[Moon] [Moon-Net] ARRL Contest (late)

[valter dolso]

Hi Ed
Sorry to said, i read hundred message on the reflector frm you but never work you on 144, 432 or 23Cm, hope one day that i can work you on EME, and no only read your post...

                                       73, Valter IK1FJI
Lun 21/1/19, David Kerl via Moon-net <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com> ha scritto:

 Oggetto: Re: [Moon-Net] ARRL Contest (late)
 A: "Serge Szpilfogel" <ve1kg at eastlink.ca>
 Cc: "moonbounce reflector" <moon at moonbounce.info>, "Moon-Net" <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com>
 Data: Lunedì 21 gennaio 2019, 15:41
 
 Ed,We, the N9HF contest team, was
 attempting to work you when your amp failed! We called 2 or
 3 times and you then posted on PJC that you had an amp
 failure! Our condolences to you.Dave  N9HF
 
 On Mon, Jan 21,
 2019 at 9:24 AM Serge Szpilfogel via Moon-net <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com>
 wrote:
 Ed
 tears came to my eyes reading your Email. I think the
 gremlins are after
 
 you brother.
 
 I hope you get everything back together sooonnn & be
 ready for the next
 
 contest.
 
 Happy for you that 6M is doing well & that in itself is
 a measure of success
 
 Serge VE1KG
 
 
 
 -----Original Message-----
 
 From: Moon-net [mailto:moon-net-bounces at mailman.pe1itr.com]
 On Behalf Of
 
 Edward R Cole via Moon-net
 
 Sent: January 21, 2019 04:28
 
 To: moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com
 
 Subject: [Moon-Net] ARRL Contest (late)
 
 
 
 Computer problems kept me off the moon yesterday-evening. 
 Com ports keep
 
 changing and soundcard lost modulation to radio.  Move s/c
 to different USB
 
 jack and finally thought to use my K3 Utility program to
 find the correct
 
 com-port.  Use to be com-5 then it was com-4 then it moved
 to com-6 and
 
 finally found the radio on com-8.  Time to retire the old
 winXP machine.
 
 
 
 Ran from MR at 0140utc Jan. 21 till about 0345utc when new
 2m amplifier quit
 
 putting out RF.  Quick check of bias (OK) and 50v B+ (not
 there).  Aparently
 
 the 50v FET switch failed (probably shorting to ground).
 
 
 
 worked six stations for the contest:
 
 
 
 Also MAP65 is 2-MHz off frequency, my Hpol preamp appears
 failed (no gain),
 
 and the SWR protection ckt in the amp was triggering too
 soon.  Suppose to
 
 shut down at 100w reflected but was triggering at 50w.
 
 
 
 Been off eme for almost a year.  Typical "start
 up" gremlins.
 
 
 
 Only getting 800w on Hpol and 700w on Vpol so that is
 another thing to look
 
 into (expected 1000-1100w).
 
 
 
 New azimuth rotator seems to work OK.  Wired my RazTrak
 auto tracking system
 
 to handle both 2m and 6m pointing.  Still in test mode for
 auto-track.  New
 
 digital elevation encoder is nice (MAB25).  Its on the
 6m-eme array, too.
 
 
 
 Finally, the 6m LFA antenna picks up nearly two s-units less
 local nose than
 
 my 3-element 6m yagi (measured with the same radio). 
 Waiting for tower guys
 
 to help with stuck 6m azimuth rotator.
 
 
 
 Sorta kinda back on eme!
 
 
 
 
 
 73, Ed - KL7UW
 
    http://www.kl7uw.com
 
 Dubus-NA Business mail:
 
    dubususa at gmail.com
 
 
 
 
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