Hi Bob: Nice reply. I like to work 7290 +/-, especially Sunday afternoon. If we had 3 sidebands, I would listen there too.
73 DE Charlie, K0NG PS, being ex Air Force, we naturally liked "flight before fight". Quoting Rbethman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Seems like a hornet's nest has been stirred up, and I am ONE of those > that stirred it up. > > I won't apologize. > > First - I stay away from 75mtrs like the plague. Too many "lids" whom > are obviously running WAY too much RF out for "their" local NE area > "group"! THEY won't even recognize anyone outside THEIR clique. > > Second - the group on 40mtrs that runs in the mornings, always pauses > after transmitting, to listen for ANY new callers. Typically "we" start > from 7283 and go up as needed. > > If too many groups are running close, I, and some of the others, will > sometimes slip our R-390As and/or SP-600 RXs to sideband/CW mode and > pick up ONE sideband to allow us to be able to listen. That is sort of > a RARE thing. > > Most of the group are running either home-brew 813 X 813s, T-368s, > 4X250s, BC-610s, and other such rigs. Mine are BC-610s. VFO capability > is VERY much there. > > As to the antenna cut to ONE freq, there IS a range of +/- X kc where > the VSWR is within limits of the TX. I flip the coax sw to the ME-165 > dummy load, tune the osc to the new RX freq, then flip on plate to dip > final. THEN I flip the coax sw to the antenna, touching it up when it > is my turn - on the fly. > > So far "we" haven't had much trouble within the Mid-Atlantic, NE, SE, > and the East Coast. > > All of us try our VERY level best to NOT use more oomph than necessary. > This can be a "bit" difficult with BC-610s, BUT it IS doable. > > I just DON'T see any useful purpose in firing up where I KNOW the SSB > and Ricebox folks run. Why aggravate and agitate? > > It is a "little" off from my retired military personality, BUT, I have > no desire to fight and start wars. > > Bob N0DGN > > -- > Bob Bethman - N0DGN > +-------------------------------+----------------------------------+ > | N0DGN AMRadio Manassas, VA | REAL Tube Radio and AM | > +-------------------------------+----------------------------------+ > | Manassas Radio - Home of Homemade Kielbasa & Pirogi | > +-------------------------------+----------------------------------+ > | Bob Bethman \\\|/// " The absence of a danger | > | rbethman(at)comcast.net \\ ~ ~ // signal does *NOT* mean | > | (/ @ @ /) that everything is OK " | > +-------------------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo----------------------------+ > | <http://home.comcast.net/~rbethman> | > | 1 BC-610I w/BC-614I,1 T-213/GRC-26 w/BC614I 1 '51 Collins R-390A | > | SP-600/NR Type 159, Heath DX-60, Apache, Mohawk, SX-101, HT-32A | > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Amateur Astronomer - Celestron Nexstar 8 | > | 12" f5 Dob coming soon! Being built | > | Meade ETX-60 | > | 38 Deg 46'48.62"' N - 77 Deg 28'26.89" W | > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Opinions expressed are that of my own and do not necessarily | > | coincide with or represent those of ANYONE else | > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > |ALL E-mail received and sent scanned by AVG & Norton System Works | > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] >
