11 meter is very quiet?

[AmericanEagle575]

That is what I was thinking, but I'm no expert. Does it mean the cycle will end sooner also ?

That's what I'm wondering also?? Good question............

 

[Rwb]

or is it going to be a cycle where its noise and overload

 

[whiteastro]

or is it going to be a cycle where its noise and overload

It looked that way yesterday !

 

[BC Coyote]

Of course there will be noise and overload! That's what happens when conditions are very good on a band with zero regulation. Things were much better back in the day for the simple reason that very few people ran more than a couple of hundred watts (except on 6 of course). Now every Tom Dick and Harry has a couple kilowatts and splatters up and down the band. It's too bad, because when 11 meters is propagating you really don't need more than 100 watts to talk worldwide. All those ridiculously overpowered stations with their splatterboxes are what is creating all the noise and overload. If everybody went back to 100 watts max there would be much less noise and splatter and folks would be able to talk much further much more easily.

 

[ForestRunner98]

While driving to work a station on ch6 was giving reports to another guy while adjusting his power…..he went from 20kw up to 30kw back down to 20kw.

I have my RF gain backed about 20% and he was slamming the meter!!! He sounded good too!!

 

[BC Coyote]

And people wonder why there's a lot of noise on the band. Good Grief !

 

[whiteastro]

Must be a lot of operators in Texas because I seem to hear a lot from Texas and made contact with Dallas today with my mobile running a little KL-203 P. Think I have to do the Drill the Hole Mod in my McKinley mic hopefully to make it more punchy. I did the mod in my first McKinley but lost that mic when I sent it in for repairs. When I opened this mic up it looked a little different than the first one I had so I Chickened Out. Back to the Drawing Board ! LOL

 

[Eldorado828]

Well gentlemen, I'm happy as a tornado in a trailer park!

I just worked stations all over the country and did it all with the little 797 kl203 combo. Who'd of thought!

I spent a couple of evenings doing some work on this radio and got the frequency dead nuts, bias corrected and audio sounding bodacious and to know it actually does the work is a good feeling. I was gonna part with this one but now it's got a permanent home.

Off topic and I'm sorry but I got excited.

Heck of dx contact's this evening, lots of compliments for the signal strength and audio so it's a great day in the world of DX!

 

[lonestarbandit]

Well gentlemen, I'm happy as a tornado in a trailer park!

I just worked stations all over the country and did it all with the little 797 kl203 combo. Who'd of thought!

I spent a couple of evenings doing some work on this radio and got the frequency dead nuts, bias corrected and audio sounding bodacious and to know it actually does the work is a good feeling. I was gonna part with this one but now it's got a permanent home.

Off topic and I'm sorry but I got excited.

Heck of dx contact's this evening, lots of compliments for the signal strength and audio so it's a great day in the world of DX!

That 1st 100 is always the biggest boost!
It's always satisfying to get something done right eh?

 

[lonestarbandit]

I did love my KL 203P before I thoughtlessly exploded it by forgetting to turn my input power down coming off sideband to AM. BIG pop lots of stink.
Great amp though. Not its fault. Operator error lol. Just bought a KL- 60 = 1/2 KL203 as was gonna use it as driver off the turned down TRC-457 but was still too hot for input on the 4x in my own opinion so it's in the closet. Trying to go easy on the box. I don't remember what the builder said I could input but it is NOT a high drive. (50-70 DK out of 4x2879 and swing the rest) Eventually might add it to the truck. Still a big fan of their little FET boxes.

 

[Brother DXer]

I did love my KL 203P before I thoughtlessly exploded it by forgetting to turn my input power down coming off sideband to AM. BIG pop lots of stink.
Great amp though. Not its fault. Operator error lol. Just bought a KL- 60 = 1/2 KL203 as was gonna use it as driver off the turned down TRC-457 but was still too hot for input on the 4x in my own opinion so it's in the closet. Trying to go easy on the box. I don't remember what the builder said I could input but it is NOT a high drive. (50-70 DK out of 4x2879 and swing the rest) Eventually might add it to the truck. Still a big fan of their little FET boxes.

Oh man. I know that sucks.

 

[lonestarbandit]

Oh man. I know that sucks.

Nothing but love for those KL203s. Dollar per watt and very little space or power consumption needed. Fantastic little devils. Think I received, used and exploded my last one before I even got a pic lol. It was the KL203P in black. Many years ago I had an original red one. Loved it too till I sold off all my stuff back then.

 

[unit_399]

I did love my KL 203P before I thoughtlessly exploded it by forgetting to turn my input power down coming off sideband to AM. BIG pop lots of stink.
Great amp though. Not its fault. Operator error lol. Just bought a KL- 60 = 1/2 KL203 as was gonna use it as driver off the turned down TRC-457 but was still too hot for input on the 4x in my own opinion so it's in the closet. Trying to go easy on the box. I don't remember what the builder said I could input but it is NOT a high drive. (50-70 DK out of 4x2879 and swing the rest) Eventually might add it to the truck. Still a big fan of their little FET boxes.

Sorry, mi Amigo. You've had nothing but trouble lately. Hope things will get better.

- 399 J.J.

 

[lonestarbandit]

Sorry, mi Amigo. You've had nothing but trouble lately. Hope things will get better.

- 399 J.J.

Oh no JJ, this was a while ago my friend. Nothing recent. The KL 60 I bought then decided against using was recent.

 

[Rwb]

if my ratshack was lower power ,my 203 would be in my pickup