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« on: March 19, 2012, 12:31:54 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2012, 04:27:44 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2012, 04:45:04 PM » |
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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
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2012, 05:30:48 PM » |
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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!
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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2012, 06:05:08 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2012, 08:00:06 PM » |
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Brandon, R U running the PMC yet?  Anyone who can operate over this is definitely a STRAPPER: Mexico to Canada wave of lightning moving East like a plow blade! |
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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2012, 09:35:07 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2012, 09:36:09 PM » |
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Mexico to Canada wave of lightning moving East like a plow blade!
NAH man you are looking at it wrong. |
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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2012, 11:00:07 PM » |
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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. |
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« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2012, 11:02:40 PM » |
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That two element array is a beauty. He's often as loud as many of the east coast stations at my QTH.
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2012, 11:34:35 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2012, 05:40:27 AM » |
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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 :-).
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« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2012, 08:33:02 AM » |
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