. QST . number of reports camefrom North Carolina groups, whose principalcomplaint was that stations they should havebeen able to work in Virginia and farther northdidnt turn their beams around to the south oftenenough. Checking a contest of this magnitude is notdone in an idle hour; it will be some time beforethe final results are known. But one thing is sure: One of the more popular items of gear described in QST in the past year was the One-Package 2-MeterStation by Vk IVLH, in the April, 1954, issue. These pictures show an adaptation of the design by \^ 2NGN, whj^followed the origin
. QST . number of reports camefrom North Carolina groups, whose principalcomplaint was that stations they should havebeen able to work in Virginia and farther northdidnt turn their beams around to the south oftenenough. Checking a contest of this magnitude is notdone in an idle hour; it will be some time beforethe final results are known. But one thing is sure: One of the more popular items of gear described in QST in the past year was the One-Package 2-MeterStation by Vk IVLH, in the April, 1954, issue. These pictures show an adaptation of the design by \^ 2NGN, whj^followed the original closely circuitwise but modified the la>(iut tn fit a murr riinimonly-availalili- The 8th Sweepstakes provided a week endof competition that will not soon be forgotten. Here and There on the Bands More on tlie Sejjt. IStli fireball: In December QST,page 08, \vc reiiorted strange doings on 144 Mc. thatappeared to tie in with the appearance of a fireball in westernskies tlie night of Sept. 18th. At that time we knew that\V0TJF had heard W5VWU, and that several New had heard unidentified DX, apparently reflectedfrom the region around the fiery visitor. In response to ourrequest for information on any other reception of this sort,\V0VEC, Lincoln, Nebr., sends us the following: At about 2130 CST, W0VEC heard a station on 144Mc. say, —SO GA \V?FAG DE W7VMP. Undoubtedly,the station being worked was W5FAG. At 2143, W5VWUwas heard by W0VEC and called, following reception of hisCQ. The signal had risen to a peak of S8 to 9, in a series ofbouncing fades, and it faded out in the same way. Theentire period of reception was about 30 seconds.
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