[AK-VHF] AK-VHF Net: 2 April - 144.200 USB

[Ed Cole]

Net Report:

144.200:
KL3WF - S5
WL7BER - S1 (lost him later; apparent problem with amp/antennas?)
KL7ZK - S7 (S9 after repointing my antenna)
WL7AU - S3
KL6M - S5 (S9 after Mike repointed his yagi)
KL7XJ - S3
About 10-15 minutes into the net my local noise jumped to S3 covering up 
all the stations below S3;  On advice from KL7ZK I turned on my NB which 
helped a little S-2.5 noise).  Near end of the net the noise quit. 
Running IC9700 NR continuously quiets the radio.

223.50:
KL7XJ - 2bars
KL6M - 2bars (he could not hear me)
tried 150w amp with no one hearing me (more testing needed).

50.125 (noted no s-meter reading; later found 24v to TR relay missing).

Will be trying to replace transistors in my 1976 era W6PQL 180w 2m amp 
so might have more power next week (100w currently).

73, Ed

On 4/1/2022 10:51 PM, Ed Cole wrote:
> Net will begin at 9:30 am on 144.200 USB.
> I will also monitor
> 223.50 FM, and
> 50.125 USB
> 
> I spend the afternoon chasing problems in my 222 amplifier: finding two 
> open-ckt wires in the coax relay system that switches the 150w amp in 
> line, and also found two bad coax jumpers.  We'll find out tomorrow if 
> it is fixed.  I did test the antenna line and found high SWR of 2.9:1 
> (cause unknown).  The dual 11-element yagis have been up since 2008 as 
> has the 20-foot LMR-400 jumper and 70-foot 7/8-inch hardline.
> 
> Hope to see you in the morning!
> 
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
> 
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