R7 antenna

Tue Apr 30 10:01:36 EDT 1996

Thanks to all who replied to my request for help with the general 
class cw test. I passed and am now a general class operator. My 
question is what's the best why to do casual ssb on 20 meters. I have 
put up an r7 (actually an r7000) and have had little luck making any 
contacts. I checked my rig and antenna and all seems fine. Localls 
hear me just fine. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

>From millersg at dmapub.dma.org (Steve Miller)  Tue Apr 30 15:34:36 1996
From: millersg at dmapub.dma.org (Steve Miller) (Steve Miller)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 10:34:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Beer in Dayton (was This station is or was perfect.)
Message-ID: <m0uEGVh-000298C at dmapub.dma.org>

NP4Z writes:

>      Hola a todos!
<snip> 
>  PD. Question... Will scott ka9fox break his record of beers of last year?
> 
>    Top contenders for the beer record.
> 
>    1.n0bsh
>    2.we9v
>    3.ea3ny
>    4.wd8ixe yes, you steve.

First, I'd like to point out that all the top US contenders operate from 
'propagationally challenged' locales. Thus, we have an inherent advantage 
since there is more time to practice beer drinking. For those of you 
interested in joining this year's contest - be forewarned! The competition 
is brutal!!!

I ran across a 1994 photo of the top US contenders (and wannabees NI8L, 
WX9E, and WW1M) in the heat of battle. Felipe's ranking n0bsh as the top 
contender is on the mark since Mike is the only one drinking two beers at 
a time. I posted a censored version of the photo
on my web site - go to my ham page, then near the bottom check out 'hams 
drinking beer'.

See you in Dayton,

-- 
Steve Miller  WD8IXE
millersg at dma.org
http://www.dma.org/~millersg

>From Swanson, Glenn,  KB1GW" <gswanson at arrl.org  Tue Apr 30 15:40:00 1996
From: Swanson, Glenn,  KB1GW" <gswanson at arrl.org (Swanson, Glenn,  KB1GW)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 96 10:40:00 EDT
Subject: R7 antenna
Message-ID: <318626A1 at arrl.org>

     Hi Paul,

     Congrats on the upgrade!  Next stop--advanced?

     I'd suspect part of the reason that (real close in?) locals hear you 
fine,
yet others may not is due to the low angle of radiation from your vertical 
and
the fact that energy is radiated equally in all directions from this 
antenna. I've
experienced the same thing with my 80-meter 1/4-wave vertical--I can work
Europe barefoot with it, yet "locals" (East coast-Midwest) folks don't seem
to know I'm even there at times! Low angle gets me into somewhat long-haul
(Europe) QSOs, and works against "local" ( Eastern US) communications.

          One (admittedly simplistic), explanation.

               73! Glenn, KB1GW
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>From: Paul Fischer
>To: cq-contest
>Subject: R7 antenna
>Date: Tuesday, April 30, 1996 9:01AM
>
>Return-Path: <pff at bfs.uwm.edu>
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>Thanks to all who replied to my request for help with the general
>class cw test. I passed and am now a general class operator. My
>question is what's the best why to do casual ssb on 20 meters. I have
>put up an r7 (actually an r7000) and have had little luck making any
>contacts. I checked my rig and antenna and all seems fine. Localls
>hear me just fine. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>

>From Tom Francis <tomf at neca.com>  Tue Apr 30 16:43:53 1996
From: Tom Francis <tomf at neca.com> (Tom Francis)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 11:43:53 -0400
Subject: Champion Beer Drinkers.....
Message-ID: <199604301543.LAA04544 at orion.neca.com>

At 10:34 AM 4/30/96 -0400, you wrote:

Top contenders for the beer record.

>>  1.n0bsh
>>  2.we9v
>>  3.ea3ny
>>  4.wd8ixe yes, you steve.

------------------------------------------------------

        What I want to know is: 

        1 - Who had the best cirrhosis multiplier, 
            measured in degree of liver damage?

        2 - Who grabbed the detox multiplier?

        3 - Who holds the record for the Most Brain 
            Cells Damaged category?

        Just curious....

        73

        Tom, NM1Q (tomf at neca.com)
        Another lame attempt at CONTEST related humor....

>From mwdink at eskimo.com (Michael Dinkelman)  Tue Apr 30 16:55:49 1996
From: mwdink at eskimo.com (Michael Dinkelman) (Michael Dinkelman)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 08:55:49 -0700
Subject: More Theories on Rain-Induced "Static"
Message-ID: <199604301559.IAA21855 at mail.eskimo.com>

Brian/ND3F states:

 "and I hope the rain stops so I can work on my antennas."

Whoa! Better stay away from the great Pacific Northwest Brian.
Anyway... I thought antennas worked better when you put them
up in the rain. Maybe that's why we don't get so much rain
induced staic up here - we install 'em wet!!  ;>)

Dink

Michael Dinkelman
WA7UVJ
Kent, WA
mwdink at eskimo.com

>From Gary Nieborsky <k7fr at ncw.net>  Tue Apr 30 17:12:31 1996
From: Gary Nieborsky <k7fr at ncw.net> (Gary Nieborsky)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 09:12:31 -0700
Subject: Amplifier designs
Message-ID: <199604301612.JAA19337 at bing.ncw.net>

After reading the MLA-2500B article in QST (well done, a tad lite on detail
w/o the info contained in the .zip file), I have found myself bitten by the
"Go Build Something"  bug.  A nice amp project kind of tickles my fancy.

Question:

Where can I find a good diagram for a killer amp?  Maybe using a pair of
4CX800's like in the article.  The constant impedance input really appeals
to me.

Reply direct please!

TIA es 73,

Gary K7FR