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Today's Topics:
1. Today's 40 meter Net (Ray Fantini)
2. Re: [MMRCG] Today's 40 meter Net (Rhett Isley)
3. WS-19 connector (Ray Fantini)
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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:10:56 +0000
Subject: [MRCA] Today's 40 meter Net
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Good forty-meter net today, had about ten stations with N2MS kicking things off with his Harris 5000 Falcon that he just put on the air, K4NYW and the mighty URC-32, WF2U and K3TZJ running Harris hardware along with KB4HG on a Sunair. W1ZFB and N2RJB checking in along with W1NZR on his Collins ARC-102 set up. KE8ULR finished the list on another Sunair transceiver.
I was running the usual Harris Falcon, RF-5020 with 125-watt amplifier and 382 autotune.
Not a bad group for forty in the morning, propagation was good considering it sucked the first half of the RTTY net just before.
I listened to the M&S Net at noon and did hear N2MS well was having difficulty copying NCS so did not try.
Remember, a bad day on the air is better than a good day on the computer.
Ray F/KA3EKH
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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:36:34 -0400
Subject: Re: [MRCA] [MMRCG] Today's 40 meter Net
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Ray,
Thank you for calling the net this morning.
Was great hearing everyone!
73,
Rhett, KB4HG
On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 2:11?PM Ray Fantini via
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> Good forty-meter net today, had about ten stations with N2MS kicking
> things off with his Harris 5000 Falcon that he just put on the air, K4NYW
> and the mighty URC-32, WF2U and K3TZJ running Harris hardware along with
> KB4HG on a Sunair. W1ZFB and N2RJB checking in along with W1NZR on his
> Collins ARC-102 set up. KE8ULR finished the list on another Sunair
> transceiver.
> I was running the usual Harris Falcon, RF-5020 with 125-watt amplifier and
> 382 autotune.
> Not a bad group for forty in the morning, propagation was good considering
> it sucked the first half of the RTTY net just before.
> I listened to the M&S Net at noon and did hear N2MS well was having
> difficulty copying NCS so did not try.
> Remember, a bad day on the air is better than a good day on the computer.
>
> Ray F/KA3EKH
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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:25:58 +0000
Subject: [MRCA] WS-19 connector
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Some of you may know, because I have been talking about it a lot on the air. I have a ws-19 Mk.2 that was a real basket case that I picked up at Hamvention last year.
Been putting a lot of time into it and intend to use it as a base for NCS this year on the WW2 3885 Net.
Because it was trashed and because I always thought the WS-19 family had a couple of shortcomings, I striped it down and did a rebuild. Ditched the UHF set, changed the way the transmitter is excited, yes now have a WS-19 that's crystal controlled on transmit! And changed from screen modulation to high level plate modulation using the modulation transformer from the UHF side and last but not least installed an output tank in the PA and a T/R relay. And if that was not enough used the old intercom subsystem to build an audio power amplifier for driving a big speaker.
Originally intended to use a couple solid state inverters inside the radio to obtain the two high voltages but now see that I will still have to have an external power supply for use in the field, so the new problem is that I need the big connector that plugs into the bottom front of the radio. Think originally there was a Dog Bone cable that connected the radio and power supply, but I will more than likely use an old GE Master solid state power supply that will be located by the battery.
Hamvention is only four weeks away, is there anyone who can help with this request???
Ray F/KA3EKH
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