[SECC] K4OGG, CWSS

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> 
> From: <ku8e at bellsouth.net>
> Date: 2004/11/08 Mon AM 11:39:41 EST
> To: "Tommy" <aldermant at alltel.net>,  <SECC at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: Re: [SECC] K4OGG, CWSS
> 
> Tom,
> 
>  If you are using a 130 foot antenna with open wire feeder....
> 
>  On 80 meters it acts like a dipole
> 
>  On 40 meters if is two half waves in phase broadside to the antenna giving you
>  about 3 db gain over a dipole
> 
>  On 20 meters you have a clover leaf pattern.
> 
>  On 15 meters you have about 8 lobes
> 
>  On 10 meters you have a whole bunch of lobes !!!
> 
> 
>  If you can only put up one antenna this is the one. you could short the feeders together and run it as a "T" on 160 and put down some radials. You should get out good enough (running the amp) to be dangerous !!!
> 
> See http://www.cebik.com/88.html
> 
> 
>           73, Jeff
> 
>  
> > 
> > From: "Tommy" <aldermant at alltel.net>
> > Date: 2004/11/08 Mon AM 10:37:44 EST
> > To: <SECC at contesting.com>
> > Subject: Re: [SECC] K4OGG, CWSS
> > 
> > My Titan 3 blew up, sitting in stand-by on the desk. Just got it
> > back from Ten Tec on Thursday.
> > 
> > When testing it, could only get 1200w max into the dummy load.
> > Taking it apart and inspecting it, I found the same old problem of
> > poor assembly. A screw from the tube section was protruding to the
> > below compartment, partially shorting out the RF input line on a PC
> > board. I went through this with Ten Tec back in November and found
> > the problem after they told me "you must have a bad interface coax
> > cable". Still an on-going problem with practically NO QC at Ten Tec.
> > 
> > Anyway after replacing the screw, I still expected to have problems
> > with the amp, but it just sat there, purring at 1500w.
> > 
> > Was going to add an HF (20&15m) antenna, but the way this silly 80m
> > dipole is working...WHY?
> > 
> > 
> > Tom - W4BQF
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Macie, Gordon" <GMacie at innotrac.com>
> > To: "'Jay Pryor'" <jpryor at uga.edu>; <SECC at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:13 AM
> > Subject: RE: [SECC] K4OGG, CWSS
> > 
> > 
> > > I ran my amp also. Strange experience people actually hearing me.
> > I had very
> > > few fills compared to what I'm use to.
> > >
> > > Gordon
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jay Pryor [mailto:jpryor at uga.edu]
> > > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:05 AM
> > > To: SECC at contesting.com
> > > Subject: [SECC] K4OGG, CWSS
> > >
> > >
> > > This was my first part-time CWSS in a long time.  And the first
> > time I have
> > > ever entered any contest in the high power category.  But there's
> > no
> > > question that my score is higher than it would have been
> > > otherwise.  Anyway, it took me a while to figure out how to hook
> > up and
> > > load up the amp.  I really don't use it much.  After I got it up
> > and
> > > running though I enjoyed a laid-back SS.  It was good to run into
> > many SECC
> > > folks, and other contesters who are "regulars."
> > >
> > > Here's what it looked like:
> > >
> > >     BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Mults
> > >   __________________________________________________
> > >
> > >     80CW       64          64        128      30
> > >     40CW       48          48         96      18
> > >     20CW      103         103        206      14
> > >     15CW       95          95        190       9
> > >     10CW       12          12         24       1
> > >   __________________________________________________
> > >
> > >   Totals      322         322        644      72
> > >
> > >
> > >      Final Score = 46368 points.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Jay/K4OGG
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