Starting Up My 19-Set Mk III Cdn

[Mike K]

I think it will go well . Maybe the ground wave will reach that distance but the dipole might be mostly skywave energy. A vertical might be better ?

I have never had a 19 set on the air. I did have one QSO with a NO. 11 set on 40 meter cw ...with a VK5 . Drifting all over the band .

Being a transceiver some of the mixing stages in the 19 set are common to tx and rx. With the coarse tuning dial of a 19 set It's so easy to "pick out" one of the unwanted products of the mixer and you can unknowingly transmit on a frequency outside of the band.

[David Dunlop]

Rats!

It was a “NoGo” this time round. My set was up for it but I received a call from my friend late in the morning to advise he was having some dipole issues and help was on the way to try and get the aerial repaired. A Wind in the Willows development.

Will plan for another day once his aerial is back up and running.

David

[Mike K]

bad luck

One day we will try a VK to VE contact on the 40 meter band using WW2 radios ! I've done it before with US stations , with a simple dipole antenna. Must admit the signals were extremely weak but we exchanged call signs so that's a QSO in my book. How is your morse ?