[NJARC] Re: NJARC Digest, Vol 5, Issue 19

Wed Sep 29 17:04:31 EDT 2004

To Dave Sica---A great idea as usual Dave!     R. Lee V. P. NJARC

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Today's Topics:

1. Classic Exchange at K2TOP (Robert Flory)
2. Furniture Restorer (Martin Minnicino)
3. Re: Furniture Restorer (SirBobaloo at aol.com)
4. Re: New feature on NJARC.ORG (Mbeeferman at cs.com)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:19:28 -0400
From: "Robert Flory" 
Subject: [NJARC] Classic Exchange at K2TOP
To: "njarc" 
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Fall 2004 Classic Exchange at K2TOP

Cast of Characters: Jack K2BMI, Peter WW2Y, Jeff WB2WCO, and host Rob K2WI.

Equipment by Band:

160: Drake C-line, RCA AR-77, Meissner Signal Shifter EX. Half-loop fed
against ground(50ft up, 160 feet over, 50 feet down. One vertical
grounded, feedpoint at the other).

80: US Navy TBW and RBB. 160-meter half-loop on TBW, Beverage on RBB.

40 AM: Viking Ranger II, RMCA AR-8506b(Liberty Ship receiver). Dipole at
60 feet.

40 CW: TBW and RBC, Meissner Signal Shifter EX and AR-88d, homebrew
Push-Pull 811a . aforementioned dipole.

20CW: Drake C-line, Meissner Signal Shifter EX and AR-88d. Stacked dipoles
at 50 and 25 feet.

10AM: Viking Ranger II and AR-88d. Stacked dipoles at 30 and 15 feet.

Once again, the theme of our CX was “Family Values”. All of us had family
or other commitments so that radios sat idle much of the time. We got a
nice visit from Peter’s wife Ingrid, her daughter Jackie, and Peter and
Ingrid’s new daughter Margot. Jeff marched in a parade, playing his
bagpipes. I wonder if he snuck in a quick “CQ CX” in the middle of one of
his Irish ditties.

At the start, I sat down at the Drakes and established contact on 20m with
Steve, VK6VZ, running an FT-1000 with a power amp. Signals were really
weak, so he did not try his Panda Cub and BC-348 combination. Better luck
next time. There was nothing else happening on 20 so I got up and moved to
40. 

For the first time in K2TOP CX history, I set things up so we could work
people with multiple rigs. It wasn’t elegant, but a patch panel with BNC
connectors let me move antennas from one rig to another. I used the
TBW/RBC combo to establish contacts and then switched to the Meissner
Signal Shifter EX and AR-88d. The Meissner really likes 40m, where it puts
out a healthy 8W. Everyone that I worked with the TBW also heard me with
the Meissner during this session.

Anticipating Jack’s arrival, I fired up his Ranger II for some 40m AM fun. 
I mated it with my RMCA AR-8506b, which isn’t much good on crowded CW bands
but was perfect for this job. I had been running it previously on DC, but
this time got it running nicely on AC with an isolation transformer. I
made a couple of quick contacts with Jeff K3KYR and 2 of his stations. 
When Jack arrived, I passed the D-104 to him and went back to 20. Jack
worked another couple of guys on 40 AM.

On 20m, VE7OM provided a c-line to c-line QSO, and then he impressed me by
hearing the 3W that the Meissner Signal Shifter puts out on 20. I didn’t
hear anyone else, so I figured the action must be up on phone. I was
right, there was N6KN working SSB with his SR-150. I made an abortive
attempt to work Rocco, but discovered that my c-line is not very happy on
SSB. I had a lot of hum on my audio and my VOX wouldn’t work right. 

Jack moved over to 40 CW and worked a few more contacts before he had to
split. A couple of them were QRP guys in their event, which runs parallel
to ours. 

20 finally picked up and I worked W7FOX with his usual military gear, W8KGI
with a couple different rigs, and Rocco with his Heathkit twins.

The mid-afternoon was a real doldrums period. 20 didn’t open for
short-skip, which often provides CX fun and 40 had little activity, except
for Breck K4CHE with his ART-13/BC-348 combo. I’ll nominate that for the
coolest setup since they sounded good, are a nice match for each other, and
it was our first CX QSO with Breck.

I moved the Ranger II over on top of the AR-88d and set it up for 10 AM,
but conditions really didn’t materialize. There was a pipeline to LU1,
with the LU1FHH beacon pounding in for hours, but the only ones heard on
28.200 were 4U1UN and a weak LU4AA.

During this slow period, Peter and I set up the P-P 811a transmitter, and
we had our visit with our families. Jeff arrived and I went out to make a
quick appearance at a friend’s bachelor party, a risky move I know, but
these guys who wait until they’re 40+ to get married just are not up to the
same hijinx as the 20-something crowd. In my absence Peter worked the P-P
811s and Jeff worked the TBW/RBB. I heard later from W8AU that the P-P
811s were “loud, but with a heck of a chirp”.

On my return, I checked into the Old Military Radio Net on 80 and worked
AJ1G, W3PWW, W1NZR, W1NU, N8YE, WF2U, and KW1I. On moving back down to the
CX frequency, the TBW and RBB did some heavy hauling, working W7FOX, K6LQI,
and W8KGI with a couple rigs. I jumped back and forth between 80 and 160,
trying to get some attention with the C-line, so that I could then make
contacts with the Meissner Signal Shifter and AR-77. I’ve only managed to
get the AR-77 working on 160, so Top Band was my only hope.

I couldn’t attract any attention on 160, so I begged people to move from
80. I worked Howie WB2AWQ on 160 but he was weak, so I didn’t try with the
QRP rig. Perry W8AU moved down with his TCS but could not pick out the
Signal Shifter from the noise. I worked him with his 2 rigs, using the
T4xc and the AR-77, so I needed only one more contact to qualify the AR-77.
I couldn’t find anyone else to move from 80, and no one was CXing on 160,
so I tuned up the band and found Wolf DF2PY pounding in with his FT-1000,
L7 amp, and 3 element transmit and Beverage receive antennas. I worked him
with the T4xc and AR-77 to qualify the receiver, and then called him with
the Signal Shifter but he did not hear my 3W. Over the next 10 minutes I
worked three more Europeans with the c-line but since none of them shared
their equipment info they didn’t make it into the CX log.

Rob Flory

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:29:53 -0400
From: Martin Minnicino 
Subject: [NJARC] Furniture Restorer
To: NJARC at mailman.qth.net
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Does anyone know of a good furniture restorer in the Edison, NJ area?

I have a highboy radio and console phonograph that are in need of 
exterior wood refinishing.

Thanks.

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:38:01 EDT
From: SirBobaloo at aol.com
Subject: Re: [NJARC] Furniture Restorer
To: njarc at mailman.qth.net
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Hi.There is a very good place on Staten Island , not far from Edison.It is 
the Furniture Restoration Workshop located at 1550 Richmond Terrace phone # 
718-442-3781.I had a table model radio restored.I had painted it light blue over 
its original maple finish( stupid me in my youth).They did an excellent job.Bob 
Ryan.

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:46:33 EDT
From: Mbeeferman at cs.com
Subject: Re: [NJARC] New feature on NJARC.ORG
To: njarc at mailman.qth.net
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Nice addition....hope you have more luck than my request for input to the 
Broadcaster...I guess it doesn't take much to snap a picture. 

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