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Arkansas
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April 2002 Get-together |
Missouri
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Oklahoma
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Our first luncheon get-together was held on Saturday, April 20th at Barney's Kitchen in Seneca, Missouri. We had ten QRP'ers, plus two spouses and one son in attendance.
Dennis Foster, KK5PY brought a neat home made portable antenna to show the group. He built it using kite tubing for the mast sections and a very well made adjustable coil wound on a golf tube.
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Dennis Foster, KK5PY is explaining loading coil construction tips to Rex Terry, KC5UVN. |
Rex is showing KK5PY's coil to Ira Barton, KD5AUX. |
Rex Terry, KC5UVN brought a White Mountain 40 meter SSB rig that he built. It included a digital frequency read out and a 10 turn tuning control. Rex did a great job of mounting everything in a nice cabinet.
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Rick Clem,
WØIS enjoying his coffee.
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Larry Sparks,
NØBHU and Dale Staggs, WDØGKC from Carthage, Missouri.
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The record for the greatest distance traveled goes to Rick Clem, WØIS from St. Paul, Minnesota. Actually, Rick was traveling to Texas and dropped in for lunch. Great to meet you Rick! He brought his MFJ 40 meter CW transceiver for show and tell.
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Kelly Ellison, WBØWQS is at the far table while Larry Sparks checks out the G-QRP schematic book. |
Dennis Foster is hooking up his FT-817 while Gene Sailsbury, KCØIKY and Rex Terry looks on. |
Dave Bixler, WØCH brought along an Elecraft K1 and a Wilderness SST for show and tell.
After a great lunch at Barney's, we went up the hill to the city park for some on-the-air fun. Dennis hooked up his FT-817 and demonstrated his portable antennas with a QSO to Oklahoma City on 40 meters SSB. Despite somewhat overcast weather, we had fun!
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On the air from KK5PY/Ø from the Seneca city park. |
That's Joe Porter, WØMQY in the ball cap looking at KK5PY's neat portable setup. |
The next get-together will be Saturday, May 18th at Barney's Kitchen in Seneca, Missouri. See you there!