OT: dummy load antenna
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Not to be outdone....
Around 1967 or 1968, I was tuning around on 15m and heard my "buddy" about 4 miles away testing. He was unusually weak, so I gave him a call to let him know that something was wrong. Turns out that he was using his Galaxy V MK II via a very short run of RG8 to his Heath Cantenna sitting on the floor in his shack. Weak, but Q5...and on SSB too. Guess I've just always loved to listen for the weak ones. BTW, now we both have K3s (well, I also have a K2 and I actually have a pair of K3s). de Doug KR2Q ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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In reply to this post by DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL
Back around '79 or so, I worked a 2M repeater (146.205/805 WB2WIK/R for you
NJ folks) which was about 8 miles away running 5 watts into a Cantenna. The rig was a Kenwood TR-7400A. I still have it... 73, Steve NN4X On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 3:34 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL <[hidden email]> wrote: > Not to be outdone.... > > Around 1967 or 1968, I was tuning around on 15m and heard my "buddy" > about 4 miles away testing. He was unusually weak, so I gave him a > call to let him know that something was wrong. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Hi Ron,
During the last sunspot cycle, I was playing around with my K2 trying different things with the rig. I think I was on 20 meters, but I can't remember for sure. I heard an "F" calling CQ (SSB) and I answered him. It turns out that it was a fire fighters club station in France. We had a nice and long QSO, and he gave me a 59+. After the QSO ended, I noticed I had turned the power all the way down while I was playing with the rig, adnd had forgotten to turn it back up! I checked, and I was running less than a watt! If I remember correctly, it indicated around 300 milliwatts! You are right! Milliwatts will cross oceans when the conditions are good! Dan Allen KB4ZVM K2 S/N 1757 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[hidden email]> To: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <[hidden email]> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: dummy load antenna > Heh, heh... Some years ago I was tuning around on 40 meters and heard a CQ > so I answered it. Turned out to be a Novice and I noted he was not in the > sub-band he was supposed to be in. > > He disappeared. > > A few minutes later my phone rang. It was the Novice, in a PANIC!!! He had > looked me up to ask what was happening. He was on 15 meters and I was on > 40. > > > Turned out we were about a mile apart and I was hearing his rig's xtal > oscillator on 40 that was tripled into 15 meters, and he was copying my > third harmonic. > > A nice eyeball QSO and some checks confirmed we were both entirely legal, > but it's a reminder that a few mW ERP can be heard. > > Ron AC7AC > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Last sunspot peak (on its way up) I worked Italy with a tuna tin
transmitter (330 mw). Nearly fell out of my seat when he came back to my call. Thats when I decided to get a K2 (at the time the 100 watt amplifier wasn't available yet). I'm still running the same K2 with 12W max. Did decent in this years ARRL DX Contest, lots of EU, and AK/HI from here in NJ. QRP. Don't sell it short. --Lenny W2BVH Dan Allen wrote: > Hi Ron, > > During the last sunspot cycle, I was playing around with my K2 trying > different things with the rig. I think I was on 20 meters, but I can't > remember for sure. I heard an "F" calling CQ (SSB) and I answered him. It > turns out that it was a fire fighters club station in France. We had a nice > and long QSO, and he gave me a 59+. After the QSO ended, I noticed I had > turned the power all the way down while I was playing with the rig, adnd had > forgotten to turn it back up! I checked, and I was running less than a > watt! If I remember correctly, it indicated around 300 milliwatts! You are > right! Milliwatts will cross oceans when the conditions are good! > > Dan Allen > KB4ZVM > K2 S/N 1757 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[hidden email]> > To: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <[hidden email]> > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: dummy load antenna > > > >> Heh, heh... Some years ago I was tuning around on 40 meters and heard a CQ >> so I answered it. Turned out to be a Novice and I noted he was not in the >> sub-band he was supposed to be in. >> >> He disappeared. >> >> A few minutes later my phone rang. It was the Novice, in a PANIC!!! He had >> looked me up to ask what was happening. He was on 15 meters and I was on >> 40. >> >> >> Turned out we were about a mile apart and I was hearing his rig's xtal >> oscillator on 40 that was tripled into 15 meters, and he was copying my >> third harmonic. >> >> A nice eyeball QSO and some checks confirmed we were both entirely legal, >> but it's a reminder that a few mW ERP can be heard. >> >> Ron AC7AC >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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