[600MRG] I'm finding the weak points! (Dave Riley)

Sun Dec 17 12:43:57 CST 2017

Paul,

We gotta tuff it out till the yanks come back to take us home in April, 
right now is pure experimental, educational, hard to do sometimes, and 
all that cold weather traffic...
hint; it has been perrennial about the middle of Feb. for lowest 'Z' of 
the ground in this area so then all that power wasted in the radials can 
go to work... Till the yanks come back in April..

Bring the 1000' extension back in the house to heat smoldering irons and 
go to winter school...

Y'all like cold stories,  we got a million ov em...

Here is a political story>> http://www.radiocom.net/vx6/dynomite.htm

These are the best of days, bros.

DaveR

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>     1. A robust session on 630-meters : K9FD (/KH6) -> LA2XPA and
>        more... (John Langridge)
>     2. Monitoring for OP-8 by 22:30 UTC (Andy - KU4XR)
>     3. I'm finding the weak points! (N1BUG)
>     4. Re: I'm finding the weak points! (Neil Klagge)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 13:36:18 -0600
> From: John Langridge <kb5njd at gmail.com>
> To: rsgb_lf_group at yahoogroups.co.uk, 600mrg at w7ekb.com
> Subject: [600MRG] A robust session on 630-meters : K9FD (/KH6) ->
> 	LA2XPA and more...
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> With very quiet geomagnetic conditions and positive-moving DST values,
> 630-meters was very good last night both from the standpoint of WSPR as
> well as domestic QSO's on JT9 and CW.
>
> One of the highlights appears to be the first time reported opening between
> KH6 and Europe on WSPR, specifically K9FD/KH6 and LA2XPA.
>
> Merv indicates that this was a rather late report, occurring at 0910z and
> -28 dB S/N, and had a similar character to a 160m CW QSO with Rolf back in
> 2013 at 1549z.
>
> Congrats to these two for taking advantage of a stellar opening.  The
> Pacific was a good location to be during this session, it seems, as K9FD,
> KL7L and VK4YB all had strong sessions to JA as well.
>
> Additional session details are available here:
> http://njdtechnologies.net/121617/
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> 73,
>
> John KB5NJD..
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>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 20:44:35 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Andy - KU4XR <ku4xr at yahoo.com>
> To: O_P_E_R_A_ Group <O_P_E_R_A_ at yahoogroups.com>,  600 meter group
> 	<600mrg at w7ekb.com>
> Subject: [600MRG] Monitoring for OP-8 by 22:30 UTC
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> Hi all:
>
> I will be monitoring 477 for OP-8 signals tonite starting about dusk ( 22:30 UTC ) .. Good luck, hope to decode you..
>
> Andy - KU4XR
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 16:05:39 -0500
> From: N1BUG <paul at n1bug.com>
> To: 600 / 630 Meter Group <600mrg at w7ekb.com>
> Subject: [600MRG] I'm finding the weak points!
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> I am once again testing my system on WSPR. Reports appreciated. If
> you see anything strange about my signal please tell me.
>
> During a snow and ice storm several days ago my transmitter went
> crazy with very distorted waveform on the scopematch. The antenna
> was off resonance, but it wasn't just that. The amplifier was doing
> something odd as a result.
>
> Today the ice finally came off the antenna, but I had to string 300
> feet of extension cord and use a heat gun to thaw out the hand winch
> that I use to pull the antenna taut. Subsequently I had to
> re-resonate the antenna and change taps on the matching transformer.
> Apparently the snow cover and/or colder temperatures have changed
> things a bit, or else there is still ice up there that I don't see.
> Next summer I will be working on a remote tuning system! I also need
> to figure out a way to keep ice off that winch. Freezing rain ran
> down the rope and turned the whole drum into one big solid block of ice!
>
> I have so many rush projects going on right now that I barely know
> what day it is, but soon (hopefully very soon) I will begin work on
> a transmit mixer so I can become QRV on QSO modes.
>
> 73,
> Paul N1BUG
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 21:53:10 +0000
> From: Neil Klagge <w0yse at msn.com>
> To: N1BUG <paul at n1bug.com>, 600 / 630 Meter Group <600mrg at w7ekb.com>
> Subject: Re: [600MRG] I'm finding the weak points!
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> Hi Paul, hang in there. It takes a bit of tweaking and solving problems like you are doing to get things to work more constantly. Keep us posted.
>
> Neil, w0yse
> Vancouver, WA
>
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> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 1:05:39 PM
> To: 600 / 630 Meter Group
> Subject: [600MRG] I'm finding the weak points!
>
> I am once again testing my system on WSPR. Reports appreciated. If
> you see anything strange about my signal please tell me.
>
> During a snow and ice storm several days ago my transmitter went
> crazy with very distorted waveform on the scopematch. The antenna
> was off resonance, but it wasn't just that. The amplifier was doing
> something odd as a result.
>
> Today the ice finally came off the antenna, but I had to string 300
> feet of extension cord and use a heat gun to thaw out the hand winch
> that I use to pull the antenna taut. Subsequently I had to
> re-resonate the antenna and change taps on the matching transformer.
> Apparently the snow cover and/or colder temperatures have changed
> things a bit, or else there is still ice up there that I don't see.
> Next summer I will be working on a remote tuning system! I also need
> to figure out a way to keep ice off that winch. Freezing rain ran
> down the rope and turned the whole drum into one big solid block of ice!
>
> I have so many rush projects going on right now that I barely know
> what day it is, but soon (hopefully very soon) I will begin work on
> a transmit mixer so I can become QRV on QSO modes.
>
> 73,
> Paul N1BUG
>
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