Posted by
Jim Younce on
Jun 19, 2004; 1:29pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K1-on-USB-CW-tp367868p367872.html
John:
In 1959-1961 I was in the US Navy and stationed at NAS Norfolk, Va. I lived
in the ham shack of W4NPT and ran many phone patches on 20 meter SSB for
HZ1AB a US Air Force base in Saudi Arabia. Our SSB rig was a Central
Electronics 20A with the Command Set VFO, an HQ-170 Receiver, a Johnson
Viking Courier Linear Amplifier and a Mosley TA-33 triband antenna..
One evening I received a phone call from the state department requesting
that I run a phone patch for a high ranking offical of the Saudi government
who was in the US with his daughter who was having surgery. The night of
the scheduled patch I established contact with HZ1AB about 15 minutes before
the schedule and checked out all the equipment. They were very strong into
Norfolk at 2AM. When the call came from the state department we were all
ready and started the phone patch. About 5 minutes into the phone patch I
looked up to see that my Johnson Courier linear was on fire. Flames were
coming out of the top of the cabinet. I stopped the phone patch and ran for
a CO2 fire extinguisher to put out the fire. After I got the flames out I
removed the linear from the operating position and sat it on the floor
behind me. I was really worried about botching the phone patch that the
state department deemed so important. So I connected the antenna directly
to the output connector of the 20A and tuned it up. I called HZ1AB and
asked how he copied and he repiled you seem to have the problem resolved
because your 20db over S-9. We finished the phone patch in about 15 mor3e
minutes with no problems and after I had hung up with the state department I
told HZ1AB I was using the 20A barefoot and he could not believe it.
I was running QRP and enjoying it before it became fashionalble.....Hi Hi.
73
Jim Younce K4ZM
K2 SN: 18
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