[GreenKeys] HoffNet (for what it's worth, etc.)

[Bob Camp]

Hi

The NorCal QRP club has a 30 meter QRP transceiver kit that almost will 
tune to our frequency. I suspect that you can fiddle the crystal 
oscillator to get it to get to our net frequency. I seem to remember a 
price under $50 but that may not be right.

I would not assume that a pre WARC station is not 30 meter compatible. 
Most of the solid state gear that came with band lockouts also had some 
magic jumper you change and poof it's full coverage (and thus 30 meter 
compatible). Tube era gear may well tune to 30 meters if you swap out a 
crystal to get it on band. I seem to recall that Drake gear was pretty 
good in this regard. You could do the same trick with Heath gear but it 
took a little more doing.

If you are really going nuts on this then a dedicated radio may be in 
order. Channelized marine SSB gear might be a good choice and generally 
it's available cheap since everybody wants a band cruiser. I would also 
bet that a tube era radio might not be the best thing to run 24/7 as a 
monitor radio.

Depending on what you have there are various sites on the net that have 
all kinds of interesting data on how to take care of the problem.

	Enjoy!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ



On May 20, 2004, at 11:23 PM, Richard Schumann wrote:

> AND....for what it's worth, this station is all pre-WARC, so I have no 
> 30
> meter capability, but have a model 15 & 28, plus lots of computer RTTY
> stuff...
>
> So what say some of you....what is a cheap and dirty way for a 
> boatanchor
> shack to get on 30 meters?  And how about some plans for building one 
> of
> them there 30 meter dipole thingys...I'm rarin' to go!
>
> Regard,
>
> Richard kn7sfz
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Jennings" <tomj at wps.com>
> Cc: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:58 PM
> Subject: [GreenKeys] HoffNet
>
>
>> For what it's worth, I would love to take part in Hoffnet but I'm 
>> months
>> away from having an antenna up and setting up the shack. I will
>> eventually cobble stuff together and at least tune in audio...
>>
>>
>
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