[UK-CONTEST] Salmon Run....

[Dr K Kerr]

Stewart,
You recall correctly though I am not sure if the offer of a haggis was a 
threat or a promise! Does that mean I now have to make some deal with the 
local butcher..............

Regarding MFJ DVK, one of the RF issues concerns how you power the unit. 
The PP3 inside will not last a fraction of a major contest. Using all 
manner of external mains 12V supplies has proved hopeless....RF, mains hum 
etc. However, external beefy 12v battery (I actually use two 6V lantern 
batteries in series) fed through a short lead wound on a toroid has been a 
simple and effective solution.  Although most of my antennas are relatively 
far from the shack, the 10m beam isn't and I can beam over the shack and 
have no problems with QRO. Used the same DVK and power supply without the 
toroid at 9M2RPN while operating very close to the antennas and still had 
no problem. Two 6V lantern batteries are good for at least 2-3 48 hr 
contests with heavy usage....just make sure the volume pot on the front is 
screwed right back.

Keith GM4YXI/GM7V



At 13:52 06/05/04 +0100, Cooper, Stewart wrote:
>I recall that GM7V once rewarded QSOs on 6 bands in CW WW with a haggis
>(1997 I think).
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve GW4BLE [mailto:GW4BLE at btconnect.com]
>Sent: 06 May 2004 13:33
>To: UK CONTEST
>Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Salmon Run....
>
>
>Just had a certificate arrive for top score in the 2003 Washington State QSO
>Party, aka "Salmon Run",
>
>not *just* a certificate but a slice of smoked Pacific Salmon too!
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>For the culinary inquisitive, check out the prize at
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>http://www.portchatham.com/shop/pacbox.htm
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>Food for thought (excuse the pun) RSGB, but how about something more
>imaginative than the usual old certificates?
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>73
>
>
>
>Steve
>
>GW4BLE
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>
>
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Dr Keith M Kerr,
Consultant and Clinical Senior Lecturer,
Department of Pathology,
Aberdeen University Medical School
and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary,
Foresterhill,
Aberdeen,
Scotland, UK,
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