{"id":10680,"date":"2014-03-30T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2014\/03\/30\/first-contact-with-herring-aid-5-and-tuna-tin-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T04:55:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T18:55:35","slug":"first-contact-with-herring-aid-5-and-tuna-tin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2014\/03\/30\/first-contact-with-herring-aid-5-and-tuna-tin-2\/","title":{"rendered":"First Contact with Herring Aid 5 AND Tuna Tin 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ah, it was a good morning in the N2CQR shack! Last week I ran into fellow ham David Cowhig at work. I was regaling him with tales of Herring Aid and Tuna Tin derring-do. Oh the stations I had heard with the receiver! And the stations that I’d worked with the transmitter! Then David asked the question: “Yea, but have you worked anybody with the receiver paired up with the transmitter?” Uh, no. Not yet. <\/strong><\/div>\n
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Well this morning I took care of that. 7040 kc. 1115 UTC. W4ELP was calling CQ. He wasn’t too strong, and I wasn’t sure if we were on the same side of zero beat (that’s what happens with direct conversion — you get all the sigs in two places on the dial) but I took a shot at it. And he heard me! <\/strong><\/div>\n
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Here’s the icing on the cake: This was his SECOND QSO with my Tuna Tin 2! Ed had been contact #4 when I was running the TT2 with the Drake 2B. After exchanging reports he asked “Bill ARE YOU STILL ON THE TUNA TIN?” <\/strong><\/div>\n
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The rig (TX AND RX) is pictured above. Close-up of the receiver appears below. And below that is a picture of Ed, W4ELP, in his Georgia shack. Note the HW-8. <\/strong><\/div>\n
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Thanks Ed! Thanks David! <\/strong><\/div>\n
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