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Re: [TowerTalk] UN7LZ... and QRM ... apologies...

To: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] UN7LZ... and QRM ... apologies...
From: W1yw--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: "W1yw@aol.com" <w1yw@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:48:41 -0500
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You must be joking: UN7LZ heard virtually no one in the US....didnt make a 
diff:-)

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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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