[ARC5] ARC5 Digest, Vol 113, Issue 139

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 24 Jun 2013 at 10:03, Howard Holden wrote:

> Ken, did you tell them they could have earned an additional 100 points
> for just 5 QSOs with your GRC, because it is "alternate power"?

Well, unfortunately in this case, they were using a hydrogen fuel-cell for 
power, provided by the EE folks at Washington State University, so every 
contact they made was on "alternate power".

> We did just that back in the late 90s at N2SE. I don't remember which
> unit it was, but it had 2E22 finals. Someone cranked while I made 5
> QSOs on 80M CW. If I had one of those I'd certainly put it to use on
> FD.

That would have been the AN/GRC-9, a really neat rig. I also have a DY-88 
and a PE-162 for power here for the '109. I have my GN-58 built into a 
bicycle-drive system.

> And for the last several years I've run a Heath SB-102 for FD, CW of
> course. It's bullet-proof front end and nice CW filter runs rings
> around most of the rice boxes.

I have an SB-102 and an HW-101 here. Both work at least as well as the 
average rice-box. I even have Heathkit DC-DC supplies for both. So, I could 
run them on batteries.

> Not to mention that our CW operations
> constitute the majority of the local club scores, both here in NV and
> back in NJ. Last two years CW made about 80% of the score at W7TA,
> with just two guys operating CW.

That is typical. Apparently, the local club isn't particularly interested in the 
score...which to my way of thinking is backwards from what it should be.

> Find another club (or come down to Reno next year!)

Thanks, Howie, but I can't travel that far at this point. Too many family 
responsibilities. I have contacted the only fellow I know of in the area who 
feels as I do. We'll see what transpires between now and next year.

As I said, I am still pissed. What a bunch of dead-heads! :-(

Ken W7EKB