[ADXA] Novice Rig Roundup Starts Tonight!!!!

[Dennis Schaefer]

This is about the NRR in a roundabout way…..

I tried hard not to buy anything at the hamfest.  I resisted the Kenwood
TL-922 amp by telling the seller his price was too low :).   Seriously,
they were selling for someone else and I could have had it for $500 with a
two-week return if it wasn’t perfect.  That’s less than 50 cents per watt.
  They raised to $750, which was still a deal.   I was also tempted by a
Ten-Tec solid state amp with a good price until I saw the voltage (13.8)
and the 100 amp current requirement.  Not very modern.  The Alpha and the
big Ten-tec were nice, but heavy.   Oh, I almost forgot about the Acom
solid state amp.  Nice, but about 5 bucks per watt.   Before my good
friends start telling me about good amp deals out there, I’ll explain that
I am perfectly happy with my two AL-811 amplifiers.   When I look at
amplifiers, I indulge in some “living in the past”.    Years ago, it seems
that people concentrated on 20 SSB for the really rare ones.  Pileups were
tremendous and breaking thru was a thrill.  You needed the power.   Now,
there are no more ATNO’s for me, and I can get thru with 500 watts just
fine on any mode.  It just brings back the good old days of slugging it out
in DX Alley when I see a big amp.

But back to the NRR - My one purchase was a Drake 2A.   It is very clean,
seems to be fine but is weak in the RF stages.  However, it only has five
tubes, and they seem to be common, so I’ll have fun checking tubes and
capacitors and bringing it up to speed.   I can use one of the 2-B’s with
the 2NT to make a few NRR contacts if it takes awhile to get the 2-A ready.

73,
Dennis/RZ

On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM <w5znjoel at gmail.com> wrote:

> ADXA Folks,
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> This is not DX but a hell of a lot of fun, especially if you were licensed
> back in the old crystal controlled CW Novice days.
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> The annual “Novice Rig Roundup” starts tonight at 6:00 PM local time
> (0000z March 8) and runs all week through Sunday March 16 at 5:59 PM
> (2359z). Several ADXA members are NRR members.
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> Details here https://novicerigroundup.org/
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> I will see you, mostly on 40 meters but also some 80 and 15, running
> either my Heath DX-60B/HR-10B, Drake 2NT/2C, or Heath DX-40/Hammarlund
> HQ-100 depending on what “rig mood” I’m in for that day!! 😊
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> 73 Joel WN5IGF
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> NRR # 981
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