[SOC] Delete/test

Mon Mar 22 09:55:01 2004

Ho Ho.  Welcome to SOC and ham radio

Seriously, I do this sort of thing regularly -- like forget which antenna is
switched in, thus calling on 40 with the 30 meter dipole.    Spent 30
minutes failing to work station near Vladivostok because using wrong antenna
rather than the one pointed that way.  DUH

There are couple of cures for this sort of thing.  I keep SWR meter
permanently in line, set on reflected power.  I'm more likely to catch a big
needle swing.  Also, an easy check when first going on the air.  A single
dah tells the story.   Most of the time, I switch between two antennas to
pick the better one, but I also can envision the coverage.  Not so with
Vladivostok, however, and had I tried both antennas would have immediately
picked out the difference.

We'll keep plugging at this, however.

dit dit

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Bartlett" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Delete/test

> Sh*t.
>
> Thought things were a little quiet last night.
>
> Went out this morning to find the ladder line feed to the G5RV on the
deck.
> It's been windy.
>
> Fixed now.
>
> Paul M3CRQ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JMcAulay" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 6:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [SOC] Delete/test
>
>
> > At 11:22 PM 03/20/2004 -0600, Todd     N0NCL wrote:
> > >Wayne, W5KDJ wrote:
> > >
> > >>Wayne_W5KDJ
> > >>Ex: SV0WWW_TF2WJN     100% CW
> > >>ARS_1392 ARCI_11325 FP_626
> > >>FISTS_10060 SOC_538 ARRL e-QSL
> > >>
> > >Wayne,
> > >
> > >If everyone "deletes" the test, how will you know if it works?
> > >
> >
> >
> > What test?  I don't remember any test.
> >
> > 73
> > John WA6QPL  SOC 263
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