[ARC5] SKN -- Post Mortem

[Tim]

Hi Mark - I am hearing you on 7050 at 0042Z and called you but the GRC-109
isn't making it apparently.  I had to switch to the R-390A for receive
however - a little too much close-in QRM for the R-1004...

FYI  Tim
N6CC


On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well I made 5 more QSOs late this afternoon on 40M, but wasn't able to
> contact any of the denizens in this thread (which I renamed.....)
>
> Overall I was pleased with the performance of the SCR-274N.  The issues I
> saw were
> 1) Slight drift on 40M.   Not bad at all once the radio warms up.
>
> 2) I'm only getting 20W or so of output on 80M with 550V Ep and 300 mA
> Ip.  I'm using a 200 pF series capacitor and that may be to much.  I want
> to build the "tuner" circuit in ER (the one with the 200 pF series cap into
> a parallel LC tapped network.   My output on 40M with a different series
> cap is 40W with 550 and 300.
>
> 3) I notice that my antenna coupling control is always at max for max
> power regardless of the inductor setting;  I'm not sure what to make of
> that.
>
> 4) Selectivity.  Thanks for the comments about getting an audio filter.  I
> will check into that.
>
> As I said, I had a great time in the SKN.
>
> Plans, Lord willing, for 2014:
>
> Address the above SCR-274N concerns
> Get the BC-456 modulator in the system
> Beat the bushes for the trays/racks I need for the 274N.
> Start restoration on my BC652.BC653 Tank Radios
>
> Happy New Year to y'all.
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ken - good signals!  Seems to still be a lot of SKN activity out here
>> at
>> 2230Z but the band is still fairly short - you are the longest range QSO
>> for me today....
>>
>> QSL "in the mail" !
>> 73 & HNY
>> Tim
>> N6CC
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon
>> <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>wrote:
>>
>> > On 1 Jan 2014 at 12:56, Tim wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi Ken - I am QRV on 7050 Kc if you need yet another Kalifornia
>> > > contact! GRC-109 73, Tim N6CC
>> >
>> > I would like to work your 109 anytime, Tim.
>> >
>> > We just got finished with our Holyday prayers, and I'll run right down
>> to
>> > the
>> > shack.
>> >
>> > Kenneth G. Gordon W7EKB
>> >
>> > "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway."--- John
>> > Wayne
>> >
>> >
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