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----- Original Message -----
From: Chip Margelli
To: Pres Waterman
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 11:48 AM
Subject: MP-1
Pres, is there any way you could relay this to the 817 board. . .I still have no access allowing me to reply, and this Julian guy seems to be in a lot of trouble with the MP-1 (which I find to work quite well).
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Julian, the easiest way to tune the MP-1 is to listen for noise. Make a rough setting, listening for a noise peak, then move your hand back. Listen again to the noise, then move the sliding section up or down a turn or two to see if the noise gets louder after you move your hand back. When you have found the noise peak, send a couple of dits on CW, and watch the SWR meter. If you have only one or two bars of SWR showing, that should be plenty close, although I usually am able to get one or no bars at resonance. No funny counterpoise; just the set that comes with the MP-1.
I have worked all over Europe, including deep Russia, using the MP-1 and 2? watts on 15 and 20 meters (ten has been kaput for DX lately). This from California. The sharpness of the noise peak indicates a lot of Q, which translates to high efficiency.
72 de Chip, K7JA
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If you have Julian's e-mail address, just forwarding to him would also be OK.
Sorry to bother you. . .sure was amazing the 817s flew out the door at Dayton.
Dit dit de Chip
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