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1. [CQ-Contest] 1958 flare? (score: 1): Author: Cedrick Johnson <k9yo@cedrick.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:32:57 -0600 (CST); Ok Want to pick some brains who know about ham history.. I read somewhere today that solar activity hasn't been this good/bad since 1958. What were the propagation conditions like back then? Has anyo; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2003-10/msg00429.html (7,638 bytes)
2. Re: [CQ-Contest] 1958 flare? (score: 1): Author: K4SB <k4sb@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:19:33 +0000; -- Well, honestly, the solar activity was already at such a high spot that I think 1957 would probably fit. As for conditions, they were simply incredible. 10 was open 24 hours a day, you could work; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2003-10/msg00442.html (8,337 bytes)
3. Re: [CQ-Contest] 1958 flare? (score: 1): Author: Zack Widup <w9sz@prairienet.org>; Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:48:39 -0600; You got HOW MUCH out of 4 6AG7's? I remember that those tubes were rated at a maximum plate voltage of 300 or 350 volts. I got a couple watts out of one with 250 volts on the plate and they ran REALL; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2003-10/msg00449.html (8,267 bytes)
4. Re: [CQ-Contest] 1958 flare? (score: 1): Author: "Rex Maner" <k7qq@netzero.net>; Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 03:53:08 -0000; I think he must have ment 6L6 tubes, the 6AG7 is considerably smaller, and I think I was getting about 35 W out of a single 6L6 in my first rig as a novice. Quack -- The world's top contesters battle; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2003-11/msg00000.html (9,905 bytes)
5. Re: [CQ-Contest] 1958 flare? (score: 1): Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com; Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:20:09 EST; I ran a pair of metal 6L6's upside down in a pail of oil. Now that was QRO! Tom, K5RC -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD an; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2003-11/msg00001.html (7,846 bytes)
6. Re: [CQ-Contest] 1958 flare? (score: 1): Author: K4SB <k4sb@earthlink.net>; Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 17:42:38 +0000; Well, it's been 48 years, but as I remember it, the 6AG7 was a metal covered tube commonly used in BC radios at that time. About 4 inches tall, 3 grids, cathode, plate and heater. Now surely, someone; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2003-11/msg00008.html (8,233 bytes)
7. Re: [CQ-Contest] 1958 flare? (score: 1): Author: mike l dormann <w7dra@juno.com>; Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 11:34:37 -0800; tube amplifiers like this require liquid nitrogen pumps and cooling tubes. watch for an article in CQ mag coming early next year -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL F; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2003-11/msg00010.html (9,091 bytes)
8. RE: [CQ-Contest] 1958 flare? (score: 1): Author: "Rex Lint" <rex@lint.mv.com>; Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 16:58:11 -0500; Hi folks, In the mid 50's, my first rig was a Heathkit AT-1 that had a 6AG7 for the oscillator and a 6L6 for the final and I got 15 watts input, but I'll attribute the measily power to old tubes and; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2003-11/msg00012.html (8,100 bytes)
9. Re: [CQ-Contest] 1958 flare? (score: 1): Author: "Gerry Treas, K8GT" <k8gt@twmi.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 00:54:30 -0500; I remember that one. Ed forgot to mention one little thing. Those 6AG7's, being metal tubes, you would invert the chassis into a good sized pan of ice water so that most of the tube body was submerge; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2003-11/msg00020.html (10,619 bytes)
10. Re: [CQ-Contest] 1958 flare? (score: 1): Author: K9YO - Cedrick Johnson <k9yo@cedrick.net>; Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 17:29:11 -0600 (CST); Excellent. Thanks for the insight! Been doing lots of reading, and think i'll write an article in the WWYC newsletter detailing my propagation stories and experiences. Also, you guys got my interest; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2003-11/msg00038.html (8,235 bytes)

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