[UK-CONTEST] 50mhz rsgb contest

[Cooper, Stewart]

I have built a few of these and have ended up with an MFJ model, but always
have the same problem - RF gets in. I have reached the point where I am
considering buying the Yaesu unit for my 1000MP. Well, I was until I saw the
price! A good voice keyer is essential for effective SO2R ops, and this is
really holding me up now.

Stewart
GM4AFF/GM0F

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy swiffin [mailto:a.l.swiffin at dundee.ac.uk]
Sent: 06 May 2004 11:59
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] 50mhz rsgb contest


>
>

>while calling towards GI for prolonged periods (must get a voice
keyer
>working on my ic7400!) with a recovering sore throat. One of the
other

I built a wee board up using an ISD 2590 90 second digital recorder for
a few quid - it's great for calling CQ with - You can get it to store a
number of messages (up to 4 if I remember) which you can access
seperately - but I just went for the simple single message so far.  I
just used a really cheap electret mike in it but its a bit woolier than
I like, may try and switch in the ordinary mike.  It's great for calling
CQ for hours on end - which is all I seem to do in vhf contests
particularly :-)  



>highlights was the YU7 who popped out of the blue at 59 plus and
stayed
>long enough to complete with no problem - not sure if it was early es
or
>a long ms burst (probably the former I guess as I have been hearing

I heard what I thought were quite a lot of MS bursts at one point DLs
and OEs particularly.

Cheers
Andy

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