It's been ages but thinking back how I used to work RC channels and 22A with
a slip of the channel knob. What was the first real rig you owed that was
totally non-Part95 Accepted? Me guess it was my Browning Mark II but also
had a Hygain V with matching VFO; anybody remember them? Another was a SBE
Consol II with some monstrosity of a crystal box mounted atop the cabinet.

Sir_Oblivion wrote:
It's been ages but thinking back how I used to work RC channels and 22A with
a slip of the channel knob. What was the first real rig you owed that was
totally non-Part95 Accepted? Me guess it was my Browning Mark II but also
had a Hygain V with matching VFO; anybody remember them? Another was a SBE
Consol II with some monstrosity of a crystal box mounted atop the cabinet.



I fixed a DAK Mark IIIa mobile to have extra channels years ago.

Now I have an original 2950. Waiting for CW to go bye-bye. I'll
go pass element 3 again. Anybody get some of that skip Friday
night/Saturday morning about 2AM EDT. That was some rocking
skip. I was hitting all the "M" states on AM and SSB in the
mobile with a 2x455 box on low and a stock TRC-451 (Cobra 146)
with a non-amplified 636L and a 7 foot KW-7 Firestik with 7
feet of coax and a 1.7:1 SWR. It hasn't been touched or checked
since I got my ham ticket in May 2003. Nothing like DX, on any band.

I have the QSL card proving a 192 mile VHF-FM simplex contact!
For local contacts, 2 meter FM beats 11 meters. For actual skip,
11 meters is wild, especially on SSB. After 25+ years on radio,
I'm ready for some 10 meter action. It should be similar to 11.

.... took an old kaar cb unit, signal channel, and used a vfo with it...
drove an old 150 watt tube linear, back then there was only one or two
guys freebanding in my area, and only 23 channels, now and then catch some
on skip... wish I had saved it in the attic...

Later opened up my 10 meter equip to cover 11 meters...

John

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:20:22 -0400, Sir_Oblivion wrote:

It's been ages but thinking back how I used to work RC channels and 22A with
a slip of the channel knob. What was the first real rig you owed that was
totally non-Part95 Accepted? Me guess it was my Browning Mark II but also
had a Hygain V with matching VFO; anybody remember them? Another was a SBE
Consol II with some monstrosity of a crystal box mounted atop the cabinet.

From: (Scott=A0in=A0Baltimore)
Sir_Oblivion wrote:
Anybody get some of that skip Friday night/Saturday morning about 2AM
EDT. That was some rocking skip. I was hitting all the "M" states on AM
and SSB in the mobile with a 2x455 box on low and a stock TRC-451 (Cobra
146) with a non-amplified 636L and a 7 foot KW-7 Firestik with 7 feet of
coax and a 1.7:1 SWR. It hasn't been touched or checked since I got my
ham ticket in May 2003. Nothing like DX, on any band.
I have the QSL card proving a 192 mile VHF-FM simplex contact! For local
contacts, 2 meter FM beats 11 meters. For actual skip, 11 meters is
wild, especially on SSB. After 25+ years on radio, I'm ready for some 10
meter action. It should be similar to 11.

_
Skip was great, even this early AM in the wee hours. Did you talk to any
vessels?

I AmnotGeorgeBush wrote:
From: (Scott in Baltimore)
Sir_Oblivion wrote:
Anybody get some of that skip Friday night/Saturday morning about 2AM
EDT. That was some rocking skip. I was hitting all the "M" states on AM
and SSB in the mobile with a 2x455 box on low and a stock TRC-451 (Cobra
146) with a non-amplified 636L and a 7 foot KW-7 Firestik with 7 feet of
coax and a 1.7:1 SWR. It hasn't been touched or checked since I got my
ham ticket in May 2003. Nothing like DX, on any band.
I have the QSL card proving a 192 mile VHF-FM simplex contact! For local
contacts, 2 meter FM beats 11 meters. For actual skip, 11 meters is
wild, especially on SSB. After 25+ years on radio, I'm ready for some 10
meter action. It should be similar to 11.

_
Skip was great, even this early AM in the wee hours. Did you talk to any
vessels?

Your mouth is a vessel.