Thanks, Oliver.? Ken dressed up in full zombie regalia the few years we did the Zombie Walk together (both stationary), and he festooned his mag loop with spiderwebs, plastic spiders, etc, and wore full zombie makeup.? What a character.? I'm saddened to learn of his passing.??
73, Eric NF6S
ex WD6DBM
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On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 12:57 PM, Oliver Barrett
<oliverorb@...> wrote:
Hi Eric,
Sadly, Ken passed on in January 2017.? You can still see Ken in a group photo that the HFPack home page uses.
73,
Oliver
Oliver,
What happened with Ken Chong, WB6MLC?? He and? I did the Zombie Walk at Pacificon some years back, but I lost touch with him.??
73, Eric NF6S
ex WD6DBM
?
On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 12:33 PM, Oliver Barrett
Hi Doug et al,
Happy to acknowledge the QRP terminology.? Back when I was active in HF Pack, Ken Chong WB6MLC and I enjoyed pedestrian mobile ops with lightweight (and sometimes heavier) rigs, but not necessarily limited in transmit power, ?Using mainly SSB, we noted the challenge of getting heard with rigs under 100W, especially on the low bands. ?"Medium power" SSB rigs were (and still are) rare.? I hope that the more recent Xiegu G90 rig is selling (and performing) ok.
73,
Oliver KB6BA
On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 10:55?AM Cliff Sojourner K6CLS via <cls=
[email protected]> wrote:
I thought I'd occasionally like to punch higher than 5w or 10w, so I bought a Hard Rock 50 amp.? It works great with both KX2 and FT818.
But I never use it!? Requires bringing another battery, and charger, and it's too much power for the AlexLoop antenna, 10w max.? So then I'm committed to putting up more antenna.? Which means bringing more stuff and more time to set up etc.
I have all that stuff but I'm too lazy to do all that for an afternoon.
Cliff K6CLS
On August 23, 2024 11:05:38 PM PDT, Oliver Barrett <
oliverorb@...> wrote:
I see that it can do 10W with external DC power, still somewhat disappointing.
Oliver KB6BA
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 11:55?PM Oliver Barrett via <oliverorb=
[email protected]> wrote:
Once again Yaesu decided not to consider 20W capability for more effective QRP SSB ops (remember the old SGC-2020?).? One would think that Yaesu's thermal management tech has progressed since 2001...
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 2:32?PM Cliff Sojourner K6CLS via <cls=
[email protected]> wrote:
I think it must... My dx10 and the FT710 have similar, vastly improved menus that use the display nicely.? This one looks like it has the same software.
On August 23, 2024 1:02:39 PM PDT, "Eric via " <gliderboy1955=
[email protected]> wrote:
I wonder if the menu system is improved over the 817/818?
73, Eric NF6S
ex WD6DBM
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On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 11:30 AM, Cliff Sojourner K6CLS via
Rumors of the FT817/818 replacement
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6w output, all bands 160m to 70cm.
The picture makes the display and controls look like reasonable size and access for my fat fingers.
Dual receivers so true full duplex, like for satellite ops!
Cliff K6CLS CM87
