The one that comes to mind was via OSCAR III in 1970. Just married, we
lived in an apartment, not ideal for sat comms. My 2 meter rig was a
WW2 AM aircraft transmitter with an 832 (dual tetrode) push pull as the
final. Of course, not designed for CW. mode conversion did not look
easy. I broke the cathode lead and put the key in the line with 300
volts across the key (I'm sure the younger semiconductor generation
would be shocked!) It probably had a significant backwave from the
driver signal but OSCAR didn't hear that.
Antenna? I C-clamped a board to the outside window sill with a bracket,
a 10' piece of conduit, and a simple dipole on the top, all fed with
RG-174 which was thin enough to close the window on. I saw the
landlord looking at it one day, but he never said anything.
The setup worked! I had a QSO with a VE2 as well as a local friend.
Ken WA8JXM
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