In article ,
"Doug Dotson" wrote:

But only outputs a few milliwatts when tuning I believe. But
you do still need a valid license to work QRP.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

Autotuners need about 3 to 5 watts of RF at the input to the tuner
for the internal Phase and Power Sensing Systems to operate
correctly.


Bruce in alaska
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"Doug Dotson" wrote in
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Doesn't matter. All rules are suspended in an emergency. Having
a ham enabled rig on board is a good idea even if one does not
have a ham license. Much better chance of reaching a ham than
anyone on Marine SSB in an emergency,

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista


You can even run more than 25W on VHF to get over the noise of Bubba's
Marina parking boats running 25W from his 90' tower, in an emergency. My
boats have all had a 160W linear amp, made for 2 meters but broadbanded, in
them for years....

Marinas should all be limited to 1/2 watt from an antenna no taller than
the top of the fuel dock house.....dammit....

(Biffom) wrote in
om:

Jim,

I have a valid license.

An interesting aside is that the antenna tuner (in my case an at130)
needs to briefly transmit in order to tune to the correct frequency.
This brief transmission (activated when the tune button is depressed)
was also blocked. So even though it's legal to listen on these bands
you can never tune the antenna.

Carl.

Callsign:
KG6TOU Class: Technician Codes: HAI USA
Name:
Carl S Midson
Addr1:
4712 Admiralty Way 151
Addr2:
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292

(I bet Carl DOESN'T live in a trailer park.)

Country:
USA
Effective:
26 Jan 2004 Expires: 26 Jan 2014
FRN:0010270429

Is this you, Carl? If it is, you're gonna have to UPGRADE that
Technician's license before you get on HF....(c;

Congratulations, by the way, on passing your test! I've been a ham since I
was 11 in...well, er, ah...1957. Hope you have half as much fun on ham
radio as I have in the last 47 years. I was the FIRST ham to legally
transmit the ASCII code the instant it was legalized in the 4th call area.

73, Larry W4CharlestonSouthCarolina
(aka WN2IWH, WB4THE, KN4IM...all fine old calls)

Just for info, anyone can find a hams information from the FCC or the
website www.qrz.com. It's pub-lick. If you go to:
http://www.qrz.com/detail/KG6TOU
you can even get the map to Carl's house, and his coordinates for your GPS!
Set a waypoint and surprise him some day!...(c;

Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
:

In article ,
"Doug Dotson" wrote:

But only outputs a few milliwatts when tuning I believe. But
you do still need a valid license to work QRP.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

Autotuners need about 3 to 5 watts of RF at the input to the tuner
for the internal Phase and Power Sensing Systems to operate
correctly.

Tuners get all excited if you tune them up at a kilowatt....(c;

Larry W4CSC

Larry W4CSC wrote:

73, Larry W4CharlestonSouthCarolina
(aka WN2IWH, WB4THE, KN4IM...all fine old calls)

How many years did you sit around waiting for the old W4CSC to die off? :-)

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

I almost bought a 100W amp for marine VHF when I was in the
Bahamas. They are legal there but they wants way too much money
for it. Didn't seem to have a RX preamp so it seemed to me that
talking to folks that I couldn't hear wasn't worth it

Doug
s/v Callista

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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"Doug Dotson" wrote in
:

Doesn't matter. All rules are suspended in an emergency. Having
a ham enabled rig on board is a good idea even if one does not
have a ham license. Much better chance of reaching a ham than
anyone on Marine SSB in an emergency,

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista


You can even run more than 25W on VHF to get over the noise of Bubba's
Marina parking boats running 25W from his 90' tower, in an emergency. My
boats have all had a 160W linear amp, made for 2 meters but broadbanded,
in
them for years....

Marinas should all be limited to 1/2 watt from an antenna no taller than
the top of the fuel dock house.....dammit....

Glenn Ashmore wrote in
news:7oAic.14111$uF3.1695@lakeread04:



Larry W4CSC wrote:

73, Larry W4CharlestonSouthCarolina
(aka WN2IWH, WB4THE, KN4IM...all fine old calls)

How many years did you sit around waiting for the old W4CSC to die
off? :-)


None, really. I was looking for a call to replace the FCC-generated AWFUL
KN4IM. No more calls with N and/or M in them! Way too confusing on the
air. WCSC is Channel 5 TV, here and I have a friend who works there. I
thought it was neat that it was open. My other choice that was open wasn't
an old-time W4 call, but N4SEX, which is also very neat. Well, I got the
best one, Charleston's call....or Clemson or Conway or Cainhoy or Camden or
Clinton, SC...(c; I had a nice golf shirt made up with W4CSC done in the
same letter font as WCSC uses before the ham club was invited to tour the
new WCSC broadcast facility and watch the local newscast live from behind
the cameras. Everyone at the station got a big kick out of my shirt.

I've been meaning to go take a nice picture of the front of the WCSC new
building with the bottom of the big, widebase, radar tower looming over it.
I want to morph a 4 into the WCSC over the front door and have that picture
made up into color QSL cards like it's my ham station...(c; One of many
projects that hasn't been completed....

Larry W4CSC

The original W4CSC died 4 YEARS before I applied for the call. There's
lots of fine old 1X3 original ham calls looking for a new home. I wouldn't
trade it for A4A or W4A or W4DX, those fakey new calls....

In article ,
Larry W4CSC wrote:

Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
:

In article ,
"Doug Dotson" wrote:

But only outputs a few milliwatts when tuning I believe. But
you do still need a valid license to work QRP.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

Autotuners need about 3 to 5 watts of RF at the input to the tuner
for the internal Phase and Power Sensing Systems to operate
correctly.

Tuners get all excited if you tune them up at a kilowatt....(c;

Larry W4CSC

Yep, if you do that, the "Magic Smoke" comes out and they don't
work right anymore. It isn't easy to put the smoke back in either.


Bruce in alaska
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Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
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Yep, if you do that, the "Magic Smoke" comes out and they don't
work right anymore. It isn't easy to put the smoke back in either.


Bruce in alaska

I have never seen anyone successful at pumping the "Magic Smoke" back into
any electronic component or cabinet, however many have tried in vain....(c;

"Magic Smoke" is much more impressive in transmitters over 10 KW, don't you
agree?

Larry
POWER IS OUR FRIEND!

In article ,
Larry W4CSC wrote:

Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
:


Yep, if you do that, the "Magic Smoke" comes out and they don't
work right anymore. It isn't easy to put the smoke back in either.


Bruce in alaska

I have never seen anyone successful at pumping the "Magic Smoke" back into
any electronic component or cabinet, however many have tried in vain....(c;

"Magic Smoke" is much more impressive in transmitters over 10 KW, don't you
agree?

Larry
POWER IS OUR FRIEND!

Had a Gates 15Kw FM take a dump, from over the hill Power Tubes going
flat at 2AM in the snow. Back of the Cabinet was outside building with
the front inside. When I arrived, with the consulting engineer, we found
"Smoking Holes in the snow" where the final parts had been thrown, and
melted down thru the snow. This was a NON-Profit, noncommercial, that
used handmedown finals from the local Tv Station Modulator, and when they
went south they did it in an "Exlosive" fashion. It took us 6 hours to
rebuild all the "Plumbing" and get back on the air with the next set of
"Overtime Tubes". One of my many "Broadcast Stories" from when I was a
kid.


Bruce in alaska
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