Re: [IRCA] OT, First ever QSO
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Re: [IRCA] OT, First ever QSO
Congratulations! I hope to join you Monday evening. I'm cleaning up the "Radio Room" today in preparation for the equipment arrival Monday afternoon.
I'm going to go in just a bit and see if my neighbor is able to help me with the antenna. I wanted to buy an antenna, but he said I would get a bigger thrill if I built one myself. 150' of wire for twenty-one bucks isn't bad.
I've listened on those frequencies on my DRAKE and I think I have heard that same group in NY. Maybe I'll get a chance to talk with them soon.
Let me know the next time you key the mic and I'll give a listen down here and see what kind of signal you're putting out. 

Bert
KI4SYC

Hi Joe and Bert and anyone interested,
Well I got my first ever QSO tonight. I found an AM group on 75 M, 3885 KHz, didn't do much talking, were a bunch of old friends I guess catching up on things. They said my signal was good, most or all were from upstate NY, probably 300-500 miles from here. The DX-100 puts out about 130 watts on AM. The two big AM frequencies around here seem to be 1885 on 160 and 3885 on 75. So that was a big thrill for me, took me two months of fooling with all the stuff to get everything running nice, but the worst part was getting the antenna up in the jungle behind the house. Now I'm going to start working on the HW-101, is supposed to be ready to go, we'll see, 

Bob
KB1OKL


	 	 From: "Joe Miller, AB8YP" <ab8yp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Some real live amateur radio clubs
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 18:20:54 -0700 (PDT)



To Bob, Bert & the group,

Just last night night, I got my 15 meter stick antenna
with radials tuned up and running. I still have 40 and
20 meter antenna issues, but hopfully before too long.

So when you're ready to do this, please count me in.
And I even have a QSL card made up...

73 Joe; Anchovies, Bacon, and Yello Peppers



--- Bob Young <youngbob53@xxxxxxx> wrote:




> Hi Bert,
You and I must be in the same zone or something, I finally got my 160M dipole up with antenna tuner etc, and finally got on the air last night for the first time, no QSO's but I didn't have much time (had to work early today) and didn't want to break up a net that was in process. I heard someone calling CQ on 1885 AM and I tried to answer him but forgot to switch my transmitter from CW to mic until it was too late. I'm going to try again tonight either on 160 or 75 meters AM. I bought a SS transmitter but haven't got that one set up yet, it's a Heathkit HW-101 80-10 M, maybe we can set up a net some night, all the IRCA hams, 

Bob KB1OKL
>From: "Ira Elbert New, III" <ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of >America<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [IRCA] Some real live amateur radio clubs >Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:59:42 -0400 > > >
>Hey Joe! > >Radio and Power Supply are set to arrive Monday! We'll have to schedule a >QSO. > >KI4SYC > >Bert New >Watkinsville, Georgia >Proudly Serving You Since 1964! > >>From: "Joe Miller, AB8YP" <ab8yp@xxxxxxxxx> >>Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of >>America<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>To: IRCA MW List <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Subject: [IRCA] Some real live amateur radio clubs >>Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 19:27:33 -0700 (PDT) >> >> >> >>Hi everyone, >> >>Ok, I'm kinda bored tonight. Here's some real live >>amateur radio clubs, some of which actually pertain to >>the MW band: >> >>KF6ULI Art Bell Fans ARC >> >>K3VOA Voice of America (Charles, can we join???) >> >>K7RAT Boring ARC, in Boring Oregon (How far are they >>from Seaside???) >> >>K6DOA Toe Tag RAC, Los Angeles Dept of Coroner ('nuff >>said) >> >> >>Happy Memorial Day >> >>Joe Miller, AB8YP 

Bert New
Watkinsville, Georgia
Proudly Serving You Since 1964!

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