[OKDXA] Congo

Jim Darrough jim at ki7ay.com
Sat Jan 7 10:19:14 EST 2023 

Thanks Jeff.

     This is the kind of answer we should all write when someone has a 
question. Other Hams, pay attention!

73 Jim KI7AY

On 1/7/2023 9:14 AM, Jeff Martin wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>   TN8K is a group of Czech operators on DXpedition to a fairly rare 
> entity, Congo, which is #80 on the Wanted List... They are experienced 
> DXpeditioners and should put on a good show, giving DXers something to 
> chase on several bands/modes. The OKDXA is a supporter of the TN8K 
> DXpedition...
>   They started up yesterday and are presently on several 
> bands/modes... Have fun...
>
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
>
> ------ Original Message ------
>> From "Jim Darrough" <jim at ki7ay.com>
> To okdxa at mailman.qth.net
> Date 1/7/2023 8:51:22 AM
> Subject Re: [OKDXA] OKDXA Digest, Vol 220, Issue 20
>
>> 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)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> 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>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>          <
>>>> CAO2D16e0OZNSaa7C6652f3cx7Cb7rvXhmyrVqZiwiMQuyrr0jA at mail.gmail.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "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
>>>>
>>>> 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
>> la ciruela y cabeza de hueso en Panama
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