[ARC5] ARC5 Digest, Vol 113, Issue 139

[Geoff]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: "Howard Holden" <holden7471 at msn.com>
Cc: "Arc-5 Radios" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC5 Digest, Vol 113, Issue 139


> 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


I would have made prior arrangements to operate as suddenly showing up could 
disturb the more sensitive types (-;

Carl