[JMS] Millen Spans The Continent!

[Gary Carter]

Thanks James! Yea, get that Millen gear on the air. I know of one fellow 
up in Virginia who's working on getting his Millen station restored and 
on the air. I'm looking forward to hearing more Millen stations on the 
air soon!

73, Gary - WA4IAM

James Olson wrote:

>Gary, 
> 
>Way to go!  I was in the SWL mode last evening and heard your qso!  My ears did perk up when I heard you mention the Millen transmitter.
> 
>Makes me want to get my Millen gear on the air!
> 
>James Olson, W4JO
>Powder Springs, Georgia
>
>Gary Carter <gcarter01 at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>OK, the subject title may sound a bit overly dramatic, but the QSO I had 
>Sunday night certainly got me excited! It was about 10:35 pm eastern 
>time when I came downstairs to the basement shack to shut everything off 
>before going to bed. I turned up the RF gain on the 75A-4 and heard an 
>AM QSO going on 3885 kHz. A station in Kansas was having a roundtable 
>QSO with several other stations. Just as I was getting ready to turn off 
>the power he turned it over to to a KL7OF/7, which instantly perked up 
>my ears! No, he wasn't in Alaska, but the next best thing; Washington 
>State! I sat there listening to the KL7's S9+ signal and managed to 
>break in at an appropriate point and join the roundtable. To my 
>amazement KL7OF/7 was able to copy my signal fine and we exchanged the 
>usual info to confirm a contact. What makes this 2081 mile contact 
>extraordinary for me is that I was running just 35 watts carrier output 
>from my Millen 90801 transmitter to my full wave 160 meter loop. Ah ha!, 
>you say, he's getting a little gain from using the 160 loop on 75 
>meters. Possibly, but consider that the loop is up 25 feet at its 
>highest point, slopes into a valley through the woods beside my house 
>and the bottom of the loop resides about 10 feet off the ground at the 
>bottom of the valley, and the tilt of the slope actually puts the far 
>end of the loop about 6 feet below street level, the slope tilting the 
>loop to the north-northeast!! This thing is a natural born cloud burner! 
>Needless to say band conditions were heavily in my favor last night, and 
>I must have on heckuva lobe off this loop pointing to the northwest!
>
>Perhaps Joe Walsh, a Millen-to-Millen QSO JUST MIGHT be possible between 
>NC and CA on 75 meters. We might have to try it on a late Sunday evening 
>when most of the sidebanders have all gone to bed, hi hi!
>
>73, and happy holidays to all! Gary - WA4IAM
>
>
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