North Amercian wide QSo tonight on 75 metres

[VE7 Kilohertz]

Another stellar evening of radio on 75M. Started out with the usual locals at 4-5pm....they disappeared around 5pm, followed by the arrival of some slopbucket...followed by the sudden appearance of Tom, KA1ZGC, who broke my squelch around 6:00pm PST. He was at WA1HLR's QTH and we chatted about 1/2 hour before Dave W9AD broke in and then the flood gates were open.

By the time I signed out to go for dinner at 7:30pm I had worked

WA1ZGC   +10
W9AD       +20
KD0HG      +20
WA3VJB    +10
WD8BIL     +10
KC3OL       S9
KB4YXT     S3-5 Florida

And all youz guyz had wonderful audio. I will try to email sound clips when I get them dubbed off DAT.

thanks!!

Paul
VE7KHz

[WA3VJB]

Paul was this the Bauer 707 we were hearing again last night?

Very nice with the CRL and the RE 20 I believe you mentioned in the audio chain.

Here as heard in Chicago by our man Dave, W9AD, monitored on his SDR-1000, rendered as an MP3.

Bill, you were the loudest I have ever heard you at Annapolis. Sound file to follow. Here's how you came into Chicago.

1.3M file size, MP3
http://www.wa3vjb.com/sound/KHZ-HG-75mAtCX.mp3

[VE7 Kilohertz]

Paul was this the Bauer 707 we were hearing again last night?
Very nice with the CRL and the RE 20 I believe you mentioned in the audio chain.

Hi Paul,

Yes that was the Bauer 707. It's the only big rig I have for 75M right now. Yes, that was the CRL AM-4 system which is the AGC-400, SEC-400 and PMC-450. I was also using the Optimod 9105 at times.  I was actually using the SM-7 Saturday but have been meaning to put the RE-20 back on line just for a change. I was also going to put the Apex 460 back in service. It's a beautiful 1" condensor with a tube preamp. I found it picked up a lot of room noise but I have since installed some Sonex around the TX so it should be a little quieter now. All projects for a quiet evening of playing radio.

Thanks for the MPEG file. Sounds pretty good. I will try to send you the recording from my end today.

Cheers
Paul
VE7KHz

[KA1ZGC]

Yep, that was one hell of a crowd we had gather on Saturday. I had a blast. I sure felt those 807s in the morning, though. 

Great to finally work you on the air, Paul. Hope to catch you on again when the band gets long and manly.

--Thom
Killer Album One Zappa's Greatest Compositions