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Title: Hrd K5UJ Saturday morning 7/30 3885? Post by: Tom WA3KLR on July 30, 2011, 08:37:12 AM I heard K5UJ Chicago calling around 7:40 am on or about 3885 kHz AM. You were just readable here south of Allentown PA on my HQ-120X.
I gave several calls back but I guess you gave it up by the time I had the Viking II warmed up and tuned from being set on 1885 previously. Title: Re: Hrd K5UJ Saturday morning 7/30 3885? Post by: K5UJ on July 30, 2011, 09:05:39 AM Tom, I am amazed you heard me. The band turned out to be in pretty good condition. I fired up the 1000MP on 3885 at 6:30 central time for the early Midwest Classic Radio roundtable that precedes the Net that starts an hour later. Because it was 78 degrees in the shack I did not fire up any big heat producing gear (namely the amp) so I was running the yaesu box at 40 watts to my dipole up 45 feet. No one was around which was unusual so I called CQ until W9QI showed up at 7 a.m. I'm really sorry I did not hear you. At first I was on rx with two antennas and my noise canceling box with some attenuation before I bypassed it to use the transmit dipole on rx. I bet when you called me I had the preamps on the rx antenna potted down some. I had no idea my pw 50 watts would go that far in summer. just goes to show me that I should never expect condx to be poor in summer. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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