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September Issue: The Logger's Bark Magazine

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  1. W7UUU

    W7UUU Director, QRZ Forums Lifetime Member 133 QRZ HQ Staff Life Member QRZ Page

    Once again, thanks for all the great feedback on the August issue (and prior issues) of The Logger's Bark, the newsletter & magazine of W7DK, The Radio Club of Tacoma! You can read about the club at www.W7DK.org and if you're ever in Tacoma, WA on a Saturday, the club holds open house every Saturday from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and all are welcome. Full details at the link.

    In this month's September issue of The Logger's Bark magazine:

    • New! The Frugal Ham column - for hams on limited budgets with limited space!
    • Preview of the new Venus SW-6B QRP Transceiver
    • "I'm Not Dead Yet" - K7MO recounts his near-disaster with the FCC
    • Build an AMSAT CubeSat Simulator! Amazing kit to learn how CUBESATs work!
    • A Look Back: Ten-Tec Century 21 Transceiver
    • 10 Tips for New Hams Shack Set Up
    • Historic "Navaho Code Talkers" radio held in the Club's W7OS Museum
    • Tons of photos of club events - fun to view if you're not even a member!
    • Homebrew 2-Tube Transmitter project profiled in the "Homebrew & Kits" column
    • NEW! DXpedition Calendar with all upcoming major DXpedition events
    • Article: The Myth & Reality of Power! Do we really need amplifiers?!
    • POTA: How to get a pass for Washington State parks (applies to many parks these days)
    • Ham Tech 101: Filters for Eliminating RFI
    • Syndicated Columnist Dave Jensen @W7DGJ: Good Key vs. Bad Key!

    And lots more.... photos, tips, tricks, blurbs, puzzles, all about amateur radio and NEVER with ads!

    Download The Logger's Bark HERE: http://static.qrz.com/w7dk/September2024-QRZ.pdf

    IMPORTANT: Be sure to actually download it to read - in Preview mode, the external links won't work!

    Dave
    W7UUU
    Editor/Publisher

    [Errata:
    Page 64 near the end: W7MXE should be K7MXE... sorry Bob!
    Page 47: Wow - this was some sort of "post edit" slip of the mouse!
    Such a glaring error would never get through editing. Supposed to
    read "When many amateurs" - no idea what happened... slip of the mouse
    during the conversion to PDF process is my guess
    ]


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  2. WG7X

    WG7X Platinum Subscriber Platinum Subscriber QRZ Page

    Another great issue Dave! Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to this important task...
     
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  3. W8IXI

    W8IXI Platinum Subscriber Platinum Subscriber QRZ Page

    Thanks for keeping it going,

    73 Mike
     
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  4. ZL3XZ

    ZL3XZ Ham Member QRZ Page

    Awesome
     
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  5. W1YW

    W1YW Ham Member QRZ Page

    DO you ever get any SLEEP??

    ;-)
     
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  6. W7UUU

    W7UUU Director, QRZ Forums Lifetime Member 133 QRZ HQ Staff Life Member QRZ Page

    It's a passion :)

    Dave
    W7UUU
     
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  7. W5RG

    W5RG Premium Subscriber QRZ Page

    You guy's are very lucky to have a great club up there!
     
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  8. W7UUU

    W7UUU Director, QRZ Forums Lifetime Member 133 QRZ HQ Staff Life Member QRZ Page

    Thanks - yes we have a pretty awesome organization and a VERY long history! Founded October 1916, and our Certificate of ARRL Affiliation was signed in August 1920 by none other than Hiram Percy Maxim! The original document is in pristine condition and hangs in a museum-grade frame in the training room of the clubhouse building.

    One of our very early members (she was member #40) was Winnie Dow - 7FG and later 7CB - she was the first female amateur radio operator in the 7th district (which back then was just the PNW - WA, ID, OR, and MT and likely only about the 3rd female ham in the US at the time. She was entirely self-taught in "the radio arts" and became a ham at age 14!

    The November issue of The Logger's Bark will have a feature article on Winnie.

    Dave
    W7UUU
     
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  9. G0DJA

    G0DJA Ham Member QRZ Page

    There seems to be a typo on page 29 where it says that the details of the hidden word can be found on page 59, it's actually on page 56.

    Dave (G0DJA)
     
  10. W1YW

    W1YW Ham Member QRZ Page

    Dave (W7UUU)--

    You found your proof reader!

    :)
     
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  11. W9OQI

    W9OQI Premium Subscriber QRZ Page

    Amazing. Great work!
    Chip
    W9OQI
     
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  12. W7UUU

    W7UUU Director, QRZ Forums Lifetime Member 133 QRZ HQ Staff Life Member QRZ Page

    Well, it happens. Each issue is anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000 words and my wife and I are the sole proofreaders :)

    Dave
    W7UUU
     
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  13. W5RG

    W5RG Premium Subscriber QRZ Page

    There is a lot of history with our hobby and the ARRL, they did a lot of good back then! Most now days don't know or care how this hobby got started. It's great that your club is keeping that alive! That's a lot of work each month putting that together.. GREAT JOB!!
    Bob W5RG Tom 5RG 1924
     
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  14. KB1GMX

    KB1GMX Ham Member QRZ Page

    FYI: I have a TBY-8 code talker radio. Some notes on it.
    Mine works. I have full docs.

    Transceiver, the audio was shared for RX and TX.

    Most were 28 to 80mhz TX and RX. I've seen a few that did 25 -just over 90mhz.

    Transmitter is not 10-15W... Must have lost a decimal point as its more like 0.5W AM.
    The 958 acorn tubes were unable to do more. It also did MCW.

    Expected working range was 5000 to 10000 yards from shipboard with high antenna
    to the beach. Likely could do more but that was not how it was used.

    IT had a 5Mhz crystal calibrator.

    RX was not superhet, it was superregen with RF amp (to keep it from radiating on rx)
    an anti-DF feature. The superegen RX offered senstivity but it was wide so
    frequency accuracy was not as critical as one would think.

    Full up with battery it was 33-35 pounds. the battery box straps to the bottom.

    ITs possible to put a crystal across the grids (push pull modulated oscilator)
    to tame the FMing for 10M can make the TX stable.

    Antenna full size is 108 inches with strong spring at the base.


    Allison
     
  15. W7UUU

    W7UUU Director, QRZ Forums Lifetime Member 133 QRZ HQ Staff Life Member QRZ Page

    I stand corrected. Somewhere in my research I must have misread a spec sheet. The one we have is a TBY-2 (CRI-43007) but I appreciate your corrected information.

    Dave
    W7UUU
     

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