[NLRS] Equipment Problems

[Charlie Betz]

Tim,

Maybe they do...... :-)  (at least when it comes to the fun of keeping 
stuff working)


Charlie, N0AKC


On 1/22/2017 1:54 PM, aduhawk at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Hi Charlie,  Those hams who only operate a HF don't know what they're missing....  Tim, K0PG
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charlie Betz <cmbetz at charter.net>
> To: nlRs at qth.net
> Sent: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:20:49 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: [NLRS] Equipment Problems
>
>
>
> It seems the more things change the more they stay the same....
>
> I appear to be having issues with the 2M preamp, which is up on the
> tower..... so I am running my FT-736 barefoot.  222 appears to have gone
> deaf.  I spent time up on the tower yesterday afternoon and verified the
> preamp is OK; switching seems to be OK, so don't know if I have a bad RX
> cable or what.  My 2M IF unit that sits between the Flex-1500 and the
> microwave transverters just does not seem to hear very well and I can't
> seem to figure it out.  It works - just not very well.  I have spent a
> lot of time on this stuff over the past few months and seem to be making
> very little progress......
>
> Therefore I am going to be in and out for the rest of the contest
> (probably more out than in).  It just is very frustrating when you can't
> hear well on 2M, since that's the go to band when conditions are not
> up.  Sitting at a whopping 27 Q's so far.
>
> Charlie, N0AKC
>
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