![]() The yellow markers were the result and so my puny signal went all the way to New Zealand. ![]() Since I have a soft spot for RTTY I tried my best to answer some CQs. Turned out my PSU had a capacitor that is going south.įirst Saturday morning off in two years, since they canceled my class, and the OK DX RTTY contest was on. With the new caps I have no problem putting out 100W on 15 meters, but unfortunately there is a lot of ignition noise on 15m, so I will not be working that band often.Ĭhristmas surprise: some sparks and a plasticy odor in the shack. ![]() When I did the voltage would drop and the PSU would start humming very angrily. Seems to work fine, since max voltage is 14.2V and they didn't explode!!! It also solved another problem: I wasn't able to put out full power on 15 meters. They didn't have 15000uF capacitors at my local electronics store, so I got some 12000uF ones. ![]() I'm not crying, because it was an old 19" 1440dpi max monitor. Also my work PC's monitor decided to die on me. Last day of the year and also the coldest one: maximum 8 degrees Celsius.
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