[VHFcontesting] [VHF] Orphans, contests, and the incurable VHF disease

[Les Rayburn]

Ah...another member for the cult...er, I mean, another victim of the bug.

Just remember Paul, VHF'ers do it with more frequency.

BTW, on the recommendation of many, I just ordered an Icom ProIII from 
Gigaparts. My Icom 746 Pro has a problem with it's speech compressor causing 
my audio to be very distorted when it's selected. I could run the contest 
with it as is, but have decided it's a good
excuse to buy the Pro3.

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
EM63

Les Rayburn, director
High Noon Film
100 Centerview Drive Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216-3748
205.824.8930
205.824.8960 fax
205.253.4867 cell

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From: "Paul N1BUG" <paul_n1bug at verizon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:25 PM
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Subject: [VHF] Orphans, contests, and the incurable VHF disease

> Huh. I guess I'm not "cured" of the VHF bug! I was planning a nice, simple 
> single band (6m) contest. But......
>
> Saturday a somewhat scruffy looking Icom 290H was abandoned on my 
> doorstep. Feeling sorry for the poor neglected thing, I took it in, 
> cleaned it up and checked for any major health issues. It seems OK.
>
> Oh, hey! Maybe I could cobble something together for the upcoming contest! 
> (Oh boy... here we go again!)
>
> This morning I risked life and limb to drag an old 200W amplifier and its 
> associated overkill beast of a power supply (250 plus pounds) out of the 
> back corner of my storage area. If I can figure out my wiring of many 
> years ago and cobble together some suitable bias scheme for this former 
> class C amp, I might get it running before the contest! Or else just use 
> it on CW as is...
>
> Anyway, now I need an antenna! Little time. Few usable parts. Hmm. Well, 
> there's always the ol' quick 'n dirty temporary quagi made from a board 
> and some wire. Been there, done that. More than once. It will have to go 
> on the 20 foot tower intended for an EME array back in the day... and just 
> last summer I pulled the heliax that was running out there for another 
> use. RG-213 it is, then!
>
> So there's some work to do, but if I don't hit too many snags I should be 
> on 6 *and* 2 this contest. I hope to work a few of you. Don't expect much 
> signal-wise... all you're likely to get is a whisper in the noise!
>
> 73,
> Paul N1BUG FN55mf
> 6m: 1.5 kW, 7 el @ 100'
> 2m: ? W, ? el @ 20', hopefully...
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