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Hello All,

This time nothing about QRSSSSSSSSS, BPSK, WOBBLE and HOBBLE , DFCW, 0.00000001HZ bandwidth, WOLF or ELEPHANT etc.. but just a simple low-tech question from a "non-digital" CW ham. :)

I`m looking for tube sockets type "Magnoval". These have 9-pins and used for PL509, PL519 etc.... Is there anybody with a big old junkbox ?? Will buy or trade for something else.

Need about 10 pieces or more.

Hope to be back on the air again in "normal CW ". The shack here has been renewed completely (after 20 years !!) hi. As soon as the wx will be better I will change the antenna system too. Changing the top capacity wires from 5 to 15 was a lot of work but the only thing

I got was near 3amps aerial current ( 2.5 with 5 wires) but no signal gain as reported by ON6ND.This with 250 watts. Most power will be lost in the surrounding trees etc. and I guess the only thing better is getting the vertical section of the antenna as high as possible, with a

smaller topload. Therefore I will have to remove all my VHF/UHF antennas for having a clear

space. With these 15 topload wires the garden and the house are covered with a big umbrella,

the neighbours where asking if it was a Xmas decoration !?

On the matter of putting copper tubes into the ground, I have done this several times with a

water hose connected to the tube. ( A wellknown method as I can see in some other mails on the reflector).This works very well and have lenghts of 4 meters driven in the ground without any problem. ( 2 minutes time). Be sure to attach the hose very firmly to the tube otherwise the water will splash everywhere. Got soaked wet last time as the hose came

loose.... Lucky that it was +27C ... hi

Best 73

Ruddy

ON6UX