[450] FW: [VHF] US Based 4 Meter Beacon

Wed May 5 20:20:48 EDT 2010

Got smashed once smashing atoms with a very pretty lady named Zdenka (Czech, spent a lot of time in Russia). It was the lab Christmas Party. It was Stoly before such was available in the states. It was chilled to the point of being a bit like syrup. It was consumed in the Russian manner as I was told. Cups, straight up. One bottle was finished and we were part way into the second when the machine broke down. As it would be, it was my area of expertise, the ion source. I very quickly learned never try to repair an ion source soused. I turned of all the other voltages except the 20 kV. got zapped and sobered up very quickly. The 100 proof breath ignited and caught my whiskers on fire! The burn (on my hand) took about three weeks to heal properly, probably due to the alcohol infused state of the tissue at the time of the burn.

Moral of the story: Never smash atoms smashed! ( never try to keep up wit an eastern Eurpean and wodka)

George
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rich 
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  Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 4:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [450] FW: [VHF] US Based 4 Meter Beacon

  Well, I never smashed atoms but I once got smashed with a guy named adam!

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    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: David McKenzie 
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    Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 10:03 AM
    Subject: Re: [450] FW: [VHF] US Based 4 Meter Beacon

    I dont hear it on the 706, but then again the receive is pretty pathetic in general coverage, plus they say it's pointing "600" towards europe.

    On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:26 AM, George Andrews <gandrews at ntplx.net> wrote:

      Bob,

      I dont know if we can. I don't think I have anything that goes that high. I have two Drake receivers, will check them.

      Maybe some day we will have a 70 MHz allocation. That is the frequency of the rf I used when smashing atoms. five RCA 2332's running four MW. 3 plus MW into one cavity and the balance to another. These tubes had about 5 kW drive. Wish I had scavenged the 4X500 and 4X250 stages!

      George
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      Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 5:53 AM
      Subject: [450] FW: [VHF] US Based 4 Meter Beacon 

        Anyone see this?

        I wonder if we could hear this....

        4 meters has always fascinated me.....and the 706 can
        do it....

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          From    : Les Rayburn[mailto:les at highnoonfilm.com]
          Sent    : 5/4/2010 12:51:29 PM
          To      : vhfcontesting at contesting.com;

        vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu

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          Subject : FW: [VHF] US Based 4 Meter Beacon

        >Of interest to VHF Men-

        time to turn your rotators in the coming weeks ahead
        ... this taken from the 4
        meters website

        At 1200 UTC today Brian, WA1ZMS, has commissioned a
        new beacon with the
        callsign WE9XFT from Virginia in USA, FM07FM. The
        beacon operates on 70.005
        MHz and is GPS locked. Callsign and a short message
        is sent continuously in CW
        at 18 WPM/90 LPM. It is a radio science beacon for
        E-Skip propagation
        purposes. ERP is 3 kW from a 3 el. Yagi at 600, i.e.
        Europe, and at 1280 mASL.
        The beacon is scheduled to run 24 hours a day until
        September 1st unless there
        are technical issues precluding that. The beacon is
        non-amateur and sadly no
        2-way QSOs can take place.

        Please send any and all reception reports via e-mail
        to Brian, WA1ZMS:
        his_call at att. net.

        cheers david
        http://band1tvdx.  blogspot. com/
        http://uk.groups.  yahoo.com/ group/pmsdr/
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