[ARC5] ARC5 Digest, Vol 173, Issue 31

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 19 Jun 2018 at 12:40, Mkdorney via ARC5 wrote:

> 
> Contesting is not my thing, so I wouldn´t know. But it´s a big deal with our local club on field day. 
> So I work the go-to station and make sure the kids have fun. 

The ONLY "contest" I have ever enjoyed is Field Day.

I did make a "personal" contest, once, out of seeing how many DX stations I could work with 
my AN/GRC-109: 15 watts crystal controlled, and an end-fed wire.

Last count was 35 countries, mostly on 40 meters.

I haven't done that for a while though.

And another friend of mine, Carl Heuther KM1H, made DXCC using a 1930s designed 
push-pull TPTG transmitter, just to prove it could be done. I don't remember what he used 
for tubes: maybe 211s.

He told me that he was asked what transmitter he was using by only ONE of the DX entities 
he worked.

Of course, his TPTG transmitter's signal quality rivaled modern rigs'. No chirp, nor drift, nor 
clicks. Beautiful tone, in fact.

Much like Jack Meadows' push-pull 809s in a TPTG transmitter. I have a photo of Jack's rig 
on my website, and have worked him on 80 and 40. 

I  love the old stuff.

Ken W7EKB

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