[OKDXA] IC-740

Mon Feb 22 10:12:40 EST 2010

Hi again, John et al.:

First, I need to correct my statement about DXCC.  N1MM Logger showed 112
entities when I checked, but that was for ALL BANDS COMBINED.  :-o  The
actual final total was 66.  Not bad for a limited amount of search and
pounce.

Actually, the 740 did pretty well for being a 30-year-old rig.  (I bought it
on closeout from HRO and it's the one rig I have consistently hung onto ever
since.)  The synthesizer is quiet, and there's no evidence of its sidebands
mixing with nearby signals.  At the same time, I could hear faint ghost
signals on the low ends of the bands where there were many strong signals.
Never did the RX simply fold up and die as can happen with some newer
designs.

The filtering is pretty broad.  I installed a new 9 MHz filter from Inrad,
which is an improvement over the original.  I think a new 455 KHz filter
will help.  (The old ones were supposed to be 250 Hz bandwidth, but they are
exceedingly wide.)

The Drake C-Line RX is much better.  But then again, it's been heavily
modified and has cascaded filters.  The QRN on 80 did not bother it at all.

I hope everyone had as much fun as I did.

73,
Bill, N5TU

-----Original Message-----
From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 2:24 PM
To: Discussion of OKDXA
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] What's Not To Like

Hi Bill,

How well does the 740 do in contest conditions?  Pretty good, I assume!

73s John AA5JG

--- On Sun, 2/21/10, William B. Stacy <wstacy at wildblue.net> wrote:

> From: William B. Stacy <wstacy at wildblue.net>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] What's Not To Like
> To: "'Discussion of OKDXA'" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 1:44 PM
> Hi, All:
> 
> I did work DXCC with a couple of metal sticks in/on the
> ground (R8 and 80M
> vertical).  With only sporadic operation, I worked 112
> entities so far in
> the contest.
> 
> Of course, Murphy came to visit.  My K3 is back in
> Aptos for upgrades, and
> the TX on my backup rig quit after a few hours.  The
> venerable C-Line and
> the old IC-740 became the workhorses.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> 73, Bill, N5TU
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Jerry Chouinard
> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:48 PM
> To: n5ok at arrl.net;
> Discussion of OKDXA
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] What's Not To Like
> 
> HV0A - Good one.  I forgot to mention TX4T and 5W0OU
> during the 40 meter 
> stint.  Had the 2 el pointed at the pole!  I
> think you could work DXCC with 
> a metal stick in the ground.  Great conditions after a
> number of rather 
> drab years.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> At 08:59 PM 2/20/2010 -0600, you wrote:
> >Jerry,
> >
> >Hey!  Glad to see that you still have a
> radio.  ;-)
> >
> >You are right about 40m.  I worked HV0A on there a
> bit ago.
> >
> >Gil was in there because he doesn't want to miss any of
> the fun.
> >
> >Take care my friend.
> >
> >Coy
> >--
> >Coy Day, N5OK
> >20685 SW 29
> >Union City, OK 73090
> >405-483-5632
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Jerry Chouinard wrote:
> > > My radio is coming back alive - hope others are
> too.
> > >
> > > 40 meters was open worldwide last night.
> > >
> > > In a 10 minute span on 40 heard or worked:
> > > ZL, VK, JA, SM, LA, G, GM, UA9, Many
> Europeans,  Caribbean and South
> > > America
> > >
> > > Today 15 meters sounded like 40 did last night -
> a new band for us to
> us?
> > > Many Europeans.
> > >
> > > I even heard W5NUT in there running a few
> Europeans.  I thought he had
> > > already worked everybody.
> > >
> > > K5YAA
> > >
> > >
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