Amateur Radio Station K6JEB

I recently bought this amp from a ham on EBay.  He didn’t have any more info on it than ‘it works’.  I would at least like to know what the typical RF output is (it has a pair of 6LQ6’s).  I’ve not received it yet else I would have more hints.  Let me know if you have a manual or a schematic:

UPDATE (March 26, 2011) – This amp is a 100watt Amplifier.  The one I received is in fine shape and will be used with care and enthusiasm.

OK, that was cool, and easy.  Using UISS by ON6MU, I was able to receive packets from the International Space Station for a few days on 145.825MHz.  This evening I was able to connect to the RS0ISS-11 packet BBS (and was quickly reminded it was for the CREW only [oops, sorry, QLF]).  Nonetheless, it was a valid round-trip QSO to and from the International Space Station.

Gear used:

I was using my Yaesu FT-857D at 50watts into a diagonally-oriented J-pole.  LOL.  This particular pass’s max elevation was 18 degrees.  This is so much easier than even trying to work the LEOs with voice!

Here’s a screen shot of the happenings:

This evening I downloaded and installed the WSPR 2.21 r2286 beta Joe had released a while ago. Setup of the new feature couldn’t be easier. I’m running it on Windows 7 64-bit connected to my Yaesu FT-857D switched to my Butternut HF9V, 5watts.

I set the transmit percentage at 20% except for the 160m band where I am listening only (I have a great antenna for 160m but I can’t use it to transmit on the other bands) and 6m where I have it set to 50%.

Already in the course of half an hour I’ve picked-up quite a few stations. As it goes to each band, I select my usual frequency in the audio bandpass. I think coordinated hopping is really a great feature. Running that with a multi-band SDR would be really cool.

72/73!
Jack, K6JEB

Here’s one hour so far, WAHOO:

0422 -3 -0.1 3.594009 0 N7YET DN35 37
0426 -2 -0.1 7.040169 0 N7YET DN35 37
0440 5 -1.3 1.838033 0 NN6RF CM87 33
0442 -8 2.0 3.594086 0 WC7EOC CN85 43
0442 3 0.0 3.594162 0 KC6KGE DM05 37
0446 -28 -0.3 7.040108 -1 VE6PDQ DO34 37
0500 4 -1.2 1.838033 0 NN6RF CM87 33
0500 -10 0.6 1.838120 0 N7YET DN35 37
0502 -2 1.7 3.594087 0 WC7EOC CN85 43
0502 -26 -0.4 3.594155 0 K1JT FN20 37
0506 -15 -0.2 7.040167 0 VE6OG DO33 37
0506 2 0.2 7.040186 -1 KC6KGE DM05 37
0508 -11 -1.4 10.140190 0 KC6KGE DM05 37
0520 5 -0.8 1.838058 0 W7IUV DN07 40
0520 -26 -0.1 1.838107 0 KB5NJD EM12 40
0522 -6 0.1 3.594008 0 N7YET DN35 37