[ARC5] skn - Working Mark K3MSB

[Tim]

OK Ken, no worries - lots of fun....
I listened for Dave as well but No Joy.  There were some W5's and even a
few VE3's coming in after 0000Z today so the band was opened up pretty well
with little atmospheric noise.  Short skip around here was great earlier.
I cheated a little by using the R-390A at times as 7050 and thereabouts got
pretty crowded.  The R-1004/GRC-109 with its 9 Kc wide receiver can be a
challenge if the band is moderately busy (even a little busy!).  I also
cheated by using the J-38 key versus the built-in key on the TX.  The TX
was sitting on a shelf and hard to get to, but in general its key is pretty
comfortable to use for short QSO's...

Wait 'till next year!
HNY, Tim
N6CC


On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon
<kgordon2006 at frontier.com>wrote:

> On 1 Jan 2014 at 14:49, Tim 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....
>
> Ha ha! Well, there was an awful lot of SKN activity on 20 meters also. I
> decided to get off the air and work on getting a rig working for my NTS and
> digital NTS duties after you and I worked, though.
>
> It was a real pleasure hearing another GRC-109, Tim ! :-)
>
> I only wish I could have worked Dave and his BC-375.
>
> I don't know that I have heard so much brass-pounding in many years. It
> was well worth the effort, and I'll be doing it again next year.
>
> > QSL "in the mail" !
>
> Mine will be on the way to you tomorrow, Tim. Thanks A HEAP! :-)
>
> Ken W7EKB
>