On 1/8/06, Brett gazdzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey gang, just FYI....
> I worked KC2IFR (Bill), W3CRR (Craig), KA3ZLR (Jack) today, 40 was much > better than yesterday. > Bill has a very good sounding kenwood T599, one of those OLD kenwood twins, > but I suppose > some old SSB stuff was easier to get sounding good on AM then the new rigs, > maybe fewer filters > in the TX chain. His sounded very good and clean. Yep, heard you all quite nicely here in Central VT, have to ditto your remarks Brett about Bill's Kenwood. I know he has a lot of 'stuff' in line there, and the T599 seems to handle it all just fine. I was listening on the 75A-1 whilst dismantling the slain Christmas tree in the other room. Very pleasant audio. First time I've heard Craig's voice, was quite a shock after emailing for so long. Talk about a deep, 'radio' voice! I hope '2ZM got his transmitter audio problem solved. I was hearing him fine, but the audio was a little scruffy around the edges. I wrote it off to it being a 1930's tx, obviously it was something more involved. Also heard Ashtabula Bill getting a bit annoyed by Paul, who was apparently too close by for his liking. I suppose it's not as easy to spread out on 40 with all of the foreign BC and SSB activity around. The YL called and I was on the phone with her for a while and remember hearing The Nutcracker and other music coming across the frequency. Everyone did seem to drop out quickly. Of course, I only have about a ten foot piece of wire hooked onto the back of the A-1 right now, which probably doesn't help. Enjoyed it emmensely. Can't wait to join in again. de Todd/'Boomer' KA1KAQ
