01/25/2006 | KM5VI KM5VI and N5LYG ventured to the park for a little 10m activity. The bands where better than we expected. We mustered about 597 q's on 3 dipoles for 117,944 points. We had 1 10m dipole @ 80', a 10m sterba (that rocked) @ 65' and a 10-80m folded dipole @ 65'. The SB221 supplied the horse power we needed to be heard. The station consisted of an Icom 706, MFJ power supply, IBM T30 laptop and the sb221 amp. We could only squeeze out 800 watts on 10m but we figured that was enough to be heard.
Overall, we had a blast.
Between the sole's of my shoes smoking (getting to close to campfire) or KM5VI grabbing the ladder line while N5LYG transmitted, we are not sure which was the highlight. If you care to see some photos, you can visit n5lyg.ham-radio-op.net.
73,
Bill, N5LYG -- N5LYG