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Ron Wiesen | 1 Jan 04:48

Re: Heavy Metal Rally and ARRL Straight Key Night

Hello Rick:

> Sounds like fun, Ron.
Absolutely.  Straight Key Night participation via the shortwave bands, not
via the orbiting OSCAR Amateur Radio satellites, has been increasing every
year.  Despite the recent FCC decision to eliminate Morse Code ability as a
requirement for obtaining an Amateur Radio license, I expect participation
in Straight Key Night 2007 will exceed prior years.

> Are you saying size doesn't count? :-)
Size definitely counts in all things.  In the Heavy Metal Rally it weight
and, to a lesser extent power, that counts as far being a qualified Heavy
Metal transmitter entry.  A rough rule of thumb for Heavy Metal transmitters
is: 1 pound of weight per 1 Watt of power.  My vintage transmitter meets
this rule of thumb: about 50 pounds of weight and about 50 Watts of power.

Of course physical size roughly tracks weight and power.  The heavy metal
monsters in the Heavy Metal Rally event started life as commercial
transmitters used in AM radio broadcast stations.  They were modified after
their retirement to live a second life in the Amateur Radio service.  The
Gates model BC-1T transmitter [
http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/Gates/1T.htm ] exemplifies the
physical size of such behemoths in the 1,000 Watt power range.

> Good luck, Ron.  May the "key" be with you.
The Speed-X straight key is making nice music at this time.  As long as I
don't push past 20 WPM its music sounds fine.  Beyond that speed, I'm better
off switching to an electronic keyer.

> I will CC my good
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lawrencl | 1 Jan 06:44

Re: Heavy Metal Rally and ARRL Straight Key Night

Hi Ron:

So what make and model is this transmitter.

Heathkit DX-40?

Just curious,

Lawrence

> Hello Chuck:
>
> And a very happy New Year to you also sir.
>
> I'm located on the Right Coast, in Florida near the Kennedy Space Center.
> Propagation to the Left Coast is best on 40 Meters around 06:00 UTC.
> Perhaps we will cross dials later.
>
> QSK and QRG 7.050 MHz for SKN de WD8PNL,  -= Ron =-
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Graham" <chuck@...>
> To: "'Rick Hanson'" <rick@...>; "'Model 100 Listserve'"
> <m100@...>
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 7:34 PM
> Subject: RE: Heavy Metal Rally and ARRL Straight Key Night
>
>
>> Congratulations Ron, Happy New Year all.
>> Chuck KI6DCD
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Neil Morrison | 1 Jan 07:32
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No, I got it on several more addresses I use.

Neil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eugene P. Corrigan, jr." <flow@...>

>I presumed that the email I received was just another of the scams out of
> (name it) .  How it got on the list is a puzzle, if only sent to me.  And 
> I
> know it was only sent to me!  Tell me it was only sent to me.
>
> Gene Corrigan

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Eugene P. Corrigan, jr. | 1 Jan 03:43

Re: You won canada lottery

I presumed that the email I received was just another of the scams out of
(name it) .  How it got on the list is a puzzle, if only sent to me.  And I
know it was only sent to me!  Tell me it was only sent to me.

Gene Corrigan
PRo
flow@...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <t.maiden@...>
To: <m100@...>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: You won canada lottery

> I thought non-U.S. lotterys were illegal for U.S. citizens to play.  The
IRS will tax the income at 100%!
>
> -------------- Original message from "Eugene P. Corrigan, jr."
<flow@...>: -------------- 
>
>
> > I thought I'd ask Cindy to go over and pick up my winnings, before Ned
tries to
> > horn in on my win.
> >
> > Gene Corrigan
> > PR0
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
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Ron Wiesen | 1 Jan 15:01

Re: Heavy Metal Rally and ARRL Straight Key Night

Hello Lawrence:

No, I'm not using the Heathkit DX-40.

The DX-40 [ http://www.heathkit-museum.com/ham/images/dx-40.jpg ] does not
have time-sequenced grid-block keying (instead has cathode keying).  The
DX-40 has no iron modulation transformer for high-level plate modulation
(instead is uses controlled-carrier modulation), so it's a light-weight
transmitter that tips the scale at a mere 21 pounds.  It produces 50 Watts
of power (same power as the transmitter that I am using), but it fails to
meet the "1 pound of weight per 1 Watt of power" rough rule of thumb for
Heavy Metal transmitters.

I'm using the Ranger transmitter, which is one of several transmitter models
belonging to the Viking product line made by the E. F. Johnson company.

My picture QSL card [ http://www.qrz.com/callsign/WD8PNL ] at QRZ.COM shows
the particular Ranger I'm using.  Just like the 1957 Chevy is considered the
classic car of its era, the Ranger is considered the classic transmitter of
its era.

You can contrast the Ranger and DX-40 transmitter reviews at QRZ.COM:

Ranger [ http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4177 ] 5 reviews,
DX-40  [ http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4093 ] 3 reviews.

The Ranger and the DX-40 have some similarities.  They both use the same
vacuum tubes at the end stages of their RF lineup: a 6CL6 buffer driving a
6146 final amplifier.  Consequently they both produce the same output power
of 50 Watts, and they both use a 5U4 high-voltage rectifier tube to obtain
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Ron Wiesen | 1 Jan 15:04

Perihelion at Full Moon

There's only 2 days to go until the "full Wolf Moon" of 2007.

Perihelion is the position along the elliptical orbit track of the Earth
that brings it closest to the Sun (i.e., perigee of Earth orbit).
Perihelion brings Earth within a distance of 91,399,727 miles from the Sun,
and this point will be reached on January 3, 2007.  A synodic months (i.e.,
a 29.5-day period) rarely presents a full moon that is synchronous with
Perihelion, but such synchronism is the case for January 3, 2007.
Consequently, the full Wolf Moon of year 2007 will be an extra bright one
that will occur on January 3 at 13:57 UTC (8:57 EST, 7:57 CST, 6:57 MST, and
5:57 PST).

Folks located in the Rocky Mountain states or on the Left Coast can enjoy
the full Wolf Moon seen in the dark sky prior to sunrise, as it illuminates
the Western horizon and casts long shadows toward the East.  Wolves tend to
howl loudly when they see their own long shadows <wink>.

located on the Right Coast,  -= Ron =-
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jwhitton | 1 Jan 15:55

Re: Heavy Metal Rally and ARRL Straight Key Night

> The Ranger has adjustable time-sequenced
> grid-block keying which: presents less than 60 volts across the key line,

    Still enough to produce a 'tickle' I would think, if you have moist
hands. Quite a difference from 500V though     =:0

Key well,
73
John
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Rick Hanson | 1 Jan 17:26

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Since chuck is not on this list I'm forwarding...

>From: "Chuck Graham" <chuck@...>
>To: "'Rick Hanson'" <rick@...>, "'Model 100 Listserve'" 
><m100@...>
>Subject: RE: Heavy Metal Rally and ARRL Straight Key Night
>Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:34:22 -0800
>
>Congratulations Ron, Happy New Year all.
>Chuck KI6DCD

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Rick Hanson | 1 Jan 17:29

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>From: "Ron Wiesen" <ronw@...>
>To: <m100@...>, "'Rick Hanson'" <rick@...>
>Subject: Re: Heavy Metal Rally and ARRL Straight Key Night
>Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:53:19 -0500
>
>Hello Chuck:
>
>And a very happy New Year to you also sir.
>
>I'm located on the Right Coast, in Florida near the Kennedy Space 
>Center. Propagation to the Left Coast is best on 40 Meters around 
>06:00 UTC. Perhaps we will cross dials later.
>
>QSK and QRG 7.050 MHz for SKN de WD8PNL,  -= Ron =-
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chuck Graham" <chuck@...>
>To: "'Rick Hanson'" <rick@...>; "'Model 100 Listserve'" 
><m100@...>
>Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 7:34 PM
>Subject: RE: Heavy Metal Rally and ARRL Straight Key Night
>
> > Congratulations Ron, Happy New Year all.
> > Chuck KI6DCD

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Rick Hanson | 1 Jan 17:51

Re: You won canada lottery

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Ahhmmm... yeah... it was only sent to... ahmmm... you!  Yeah, that's 
the ticket.  It was only sent to you.  It was Corrigan all 
along.  Kind of reminds me of a line from the Godfather...

<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646//name/nm0000008/>Don Corleone: 
Tattaglia's a pimp. He never could've out-fought Santino. But I 
didn't know until this day that it was Barzini all along.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/quotes

At 05:11 AM 1/1/2007, Eugene P. Corrigan, jr. wrote:
>I presumed that the email I received was just another of the scams 
>out of (name it) .  How it got on the list is a puzzle, if only sent 
>to me.  And I know it was only sent to me!  Tell me it was only sent to me.
>
>Gene Corrigan
>PRo
>flow@...

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