Yes. I've been in email contact with him (having built his LF converter
in 2003) before some months and asked why he didn't at least stay at LF
since there are no contests and no SSB and so. Here, the
'homemade-guys' are at home!. But his answer wasn't completely
comprehensible for me. It seems it was a consistent and strict
decision. Pity but on has to respect it...
73, Stefan
Am 20.10.2010 15:59, schrieb Warren Ziegler:
I understand from his QRZ listing that Steve GW4ALG gave
up amateur radio completely, something about not liking contests etc.
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73 Warren K2ORS
WD2XGJ
WD2XSH/23
WE2XEB/2
WE2XGR/1
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Chris <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi
Alan,
Yes, you're probably correct, but without knowing that 'detail' you
coud easily misunderstand what it is suggested that unit could do.
Incidentally, it was GW4ALG, not 3. Steve says one of the reasons he
gave up on 136 was the 'first RSGB repeater on the band' and it
attracting 'pirates'. I have never heard of an RSGB repeater on 136 and
think it a most unlikely band to interest pirates. Maybe I'm wrong, I
often am!
Vy 73,
Chris, G4AYT, Whitstable.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Melia" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:03 AM
Subject: LF: Re: Variometer
Hi Chris that unit looks rather like the pictures of Steve GW3ALGs
variometer (others made similar units....the lego remote control rings
bells) which has featured in the LF Handbook and both editions of LF
Today.
If so Steve used a modifieed KW1000 linear I believe which was capable
of
putting out quite a lot of power. Steve ran a 20m vertical with the top
10m
supported by party ballooons when the wind was suitably low. If it was
put
below his main fixed loading coil as an incremental inductor then it
would
not have had to suffer such high voltages as at the main coil top.
Alan G3NYK
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <[email protected]>
To: "RSGB LF Group" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:31 AM
Subject: LF: Variometer
Hi LF,
Need a variometer? Take a look at Ebay item 120636022163. The claim is
this
item can cope with 'over a kW of RF' and covers 136kHz - I must say I
have
my doubts! At least you can have a laugh at the 'amature' spelling and
terminology throughout!!
Vy 73, Chris, G4AYT, Whitstable, Kent.
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