Hi all been mucking about with Adobe Photoshop making a new card design, I came up with these 3 and went with card design 3 I may change them every two weeks, if I have time that is.
New eQSL Card
Month: October 2022
Quadrifilar Helix Antenna
Hi all thought I would give building a Quadrifilar Helix Antenna ago, so far I have brought the Copper tube I needed and cut them to the size needed with extra 5ml to get the extact measurements, I also got the lenght of PVC tube as well as the elbow ends. will update at a later date, Download PDF or Visit Tin Hat Ranch
30-10-2022, Did a bit more today, by making a rudimentary compass with a pencil and some brickers string, I cut the half moon shape and cut my PVC tube to about 1m long the rudimentary compass was a bit tricky has I have never done one or use one before so I made it 406mm half of 812mm, because 812mm was really big, but over all I’m happy with it and its what ham radio is about, learning as you go along.
12-11-2022 Messed about with the home made QFH antenna today, took abit to get my head around all this, but I’m getting there and thats what ham radio is all about learning as you go along, follow the link above, the guy from TinHatRanch only tells you how he did this, the rest you have to work out for your self, I found the 40mm PVC I’m using is weak at the top were the four shortest tubes go, I’m going to put a PVC Sleeve over it and make it double the thickness. The Blow torch I had gave up so I have to buy another.
Shack PC Upgraded
Computer upgraded, Ha I do this every day for work, but over the past few days this PC has been a nightmare, finally got it worked out, turned out to be a bad memory stick, the system was 16GB its now 8GB and running like a dream.
Took a full day to install all the software I use sofar, like UltimateAAC, Grid Tracker, MMSSTV and WSJT-X along with all the web sites like QRZ, Clublog, LoTW, EPC MemberCenter and eQSL.
The new Computer is
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700T CPU @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz
Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.81 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Touch support with 10 touch points
The old Computer is
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz 3.30 GHz
Installed RAM 6.00 GB (5.90 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Touch support with 2 touch points
Now on eQSL
Spent a few hours working out how to use eQSL for digtal QSL cards, not an easy thing to work out, any how I have so many its going to take me a few weeks to sort it all out, in the mean time visit the eSQL Galley
these four below were just a few I download
Transferring GridTracker to another PC
You will need to download GridTracker and WSJT-X on the new PC.
1) Install GridTracker on the new PC, run once, then exit
2) Open GT on the old PC
3) Open Settings -> General Tab
4) Press the “Export Settings” Button
5) Exit GT on the old PC
6) Copy *yourusername\GridTracker\Documents\GridTracker\gt_settings.json to the same folder on the new machine ” *yourusername\GridTracker\Documents\GridTracker”
7) Install WSJT-X on the new machine, run once and exit
8) Copy /users/yourusername/AppData/Local/WSJTX/WSJTX-log.adi to the same folder on the new machine
9) Start WSJT-X on the new PC and configure to your liking
10) Start GT on the new PC
11) Open Settings->General Tab
12) Press “Import Settings” button (If this button does not exist, restart GT, or double check step #6)
then you should be good to go.
You will need to change your “Settings->Audio->Soundcard” selection as it wont match on the new PC
Icom IC-7300 Rig control for MMSSTV
Since I own the 7300 I hunted round for a tutorial online that would help me set up MMSTV
I’ve only just started using SSTV and its great, I transmit on 7.171.00 and 7.213.00 most nights, give me a yell. A new SSTV Cams page will follow soon, 21-10-2022.
I’ve uploaded 28 images for now as default page, SSTV Cams Page
Im using a IC-7300 and mmsstv and a All In One desktop PC with USB cable and the latest USB drivers from ICOM
What is SSTV, Slow-scan television (SSTV) is a picture transmission method, used mainly by amateur radio operators, to transmit and receive static pictures via radio, I did find this web site from VK3DAN, Icom IC-7300 Rig control for MMSSTV that help me setting up the software to run with the IC-7300, Download PDF here if VK3DAN site is not up and running, visit VK3DAN
Some of the SSTV images I use with MMSSTV
How to use KE5RS FTP Widget for MMSSTV
Hi all looking for help on how to use the FTP Widget for MMSSTV, this is what I have found, help me out alot, Download PDF
Visit Larry Peterson, WA9TT for more information, link to PDF
Download KE5RS FTP Widget from here KE5RS Software Applications
| How to Create an SSTV Cam for your location: |
| You will need is a receiver that covers the SSTV frequencies in the amateur bands, a computer connected to the internet, SSTV software for receiving the pictures and the following software for uploading the images to your web page. Download KE5RS FTP Widget software to automatically upload or (ftp) images from your computer to a remote server or host after they are saved from your SSTV software. You can also use the HTML code from this single image SSTV page or this 3 image SSTV page. When a new image is uploaded to your website server, the image should display the new image.Here is an example how to set up FTP Widget and MMSSTV on your computer. Create a new folder on your hard drive EXAMPLE: c:\sstvpics” and in the FTP Widget properties dialog box towards the right side “Local Drive and Directory Path” point to this new folder “c:\sstvpics” Within MMSSTV on the history tab, right click on the image and select “Auto copy to another folder” and “Assign another folder name” and enter “c\sstvpics” FTP Widget should find SSTV images from MMSSTV in this new folder and upload them to your website.the server where you put the SSTV Cam page and your set. |
Clublog Embedding log in QRZ.com pages
Hey I been looking for some time on how to add the Clug log files to my QRZ home page and I found some help, I’ve converted the page to a pdf so I can keep it for my own help files Download PDF, please visit the site for more details Clublog Fresh Desk. Do a search for Clublog Embedding log in QRZ.com pages
3 Element Yagi
OK gentleman need some guru advise, trying to find out what make and model this 3L Yagi is, and is it complete or are there parts missing ?, some say its a TH3-MK4 Triband HF Beam 3-Element, 10, 15, 20 Meter, others says its one of TET-Emtron TE-33 antenna’s, any information or pdf file or any thing would be great and would help me out alot.
The boom is just under 4.40m, about 50mm round
One of the elements is about 7.10m
It’s weight is just over 16KG
Download Manuals TH-3MK4 REFURBISHING TH3JR HGN-TH-3JRS
Hy-Gain Antenna Rotator
Hy-Gain Antenna Rotator Direction Controller Plus.
The rotator consists of an extra heavy duty rotator and the control unit. The rotator is designed to be mounted on a plate inside a tower.
A mast to support and turn large communications beams is then attached to the top of the rotator. However, in some instances, mast mounting is desired.
The Lower Mast Support Kit, PN 5146710, contains a lower mast support and the necessary hardware to facilitate mounting the Tailtwister rotator on top of a mast. Download Manual for the Hy-Gain Antenna Rotator Direction Controller Plus.
