[ARC5] CX Report

[Dennis Monticelli]

Hi Mark,

I got some time in on 20M during the day with my Knight T50 (Adventurer
clone) and activity seemed good.  But I didn't get on 40M with the T22
until rather late so cannot comment on the activity that day.  I was lucky
to find your B&W and a few other late night participants.

Good luck with the repairs.

Dennis AE6C

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 5:46 AM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Guys
>
> This CX seemed to be pretty sparse compared to those of the past few
> years;  not a lot of stations heard, but the bands were not in the greatest
> of shape either.
>
> I powered up the SCR-274N after church on Sunday with the hopes of getting
> some 40M QSOs in the log.  Surprisingly, I got no power output at all (and
> of course, the 40M command transmitter was working fine a few weeks ago…..
> of course……).    I changed over to 80M via the pilot’s control box and was
> pleased to see a nice 40W output on 80.  So, the problem was localized to
> the 40m transmitter.
>
> I switched back to 40M and, after doing some checks, keyed down and was
> rewarded with the smell of warm / crispy (or worse) components.  Not good.
>
> I have a HB meter box in line from the modulator to the transmitter rack to
> monitor Ip and (via a switch) Screen, Plate, and Osc voltages.   That was
> well worth the day spent building it by the way.     Ip was maxed out, Ep
> OK, Screen low, and Osc voltage absurdly high.   Well, OK.   I now have
> something to keep me off the sidewalks this week; I suspect following my
> nose will help in this case.
>
> So, I ran my B&W 5100B / SX-111 MK 1 (my novice station) on 40M and the
> SCR-274N on 80M and had fun doing it!
>
> I only worked two ARC-5 stations, and both were on 40M    WA4BNO said his
> rig was an ARC-5;  I assume that was both TX and RX.    My last QSO on
> Sunday night was with Dennis AE6C who was running an ARC-5 TX and a Drake
> receiver.
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
> Sent from my Android phone
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