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70cm UKAC March 2020

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Problems:

  • The antenna was swinging on the mast, so anything up to about 30° out.
  • About 10 minutes after the start, the voltage at the rig started dropping to about 10V after a couple of seconds of transmit. This causes the rig to either FM or to just cut out completely. The voltmeter on by ignition-sense disconnect box wasn't showing a problem. I didn't manage to properly diagnose the problem but feeding the system from the cigar lighter socket seemed to fix the...
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70cm FMAC March 2020

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Got set up with enough time to have a bit of a play in the FM section, using 10W to the 23-ele DK7ZB. 11 QSOs with ODX being GW8ASD.

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2m UKAC March 2020

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70cm UKAC February 2020

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Yet again, an uninspiring evening. Wind meant the mast, which was originally at 7.5m, was used at 4.5m and just the small 7-element yagi.

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70cm FMAC February 2020

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Just a few contacts before the UKAC.

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