[SOC] WED NITE NET MARCH 20 02 7.047.5 Mhz 9PM EASTERN

[Bill Cunningham]

Hot damn.  Good for you.


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Subject: [SOC] WED NITE NET MARCH 20 02 7.047.5 Mhz 9PM EASTERN


> Oink oink all, that was neat stuff.   Thanks, Joel for luring me down to
> the dark underworld of QRPppp....
>
> I had been celebrating something or other (maybe just being able to find
> the corkscrew)- anyway I checked in late, and because KE1LA was rattling
my
> ears, I checked in at 1W and got a 579.
>
> Well, down one S unit is 1/4 power, so I should have been able to go to 60
> mW and get a 559.    Joel talked me down to 5 mW but I'm not happy with
> that- it's a new home brewed attenuator and it has not yet been calibrated
> into a dummy load.   However, I do think the 50 mW number is good.    Next
> week, if the band is kind and the QRM folk don't get us,  I'll be ready,
> and we can try going down in single S unit steps (1W - 1/4W - 62mW -
16mW -
> 4mW)
>
> The problem is, even with a K2 at 1W, there is sure to be some
capacitative
> coupling through the atten. and also some common ground loop coupling.
The
> switches may say 4 mW, but it ain't necessarily so.   If this attenuator
> seems to be strict Kosher, I'll write it up for Bacon Bits.
>
> Terry
> dit dit & oink oink
>
>  /High Y`all
> /         wow what a net... had Mike, Mac?, Terry and myself... Terry
> /checked in at one watt... I talked him down to 5 mw rst 549 and s8 on the
> /k2... Terry said to be sure and say he wasn`t sure about the accuracy of
> /his attenuators... so actual pwr may vary however, the indication was 5
> /mw..... congradulations mr 599....
> /        short net tonite, great conditions....glad mike and mac and terry
> /could make it....
>
> /WED NITE NET MARCH 20 02 7.047.5 Mhz  9PM EASTERN
>
> /CHECKINS
>
> /WB8ICN... GOING FOR HIS EXTRA THIS WEEKEND...GUD LUCK...
>
> /AF4PS.... THE MYSTEROUS POSSIBLY MAC, THANKS
>
> /W1QF... FIRST CHECKED IN AT 1W  STRONG...FINALLY AT 5 MW...
>
> /KE1LA .... IMAGINED MAC "TRIED TO CHECK IN TONITE"
>
> /KE1LA JOEL
> /NCS MAINE
>
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