[AMRadio] A Good 10 Meter QSO

[wb3fau at att.net]

Hey Mike -  i  just worked  WA3MJY/KH6  I am using a old  Heathkit Apache
getting about 65w out.  A vertical ant-  up   only  4  ft  off  ground 
with 2 radials.  Rec is a Drake  2A.  73 Russ.

--- On Wed, 10/12/11, Mike Duke, K5XU <k5xu at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Mike Duke, K5XU <k5xu at comcast.net>
> Subject: [AMRadio] A Good 10 Meter QSO
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 8:34 PM
> I have a Sharp 40 channel AM only CB
> rig circa 1979 or maybe 1980 that 
> was
> converted to 10 meters long ago.
> 
> About an hour ago, I fired it up for the first time in at
> least 10
> years, and had a 15 minute qso with W7QQQ
> in   Arizona. Jack was only
> using a dipole at 12 feet above ground, but could still
> hear my 3.5
> watt carrier and  associated audio above the noise.
> 
> So, look under the bed, in the attic, the basement, or
> anywhere else
> these old boxes tend to hide, dust them off, power them up,
> and make a 
> "little big noise" on 10 meter AM.
> 
> 
> Mike Duke, K5XU
> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
> 
> 
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