N1BUG would you share your 2200 meter amp design? I had my Mag loop up
catching your WSPR until I moved shack to other side of house. Will be back
listening this weekend again. Anyway attempting to join the TX side.
73'w
Elmer, N3AGE
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Thanks to all who ran grabbers and sent screen shots during last night's test.
This was an experiment to see how the little amplifier would hold up at 200+
watts output under higher duty cycle and to see whether my CW ID would be
visible on grabbers.
The amplifier did fine. Efficiency was down a little this morning because a big
drop in temperature overnight drastically lowered the antenna system
resistance. I didn't bother going outside to change taps on the transformer.
I did not see any evidence of the CW ID even on grabbers where my signal was
quite strong. Next time I run this test I will reduce the speed of the ID to
see what happens.
I am behind on email. I need to get a little sleep now so I will remain behind
a bit longer. :)
When I wake up I plan to make a few changes to the transmit converter. If
successful, I hope to be QRV for JT9-1 and JT9-2 QSOs for the next few nights.
No promises yet. If not successful the worst result could be a ded FET and a
fuse. That's about $1.50 cost plus 20 minutes to repair, so I'm not worried
about it... ;-)
73,
Paul N1BUG
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