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wa4brl
05-21-2007, 12:53 AM
About a year and a half ago, a new ham, Jim KB1MVX, turned to QRZ's Questions & Answers forum for help with an alternator whine problem. He received plenty of helpful advice from the regulars here.

THE ORIGINAL THREAD (http://www.qrz.com/ib-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=5;t=111283;hl=kb1mvx)

With this info and more help from his local friends and Elmers, Jim developed an effective solution. He wrote ian article with accompanying photos and placed them on a web page. He shared this info and the URL with us here on QRZ on THIS THREAD (http://www.qrz.com/ib-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=5;t=112157).

Many of the posters here at QRZ encouraged Jim to submit his article to QST. Those of us who have read through our new June issue now know that he did! There it is in the "Hints & Kinks" section (pgs. 62-64).

We have many distinguished regulars at QRZ who have been published in multiple publications as well as online sharing their extensive knowledge and experience. Jim, a reletively new ham distinguished himself by taking the advice he recieved and moving ahead with it to devise a unique solution. Then, he took that extra step in sharing what he had learned with the rest of us. Jim is just the kind of new ham we need in this hobby/service.

I think it'd be a great gesture if each of us active on the "Zed" join in congratulating Jim by sending him a QSL card with a note of congratulations.

N2RJ
05-21-2007, 01:35 AM
Bravo Jim!

I'm sure many hams will be happy about your solution!

KE5FRF
05-21-2007, 01:48 AM
That is fantastic. I look forward to getting my issue and reading about it.

This kind of thing is why I enjoy being a ham so much. Its a community that reaches across borders. Anyone who is motivated to learn and share their experience and knowledge is welcomed. I know I've felt welcomed in my endeavors.

Kudos to KB1MVX

N2RJ
05-21-2007, 02:10 AM
Quote[/b] (KE5FRF @ May 20 2007,20:48)]That is fantastic. I look forward to getting my issue and reading about it.

This kind of thing is why I enjoy being a ham so much. Its a community that reaches across borders. Anyone who is motivated to learn and share their experience and knowledge is welcomed. I know I've felt welcomed in my endeavors.

Kudos to KB1MVX
I like it because of a different angle, but I essentially agree with you Heath.

See, I was blown away by ham ingenuity. This last weekend in Dayton showed me that ham ingenuity is still alive and well! There were so many innovative products, most made out of ordinary materials, others made out of specially designed things. But everything was designed by and for hams.

But what blows my mind is that the people who designed these things aren't engineers hired by a company to make a product. These are things designed by ordinary hams!

I really like the fact that we have so many inventors in our ranks. I really do.

N7CPC
05-21-2007, 11:13 PM
I can't afford QST so I Bookmarked the orig.!

Congrats to MVX!!

KG6YTZ
05-22-2007, 02:35 AM
So, basically, this is a inductive coil - passes DC and blocks AC - and a shunt to ground for whatever AC [read: "alternator whine"] manages to get past the coil?