Hah, good one OM -
Don't worry there'll be plenty more senior moments to follow.
I know from experience !
73 Ron WZ1V
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Wade W1GHZ <w1ghz.q@gmail.com>
To: N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>
Cc: vhfcontesting@contesting.com, "222 >> 222Activity@groups.io"
<222Activity@groups.io>, "newsVHF@mailman.qth.net"
<NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:33:41 -0400
Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] [VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night Announcement
> Conditions seemed bad last nite.
> I realized this morning that the problem was a short between the headphones.
> I was turning the wrong rotator.
> Sorry Ron
>
> 73
> paul
>
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021, 09:57 N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, I missed it again! Nobody will ever accuse me of being an evening
> > person these days. I am up at 3 AM (usually after sleeping very poorly)
> > and dead by 7 PM when 222 Activity Night gets rolling.
> >
> > I am around in the mornings now, mainly 2 meters but happy to do 222 or
> > 432. I enjoyed a nice chat with Ron, WZ1V on 222 SSB this morning.
> >
> > The new transverters for 144, 222 and 432 are great! I haven't got the
> > GPS frequency reference hooked up yet, but am doing fine without it. I'm
> > kinda bummed about the death of my 432 amp during the June VHF contest,
> > but such is life. I am working people with my puny 25 watts.
> >
> > Anyway... on 222 I have 800 watts to a K1FO-22 at 117 feet and am up for
> > trying just about anything during the hours I can be quasi-functional.
> > Actually it looked more like 900 watts now on the uncalibrated meter on
> > the amp. I'll borrow the Bird 43 from 2 meters and see if somehow I
> > really do have the extra bit of goo now or what. I don't know why it
> > would change, it was definitely getting plenty of drive with the old
> > transverter.
> >
> > 73,
> > Paul N1BUG
> > FN55mf
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