Near the end of the CQWWRTTY test (30+ hrs), while running only 1000W, we heard a buzz from somewhere near the AL-1200. I yelled wildly at Alan to hit ESC to kill transmit. I then investigated and fo
The antenna switch between the amp and either dummy load or antenna shows signs of heat/arcing, introducing the possibilities: 1. The loose PL-259 caused the whole problem, or 2. The switch wasn't de
Bill wrote: You're right about the AL-1200 not being built for QRO RTTY contesting. I had the tank assembly get so hot it melted the solder connections, once on 80 meters and once on 160 meters. When
I was honored earlier this year by Wayne's asking me to write an article for his column in the National Contest Journal. This is now published in the current issue of the NCJ and details my first DX
My freq display shows the exact same freq no matter which mode. I think there should be a way to set it so that it displays the RTTY MARK freq when in RTTY mode. For example, if I'm showing 14080.00
I know about 00 and 99, but why eliminate 88? I thought it was real. My range was 15-88. Someone sent "034" that I thought was sorta of confusing (?was he sending a serial number) I asked over for "A
I'm getting tired of seeing this "AGING RTTY OPS" thing coming onto my screen! I'm starting to develop various maladies the more of these I see. Anyway, I just wondered if anyone is doing anything to
Much fun part time effort from much-changed shack. I sold my AL-1200 and did a mega-trade of both my PRO and MARK-V for a PROII and the PW-1. This contest was sort of a breaking-in exercise for the n
Let me join the crowd and say YES, PLEASE OPERATE! I think the QTCs are fun (with WriteLog and good signals!), but I distinctly remember the first time I ever heard of QTCs, just a very short time a
world! I think QTCs are fun, and am a little disappointed when there's none to exchange. Trepidation seems mostly based on signal quality/QRM and one's software. With good signals, using Writelog to
For everyone's future QSLing consideration - Doing some more VP5RY QSLs this evening, I note the following in this post 911 era: 1. Many SASEs don't have a return address! I feel compelled to write s
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