You must be joking: UN7LZ heard virtually no one in the US....didnt make a
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> On Dec 19, 2016, at 13:09, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
>
> I have been bit by the same split issue too. I think we all have had that Oh
> S3$#t moment in a pileup etc.
>
> I wouldn't worry about it too much.
>
> Takes character to admit to it! Good on you!
>
> I heard him but never loud enough to make an attempt. No antennas pointing
> that way right now :(.
>
> W0MU
>
>
>> On 12/19/2016 8:13 AM, StellarCAT wrote:
>> I just had to get this off my chest ... I feel terrible about this ...
>>
>> so last night, Sunday the 18th (19th Z) I heard UN7LZ for the first time ...
>> weak – but there ... so as always I only call if there is a good chance I
>> can work the station out of fairness to those that are hearing them better
>> ... so I am trying away and he is just dropping down to where I’m going to
>> have to stop trying hoping he’ll come back up again ... and all of a sudden
>> my panadapter shows my TX signal as full band peaks – something is wrong – I
>> look at the SWR meter and it is saying over 3:1 ... the output is down to
>> 800W ... I stop TXing immediately ... I think “crap – NOW what?” ... I’ve
>> been having issues with the amp, an Expert 2K, on SSB when using the built
>> in tuner... it will change segments on me and create a high SWR then
>> faulting on “HIGH SWR” ... but it had worked fine up until now on CW ...
>>
>> so I move off frequency – CAREFULLY listen to be sure no one is there and
>> hit a few dots – same SWR – so its not the tuner issue as with it the SWR on
>> the antenna itself isn’t changing ... so I do this for a couple minutes ...
>>
>> moving higher up – still being sure its clear (using both the dipole and the
>> HiZ RX array to be sure) ... and the SWR isn’t changing ... still high but
>> the same ... THEN I realize ... I had the frickin radio set to SPLIT and I
>> am STILL 30Hz above the UN7’s frequency!!!!!!!!
>>
>> SO – YES – it was me ... and my sincere apologies. It was NOT intentional
>> QRM ... it was just some idiot that THOUGHT he was being careful that was in
>> fact not.
>>
>> Again: apologies to those 4 or 5 guys calling and to UN7LZ.
>>
>> Gary
>> K9RX
>>
>> Meanwhile I still now have to figure out why the antenna is acting up. Its
>> been up for all of 7 weeks... more in a separate thread.
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