Frank Jones lives! See if you can work Mike on Monday. Let us know if you do!
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Bill,
I’m scheduled to tour the Civilian Conservation Corps. Camp at Bear Brook State Park here in NH on Monday. This is the largest totally intact camp in the country.
I will be activating POTA with the 1930s portable Station. The POTA CCC Camp event is scheduled for Monday around 2:30 ET (if I get everything setup after the camp tour). Primary 7057 kHz Sec 7054 kHz.
The station is an internal battery powered, push-pull Jones Oscillator Transmitter at around 3 Watts out, and a two-tube regenerative receiver that is a period ham artifact. So, four type 30 battery tubes in total.
The antenna is a single wire feed Windom with suspended counterpoise so basically an Off Center Fed Hertz (OCFH).
Between the weather, running the station, logging, and doing camera work, and of course, MURPHY – this should be nuts.
1930s Regen with Transmitter – Fully Self-Contained Portable. Note Charger that is attached to top off the internal battery on transmitter. I did not buy the proscribed 25 9V Batteries and make a TX HV pack up! I used a DC-DC converter and a LiPO drone battery! The Receiver is 100% Dry Cells However.
73’s Mike WU2D
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More info here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Pdprx0ItY
And many other great videos on Mike’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MIKROWAVE1
I listen and have went back several times years. Not a big builder hands shake too much. I admit I am not. A big reader. Hoping you don’t quit. I really enjoy Pete’s stuff.
On October 21 I saw that the WU2D signal was being registered on the Reverse Beacon Network at 7.054 MHz and he was getting out to about 200 miles or so for 90 minutes. I did not notice any Spots listed for him on the POTA website during that time but I now see he submitted a log with 7 contacts, so congrats to Mike for his first POTA Activation attempt! I hope he operates on 20M next time so he can reach down here to Florida and make more contacts…