[Milsurplus] RS-6 2-way anyone?

Thu, 26 Dec 2002 21:02:10 -0800

> Jack et al,
> 
> I dug my RS-6 out and got it on the air.  Had to "reason"
> with the TR relay a bit.  I'm willing to give a sked a shot
> on 80 or 40.  However, I'm running a G5RV at about 30 feet. 
> I'm pretty sure that's not going to do Nevada on 80, and I'm
> not real familiar with propagation on 40M.

40 is excellent in the fairly early evening for coast-to-coast 
contacts. As soon as the sun goes down in the Pacific, and it gets 
better and better for a while, then goes too long.

> 
> Anything within 3-400 mile of Ney York City should be really
> easy, though.  We might give "color-burst" crystals, 3579.5
> or whatever, a shot for those close in.

I wouldn't use color-burst crystals because that is now the major 
hangout for the digital crowd and their "water-fall" displays. We 
Glowbugs crowd had to move to 3547.5 +/- because of them. 3560 
is a national QRP "channel", as is 7040 +/-, but 3560 is also the 
Regional Net 7 of NTS (RN7) frequency and has been for at least 
40 years, although RN7 sessions (two per evening) only last about 
15 minutes at most, at 0330 and 0530 UTC. There is also a QRP 
"channel" at 7120. The QRP channels are ALWAYS active and the 
QRPers listen for weak signals, unlike most other places.

> 
> As I said befor, you'll have to tolerate my lousy Morse
> skills.
> 

Oh, humph! No body cares as long as you are there trying. We 
Glowbugs crowd will happily, gladly slow down for anyone anytime 
as long as necessary.

And anyone who shows up on 3547.5 is most welcome. Heck, we 
even tolerate people with solid-state rigs sometimes! ;-) And you 
don't even have to be exactly on frequency since our receivers 
have tuning controls which allow us to scan up and down the band 
a bit, and we know how to use them! ;-)

GB crew starts 0100 to 0200 Z most days. We also use 7050 +/- 
SSB QRM regularly and 10050, 14050, and 21050 sometimes.

Come join us. 

Ken "Real Radios Glow in the Dark" Gordon W7EKB

> 73,
> Al
> 
> Jack Antonio wrote:
> > 
> > Marty, Ken, and the  other RS-1 and RS-6 types,
> > 
> > I can get an RS-6 station on the air in about a week or so.
> > 
> > I have the receiver and transmitter from an RS-1 but sadly they
> > are without cases or power supplies. I have been planning to make
> > a "suitcase portable" out of them, but it is way down on the project list.
> > 
> > So if anyone wants to do an RS-6 sked sometime in January, give me
> > a shout.
> > 
> > 73
> > 
> > Jack Antonio WA7DIA
> > [email protected]
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <[email protected]>
> > To: "Marty R's GI-stuff haunt" <[email protected]>
> > Cc: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 10:26 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] RS-6 2-way anyone?
> > 
> > > > I've never worked another RS-6 station & wud like to set up, say, a 40m
> > > > sked.  Then there's 80M & 30M too.  In fact I've got an "A variant"
> > > > that'll do 20M.
> > > >
> > > > We cud swap home-grown spy or downed B45 crew stories @ 12 wpm.
> > >
> > > Does an AN/GRC-109 count?
> > >
> > > Ken Gordon W7EKB
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> Al Klase - N3FRQ
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