Hi,
When I got home from my Santa gig I got some supper for Mrs Claus and
myself then turned on the radios and laid out paper for logging and
duping. Then I shut the Ranger off again and took it apart ... two more
times. I found some loose screws while poking around inside with the
Ranger transmitting into the dummy load. Yeah... I used an insulated
stick to poke things. When I bumped one of the shields with the stick
the spurious oscillation changed. I had to remove other parts to get to
the loose screws. It took numerous tries to get the screws back in to
put the terminal strips and a tube socket back in place. Then I put in a
couple of hours with QRP power levels and managed 17 contacts working
through the crowds. The ole Kenwood receiver has a 250 Hz filter and I
was still hearing multiple stations in the passband.
The two hours in the Stew this morning were my first ever contacts on
top band. And the first time I've pushed RF into the first REAL antenna
at my new location. I'm gonna get some sleep and try some more just
before dawn.
73,
Bill KU8H
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