Hi 222 MHz ers
I ran into some minor problems and ended up losing my kilowatt amplifier
after about 1/2 hour. I bypassed the amp and tried going on with just
100 watts. It worked pretty well. I had a great QSO with N3RG, and an
FT8 QSO with K1RZ. A try with VE3ZV on CW at almost 500 miles did not
work. Stephen heard me only about 50% of the time. I heard him OK but
very weak. We did not complete. The band had some deep QSB. VE2XX was
way up and then down quite abit. K1PXE was 559 and watery sounding on
CW with his beam fixed SW, then peaked up at 5X8 on SSB a bit later with
a blasting signal. It was great to hear K2AEP & W1GHZ in VT. K1OR was
on with a big signal along with KV1J in FN44. WW2Y in NJ had a great
signal into Maine too. Thanks to "Good Buddy" Ron, WZ1V for getting on
and making a bunch of contacts.
I took a look at the HV power supply, and traced the problem to a fried
power relay. (my fault) I'll do better the next time. I can fix it easily.
My apologies for not trying any meteors etc, but my 100 watts is quite a
bit down from the normal KW level!
73
Dave K1WHS
On 5/18/2021 4:19 PM, David Olean wrote:
I will be on 222.100 or so this evening again looking for contacts on
the Tuesday Night 222 Activity Night.
For the occasion, I am running a new HV supply on my amplifier. I did
not gain much over the old one. I have a huge bank of electrolytic
caps for HV ripple reduction, and the high current on charging peaks
seems to make the regulation not so hot. It works tho' so I will be in
there making noise. The temps are warm and it should be a great night
to spend on the hill. To celebrate, I may even have a few bottles of
birch beer to savor in between contacts. I hope to see you all there!
73
Dave K1WHS
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