[MRCA] Angry 9 On the Road

[Christopher Bowne]

Made several nice QSOs this morning on 40 at Stonington Point, from Auburn, AL 
to Cutchouge, LI right across the sound.  My early 0600 CQs were copied on 
reverse beacon.net skimmers all the way out to Pacifica, CA...so the Angry Nine 
was bad and nationwide!

Just finished tuning up the 3885 and 3570 settings for the 80 meter stick, so 
I'll be ready for the OMRN CW net tonight.  Gave a brief CQ on 3885 but no one 
around, WX too nice to be in a shack today apparently!

Can't recall the rules on this list re posting pix, is that OK?  If so will post 
some pix of the install.


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From: Steve Gajkowski <grasshopper at epix.net>
To: Christopher Bowne <aj1g at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sun, September 23, 2012 10:27:31 AM
Subject: RE: [MRCA] Angry 9 On the Road

Have fun chris.. sounds like a good configuration.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Christopher Bowne
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 5:12 AM
To: mrca at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [MRCA] Angry 9 On the Road

Although I could not get down to Gilbert, I did have some fun yesterday with
the 
GRC-9 mobile in our new Tacoma pickup.  Finally got a bit of time to mount
and 
wire up the 9 yesterday morning.  Running power from the DY88 up to the
battery 
took a bit longer than I expected, so I was not able to work any of the gang

down at Gilbert.  The DY88 power cable was a bit too short to reach the
battery 
directly, so I had to fabricate some extension wiring, along with in line 
fusing.  Strapped the 9 over on the right rear jump seat, and put the DY88
on 
the floor behind the driver seat.  The Tacoma access cab jump seat bottoms
flip 
up to a vertical position when not in use, and the flat surface of the seat 
bottom is a perfect location to strap onto.  There is a small stowage
beneath 
the seat that keeps the radio at a good height to get at the controls.
Using  
my 40 meter Hamstick mounted at the left rear corner of the pickup bed for
the 
antenna.

Made quite a few QSOs while out and about yesterday afternoon.  With the
radio 
set where it is, I had to set up a T/R frequency while stopped, but was able
to 
make several QSOs underway. Obviously I could not make any adjustments  
underway, but did a lot of CQing and got several responses.  I used my
little 
Elecraft K1 as a frequency meter/signal monitor to keep an ear on the
transmit 
signal quality.  I was pretty impressed how stable the transmitter was on
the 
road.  With the tuning dials locked down, the transmit frequency was very
stable 
, and there were only slight hiccups from any road bumps.  There was only 
minimal ignition noise from the Tacoma, power line noise was actually more
of a 
bother.  Chirp on 40 was  much less than what many of you have heard from it
on 
3570, just a little "vintage character".  


Along with the QSOs, a check of reversebeacon.net showed that the CQs lit up

quite a few hits, including a few over the pond from CQs early last night.

All in all, a lot of fun!  Going to head down to Stonington Point in a bit
to 
try for some early morning  sunrise Qs  on the low end of 40, and take some 
photos of the setup to post.  Will get the 80 meter whip tuned up for
checking 
into the OMRN CW net tonight as well.

Maybe I should throw out a challenge for some other GRC-9s  to go mobile for

some 9 to 9 mobile QSOs?

BTW,  one of the first stations I heard Friday night  on 40 CW while setting
up 
the Elecraft K1 in the truck was WW2LST, I assume it was Perry.  Did he work
any 
of the gang at Gilbert?
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