[GVARC] PSK31 Recruits a new Ham!

[Pat Barthelow]

From: "Thomas B. Gabrielson" <tbg3@psu.edu>
To: "Pat Barthelow" <meamonte@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: PSK31; Reference Request
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 16:46:02 -0500

At 10:46 AM 2/1/2002 -0800, AA6EG wrote:
Hi Tom,

We've been doing PSK 31 quite a bit.  Our latest accomplishment is copying a 
Russian Station on the Kamchatka Peninsula  WITHOUT AN ANTENNA!  Actually we 
had about 10 feet of probably RF-leaky coax to an antenna switch, and when 
we turned the switch to a grounded port that was not connected to an 
antenna, we could still copy the Russian station.. amazing...

Dr. Gabrielson, Penn State U.:

Wow!  All of this excitement has inspired me to upgrade my license.  (I
have a Technician license -- I took that test when I was starting to
work on some 1 GHz acoustic imaging transducers.  I've always kept a
small library of ARRL pubs for reference especially for MHz and GHz
circuit construction and I decided I was free-loading long enough.  I
haven't used the license, though.)
There's a testing session on campus late in Feb that I plan to attend.
I recently ordered a 20-meter PSK31 transceiver kit from Small Wonder
Labs ($100) and assembled the receiver section.  So far I can only
listen but with a pretty crude indoor antenna, I've picked up
transmissions from Italy, Argentina, and Spain.  If I pass elements
1 and 3, I'll add the transmitter section and try it out.

Tom


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