Yesterday at noon, I checked into the Jefferson Noontime Net. The net control station was in Petaluma, CA, about 400 miles from me. I got a 5X9 with good audio quality report.
Petaluma in case you didn't know was the film location of the movie American Graffiti and is home to the Petaluma Poultry Processors. The PPP used to have a large sign in front of their plant location declaring: We use every part of the chicken except for the "cluck". Despite what you may have heard, chicken blood is not used as a coloring agent in ladies' lipstick.
Spent yesterday doing some clean up and further installations like a safety cage around the open power supply. Below are more photos of the actual build. BTW no one more surprised than me to see my 12GE5 Final Amp design worked.
Top View of the Homebrew Rig
Rig and Power Supply
Open Power Supplies. See later photo.
Separate Band Pass Filters
The liberal use of cable ties.
12GE5 Underside. Note the HB RF Choke 227 Microhenry
22 Turns of #20 on a FT-82-43, AL Value of 470
The two Blue Caps are 1000pF at 20KV
Pre-Driver, Driver plus LM380 Audio Amp
Power Distribution Board
One additional install was the transistor switch to key up the SB-200 Amp. Using the outboard amp (10dB gain) I am thinking maybe 300 watts into the antenna using this outboard amp. This is exciting.
Them that know, really do know!
73's
Pete N6QW