[AMRadio] W5OMR travels

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Larry Szendrei <ne1s at securespeed.us>wrote:

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>>  You're not, Geoff, IMHO. Especially since you and I had originally met
> many years ago right on this list. Had it not been for this list, our visit
> last weekend would not have occurred. The problem, as I read it, occurred
> when the thread drifted off-topic to (only) climate and critters. I wasn't
> bothered by that, but that's just me.
>
> You had neglected to include in the above Fun with Tesla Coils, which is
> on-topic because the RF produced and radiated is amplitude-modulated,
> whether by 120 Hz (in the 833-excited coil, powered by an unfiltered
> full-wave rectifier) or by a very complex and somewhat random function as
> in the spark-excited coil. Unmodulated Tesla coils, like unmodulated
> carriers, are rather boring ;-)
>
> We did have fun, didn't we?
>
> Minor correction to the above - My PDM AM rig's RF PA operates in class
> "C" (which sounds like class "E" when spoken).
>
> Another guy I had originally met via this list was Jim WD5JKO, who paid me
> a visit last August. So now I've had eyeball QSOs at my Maine QTH from two
> friends I had made right here. Who's next?
>

I still recall my visit some years ago fondly, Larry. It was a loooong one
day drive from VT to the North Woods of Maine to pick up the ATC, but
visiting Gary WZ1M's shop and your place along the way broke it up nicely.
I still marvel at the eclectic mix of homebrew, surplus, and commercial
gear you have tucked in nearly every corner on every floor of the big old
house. And hearing Steve K4HX (still WB3HUZ then) in QSO with Gary W2INR VA
to NY coming through that massive speaker on your Meissner receiver sounded
like they were in the basement with us.

Wish I'd gotten over to see John/N1MMD 'Mystery Meat Dinner' too, but the
daylight was gone and I still had a 5 hour drive ahead of me. I highly
recommend a visit to NE1S (not just any one - N-E-1-S) for anyone who finds
themselves in the area.

~ Todd/KAQ