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Margaret Leber

Finally managed QNI on ECN on 40m

...although I really had oodles of artificial help on a very noisy
night. Ended up using my FT-847 at 50 watts CW (a real light-dimmer
around here) and KAMPlus on RX to decode the other traffic I could
hear--because my CW RX skills just really aren't net quality as yet.

Apparently I send OK because Tom N0SS checked me in (after I remebered
to retune my recently repaired G5RV antenna system from 75m to 40m :-) )
with me sending using one side of my Bencher paddle as a straight
key...the keyer still tends to run away on me a bit when my attention
wanders momentarily.

(I *am* practicing my CW RX and I don't use the KAM for CW RX--except
here where I think my inability to copy faster would interfere with net
operations.)

So it was nice to finally manage to be heard on ECN, even if it wasn't
with the K2. Earlier today with the K2, I had a long phone QSO with a
local ham after signing into our local club's 75m phone net (3.993 MHz @
10:20am et Sundays) and he was quite impressed with the K2 (although
apparently at max power he could hear some key chirp when I tested my CW
signal). On the club's "Ten-on-ten" net (28.383 MHz 10:00am et Sundays)
I could barely copy signals that the FT-847 heard easily, so obviously I
still have some work to do on the 10m or 10m-12m sections of the radio;
on 20m and lower this K2 clearly way outperforms the FT-847 on RX using
the same antenna system.

73 de Maggie K3XS

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---/ / | / | _ _ _ ` _ AOPA 925383/ amid change and to /
--/ ) / |/ |_(_(_(_/_(_/__(__(/_ K3XS / preserve change amid/
-/ (_/ ' .-/ .-/ ARRL 39280 /order."-A.N.Whitehead/
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Richard Thorne-2

Re: Finally managed QNI on ECN on 40m

Maggie:

I heard you just fine here in Amarillo this evening. This was the first
time I checked in also. I just finished a home brew 1/4 10m vertical
this afternoon. The tuner in my 1000mp(running about 10 watts out) tuned
it just fine on 40m. Tom was S9+10 but he said I had some QSB on my
signal.

Tom, what type of antenna are you running? You were very loud. I
wonder if 40m was going long early, hence my weak signal.

73,

Rich - N5ZC

Working on the home antenna farm in anticipation of building a K2 this
fall. I normally run a TS-480 via remote control.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Leber" <[hidden email]>
To: "Elecraft" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:57 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Finally managed QNI on ECN on 40m

> ...although I really had oodles of artificial help on a very noisy
> night. Ended up using my FT-847 at 50 watts CW (a real light-dimmer
> around here) and KAMPlus on RX to decode the other traffic I could
> hear--because my CW RX skills just really aren't net quality as yet.
>
> Apparently I send OK because Tom N0SS checked me in (after I remebered
> to retune my recently repaired G5RV antenna system from 75m to 40m
> :-) ) with me sending using one side of my Bencher paddle as a
> straight key...the keyer still tends to run away on me a bit when my
> attention wanders momentarily.
>
> (I *am* practicing my CW RX and I don't use the KAM for CW RX--except
> here where I think my inability to copy faster would interfere with
> net operations.)
>
> So it was nice to finally manage to be heard on ECN, even if it wasn't
> with the K2. Earlier today with the K2, I had a long phone QSO with a
> local ham after signing into our local club's 75m phone net (3.993 MHz
> @ 10:20am et Sundays) and he was quite impressed with the K2
> (although apparently at max power he could hear some key chirp when I
> tested my CW signal). On the club's "Ten-on-ten" net (28.383 MHz
> 10:00am et Sundays) I could barely copy signals that the FT-847 heard
> easily, so obviously I still have some work to do on the 10m or
> 10m-12m sections of the radio; on 20m and lower this K2 clearly way
> outperforms the FT-847 on RX using the same antenna system.
>
> 73 de Maggie K3XS
>
> --
> -----/___. _)Margaret Stephanie Leber CCP, SCJP/"The art of progress
> /
> ----/(, /| /| http://voicenet.com/~maggie SCWCD/ is to preserve
> order/
> ---/ / | / | _ _ _ ` _ AOPA 925383/ amid change and to /
> --/ ) / |/ |_(_(_(_/_(_/__(__(/_ K3XS / preserve change amid/
> -/ (_/ ' .-/ .-/ ARRL 39280 /order."-A.N.Whitehead/
> /________________(_/_(_/_______AMSAT 32844_/<[hidden email]>/
>
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Richard Thorne-2

Re: Finally managed QNI on ECN on 40m

I meant 10 mhz (30m) 1/4 vertical.

Rich - N5ZC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Thorne" <[hidden email]>
To: "Margaret Leber" <[hidden email]>; "Elecraft"
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Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Finally managed QNI on ECN on 40m

> Maggie:
>
> I heard you just fine here in Amarillo this evening. This was the
> first time I checked in also. I just finished a home brew 1/4 10m
> vertical this afternoon. The tuner in my 1000mp(running about 10 watts
> out) tuned it just fine on 40m. Tom was S9+10 but he said I had some
> QSB on my signal.
>
> Tom, what type of antenna are you running? You were very loud. I
> wonder if 40m was going long early, hence my weak signal.
>
> 73,
>
> Rich - N5ZC
>
> Working on the home antenna farm in anticipation of building a K2 this
> fall. I normally run a TS-480 via remote control.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Margaret Leber" <[hidden email]>
> To: "Elecraft" <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:57 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Finally managed QNI on ECN on 40m
>
>
>> ...although I really had oodles of artificial help on a very noisy
>> night. Ended up using my FT-847 at 50 watts CW (a real light-dimmer
>> around here) and KAMPlus on RX to decode the other traffic I could
>> hear--because my CW RX skills just really aren't net quality as yet.
>>
>> Apparently I send OK because Tom N0SS checked me in (after I
>> remebered to retune my recently repaired G5RV antenna system from 75m
>> to 40m :-) ) with me sending using one side of my Bencher paddle as a
>> straight key...the keyer still tends to run away on me a bit when my
>> attention wanders momentarily.
>>
>> (I *am* practicing my CW RX and I don't use the KAM for CW RX--except
>> here where I think my inability to copy faster would interfere with
>> net operations.)
>>
>> So it was nice to finally manage to be heard on ECN, even if it
>> wasn't with the K2. Earlier today with the K2, I had a long phone QSO
>> with a local ham after signing into our local club's 75m phone net
>> (3.993 MHz @ 10:20am et Sundays) and he was quite impressed with the
>> K2 (although apparently at max power he could hear some key chirp
>> when I tested my CW signal). On the club's "Ten-on-ten" net (28.383
>> MHz 10:00am et Sundays) I could barely copy signals that the FT-847
>> heard easily, so obviously I still have some work to do on the 10m or
>> 10m-12m sections of the radio; on 20m and lower this K2 clearly way
>> outperforms the FT-847 on RX using the same antenna system.
>>
>> 73 de Maggie K3XS
>>
>> --
>> -----/___. _)Margaret Stephanie Leber CCP, SCJP/"The art of
>> progress /
>> ----/(, /| /| http://voicenet.com/~maggie SCWCD/ is to preserve
>> order/
>> ---/ / | / | _ _ _ ` _ AOPA 925383/ amid change and to /
>> --/ ) / |/ |_(_(_(_/_(_/__(__(/_ K3XS / preserve change amid/
>> -/ (_/ ' .-/ .-/ ARRL 39280 /order."-A.N.Whitehead/
>> /________________(_/_(_/_______AMSAT 32844_/<[hidden email]>/
>>
>>
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Tom Hammond-3

Re: Finally managed QNI on ECN on 40m

In reply to this post by Richard Thorne-2

Hi Rich:

>I heard you just fine here in Amarillo this evening. This was the first
>time I checked in also. I just finished a home brew 1/4 10m vertical this
>afternoon. The tuner in my 1000mp(running about 10 watts out) tuned it
>just fine on 40m. Tom was S9+10 but he said I had some QSB on my signal.

Signals here were often pretty marginal... not only due to QSB but also due
to some pretty severe QRN... nasty stuff... I apologize to ANYONE I might
have missed... at times I could hear a signal I though might have been
calling, but could never pull any intelligence out of the noise, and when
I'd ask for a possible relay, I'd generally just hear more noise... sorry.

>Tom, what type of antenna are you running? You were very loud.

Running a K2/100 at about 90W output into an inverted vee with the apex at
72', running N-S, so you were generally off the ends of the antenna.

>I wonder if 40m was going long early, hence my weak signal.

Undoubtedly... happens just about every year this time <G>.

73,

Tom

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