Hi, When I got home from my Santa gig I got some supper for Mrs Claus and myself then turned on the radios and laid out paper for logging and duping. Then I shut the Ranger off again and took it apart ... two more times. I found some loose screws while poking around inside with the Ranger transmitting into the dummy load. Yeah... I used an insulated stick to poke things. When I bumped one of the shields with the stick the spurious oscillation changed. I had to remove other parts to get to the loose screws. It took numerous tries to get the screws back in to put the terminal strips and a tube socket back in place. Then I put in a couple of hours with QRP power levels and managed 17 contacts working through the crowds. The ole Kenwood receiver has a 250 Hz filter and I was still hearing multiple stations in the passband.
The two hours in the Stew this morning were my first ever contacts on top band. And the first time I've pushed RF into the first REAL antenna at my new location. I'm gonna get some sleep and try some more just before dawn. 73, Bill KU8H _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK