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Title: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: W1AEX on March 19, 2012, 12:31:54 PM Last night, after a pleasant chat with Mark KA2QFX and Tom KA1ZGC I tuned down the band a bit and found Brandon and Ken battling through the static on 3.870. Brandon's signal out of Louisiana was quite formidable and Ken's signal out of Nevada was a surprise given that he's using an 80 meter dipole at 30 feet. Both stations had nice clean, clear audio and were running in the +300 watt category which certainly helps. The MP3 file captures about 2 minutes of their QSO.
Rob W1AEX Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: WA3VJB on March 19, 2012, 04:27:44 PM Nice recording Rob. I think whenever I want to work someone I will have them call you and then you can play it back to me later so's I can hear better.
Brandon's got a nice tone to his audio. Good little bump-up in the lower midrange for warmth, healthy amount of highs for clarity. Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: w1vtp on March 19, 2012, 04:45:04 PM Drat! Rob. I was tuning around just before I quit for the evening and heard you and Mark gabbing. Shudda checked in or at least lurked
Al Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: W1AEX on March 19, 2012, 05:30:48 PM Thanks for the compliment Paul, but I think I like the sound of your SP-600 in recordings you have made much more than this new stuff! Al, the local signals were quite strong and way above the static level. It was a nice laid back conversation about building speakers. As usual, I learned some good stuff. Your wisdom would have been welcome as always!
Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: K5IIA on March 19, 2012, 06:05:08 PM thanks for the recording rob.. always nice to hear band conditions in differnt areas.
thanks also for the audio compliment paul, i try my best to put out a nice clean signal and also pay attention to stations around me and limit interfearance as much as possible. this september will make 2 years of ham radio for me, and i must say i have really enjoyed it and not much more then maybe a day or two has passed sence then that i have not made atleast one transmission. haha i have made a ton of friends and only one foe in two years so i think i am doing great. 73 Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: K5UJ on March 19, 2012, 08:00:06 PM Brandon, R U running the PMC yet? ;D
Anyone who can operate over this is definitely a STRAPPER: Mexico to Canada wave of lightning moving East like a plow blade! Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: K5IIA on March 19, 2012, 09:35:07 PM No. The crl stuff will be online in a month or so. I am worki g on using a ss driver for the 813 mod tubes. After that I am going to put the crl systems in and give it a whirl.
Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: WA3VJB on March 19, 2012, 09:36:09 PM Mexico to Canada wave of lightning moving East like a plow blade! NAH man you are looking at it wrong. Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: k4kyv on March 19, 2012, 11:00:07 PM Brandon's 2-element array puts a fantastic signal into here. I can understand why he might be accused of using an antenna tuner by Eimac. ;D
Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: Steve - K4HX on March 19, 2012, 11:02:40 PM That two element array is a beauty. He's often as loud as many of the east coast stations at my QTH.
Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: K5IIA on March 19, 2012, 11:34:35 PM i love my array. And i thank everyone that helped me with it. crazy what you can do with a couple of pieces of wire.
Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: W4AAB on March 20, 2012, 05:40:27 AM Sounds great here at 400 miles from you, Brandon. I have decided to move my antenna up to 80 feet and forget VHF this year( no beams on this tower). I am building antenna by Eimac :-).
Title: Re: Brandon K5IIA and Ken AB7KT rolling into New England over the static crashes Post by: The Slab Bacon on March 20, 2012, 08:33:02 AM i have made a ton of friends and only one foe in two years so i think i am doing great. You mean you only pissed off one person in 2 years ??? ??? You aint doin something right.................. ;) ;D ;D |