2008 Texas City Hamfest

2008 Texas City Hamfest:

"2008 Tidelands Amateur Radio Society’s
Texas City Hamfest

The Tidelands Amateur Radio Society is proud to present the 2008 Texas City Hamfest. This annual event has always proved itself to be a fun filled, enjoyable outing for all attendees. The hamfest will have 100+ tables with Major Vendors and Flea Market entries.

There will be hourly and Grand Prizes, VE testing, a Left Foot CW contest, hidden xmtr hunt, forums, food, fellowship and much much more. The Hamfest is held in the Doyle Convention Center, a beautiful large air conditioned building with plenty of near by free parking and covered loading and unloading areas.

Contact Joe Wileman, AA5OP,
P.O. Box 73, Texas City, TX 77592.
Phone: 409-945-6794
E-Mail: aa5op@yahoo.com"

73 es gud tailgating,
Bob AD5VJ

The Interplanetary Magnetic Field

The Interplanetary Magnetic Field:

"The Sun is a big magnet.

During solar minimum the Sun's magnetic field, like Earth's, resembles that of an iron bar magnet, with great closed loops near the equator and open field lines near the poles. Scientists call such a field a 'dipole.' The Sun's dipolar field is about as strong as a refrigerator magnet, or 50 gauss. Earth's magnetic field is 100 times weaker.

During the years around solar maximum (2000 and 2001 are good examples) spots pepper the face of the Sun. Sunspots are places where intense magnetic loops -- hundreds of times stronger than the ambient dipole field -- poke through the photosphere. Sunspot magnetic fields overwhelm the underlying dipole; as a result, the Sun's magnetic field near the surface of the star becomes tangled and complicated."

73 es good DX
Bob AD5VJ

The Double Bazooka Coaxial Dipole Antenna

The Double Bazooka Coaxial Dipole Antenna:

"From WH2T - Dr. Ace's Double Bazooka Coaxial Dipole Antenna Info

There is a lot of controversy surrounding the Double Bazooka Coaxial Dipole. Its bandwidth claims have sometimes been exaggerated.
On this page I give details of how to build two different versions of the Double Bazooka Antenna. One antenna uses all coax the other uses coax and twin lead for the antenna."


Bob AD5VJ