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Old Gear
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Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:44:45 -0600
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Hearing that BC-348 mentioned brought back my novice days because that was my only receiver.  The transmitter was a DX20 and I had a 100 foot long wire with no tuner.  One day I took my DX20 to a friend's house who owned a very expensive watt meter.  It was putting out 9.5 watts so he had a new, never been used, 6l6, I think it was, and we plugged that new tube in and the meter still read, 9.5 watts output.  I worked 29 states on 80 and 40 with that rig before I put up inverted vees for 80 and 40 and got the Viking ranger one.  Had 41 states on those two bands in 6 months before I passed the general.  I never had so much fun in my life back then.

Phil.
K0NX

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