DU ham radio operators. I'll have a special guest in my shack tomorrow.

DemoTex

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Wed May-19-04 08:22 PM
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DU ham radio operators. I'll have a special guest in my shack tomorrow.

The top guy of the Irish Amateur Radio Society is visiting a neighbor. He will be here tomorrow between about 18:00Z and 21:00Z. We plan to operate on 14.28 mHz USB. If that is slammed, I'll post the alternate in the Lounge. It has to be 20-meters, because that is the only anntenna I have up. I met him today. Great guy. Wish I could rember his callsign. His wife is a "Class A" licensee too (I take that to equate to my "Extra" licence). The CQ will be */K9STR. We will operate at 1000 watts due to the poor propagation on 20 lately.

73s

Mac

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RoadRunner

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Wed May-19-04 08:35 PM
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1. Hey DemoTex

What kinda' rig you got that'll do 1000 watts? I'm currently radio-less (sub has antenna restrictions) but will be moving soon and want to get set up again. I really miss the 20 meter rag chews.

73s/N5HP aka RoadRunner

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DemoTex

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Wed May-19-04 08:46 PM
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2. Total ICOM on HF

Icom 756-PRO with an ICOM IC-PW1 solid state amp (1000 watts on 220 VAC). I'm feeding a dipole cut for 14.28 mHz. My tuner will handle other 20-meter freqs, but that's it. I just need to get more wire in the air!

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Wed May-19-04 09:06 PM
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3. Damn. that should keep the bears, wolverines, skunks, and

cougars away from your mountain hidyhole!

Of course, you had better hope there are no F4-G's running hot in the area... that would ruin your day!

But I think the last of the f4-g's made a one-way flight to Davis-Monthian a few years ago, but, as we have learned time and time again, never say never or last when it comes to the military.

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DemoTex

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Wed May-19-04 09:21 PM
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5. Never-mind the F-4 is my all-time favorite!

F-4G "Wild Weasel"

Cranked-wind, negative-di on the horizontal stabs. What a smokin' four!

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RoadRunner

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Wed May-19-04 09:08 PM
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4. That's enough to drool over.

Can't wait to get back on the air. I've always liked the Icom, but I'll probably skip the amp next time around. Seems kinda' strange - when I first started out in ham radio, I had a one watt homemade rig - pretty good for CW on a good day. I'd get laughed off the air with a rig like that now. Good luck tomorrow, seeya' down the road!

73s

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DemoTex

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Wed May-19-04 09:49 PM
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7. 1 watt is great! QRP is the rage.

I operate at 5 watts 90% of the time. Especially PSK-31.

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DemoTex

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Wed May-19-04 09:38 PM
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6. Kick for the late night crowd

73's
Mac

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