One of my QRP rigs is a pre WW2 Meissner Signal Shifter coupled with a 1934 National FB-XA.
Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Stewart" <cw...@embarqmail.com> To: <topband@contesting.com> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 8:42 AM Subject: Re: Topband: Nice QRPP QSO > > Congrats, Gary, on the QRPp QSO. QRP on top band is quite an > accomplishment and is a real thrill when it happens. I recently built a 4 > coil Meissner osc, from a 1924 QST. It uses a C-301A ('24 vintage) tube at > about 4 watts input...and probably about 1.5 out. I strung up a 160m > Windom at 30-35 feet...thot it would be a dummy load...but so far I've > worked about 5 states...and Eddy, VE3CUI and getting pretty good reports. > If you hear me down at the low end of 160, pse give me a call. > Have fun...73, Bill K4JYS (NC) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Smith" <g...@ka1j.com> > To: topband@contesting.com > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:44:28 AM > Subject: Topband: Nice QRPP QSO > > By no means any shadow of a record but I just had a CW QSO on TB with > N3LCW/QRP in Md & me in CT; about 300 miles apart. The band was > absent of signals till down at the bottom, there he was calling CQ as > a QRP so I switched the amp off, turned the K3 down to 5W and got A > 599. a bit later I dropped it to 100mW and got a 559 from his K2. > > Kind of amazing there aren't more people on 160, it's definitely > alive. 100mW... nice! > > Gary > KA1J/QRPp > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1415 / Virus Database: 2102/4073 - Release Date: 12/10/11 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK