Re: [IRCA] OT, First ever QSO

["Joe Miller, AB8YP" <ab8yp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Congratulations Bob,

I still have two antennas that I'm tuning, adjusting,
counterpoising, etc. so I know how long it takes. Keep
up the good work.

--ooo ooo-- Joe Miller, AB8YP


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

> 
> 
> > 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



 
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