2017 Spring VHF/UHF Field Day

[VK3AV]

Hi Leigh,

I feel your pain as I seem to have done the same thing with my 23cm PA and after replacing a MMIC twice I gave up and bypassed it. (Damn those components are small...) Then on Saturday I responded to a test call from VK3ER/P (Peter VK3QI) on 23cm to hear that my signal was distorted and largely unreadable. So the PA, that I had spent weeks putting together, was also unplugged and I went from a planned easy 100W back to 10W for the Field Day.  

In any case, I still had quite a few contacts over the weekend on 6 bands though I could not hear you, only VK3ER/P working you. By the Summer Field Day I will be fully operational I am sure. I might even do something about the 70cm pallet that I have on the shelf...  

I also wish that there were more stations operating, be they portable or home, as each event in the past few years has had fewer participants. 

Finally, a big thank you to those that I have on my log, and to those who have answered my questions and provided guidance to this 'beginner' at non-out of the box RF projects.

Regards
Bernard   (Home station)