Subj : Re: Storage
To : Mike Luther
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Mon Jul 21 2014 09:44 am
In a message dated 07-20-14, Mike Luther said to Holger Granholm:
Hi Mike,
HG> The musical sound of a CQ is among the first letter combination you
HG> learn. There are however several different learning methods based on
HG> different theories. I'm not shure any more but IRC the course I started
HG> before being called in to military duty started with the EISH5 letters.
Even though I later in my life pioneered SSB in Finland and Aland
Islands I'm still a morse addict. I have built transmitters for AM, FM
and SSB and receivers and add ons to both types.
ML> power on 40 meter CW from a 6L6 to an 807, then to an 811 and up to
ML> the first 4-250.
In the beginning of my ham career 50 Wo was the limit so I started with
the combo 6F6 - 807 on an old tube receiver chassis. Later that power
limit was raised so I started to build a 4' rack with a hefty PS at the
bottom floor, next up was to be an AM modulator with 2x807 and on top a
4-65A PA.
In the mean time I had built an SSB exciter and suddenly an AM modulator
wasn't an interesting prospect anymore so it was never built.
Then the power limit was raised to 1 kW PEP and we moved to other living
quarters and the 4' rack became junk and I bought a Heathkit HA-14 PA
and the AC supply HP-23. Now that one is removed from duty since the
tubes (2x572B) have suffered from overdriving on mainly RTTY.
My main rig today is a Drake TR-7 plus an assortment of VHF/UHF/SHF rigs
ML> I was curious; how low power could I go and he would still be able
ML> to hear me? We did a 'little' experiment.
ML> I got down to ONE WATT output power.
ML> HE COULD STILL HEAR ME!
ML> Both of us were totally shocked! After we parted company in that
ML> QSO, I was so stunned with what I had learned however I realized I'd
ML> better get ready for my morning newspaper boy run on my Cushman
Yes, miracles do happen, hi.
ML> But interestingly, even Fido can still do a very important honorable
ML> job of caring for people and carrying even all of us upward in life
ML> without poking people in the side. Even back to ring level and
ML> interrupt level code that can Dis And Dat even all over the whole
ML> Earth for thousands of people to hear in good weather. At even a
ML> watt or two of power. From Ham Radio remote sites on CW even on a
ML> few watts around the world. If you want it to. And the HAARP ain't
ML> playing, chuckle. Or the Chemtrails ain't moosing the Ions around
ML> our Sphere.
Yes, Fido is very important but it also shares its use with other duties
and hobbies.
ML> Mike Luther N117C at 1:117/100
For a moment I thought that you had a new call sign, maybe you do have.
The one I recall was W5WQN and I haven't read anywhere that USA would
have started using the N1 prefix.
73 de Sam, OH0NC
aka Holger
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