Neil, Sounds like and TSC-38 Communications Van. Don't forget the antenna for that 10 KW was 500 foot sloping Vee beam.
Vincent ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil McKie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] good reading > > I did that a number of years ago. > > I was working for Raytheon Corp. in southern California - we had a > 1 Kw linear amplifier made for the military - fed into a dummy load. > > One day, I tuned the matching receiver to a part of the 40 meter > ham band and listened for a while to some nearby conversation. > Seems there was a ham who lived nearby so, using the 1 Kw amplifier > on the dummy load, I called him - he replied suggesting we QSY > elsewhere and requested I zero him when I tuned to the frequency he > was on ... > > I asked him to zero to me when he found me as the equipment I was > using didn't have variable frequency tuning as we know it. > > What I was using was a US Army communications trailer mounted HF > station with two receivers, and an exciter with optional 1 Kw and > 10 Kw linear amplifiers available. The system tuned from 2.00000 > Mc to 29.99999 Mc in 10 cycle steps. The external power amplifiers > were auto-tuned too. > > The power acceptable was 120/208, 50-400 cycle three phase. > > The QSO was brief but enjoyable. > > Neil McKie - WA6KLA > > > W8DZN wrote: > > > > How about turning up your power to see how far you can have a QSO > > on a Dummy Load? > > > > Kenneth P. Cook Jr., W8DZN > > River View Estates Lot 46 > > Bucyrus, Ohio 44820 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Virden Clark Beckman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 8:33 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] good reading > > > > Is there anybody with 100 percent? > > Willing to admit it? > > > > Here 17 of 20. > > -- > > 73...Clark Beckman N8PZD > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
