[MRCG] Clatternet Tonight at 18:30 PDT
Jim Falls
radio-tuber at att.net
Sun Oct 26 22:59:04 EDT 2014
Right on! I had friends drop in for dinner. I'll be there next week!
I think it's good to creep this thing around time-wise. 40 is almost always quieter in Eureka right after nightfall.
Cheers!
Jim K6FWT
CBLA #37
> On Oct 26, 2014, at 19:38, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
>
> Good net tonight! Sign-ins were:
>
> NF6X (NCS)
> WB6AZP
> N6CC
> KD6UDA
> W6JVE
>
> Here's the log, as heard in Riverside:
>
>
> RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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> CQ CQ CQ MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X NF6X NF6X
> CQ CQ CQ MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X NF6X NF6X
> CQ CQ CQ MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X NF6X NF6X
>
> THIS IS THE WEST COAST MILITARY RADIO COLLECTORS GROUP RTTY NET!
>
> NET CONTROL STATION IS NF6X LOCATED IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.
>
> THE PURPOSE OF THIS NET IS TO DISCUSS, OPERATE AND ENJOY VINTAGE
> MILITARY RTTY EQUIPMENT. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE MILITARY
> EQUIPMENT TO JOIN; ONLY AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT. ALL RADIO
> AMATEURS ARE WELCOME.
>
> THE NET MEETS ON SUNDAY EVENINGS, PRESENTLY AT 18:30 PDT,
> ON STANDARD CHANNELS 3587, 7087 OR 10137 KHZ (AS
> INDICATED ON A PRC-47 OR GRC-106) PLUS/MINUS QRM IN 1 KHZ
> INCREMENTS. ACTUAL MARK FREQUENCY IS 1.575 KHZ HIGHER.
> NET START TIME VARIES SEASONALLY FOR BEST PROPAGATION ALONG
> THE WEST COAST OF USA.
>
> FOR BEST COMPATIBILITY WITH VINTAGE MILITARY RTTY GEAR, WE USE:
> 850 HZ SHIFT, MARK LOW, USB MODE
> SUPPRESSED CARRIER FREQ ON 1 KHZ INCREMENT
> AFSK MARK TONE 1575 HZ
> AFSK BAND CENTER 2000 HZ
> AFSK SPACE TONE 2425 HZ
>
> ANY STATION WISHING TO JOIN THE NET MAY CHECK IN NOW!
>
> DE NF6X K
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> TR
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> NF6X DE WB6 AZPAND THE CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP JOHN IN SANTA PAULA
> C WB6AZP WB6AZP DE NF6X
> YOU ARE PLUS 20 AND RIGHT ON FREQ THIS EVENING
>
> DE NF6X K
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> JKAZVQNENNFX NF6X DE N6CC N6CC N6CC K K K G&BXQ LM AM
> LMOWAWWATZ
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> E
> LNAM
> HVOA
> AAZ
> MHKSCQN6CC N6CC DE NF6X NF6X
> LOUD AND CLEAR
> SOMEBODY ELSE TRANSMITTING NORROW SHIFT ON OUR SPACE TONE, DIDN'T DECOD
> E IT.
>
> DE NF6X K
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> SHIDST
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> MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
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> NET ORDER FOR THIS ROUND WILL BE:
> WB6AZP
> N6CC
>
>
> THEN BACK TO NET CONTROL (NF6X)
>
> WB6AZP DE NF6X K
>
>
> RUMWOEZNF6X AND THE CLATTERNET DE WB6AP JOHN IN SANTA PAULA
> L
> VHI MARK AND TIM. SCOTT AND I WORKED ON TH EQUIPMENT THIS
> WEEK AND FOUND OUT THE PROBKLEMS WE WERE HVING
> THE . MD203 MODULATORS WERE OUT OF ADJUSTMET AND WE WERE MAKING
> WRONG ASSUMPTIONS ON FREQ AS FROM THE T195.
> VWE ALSO DISCONNECTED THE CRYSTAL HEATERS IN THE MODULATORS
> THEY WERE CYCLING AND CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DRIFT.
> SO
> GOOD STRONG SIGNALS FROM BOTH OF YOU
> OVER TO TIM
> N6CC DE WB6AZP
> K
> FTDWB6AZP AND THE CLATTERNET, DE N6CC
> TIM IN SAN RAMON CA RUNNING THE USUAL - PRC-47 SET AT 100
> WATTS TO A LOW DIPOLE. YOU ARE BOTH ABOUT S7 TO S9, S7 TO S9
> GOOD PRINT ONFLTDIGI ZUT NO JOY ON MCV25 CONVERTER..
> JOHN - I PRINTED YOU WELL A 2//1800 WHILE TU WERE TESTING
> AND THE CV2455 WAS DECODING, BUT NOT NOW, NOT MARK EITHER.
> SO SOMETHING IS DRIFTING ON THIS END....ANYWAY, BACK TO MARK
> NF6X DE N6CC K K K CBN
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> MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
>
> FB ON FIXING THE MODULATOR, JOHN!
> THE OVEN PROBLEM IS SURPRISING, SINCE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE
> TEMP
> STABLE!
> I MAY FACE THE SAME THING IN MY MD-239 AND MD-203.
> I AM STILL RUNNING FLDIGI ON MY MAC AND USING MY YAESU FT450D.
> I DID DIG THE OLD DOVETRON OUT OF THE SEA CONTAINER TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN
> .
>
> TIM IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS JOHN, BUT STILL S9 PLUS AND SOLID COPY
>
> 18:30 PDT SEEMS LIKE A WINNER FOR NOW
>
> ANY OTHER CHECKINS FOR THE NET, PLEASE ID NOW!
>
>
> DE NF6X K
>
> :125?NOTHING HEARD, LET'S GO AROUND AGAIN
>
> WB6AZB DE NF6X K
>
> ":34
> NF6X DE WB6AZP
> OK ITS BEEN AN INTERESTING WEEK CHASING THE VARIOUS RADIO
> POZEMS. VIN OUR TESTING EARLIER SCOTT WAS ABLE TO TRANSMIT
> BING HIS GRC19 ALSO RIGHT ON FREQUENCY. HIS RECEIVER
> COULD HEAR ME, BUT SOMETHING NOT RIGHT WITH HISDEMOD OR TUNING
> SO WE WILL ATTACK THAT NEXT. WE FOUND HIS MD203 MODULATOR
> WAS WAY WAY OFF ON SHIFT FOR THE 6 TO 9 MHZ
> BAND AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A DIT
> ITCH. THESE THINGS
> ARE PRETTY PRIMITIVE WITH A VCXO AS FIRST OSCILLATOR. IT IS
> SWITCHING CAPS ACROSS THE CRYSTAL DEPENDING ON THE BAND
> THEN ANOTHER CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR MIXES BACK TO THE LO FREQ
> PART OF THE FREQ PROBLEM WAS THEY WERE NOT TRIMMED TO THE
> SAME FREQ SO SYNTHESIZER INPUT GOT TRANSLATED TO SOMETHING ELSE
> THEN WITH BOTH OVENS CYCLING AT RANDOM IS WAS ALL OVER THE
> PLACE
>
> N6CC DE WB6AZP
> K
> HSAXWB6AZP AND THE CLATTERNET, DE N6CC OK
> JOHN GOOD PRINT HERE. YEP - SEEMS THIS OLD GEAR LIKED TO
> BE RUN 24/7 WHEN IN MILITARY SERVICE - THWT DIDN'T GIVE THE
> GREMLINS ANY TIME TO GET ESTABLISHED HIHI....I DID HEAR
> THAT OTHER RATT STATION USING NARROW SHIFT EARLTIER BUT SEEMS
> TO HAVE DISAPPEARED. MAYBE ONE OFTITUYS WHO IS NOT TRYING
> TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO TO 850.......ANYONE HEARD FROM
> CHUCK UVZ ON HIS EFFORTS TO GET ON THE NET? HE HAD SAID
> HE GOT THE TRANSMITTER (47) GOING BUT WAS HAVING PROBS
> WITH THE CONVERTER, ALSO SEEMS WE LOST ERIC
> ....HOPERFU...
> HTPENULLY JIM N FAUETTEVILLE IS HEARING US - MAYBE STILL
> WATCHING THE BALLGAME...HIHI...SO BTU MARK, NF6X AND THE
> CLATTERNET, DE N6CC K K KDRWS
>
>
> MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
> ARE YOU USING AN EXTERNAL FREQ SYNTHESIZER, JOHN? YOU ARE WITHIN 3 HZ
> OF ME
> ACCORDING TO FLDIGI, AND THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO ON A T-195!
>
> I WAS JUST LOOKING AT MY MD-239 BLOCK DIAGRAM AND I CAN SEE HOW BEING
> OUT OF ADJUSTMENT COULD CAUSE ALL SORTS OF HEADACHES. MODERN DIGITAL
> STUFF IS SURE EASIER UNTIL IT BREAKS, AND THEN IT IS A BRICK HA HA
>
> BTW, I AM EDITING OFFLINE IN A TEXT EDITOR WHILE YOU GUYS TRANSMIT,
> AS MY
> SUBSTITUTION FOR NOT HAVING PAPER TAPE UP AND RUNNING. WHEN I HAVE MY
> GRC-46 ON LINE, I THINK I WILL NEED TO PRACTICE PUNCHING OFFLINE DURING
> RX SO I CAN THEN PULL TAPE ON TX! I CAN EASILY TELL WHEN JOHN LIGHTS
> UP HIS
> BRAG TAPE, HIS CLATTERNET QSO TAPE, ETC!
>
> LOOKS LIKE I STILL NEED TO WORK ON THE WORD WRAP SETTINGS
> THOUGH HA HA
>
> TIM, TOO BAD I DON'T SEEM TO HAVE THE CRYSTALS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN
> MY JUNK
> BIN.
>
> RE THE NARROW SHIFT STATION, I AM TOO CLUMSY ON THE FLDIGI CONTROLS
> SO FAR
> TO RISK MESSING WITH THE MODEM SETTINGS SO I DIDN'T TRY TO DECODE IT.
> ON
> THE DOVETRON I PROBABLY COULD HAVE JUST SWITCHED TO SPACE ONLY MODE
> AS
> LONG AS THEY WERE ON MARK LOW, BUT IT IS BURIED IN MENUS AND STUFF IN
> FLDIGI.
>
> NOTHING HEARD FROM CHUCK LATELY. I HOPE HE CAN JOIN US SOON!
>
> W6JVE MIGHT BE IN LATER. HE SAID HE HAD A CONFLICT AT 18:30.
>
>
>
> ANY MORE CHECK INS? PLEASE ID NOW!
>
> DE NF6X NF6X K
>
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> U RYRYRYRYY N6DE KD6UDA KD6UDA
> HOW
>
> KD6UDA K6D
>
> KD6UDA KD6UDA KD6UDA SDE NF6X NF6X
> VERY WEAK COPY HERE IN RIVERSIDE BUT YOU ARE ON
> FREQ AND IN THE RIGHT MODE FOR CLATTERNET! I WILL PUT YOU AT
> THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
>
> ANY OTHER CHECK INSS?
>
> DE NF6X K
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>
> FILTBAC
>
> MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
>
> NET ORDER FOR THIS ROUND WILL BE:
> KD6UDA
> WB6AZP
> N6CC
>
>
> THEN BACK TO NET CONTROL (NF6X)
>
> KD6UDA DE NF6X K
>
>
> CJSEDAJDDAPELLO TO CLATTERENETMMAI ATENNA AGAIN BCAUS HAIGNV KG THE RADIO
> UW CAUSES THEHUNDCR
> QSHUT OC AP CAR
> ME
> M
> NFPT.0?GH
> RFOGWB6AZP DE NF6X YOUR TURN
> DE NF6X K
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>
> PELEZ
> NF6X AND THE CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP JOHN IN SANTA PAULA
>
> SORRY I CANNOT HEAR BOB HE IS ONLY 12 MILES FROM HERE BUT IS GOING
> OVER THE TOP OF ME. I CAOULD BARELY HEAR HIM ON THE DIPOLE
> NOT ENUF TO COPY. I ALSO HEARD THE NARROW SHIFT TATION
> HE WAS MARK HI AND BY THE TIME I TUNED HIM IN I GOT
> ONE WORD 'JOHN' SO I DONT KNOW WHO IT WAS
> YES I AM USING A FREQ SYNTHESIZER FOR MY REFERENCE
> ALSO USING T195, R392, CV278, MD203 AND KLIENSCHMIDT
> MACHINES. HAVENT GOT GOOD ENUF TO PUCH TAPE WHILE RECEIVING
> SOHAVE TO TYPE IT OUT AS I GO.
>
> HAVE NOT HEARD FROM CHUCK EITHER. HOPE HE IS COPYING
> AND GETTING READY. I WILL EMAIL HIM THIS WEEJ.
> TIME WHAT CRYSTALS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ?
> N6CC DE WB6AZP
> K
> #;6AZP AND THE CLATTERENT DE N6CC
> OK JOHN STILL GOOD COPY - THE BAND BOS TO BE HOLDING UP
> OK SO FAR..9I DID HEAR KD6UDA BUT ONLY GOT HIS CALL AMD
> MOSTLY GARBLE BUT MAYBE HE SAID HE WAS MI...MOBILE IN THE
> CAR..??...LOOKING FOR CRYSTALS FOR A TRC-77 HF CW SPECIAL FORCES
> MANPACK SET...I SENT AN E MAIL OUT TO YOU GUYS - THANKS FOR
> LOOKING MARK...LOOKING FOR FIGS:
> 275 TN UROTN RPPTN EOOYN ETRPM ETTPN UPTP T AND 7040 IF I
> TYPES THAT CORRECTLY HIHI..VERYINTERESTING RADIO WILL BE
> FUN TO R....TRY IT OUT WIL CAMPING. SO ALL FER NOW,
> BACK TO MARK,,NF6X DE N6CC K K K WGX N6CC N6CC DE NF6X NF6X
>
> TIM, MOST OF THOSE NUMBERS CAME OUT AS LETTERS! I CAN TRANSLATE BY
> LOOKING OVER AT MY TT-4 KEYBOARD THOUGH, HI HI!
>
> I COULD BARELY COPY KD6UDA FROM VENTURA HERE IN RIVERSIDE. HE WAS
> VERY, VERY WEAK HERE WITH POOR COPY. BUT HE STILL GETS CREDIT FOR
> CHECKING IN! I SAW SOMETHIGN ABOUT HIS ANTENNA BUT I COULDN'T MAKE
> ENOUGH SENSE OF IT. IF HE WAS CHECKIGN ON MOBILE, THEN THAT IS EXTRA
> COOL.
>
> I WONDER WHETHER THE NARROW SHIFT STATION WAS TRYING TO CALL WB6AZP,
> OR MAYBE WAS JUST A RANDOM ENCOUNTER WHO WASN'T QUITE PREPARED FOR US
> SHOWING UP WITH OUR WACKY WIDE-SHIFT MARK-LOW STUFF? HEY, NARROW SHIFT
> STATION: YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN IN IF YOU WANT TO! WE ARE MILITARY
> RADIO COLLECTORS USING A MIXTURE OF OLD MILITARY RTTY GEAR AND MODERN
> HAM STUFF FOR THIS WEEKLY NET.
>
> ONE STATION I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SETTING UP WILL BE A GRC-106,
> DOVETRON MPC-1000CR/T AND UGC-74C, ALL BOLTED INTO A HOME MADE
> ROLL-AROUND RACK. DON'T KNOW HOW I WILL FAKE PAPER TAPE, THOUGH. OTHER
> THAN SIMULATING TAPE FOR MACRO MESSAGES, I THINK IT WILL MAKE A NICE
> NCS RIG.
>
> I AM ALSO THINKING OF FASHIONING A FREQ SYNTHESIZER FOR USE WITH MY
> T-368 (AND T-195, TOO, I SUPPOSE). WE CAN BE A BIT SLOPPY ON THE AM
> NET, BUT WHEN I AM RUNNING AS NCS FOR CLATTERNET I NEED TO BE RIGHT
> ON
> OR ELSE THE COOL KIDS WILL LAUGH AT ME AT LUNCHTIME.
>
> ANY NEW CHECK INS? ID NOW!
>
> DE NF6X NF6X K
>
>
> NPFDE W6JVE W6JVE SORRY I AM LATE BUT HAVD A CONFLICT WITH THE EARLIER
> NET TIME. ABSOLUTELY SOLID COPY ON NF6X THAT ROUND
> DE W6JVE K
> IKF M
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> MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
>
> NET ORDER FOR THIS ROUND WILL BE:
> W6JVE
> KD6UDA
> WB6AZP
> N6CC
>
>
> THEN BACK TO NET CONTROL (NF6X)
>
> W6JVE DE NF6X K
>
>
>
> DE W6JVE OK LET ME KNOW HOW COY COPY IS TONIGHT. I JUST GOT HERE SO
> HAVE ONLY COPIED NF6X SO FAR. I WON'T STAY LONG BECAUSE OF THE LATE
> HOURS HERE IN THIS TIME ZONE JUST WRITING DOWN THE NET ORDER BEFORE
> IT BLIPS OFK THE TOP OF MY SCREEN
> KD6UDA ES GROUP DEQQQWDE W6JVE K ATKD6UDA KD6UDA KD6UDA DE NF6X NF6X
>
> YOUR TURN IF YOU CAN HEAR ME
>
>
> DE NF6X K
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> TCFNF6X DE KD6UDA
> YES SOLID COPU ALL SATIONS 599 EXCEPT NEW CHECK IN
> I AM BOB BOB IN VENTURAR VENTURA
> HAVE TO USE CAR FOR PURPOSE AS FARADAY CAGE TO KEEP DOWN
> STRAY RF AND ONLY RUNNING 50 WATTS 590 50 WATTS SO SORT OF
> LIKE I AM QRP
> I HAVE A MODEL 15 IN REFURB BUT GOT IT TO PRINT RTTY IT IS
> ALSO KNOWN AS A TT49/UG AN OLD NAVY UNIT VERY INTERESTING
> BUT I TOLD JOHN I GOT IT TO WORK AND HOPE TO GET IT ON ARI AIR
> SOME DAY SOON ALSO HAVE MPC-1000 R IT I THINK AND I USE
> IT TO RUN MODEL 15 AND MODLE 28 JHIN REXIVI RX MODE OK
> USIN FLDIGIO HERE ON FT897 AND ATAS 120 MOVILE NATENNA BUT SOUND
> ACA
> D ISNA HOME BREW. I AM TYPING IN THE DARK IN LOW LOG LO
>
> LOW LIGHT CONDIDTON
> NF6X DE D KD6UDA
> FG
> GZKD6UDAAND THE CLATTERNET DE WB6AZP JOHN IN SANTA PAULA
>
> HELLO JIM AND BOB. THIS TIME I COPIED SOME OF EACH OF YOU THE BAND
> IS CHANGING
> HOPE TO SEE BOB GET HIS M15 RUNNING ON THE AIR SOON BUT YOUVE GOT
> TO DO SOMETHING ABOUNT A LONG ANTENNA. GREAT THAT YOU ARE ABLE
> TO JOIN QRP FROM YOUR MOBILE... THAT GETS EXTRA CREDUT FOR SURE
>
> NOT MUCH ELSE HERE FOR ME TO SAY TONITE SO I THINK
> I WILL LISTEN OUT. ONE THING IS I AM USING THE DIPOLE
> ON THIS ROUND AND WONDER IF THAT IS BETTER OR WORSE
> N6CC DE WB6AZP
> K
>
> TDX6AZP AND THE CLATTERNET DE N6CC OK GUYS AND WELCOME TO JIM -I HAVE ABOUT 9 PERCENT COPY AND
> A LITTLE LESS
> FOR BOB - AND FINE BUSINESS ON THE MOB FARADAY CAGE HIHI...
> SIGNALS PRETTY GOOD, JOHN THE DIPOLE IS FINE YOU ARE STILL
> ABOUT S8-9 S8-9 UP HERE...THAT 'S ATSO ABOUTIT FOR ME HERE
> AS WELL, GOTTA GET UP EARLY TM PICK UP ATT AIRPORT...SO 73 TO
> ALL AND I WILL BE LISTENING OUT 73 AND GO GIANTS!!
> NF6X DE N6CC AND THE CLATTERRNET KKKJGN6CC N6CC N6CC DE NF6X NF6X
>
> W6JVE IS S7 S7 S SEVEN HERE IN RIVERSIDE WITH GOOD COPY. GLAD THAT YOU
> MADE IT THIS WEEKEND!
>
> KD6UDA WAS S5 WITH SOLID COPY THIS TIME! DOING GOOD FOR TYPING IN THE
> DARK WITH A MOBILE ANTENNA AND LOW TX POWER! FYI, W6JVE CHECKED IN
> FROM ARKANSAS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
>
> I AM ALSO ONLY RUNNING 50 WATTS, BUT I HAVE A GOOD ANTENNA WITH LOTS
> OF WIRE IN THE AIR TO MAKE UP FOR THAT. ONCE I GET MY OTHER STATIONS
> RUNNING RTTY THEN I CAN GO QRO AT AROUND 400 WATTS!
>
> THAT DOVETRON MPC-1000/T IS A NICE MODEM! I HAVE ONE, TOO, AND THERE
> IS
> ONE ON THE EBAY RIGHT NOW, ENDING ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GOOD KIT FOR
> CHECKING IN TO CLATTERNET!
>
> JOHN, I CAN'T SAY WHETHER THE DIPOLE IS BETTER OR WORSE BECAUSE YOU
> HAVE BEEN SOLID COPY ALL EVENING. GOOD PATH BETWEEN US TONIGHT.
>
> WELL, I GUESS WE HAVE HAD A GOOD HOUR SO I WILL SHUT IT DOWN FOR THIS
> WEEKEND.
>
>
> GOOD NET, GUYS! THANKS FOR CHECKING IN!
>
>
>
> MRCG CLATTERNET DE NF6X
>
> THIS CONCLUDES THE MRCG CLATTERNET.
> THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING!
> WE NOW RETURN THIS CHANNEL TO REGULAR AMATEUR RADIO USE.
>
> 73 DE NF6X K
>
>
> VZMCDE W6JVE AND I GOT GOOD COPY ALL AROUND EXCEPT KD6UDA WHO IS MOSTLY
> INAUDIBLE HERE. 73 ALL DE W6JVE SK
> OOW6JVE W6JVE DE NF6X NF6X
> KD6UDA WAS TX 50 WATTS FROM A CAR WITH MOBILE ANTENNA IN VENTURA, CA
>
> 73!
>
>
> DE NF6X K
>
> EXU
>
>
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