Monday, December 08, 2014

6 Meter and Amplifier problems on HF

Last weeks the propagation on 6 Meter was very poor , just working some PY stations . But the two beacons ZD7 and ZD8 are every evening very strong . So I worked ZD8S , but no activity from ZD7 . On HF I was active on 12 and 10 meter , but limited because of my SPE power amplifier have problems. Two relays  are failed on the PA-board ( K1 and K4) , my RX level is more than 18db less now. In feedback with the Spe manufactory in Italy , the problem is well know there . SPE  send my 2 new relays , but I have to go to Europe to get it together with other material before I can fix it all .
Temporarily, I am now in the air with a 18 dB less sensitive receiver and on all HF bands. It's quite possible, despite my stretch signal that I don't hear you , my apology.  Best 73 AndrĂ©