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« Reply #25 on: March 23, 2010, 01:30:15 AM » |
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Monitoring and calling cq on 7.242 able to use 15khz wide filter and the noise is finally down. 12:30 am central time.
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« Reply #26 on: March 23, 2010, 12:53:53 PM » |
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Tuning up GK500 on 7293 right now.
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« Reply #27 on: March 23, 2010, 09:19:40 PM » |
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Missed you Clark. I did have a nice run of contacts on 40 meters overnight last night. Quite a bit of fun really!
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« Reply #28 on: March 23, 2010, 10:28:55 PM » |
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Maybe tonight? Just let me know.. Email me when you are on. I check my email all the time here in the shack
Clark at clarkturner dot com
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« Reply #29 on: March 23, 2010, 11:30:17 PM » |
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Last night was my night off. I'm at work and will rinse and repeat two more times until Friday morning. The weekend however! We'll try then Clark.
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« Reply #30 on: March 25, 2010, 08:53:34 PM » |
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I put out a CQ on 7160 about 1700Z. Had a station in eastern KY come back. He said it was his first time on AM. Using one of the FT-101 series. We talked for about 20 min. When we signed, I didn't hear anyone else calling, so called it quits. No SSB QRM the whole time. No AM on 7290/95.
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« Reply #31 on: March 25, 2010, 10:08:19 PM » |
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Yesterday around 5pm local, I had a nice QSO with K9KK on 7.295 AM. I had worked him a couple months ago on his ricebox and alpha amp. That was the first time he worked AM since the 1950's. It really piqued his interest and yesterday he was on a DX-60 driving the Alpha. Very nice audio and strong signal. Something happened momentarily to the Henry, it wasn't keying... it was in the T/R switch... So I worked him with 12 watts carrier and he surprisingly said I was armchair at 20db over 9. Today just before 5 pm I called CQ again and got a response from Jim in New Mexico, I can't quite recall his callsign as I'm at work, I think it ended in IAN. He was on 7.293 AM and we had a nice brief QSO. Some sideband QRM started up a couple kc's up from us. After I concluded the QSO, I went listen and it was on 7.296 LSB, it was a net. The guy was talking about how he moved to 7.296 instead of 7.295 because the "AMer's carrier was tearing everything up". I don't get why SSB nets fire up in known AM territory.... they must be gluttons for punishment. The fact is that THEY QRM'ed MY existing QSO. ......*sigh*.... the Henry was working well so 200 watts carrier was getting through. It's hit and miss on 40 meters but I do tend to get some AMers come back to me especially up near 7.300. I'll be calling and more often and stirring up some activity. 73
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« Reply #32 on: March 26, 2010, 01:09:43 PM » |
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That was Jim, K3IAN. Real nice guy. We talk on 93 daily around 11 to 12.
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« Reply #33 on: March 26, 2010, 01:12:20 PM » |
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40m AM activity should pick up as the QRN level increases making 160 and 75 less pleasant to operate. Later in the evening the slopbucket subsides below 7200 but I hear a few scattered loud signals from N. America. I have already explored 40 a few times because it was too noisy on the lower frequency bands.
But if everyone just listens and no-one transmits the band will sound dead. I still run my automatic CQ caller.
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« Reply #34 on: March 26, 2010, 05:09:07 PM » |
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I am calling CQ on 7.290 to 7.295 AM over and over at the present time.
I'll soon have to leave bbl to continue calling.
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« Reply #35 on: March 26, 2010, 05:32:06 PM » |
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Okay, nice qso with KC5RGH for a few minutes on 7.292.... QRM getting a little heavy, time to run errands anyway.... I'll be back on after dark, we'll see how things go on 7.29X and 7.160 ish.
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« Reply #36 on: March 26, 2010, 05:34:45 PM » |
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I'll give you a call if I can get the VF-1 interfaced with the Bandmaster and running nicely this evening. That is, if you can hear my PW 20 watt signal.
73, Phil
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« Reply #37 on: March 26, 2010, 08:44:57 PM » |
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My station is down. My T368 is oscilating on 75 all of the sudden. I need to rip it apart. The GK 500 lost the blower motor.. I am going to work this evening and get at least one of these damn Transmitters up and running.. Or I will pull the 500 out service and put the Globe 300 Champion inline.
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« Reply #38 on: March 27, 2010, 12:35:04 AM » |
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As usually the case on the weekend, there is a freaking CORNTEST and every nook and cranny of 40 meter phone is filled useless contestants on slopbucket.
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« Reply #39 on: March 27, 2010, 01:25:41 AM » |
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Okay, nice qso with KC5RGH for a few minutes on 7.292.... QRM getting a little heavy, time to run errands anyway.... I'll be back on after dark, we'll see how things go on 7.29X and 7.160 ish.
73
Hello.For Europe 7290 is not free/clean. Mostly better around 7360 but.... Like now.... many ssb: Contest Greetings, PE1MPH
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« Reply #40 on: March 27, 2010, 01:30:50 AM » |
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Okay, nice qso with KC5RGH for a few minutes on 7.292.... QRM getting a little heavy, time to run errands anyway.... I'll be back on after dark, we'll see how things go on 7.29X and 7.160 ish.
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Hello.For Europe 7290 is not free/clean. Mostly better around 7360 but.... Like now.... many ssb: Contest Greetings, PE1MPH Hello Henk, I just a very nice QSO with n0bd, Dave on a homebrew 813 based tx. This was on 7.290 despite the contest. But alas a broadcast station was slowly building underneath us, it being midnight here local time. Also, the contest participants would fire up without any regard right on us with their "CQ Contest, You're 59..." heh! So you guys can actually work up above 7.300Mhz? Our 40 meter phone is from 7.125 to 7.300 here.
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« Reply #41 on: March 27, 2010, 01:43:15 AM » |
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Hello Henk, I just a very nice QSO with n0bd, Dave on a homebrew 813 based tx. This was on 7.290 despite the contest. But alas a broadcast station was slowly building underneath us, it being midnight here local time. Also, the contest participants would fire up without any regard right on us with their "CQ Contest, You're 59..." heh!
So you guys can actually work up above 7.300Mhz? Our 40 meter phone is from 7.125 to 7.300 here.
NO! Only to 7200, not higher in freq. But I have never heard an USA AM station on 7290 khz. On +/- 7360 I heard a few.... (in AM!) I had already some qso's with 9H1ES on +/- 7160. Qso's were in the late evening and early morning. Good dx, PE1MPH
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« Reply #42 on: March 27, 2010, 04:58:53 AM » |
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7360 ?? I'm pretty sure that's out of the 40 meter band for all amateurs everywhere.... that's smack in the 41 meter BC band.
That's what was confusing me.
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« Reply #43 on: March 27, 2010, 11:37:36 PM » |
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Monitoring 7.295 AM... clear and free at the moment. Contestants have moved off.
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« Reply #44 on: March 27, 2010, 11:59:50 PM » |
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Europe tried to call you three times. You where rag chewing with a W2. Sorry I could not key up. Transmitters are still down here.
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« Reply #45 on: March 28, 2010, 12:06:27 AM » |
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Hey Clark , wow, well yeah I'm talking to Chuck, WA2ONK in NJ. I hear no Europe at all but that's quite interesting! Are you copying me from your QTH or only the calling stations? I understand your tx side is down for now on 40 :*(.
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« Reply #46 on: March 28, 2010, 12:08:53 AM » |
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what's curious is that the guy complained about the carrier on 7295 and seemed to think the solution was to move 1 KHz up and operate LSB.
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« Reply #47 on: March 28, 2010, 12:21:38 AM » |
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what's curious is that the guy complained about the carrier on 7295 and seemed to think the solution was to move 1 KHz up and operate LSB. So typical eh? Last night they were just blasting right on top of our qso, zero beating us. *sigh*
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« Reply #48 on: March 28, 2010, 01:38:21 AM » |
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I could not hear you at all. I could hear the other station clear in AZ. I think it was a W2 something. I heard the guy in europe calling with a heavy accent. I was listening on a crapy Icom 756 pro rice box.
Going to work more on the station tomorrow. With some luck, I will get things fixed.
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« Reply #49 on: March 28, 2010, 09:54:55 AM » |
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I was planning to fire up Saturday afternoon on 7160, but my automatic CQ'er would not work. I pulled out the control unit and found a bad solder connection that was making flaky contact, repaired it, put the unit back in the rack, but by then the whole band was crammed full of QuaRMfesters, several stations deep on every frequency below 7200. Couldn't find any usable broadcast-free spots above 7200. I gave a listen on 75 and 160, but the static crashes were pinning the meter on both bands, so instead, I worked on a bench project for a while and then called it an early night.
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