For sure, I worked two chinese and one vietnam station this morning on 40
C W so I think there pretty good. 73
Ed K7UC
----- Original Message -----
From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: Ht burning out?
> granted, conditions aren't what they are at the peak of the Sun Spot
> cycle.
> We all know that. but they're not dismal either.
> Just listen to the boys working pile ups on 15, 17, 20, 40M on a daily and
> nightly basses.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 6:09 AM
> Subject: Re: Ht burning out?
>
>
>>I love it when some say conditions are horrible still on HF, they're
>> improving and the club I belong to is even talking about going back to 3A
>> next field day. Biggest problem right now is the shelter but it looks
>> like
>> it's going to happen.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 1:33 AM
>> Subject: Re: Ht burning out?
>>
>>
>>> Darren:
>>> as with anything from the internet, make sure you take things with a
>>> grain
>>> of sault. Just because the guy has a call sign and writes something
>>> coherent, doesn't mean he's automatically correct or even close to the
>>> mark.
>>> Many licensed hams who write articles and blogs and tid bits are
>>> correct,
>>> but things like this just have to be taken with a huge pinch of sault.
>>> Same goes for the sub group of would be, old time HF operators who
>>> haven't
>>> touched it in years because "the conditions aren't there" or the
>>> "propigation is terrible" or whatever...in their experience perhaps, but
>>> the
>>> facts of the matter are quite the opposite for those of us who actually
>>> make
>>> an effort to closely monitor such things on a daily basses.
>>> I get pretty choked at some local hams who would have everyone,
>>> including
>>> new hams, believe that there is no point to getting on the HF
>>> frequencies
>>> because propigation is so bad anyway, why bother. These guys haven't
>>> turned
>>> a radio with a decent antenna on in 15 years or more in most cases...or
>>> they're of the type that sit down on 3700 and don't move. Unless they
>>> hear
>>> Europe blasting in at 40 over S9 on 80 meters, then they figure there's
>>> no
>>> conditions.
>>>
>>> anyway sorry for the rant, but I don't like intentional misinformation
>>> especially for newer hams.
>>> I am occasionally wrong about something and am corrected usually lol.
>>> However, if I am wrong, it is not intentionally misleading.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:11 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Ht burning out?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Even back when I liked 2 meters, and used an HT a lot, I never had that
>>>> problem and really can't think of one person I know who has.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "KK4AHX Darren Duff" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:03 PM
>>>> Subject: Ht burning out?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>> After reading the below paragraph in an online article I am worried
>>>>> about
>>>>> burning out my ht. It's the only rig I have now. I want to get a
>>>>> mobile
>>>>> to
>>>>> use as a base station but it's not in the budget right now. I would
>>>>> like
>>>>> to
>>>>> know what other's think. here is the snip from the article.
>>>>>
>>>>> HAND HELD DUTY CYCLE LIMITS
>>>>>
>>>>> If you subject today's HTs to frequent full power, 5w transmissions of
>>>>> several minutes duration they overheat and the final power transistors
>>>>> may
>>>>> fail prematurely. Kenwood and Yaesu state in their service manuals
>>>>> that
>>>>> their HTs are rated for 20% duty cycle at their maximum RF output, or
>>>>> 30
>>>>> seconds of transmit to 2 minutes of standby. After I first got my
>>>>> license,
>>>>> I burned up three sets of "finals" in less than a year with long
>>>>> winded
>>>>> QSOs using a Radio Shack HTX-202 which produced 8w when powered at
>>>>> 13.8V
>>>>> from my auto cigarette lighter plug! When the warranty ran out, I
>>>>> replaced
>>>>> it with a Kenwood TH-22 and repeated the same result. Kenwood's
>>>>> Virginia
>>>>> Beach service center politely admonished me that I was "exceeding the
>>>>> recommended duty cycle" and should buy a mobile. I followed their
>>>>> advice
>>>>> and am satisfied with my two Kenwood mobiles, but I sought out other
>>>>> HTs
>>>>> and pass that advice along.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, 73's.
>>>>>
>>>>> Darren Duff.
>>>>>
>>>>> amateur radio station KK4AHX.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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