[Wswss] 1296Mhz net:

[Ralph s Bergman]

Hi Don,

Thanks for the report.
Hope you and Chuck, NA6XX in CM97, keep trying as I think you guys can
make
it maybe later in the year, good luck.

73 Ralph

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:39:10 -0700 "Don Steele" <don at azqth.com> writes:
> Hi Ralph:
> 
> Sorry I didn't file a report. Friday night, your 1296 signal was 
> wonderful Q5 copy, providing armchair SSB.
> 
> I then moved up to .110 and called for Larry with no response. He 
> seems to have been missing recently. So I called some general CQs 
> until 9:30 and then moved the antenna up to the NA6XX heading. I 
> don't think he heard or saw anything.
> 
> We tried again on Sunday morning and Chuck emailed me a picture of 
> his Spectran screen showing my signal. He called and had me turn it 
> off... and watched the signal on the waterfall disappear!
> 
> I was running about 100 watts. Since then, I've found that my 
> amplifier in/out relays are quite lossy, so I'm making some changes 
> and expect to have a little more power by Friday evening.
> 
> 73,
> Don,
> N7RH