[Lowfer] "Is this thing on?"

[Jim]

Hopefully it is just because the season isn't in full swing. I'm just worried 
that there's something "big" that I'm overlooking in all of this that's going 
to keep me off the air this season. I did ask for people to keep an eye 
peeled on the local QRP club list, but the only one who listened sent some 
Argo shots of something drifting all over the place. I may not be getting 
out, but I do know that I'm pretty stable. The crystal oscillator has been 
running just about continuously for three weeks now and it settled in and has 
stayed solid.

But I should be at the watering hole in a week or two. I'm actually going to 
have to put in a battery backup because the DSS loses it's frequency when it 
loses power.

Charlie--I popped a half dozen more transistor sockets off the board and have 
them in an envelop that I'll send your way tomorrow. One thing I'd do is 
check continuity before and after you install them. I had one that I 
discovered didn't have continuity AFTER I'd soldered it in. Kind of defeats 
the purpose of a socket when you've got to pull the socket out and repair it.

73 de
Jim W4JBM

Receiver - Ten Tec RX320D
Antenna - Butternut Vertical (SW) and mini-whip (LF)
Location - Bowdon Junction, GA  USA (33.6581,-85.1249 EM73)

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look on his face..."

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