26-11-2017, 09:42 PM
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)
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)