[OKDXA] OKDXA Digest, Vol 220, Issue 20

Jim Darrough jim at ki7ay.com
Sat Jan 7 09:51:22 EST 2023 

Ok, dumb question. What's the big deal with them?

73 Jim KI7AY

On 1/6/2023 8:02 PM, kodiak wrote:
> 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
>> Message-ID: <1673052325.wtqxetbgyssowc4c at webmail-3104.everyone.net>
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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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> 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...
>> Message-ID:
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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
>>
>>
>> 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: 3
>> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 19:59:36 -0500
>> From: garylm at kiamichiwb.org
>> To: OKDXA at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [OKDXA] TN8K  CONGO
>> Message-ID: <1673053176.kaqiqp93k8ok4okg at webmail-3104.everyone.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
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>> Finally in log on 20m? ft8 after much calling hi.
>> 73
>> Gary -?
>> wq5r
>> ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> 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...
>> Message-ID: <FC3C88DD-C148-4853-959E-59C93B962F05 at sbcglobal.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset=utf-8
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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...
>> Message-ID: <690C63E0-BF2B-4661-A217-87E18013603B at sbcglobal.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset=utf-8
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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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73 Jim,KI7AY
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