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11 meter is very quiet?

Been hearing a lot of activity on the radio but been in full swing of summer tear down and winter prep. But I did take the time to open the KL-203 P and spray the switches with contact cleaner because I gotta get it ready for my 2 Hr. road trip this week so it is a reinstall tomorrow. And the trees keep getting bare !
 
did get a few dx moments on 22 then 31 then avoided 33 to 40.went 1 click above n hit scotland. later on 27.48500 lsb got several west coast contacs as the usual bunch of us were at the gathering of the minds
 
Finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Got my new workbench completed, and started putting things back in order. Gonna try to get back on the air later today. 37LSB.

- J.J. 399
glad you got it reset up. more so that you n family survived. maybe someday we might connect on the air.
operator bob in southwest mo, the weakest station in the nation
 
glad you got it reset up. more so that you n family survived. maybe someday we might connect on the air.
operator bob in southwest mo, the weakest station in the nation
Thanks Bob -
Appreciate the kind words. It felt good to finally fire up the old Cobra again. I know we'll hook up soon.
73 my friend.
- J.J. 399
 
Conditions were really good this evening, so good that it was a giant pileup from 35 to 40 and even in between channels. I'd call cq and so many answered that i couldn't single anyone out.....didn't stay on long because it was too much but still sank in a few contacts before shutting down.
 
I hooked my station up, but when I keyed up, my amp's relay chattered. I thought the ssb delay cap had failed. Opened up the amp and it checked good. Looked over the delay circuit, and found a bad solder joint from the common pole on the am/ssb switch to the main board. The amp sometimes gets hot as hell when I get to ratchet-jawing. I think this weakened the joint since the amp has been running perfect for many months. Resoldered and working 100% again.

J.J. 399

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I hooked my station up, but when I keyed up, my amp's relay chattered. I thought the ssb delay cap had failed. Opened up the amp and it checked good. Looked over the delay circuit, and found a bad solder joint from the common pole on the am/ssb switch to the main board. The amp sometimes gets hot as hell when I get to ratchet-jawing. I think this weakened the joint since the amp has been running perfect for many months. Resoldered and working 100% again.

J.J. 399

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stitch in time
radio is fine
 

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