tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86491659215973703072011-12-26T21:31:43.944-08:00The Kilo-Juliet-Whiskey virtual ham shack.TrekMannoreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-90041227171142233602011-09-01T04:11:00.000-07:002011-09-01T04:11:50.063-07:00My new project will be a ground plane antenna for 2 meters like this one...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vglEGhD9q4I/Tl9oCCSkfVI/AAAAAAAADLU/uo9sGW5w73U/s1600/KC0YNRpic8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="320" width="228" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vglEGhD9q4I/Tl9oCCSkfVI/AAAAAAAADLU/uo9sGW5w73U/s320/KC0YNRpic8.jpg" /></a></div><br />I already got the material to mount and test it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-9004122717114223360?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-81611002489879760352010-09-01T06:16:00.001-07:002010-09-01T06:16:59.939-07:00Getting ready and prepared for the JOTA 2010...<br />Soon... in a radio station next to you!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-8161100248987976035?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-62024484635748057032010-08-04T02:48:00.000-07:002010-08-04T02:50:36.016-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/TFk33oT-VkI/AAAAAAAADA8/k-quoDVsSLo/s1600/eit_med.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 253px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/TFk33oT-VkI/AAAAAAAADA8/k-quoDVsSLo/s320/eit_med.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501489848663299650" /></a><br />(CNN) -- Attention, Earthlings: The sun is spewing plasma toward you, and the results could be beautiful.<br /><br />Stargazers looking to the sky late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning could see northern lights, or aurorae. According to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the potential light show started Sunday, when the sun's surface erupted and hurled tons of ionized atoms -- or plasma -- into space.<br /><br />"This eruption is directed right at us, and is expected to get here early in the day on August 4th," said astronomer Leon Golub of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). "It's the first major Earth-directed eruption in quite some time."<br /><br />When such an expulsion reaches Earth, it interacts with the planet's magnetic field and can create a geomagnetic storm, the CfA said. Solar particles stream down the field lines toward Earth's poles. Those particles crash with atoms of nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere, which then glow like little neon signs.<br /><br />Sky watchers in the northern U.S. and other countries should look toward the north late Tuesday or early Wednesday for rippling "curtains" of green and red light, the CfA said.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-6202448463574805703?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-84574999220207465302010-06-21T01:46:00.000-07:002010-06-21T01:54:13.394-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/TB8nYGzkIvI/AAAAAAAADAY/Vl_BBfJ_Weo/s1600/DSCN6614.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/TB8nYGzkIvI/AAAAAAAADAY/Vl_BBfJ_Weo/s320/DSCN6614.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485146166257787634" /></a><br />No, not a fishing rod...<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/TB8nZ4nPXNI/AAAAAAAADAo/1rvTBL3X9YQ/s1600/DSCN6617.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/TB8nZ4nPXNI/AAAAAAAADAo/1rvTBL3X9YQ/s320/DSCN6617.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485146196807736530" /></a><br />Solar power... portable? Of course, we can carry this (and the batteries) and walk away!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/TB8nZKV5PzI/AAAAAAAADAg/5_lDkA_P68c/s1600/DSCN6618.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/TB8nZKV5PzI/AAAAAAAADAg/5_lDkA_P68c/s320/DSCN6618.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485146184386953010" /></a><br />CQ, CQ, CQ...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-8457499922020746530?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-24219757774393226832009-11-18T07:32:00.000-08:002009-11-18T07:48:58.607-08:00The new acquisiton for my shack...<br />While I'm still waiting for some free time to build the Yagi antenna, this one will do! Pretty okay so far!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/SwQUz_24IgI/AAAAAAAAC3w/NSF6qMXkC6E/s1600/UT-108UV.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 78px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405468336298926594" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/SwQUz_24IgI/AAAAAAAAC3w/NSF6qMXkC6E/s320/UT-108UV.jpg" /></a><br />Super Magnet Antenna Dual Band<br /><a href="http://www.nagoya.com.tw/Two_Way_Radio_Magnet_Antenna.html">UT-108UV Nagoya Antenna </a><br /><br /><em>Specifications:</em><br />Frequency: 144/430MHz<br />Gain: 3.0db<br />Max power: 20 Watts<br />V.S.W.R: Less 1.5<br />Impedance: 50 OHM<br />Connector: BNC<br />Magnet size: 31 mm<br />Length: 510 mm<br />Coaxial Cable: RG-174 A/U 3M<br />Weight: 113g<br /><br /><hr /><br />And a very nice and handy micro/speaker from Jetfon, the <a href="http://www.reflex24.com/b2c/index.php?page=pp_producto.php&amp;md=0&amp;ref=jetfon+jr-4009">JR-4009</a>, will complete the pack I bought last Sunday at ARVM's Radio Fair!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/SwQVn3XqgzI/AAAAAAAAC34/ne4-pRsLPLY/s1600/jr_4008r_i.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 175px; HEIGHT: 132px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405469227373724466" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/SwQVn3XqgzI/AAAAAAAAC34/ne4-pRsLPLY/s320/jr_4008r_i.jpg" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-2421975777439322683?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-69925823997645174692009-11-06T09:15:00.000-08:002009-11-06T09:18:59.169-08:00This is a lightweight antenna designed by KD5IVP. It's simple to build and lightweight. It is for use on the 2 meter band. This video is the explanation on how to build it. It will be my next challenge...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kPGmad2MMWM&hl=pt-br&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kPGmad2MMWM&hl=pt-br&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nb6c9DdMkyc&hl=pt-br&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nb6c9DdMkyc&hl=pt-br&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-6992582399764517469?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-24151204651006145482009-10-26T08:58:00.000-07:002009-10-26T08:59:47.164-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/SuXHbZxzfeI/AAAAAAAAC14/TREEnv-zCFo/s1600-h/jota_2009_01.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/SuXHbZxzfeI/AAAAAAAAC14/TREEnv-zCFo/s320/jota_2009_01.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396939002063584738" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-2415120465100614548?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-76113268383907772962009-10-20T08:40:00.000-07:002009-10-20T08:43:10.111-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/St3aNY0kWUI/AAAAAAAAC1Y/znOPSU7CIE4/s1600-h/HamCall.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 105px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394707852195813698" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/St3aNY0kWUI/AAAAAAAAC1Y/znOPSU7CIE4/s320/HamCall.JPG" /></a><br />So, if you look for my callsign at <a href="http://hamcall.net/">HamCall.Net</a>, you will find this...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-7611326838390777296?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-5159345989876941442009-10-19T02:34:00.000-07:002009-10-20T08:25:02.648-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/Stw-nvUWbMI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/27Sg-43_JJI/s1600-h/vig2-24367.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394255306120654018" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/Stw-nvUWbMI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/27Sg-43_JJI/s200/vig2-24367.png" /></a><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Charlie Romeo Five Alpha Papa November, this is Hotel Echo Eight Sierra...</strong></span></em><br />And that was my first QSO, the World Scout Bureau, headquartered in Geneve, Switzerland!<br />Later on I contacted Spain, Italy and other Scout Groups in Portugal!<br />Can't stop now...<br /><br /><em>Charlie Romeo Five Alpha Papa November signing out</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-515934598987694144?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-69718458552639568702009-08-31T02:14:00.000-07:002009-08-31T02:41:41.968-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/Spuaw7__1JI/AAAAAAAACxU/gLIdOcYuF1s/s1600-h/LogoJOTAJOT09_rgb.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 178px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/Spuaw7__1JI/AAAAAAAACxU/gLIdOcYuF1s/s200/LogoJOTAJOT09_rgb.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376060745727333522" /></a>World Scouting's communication theme for this year is environment, given our work and the worldwide focus on the <a href="http://en.cop15.dk/" target="_blank">United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (COP 15)</a> in Copenhagen 7 - 18 December. Therefore the "C3" is an excellent opportunity to show to the world the efforts of millions of Scouts to protect the environment and take positive action against climate change. JOTA is a real testimony to the international dimension of Scouting, where young people not only learn about new technologies, they can understand that there are millions of Scouts all over the world sharing the same vision: creating a better world!<br />The radio and Internet discussions that will take place during the JOTA will contribute to enhancing the participants' awareness of environmental issues.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-6971845855263956870?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-71776654509653235552009-08-25T04:35:00.000-07:002009-08-25T04:36:24.017-07:00<embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/yt--fo-W1wDXHA/the_simpsons_on_ham_radio.swf" width="400" height="345" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" name="Metacafe_yt--fo-W1wDXHA"> </embed><br><font size = 1><a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt--fo-W1wDXHA/the_simpsons_on_ham_radio/">The Simpsons on Ham Radio</a> - <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/">Awesome video clips here</a></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-7177665450965323555?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-84929187140014056262009-07-21T01:36:00.000-07:002009-07-21T01:37:39.324-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2YTxqwi4ODM&hl=pt-br&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2YTxqwi4ODM&hl=pt-br&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-8492918714001405626?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-42333950629533327072009-07-14T08:17:00.000-07:002009-07-14T08:21:50.861-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/SlyigF5bJ4I/AAAAAAAACm0/jGRT8_Juy44/s1600-h/Image043.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/SlyigF5bJ4I/AAAAAAAACm0/jGRT8_Juy44/s200/Image043.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358336328886593410" /></a>Time has been very short and no free time to dedicate to the ham!<br />Keep monitoring the waves (still VHF 2m) but already willing to act!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-4233395062953332707?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-78208157773729566152009-07-09T16:07:00.000-07:002009-07-09T16:12:49.131-07:00Great fun...<br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-907c068c4aafe8cf" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v2.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D907c068c4aafe8cf%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329861321%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D85EB3131B221D6FD45CEC3AF1B32546892ACA450.52D57BED143EDEEB59AEFEDE97A12A047FFD07AB%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D907c068c4aafe8cf%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DjOdZ4gjlkYAmaSJLupQLAlYgsdk&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v2.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D907c068c4aafe8cf%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329861321%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D85EB3131B221D6FD45CEC3AF1B32546892ACA450.52D57BED143EDEEB59AEFEDE97A12A047FFD07AB%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D907c068c4aafe8cf%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DjOdZ4gjlkYAmaSJLupQLAlYgsdk&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-7820815777372956615?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649165921597370307.post-77147993597238138562009-06-26T03:36:00.000-07:002009-06-26T04:07:32.473-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/SkSlAkHOhaI/AAAAAAAACkM/nhJekg3fRqA/s1600-h/Beware-Of-Ham-Radio.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0iE69u3UBLQ/SkSlAkHOhaI/AAAAAAAACkM/nhJekg3fRqA/s320/Beware-Of-Ham-Radio.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351583686335563170" /></a><br />A gift from my fellow operator CT1ECT.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8649165921597370307-7714799359723813856?l=ct2kjw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TrekMannoreply@blogger.com1