[TowerTalk] Chalk up 1 for the AV640

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

With work bogged down on the LM470, I hooked up the AV640. I had a 
terrible noise the previous 2 or 3 times I turned the rig on, but this 
morning 40 was in pretty good shape, so I decided to try 20.

Tuning around I heard YU1JW with a good strong signal. I thought, what 
the heck and gave my call once.  He was 5/9 here and he gave me a 
generous 5/7.  I say generous because he had a devil of a time getting 
the 8 in my call and this was running barefoot to the AV640 mounted at 
25 feet on a tilt over mast

The previous contact in the log was 9Y4LAS on 7.180 at 5:15 AM EST, or 
10:15 UTC. on Feb 13th in 2012.
The log doesn't say whether it was on the half wave sloper or the AV640

I mentioned this as I've seen several questions on the AV640. I would 
point out that these are from a single station and it would take many 
contacts from many stations using the AV640 for a meaningful sample, but 
Ive had good results using that make and model.

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73

Roger (K8RI)


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