[OKDXA] OKDXA Digest, Vol 220, Issue 20

Fri Jan 6 21:02:50 EST 2023

Just worked TN8K on 14M LP FT8

Brian

AA5H, 3W9OK

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>    1. TN8K (garylm at kiamichiwb.org)
>    2. Re: TN8K Fun... (N5OK)
>    3. TN8K  CONGO (garylm at kiamichiwb.org)
>    4. Re: TN8K Fun... (Kim Elmore)
>    5. Re: TN8K Fun... (Kim Elmore)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 19:45:25 -0500
> From: garylm at kiamichiwb.org
> To: OKDXA at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [OKDXA] TN8K
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> Managed to work TN8K on? 20m cw but did not get thru on 17m? cw, but
> already have one worked there, still calling on 14.084 ft8 so far no luck
> there hi.
> good luck
> 73? Gary
> WQ5R
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:48:13 -0600
> From: N5OK <coyday62 at gmail.com>
> To: Oklahoma DX Association <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] TN8K Fun...
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> Wow!  That will get your attention.  No smoke is a good thing.
>
> Coy C Day, N5OK
> 20685 SW 29
> Union City, OK 73090
> H(405) 483-5632 C(405) 448-2368
> n5ok at arrl.net
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>
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 6:02 PM Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
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> > I just had a nice shot of adrenaline here. I have TN only on 20 m but
> > they had a nice signal on 17. So, I fired up the amp (my AL-1200) and
> > joined the fray. Nuthin' more fun than bustin' a big pileup.
> >
> > About 15 min in I see a FLASH! accompanied by a loud POW! and the amp
> > goes dark. I didn't smell anything. No smoke. Meters look OK (nothing
> > permanently pinned). I check the fuses and both are blown. I get two
> > spares and replace the blown ones, grit my teeth and turn it on.
> >
> > Everything is fine, as if nothing unusual had happened. It was clearly a
> > HV breakdown someplace. I thought maybe the plate choke had suffered an
> > unfortunate resonance but, nope, it's fine. A tube glitch would have
> > opened the plate choke (at least). It all seems to work perfectly fine...
> >
> > 73 & CU in the Pileups (maybe),
> >
> > Kim N5OP
> >
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> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 19:59:36 -0500
> From: garylm at kiamichiwb.org
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> Subject: [OKDXA] TN8K  CONGO
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> Finally in log on 20m? ft8 after much calling hi.
> 73
> Gary -?
> wq5r
> ?
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 19:36:53 -0600
> From: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
> To: n5ok at arrl.net, Oklahoma DX Association <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] TN8K Fun...
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> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as
> the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>
> > On Jan 6, 2023, at 6:48 PM, N5OK <coyday62 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ?Wow!  That will get your attention.  No smoke is a good thing.
> >
> > Coy C Day, N5OK
> > 20685 SW 29
> > Union City, OK 73090
> > H(405) 483-5632 C(405) 448-2368
> > n5ok at arrl.net
> >
> >
> >> On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 6:02 PM Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I just had a nice shot of adrenaline here. I have TN only on 20 m but
> >> they had a nice signal on 17. So, I fired up the amp (my AL-1200) and
> >> joined the fray. Nuthin' more fun than bustin' a big pileup.
> >>
> >> About 15 min in I see a FLASH! accompanied by a loud POW! and the amp
> >> goes dark. I didn't smell anything. No smoke. Meters look OK (nothing
> >> permanently pinned). I check the fuses and both are blown. I get two
> >> spares and replace the blown ones, grit my teeth and turn it on.
> >>
> >> Everything is fine, as if nothing unusual had happened. It was clearly a
> >> HV breakdown someplace. I thought maybe the plate choke had suffered an
> >> unfortunate resonance but, nope, it's fine. A tube glitch would have
> >> opened the plate choke (at least). It all seems to work perfectly
> fine...
> >>
> >> 73 & CU in the Pileups (maybe),
> >>
> >> Kim N5OP
> >>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 19:38:08 -0600
> From: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
> To: Oklahoma DX Association <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] TN8K Fun...
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> Oh, it instantly had my undivided attention, alright!
>
> Kim N5OP
>
> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as
> the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>
> > On Jan 6, 2023, at 7:36 PM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > ?
> >
> > "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as
> the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> >
> >>> On Jan 6, 2023, at 6:48 PM, N5OK <coyday62 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >> ?Wow!  That will get your attention.  No smoke is a good thing.
> >>
> >> Coy C Day, N5OK
> >> 20685 SW 29
> >> Union City, OK 73090
> >> H(405) 483-5632 C(405) 448-2368
> >> n5ok at arrl.net
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 6:02 PM Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I just had a nice shot of adrenaline here. I have TN only on 20 m but
> >>> they had a nice signal on 17. So, I fired up the amp (my AL-1200) and
> >>> joined the fray. Nuthin' more fun than bustin' a big pileup.
> >>>
> >>> About 15 min in I see a FLASH! accompanied by a loud POW! and the amp
> >>> goes dark. I didn't smell anything. No smoke. Meters look OK (nothing
> >>> permanently pinned). I check the fuses and both are blown. I get two
> >>> spares and replace the blown ones, grit my teeth and turn it on.
> >>>
> >>> Everything is fine, as if nothing unusual had happened. It was clearly
> a
> >>> HV breakdown someplace. I thought maybe the plate choke had suffered an
> >>> unfortunate resonance but, nope, it's fine. A tube glitch would have
> >>> opened the plate choke (at least). It all seems to work perfectly
> fine...
> >>>
> >>> 73 & CU in the Pileups (maybe),
> >>>
> >>> Kim N5OP
> >>>
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