[CCF] Russian DX Contest 2014

[Jukka Klemola]

Thanks Mats .. !

To clarify - the power supply is my 45m rotating tower motor power supply.
You remember the old power drill I have at the tower base to rotate the
10-15-20-40 stacks on that tower?
The power drill's gear gave up after more than 7 years of reliable service
in an environment it was not really designed for.
That gave the power supply a hit leading to shorting.

That power supply outputs also +27V for my 80m yagi tuning relays and all
+12V auxilliary power I use for two radio handling.

This one power supply was in the heart of my station.
Now the new arrangement gives a lot of flexibility.
I mean, one device breaking will stop operating for only less than 10
minutes. Only minor re-wiring is needed when that happens again. Hopefully
the new supply will last longer than 8 years.


I have had no problems with my amplifiers now for many years.
I run my amplifiers cool.
1500W output RTTY is not too much.
With my current fan arrangement, the output air temperature level is 90 to
95C, measured 20cm above the tube.


Your email has a funny power.
It kicks me into some strange state of pushing myself to go and fix the
station.
Let's see what I can do this week before the contest.

Hear You all.


73,
Jukka OH6LI



2014-03-11 5:35 GMT+02:00 Mats Strandberg <sm6lrr at gmail.com>:

> Hello Jukka!
>
> Will contact RA3AUU today and see how far they have proceeded with the
> plaques of 2013... I know that I have paid for it anyway, so guess guess
> have as always been busy at P33W and in their office.
>
> Sorry to hear about the Power Supply, but RTTY is a killer for both
> amplifiers and other equipment...
>
> Anyway, hope to hear you and all other Scandinavians in the contest!
>
> 73 de Mats RM2D @ RM5A in RDXC 2014
>
>
>
>
> 2014-03-11 0:06 GMT+04:00 Jukka Klemola <jpklemola at gmail.com>:
>
>> Thanks Mats !
>> Looking foward to get the plaque.
>>
>> The RDXC 2013 contest was really tuff with SP4Z and OH6UM.
>> Us three, we are within 0,25%. Only 17k points separates us three out of
>> more than 8,1M score level.
>>
>> One or two multipliers would have re-organised our order of finish !
>>
>>
>> My summer home contest station is not functional at the moment.
>> After the recent RTTY operation, a power supply gave up and I have been
>> struggling to build a new one.
>> The power supply was more than 11 years old anyway. The transformer had
>> shorted.
>>
>> I will not buy one as I have built much of my station.
>> I do not know if I can get my station QRV before this coming weekend with
>> the RDXC.
>>
>> If I can get on the air, very likely I will do a part time operation.
>>
>>
>> 73,
>> Jukka OH6LI
>>
>>
>>
>> 2014-03-10 19:03 GMT+02:00 Mats Strandberg <sm6lrr at gmail.com>:
>>
>>>  Hello all Scandinavian contesters.
>>>
>>> A short reminder about Russian DX Contest taking place next weekend
>>> (15-16
>>> March between 1200-1200 UTC).
>>>
>>> Rules:  http://rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp
>>>
>>> General page:  http://rdxc.org/asp/pages/news.asp
>>>
>>> See you all in RDXC!
>>>
>>> 73 de RM2D, Mats
>>>
>>> QRV in RDXC as Multi Single from RM5A
>>>
>>>
>>> PS   The special Scandinavian Plaque for best score in Single Op All Band
>>> Mixed will also be avaliable this year.   Winner of 2013 plaque was
>>> OH6LI.
>>> Congratulations Jukka!
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