455970284@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <497843549.4272956.1687460667699@yahoo.com> Thank you, Jeff, and yes, one of the straps from the balun is separated, uhhuh.73! -------- Original message --------From: Jeff Berman via MiVUS Date: 6/22/23 13:46 (GMT-05:00) To: mivus at mivus.org Cc: Jeff Berman Subject: Re: [Mich VHF UHF Society] 70cm Antennae Mfg ID Help Request Mark that?s a KLM 16 element, replacement insulators are available from M2, but are a bit expensive. Inspect the copper straps solder connections on the balun, they tend to break away over time.I have the same antenna on my tower?73 Jeff K9YRSent from Yahoo Mail for iPadOn Thursday, June 22, 2023, 12:14, kx8xx via MiVUS wrote:Hallo,I'm attempting to re-enter the V/UHF weak signal world. I retrieved my old 432 mHz beam from my scrap aluminium pile and find a few broken element insulators.I want to determine the manufacturer in case they may still be around for parts.It's 16 elements, 3 of which are tied together with phasing cross straps ala log-periodic (rest are standard reflector and parasitic director elements). I'm guessing the multiple driven elements were to broad-band it, perhaps for ATV use?Another ID clue: it's fed with a copper tube sleeve balun mounted on the boom.adTHANKSvance es vy 73 de Mark KX8XX?_______________________________________________MiVUS mailing listMiVUS at mivus.orgsubscribe/unsubscribe http://mail.mivus.org/mailman/listinfo/mivus_mivus.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: