[MRCA] OMRN CW Net

[B. Smith]

Last night on the Sunday night OMRN(CW)  made my first contact using the 
RCA aircraft set the  AVR-20A receiver and the AVT-112A transmitter and 
the vibrator power supply the AVA-126A.  I ran the vibrator power supply 
off of the 12 volt bench supply. I got on about 10 mins early and sent 
out a few "shave and a haircuts" but no answer, then Ted gave me a quick 
"dit dit" just as he was getting ready to call  the net.  Power output 
from the AVT-112A was  4 watts and  and carefully matched into the 230 
foot loop fed with open wire line and using  field strength to maximize 
everything.  CW  Keying of the AVT transmitter was done simply by 
opening and closing the PTT line and listening to the relays klicky 
klick. The CW key is home brew and  and makes a wonderful thump thump 
noise and was given to me by a local ham. So there you have it, klicky 
klick klick, , thumpy thump and a steady Bzzzzzzhummmmzzz from the 
vibrator.

See attached video.

All stations were heard and it was great getting a confirmation of the 4 
watts from KK1K up yonder in NH. On the video you can hear Brown W1NZR 
and Dale KW1I checking in and the short acknowledgment from Ted. Brown 
was using a TCS and Dale had his Sunair 9000 on the air.

Z


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