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Taking a break from the heat of the battery and fuse discussions, I
reflect on the joy of sitting outside in the shade, talking on the
radio. I look up at the antenna and visualize the tiny QRP quantities
of RF eminating from the wire...

I put up a temporary dipole at home so that I could operate Field Day
from the back yard (Reference: Message #8285). I decided to leave it
up for a while. Yesterday evening was beautiful with temperature in
the high 70's, partly cloudy, with a light breeze. What a joy to be
able to pack my entire station into a small camera bag (well, except
for the 7 AH gel cell) and carry it out to the back yard where I set
it up on a small patio table.

From 6:45 PM to 8:00 PM I had four pleasant SSB QSOs with stations in
Maine, Ontario, Wisconson, and North Dakota on 17 and 20 meters. The
Op in Maine wants to get an '817 to take on a backpacking trip to the
UKoGBaNI. The Wisconson station was W9C on 14.240. He took time for
a chat, despite being a special event station. I tried to bust a
couple of DX pileups without success. I'm sure I could have done it,
but didn't want to spend the time. Later, around 9:00 PM, I worked a
couple of southern california stations on 6m Es.

When I was done, everything went back into the camera bag, and then
back into the shack. What a radio!

73 de Bill, KR8L/7

I brought my FT-817 and MP-1 to work with me and went out behind the
building in a park and setup yesterday at lunch time.
I did not make any contacts, but I was hearing some stations on 17m. I hope
to someday work some stations from my lunchtime ?Field Day? position
somewhere along the ?Miracle Mile? on Wilshire.



on 7/12/01 9:49 AM, kr8l@... at kr8l@... wrote:

Taking a break from the heat of the battery and fuse discussions, I
reflect on the joy of sitting outside in the shade, talking on the
radio. I look up at the antenna and visualize the tiny QRP quantities
of RF eminating from the wire...

I put up a temporary dipole at home so that I could operate Field Day
from the back yard (Reference: Message #8285). I decided to leave it
up for a while. Yesterday evening was beautiful with temperature in
the high 70's, partly cloudy, with a light breeze. What a joy to be
able to pack my entire station into a small camera bag (well, except
for the 7 AH gel cell) and carry it out to the back yard where I set
it up on a small patio table.

From 6:45 PM to 8:00 PM I had four pleasant SSB QSOs with stations in
Maine, Ontario, Wisconson, and North Dakota on 17 and 20 meters. The
Op in Maine wants to get an '817 to take on a backpacking trip to the
UKoGBaNI. The Wisconson station was W9C on 14.240. He took time for
a chat, despite being a special event station. I tried to bust a
couple of DX pileups without success. I'm sure I could have done it,
but didn't want to spend the time. Later, around 9:00 PM, I worked a
couple of southern california stations on 6m Es.

When I was done, everything went back into the camera bag, and then
back into the shack. What a radio!

73 de Bill, KR8L/7



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Bill,

You were +/- 57 in Chicago last night talking to the 1KW club station
in Maine. After you finished with him, I talked to him with ten
watts on a TS-50 and mobile-whip dipole.

Michael, N9OGC

Michael --

Thanks for the report! Hope to be able to work you one of these
evenings. Probably won't be on tonight, but I hope to continue with
my evening "Field Day" sessions as time and chores permit.

73 de Bill, KR8L/7

--- In FT817@y..., n9ogc@y... wrote:

Bill,

You were +/- 57 in Chicago last night talking to the 1KW club

station

in Maine. After you finished with him, I talked to him with ten
watts on a TS-50 and mobile-whip dipole.

Michael, N9OGC

--- In FT817@y..., kr8l@a... wrote:

Taking a break from the heat of the battery and fuse discussions,

Amen - and the MP1, Maldol, ATX, Z-11, Amplifier, Modification,
PSK31, CW/SSB filter discussions, and all the other issues that are
constantly being rehashed everytime a new user joins the group and
ask a question that has already been discussed to death in the past.

Preston - can you PLEASE create a welcome message that ask people in
BIG LETTERS - to PLEASE FIRST do a search of the postings to see if
their question/problem has already been answered and/or discussed
before.... I for one and getting tired of wading through post on the
same subject over and over and over and over and OVER!!!! Also
suggest they join the HF Pack group, because if it wasn't answered
here, and it isn't a 817 specific question - i.e.: on antennas - it
probably was there.

Why do we insist on taking a simple question like if there is a fuse
in the RS NiMh (and other) packs and BEATING IT TO DEATH!!! There
must be 100+ post on the subject this month alone.

This group has had and continues to have some really good info - it
is just getting harder and harder to wade through all the redundant
stuff that keeps coming up again and again and again.


There - thank you for letting me vent my frustration..... now to go
play with a great little radio.

Don
W6ZO