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More Forty-9er Progress
All kits have been tested and the forty-9er portions reorganized for ease of assembly. Project Leader Matt now has the kits again, except for one: that kit's owner is soldering it together to check for assembly issues. This will not delay kit distribution.
Forty-9er Kit Build (cont.)
We now have a reliable parts list for the modified Forty-9er part of the kit, based upon both the information contained in its schematic, and the prescribed modifications thereof . Lack of this list had been a major barrier to prospective volunteers for final inspection and testing .
The first kit is now tested and re-assembled. When six kits are ready, they will go back to Project Leader Matt. The seventh is being soldered together in order to discover any assembly issues.
FLARC Forty-9er project
The parts have been assembled into kits,
The parts in each kit are now being re-inventoried and tested
‘Head Copying’ Morse
August 2016, General Membership Meeting, aka Annual Foxhunt
There will not be a general membership meeting this month. Instead we will be holding the annual foxhunt. Start time is 19:00 at 401 Charmany Ln, the east end of the First Business Bank building parking lot.
The fox will be on 146.465MHz.
The repeater for this will be the 147.150+ pl 123.0.
We hope to see you there!
Beam Me Up, Scotty
Imagine the concept of a lump of matter which, on command, transforms itself into a complete ham rig, including antenna. Here is a documented, long article about Programmable Matter. And here is a casual video about the same subject.
A DIY tuning capacitor
This may pique your curiosity:
Click here.
NOTE: The Grammar and Spelling Police have already been notified.
One more post about capacitor markings
Finally, one more post about capacitors and their markings.
The above link is a bit more advanced, and broadens the discussion somewhat. But for now, we'll leave the truly advanced capacitor sites to experts in the field.
Baofeng Programming
To those who have Baofeng (gasp!) HT , general-purpose radios:
For dependable, computer-based programming of the Baofeng UV-5R and some of the manufacturer's other models:
Go to a reputable download site, such as SourceForge
Search for, and download, the file named Chirp_liveCD-6Feb14.exe
Click on this file to expand it to an .ISO image, then burn this image to a CD (not a DVD)
Connect your computer's USB jack to your unit, using *only* a patch cable containing an FTDI chip (ordinary patch cables will not work).
Reboot your computer from the CD which you just made. Booting will take awhile because the disk has to load the Ubuntu operating system (a flavor of Linux) into RAM. Meanwhile, you'll be regaled by a glorious, living color, picture of the UV-5R
Program the Baofeng.
When finished, log out, remove the CD, and restart your computer. You'll find that the CD has not changed your system at all.
Also, in the Editor's opinion, support from the manufacturer is spotty, at best. For best results, go to Baofeng Tech. This site is also a source of dependable FTDI cables. You can also buy one from Amazon. They usually cost about $15-$20, as compared to about $2-$8 for a non-FDI cable.
Disclaimer: The FCC does not recognize Baofeng UV-5R-based HTs as Ham radios.
Matt, our Webmaster, has an excellent Baofeng Helper page. It deals with programming the UV-5R without using a computer, and also gives programming data for many repeaters.