Topband: Fw: 160

[w4dr@mindspring.com]

----- Original Message -----
From: "paul_wyse" <paul_wyse@sil.org>
To: "Bob Eshleman" <w4dr@mindspring.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 12:07 PM
Subject: 160


> Hi Bob,
> Bill Tippett is gone this week and he said I could send anything to you
for
> the reflector.  This isn't necessarily for the reflector but just a couple
> of comments on 160 conditions.
>
> Conditions were very good this morning.  I heard W1AW send code practice
for
> an hour on 1818 this morning.  They peaked at 579.
>
> I also heard CX1ST 559 but didn't try to break the pileup  VP5/K9DX
reported
> hearing me 339 this morning.  Two little 12 volt supplies that I was using
> for my keying circuit blew up during the night.  They were 110 volt units
> Dale brought and I guess the stabilizer I was using to drop the 220 to 110
> must have failed and put 220 on them.  I will just use the 12 volts from
the
> car battery to power them in the future.  Any way I didn't have any keying
> for the amp so just had the 706 on line.  The amp only puts out 200 watts
> anyway because the line voltage is so low.  I suspect the finals are about
> gone too since I'm  operating it with such low voltage that the filament
> voltage would be low causing stress on the tubes.  I have another set here
> but not sure it's worth burning them up too for just three weeks!  Worked
7
> stations yesterday and 6 this morning on 160.  Total Q's on 160 now are
276
> in 37 countries.  Hope I can break 300 before we leave in three weeks.
>
> Miss talking to the Sunday morning guys but condx on 15 have change since
> coming over and I get very few openings into the states these days.  I
work
> more stateside on the low bands than the high!  Made 20 Q's this morning
on
> 40 before QRTing for breakfast and work.
>
> Greetings to Rosalie,
> 73
> Paul
>