Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:58:50 +0100, Rico wrote:
VP6DX is on air!

Worked (with QRP!) on both 20 and 15 during the DX Contest.

sigh I've been inactive the last couple of years--and the last few
months I've been in a tiny temporary apartment 500 miles from home and
room to string wires. And VP6 is active. sigh

I'll finally get around to setting up a low-power PSK31 station in my
apartment--just in time for the end of the current 11-year cycle,
probably. sigh

--AC4RD, inactive


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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:35:38 +0000, kuzen001 wrote:
sigh I've been inactive the last couple of years--and the last few
months I've been in a tiny temporary apartment 500 miles from home and
room to string wires. And VP6 is active. sigh

Someone in a deed-restricted neighborhood said they worked VP6DX (on 80
meters!) with a Hamstick mobile antenna. Come to think of it, I worked
them from the mobile on 17m last week as well. If you can come up with a
radio and a few feet of wire, I'd bet you can work them.

Doug Smith W9WI wrote:

Someone in a deed-restricted neighborhood said they worked VP6DX (on 80
meters!) with a Hamstick mobile antenna. Come to think of it, I worked
them from the mobile on 17m last week as well. If you can come up with a
radio and a few feet of wire, I'd bet you can work them.

Doug, I came to Kentucky for what I thought might just be a few months,
and chose not to bring much stuff. And it's routine for me to put down
one hobby and pick up a different one for anywhere from 3 to 18 months;
most of the time I've been here I've been playing with cameras (and
learning linux on my laptop) instead of playing with the radios.

Lately I've thought a few times that a small power supply and my 706, plus
a hamstick out the window, might give me some fun on PSK31 ... next time
I'm back in NC I may grab a bit of radio gear.

Back about 5 years ago I did a bunch of mobiling, when I first got that
706. Did some on 20 meters, had a lot of fun, bought a Hamstick for 15
meters. I put it on the car, and my first contact was French Polynesia
(FO) for a new country. :-) Man, THAT was a thrill!

Now that i think about it, I bagged a handful of new countries from the
car that summer--Swaziland, Austral Is., and Chagos, that I remember, plus
Fr Poly. :-) Maybe I *do* need to bring some radio gear next trip.
:-)

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Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
Someone in a deed-restricted neighborhood said they worked VP6DX (on 80
meters!) with a Hamstick mobile antenna. Come to think of it, I worked
them from the mobile on 17m last week as well. If you can come up with a
radio and a few feet of wire, I'd bet you can work them.

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I got Tonga (A3RK) & Christmas Is. (T32OU) during the contest using an
end-fed random-length wire (shaped in a rectangle) inside my studio apt,
but couldn't get VP6DX, who was coming in 599 on both 40 and 15 meters.
Unfortunately, I was working QRP & everybody & their brother were trying
for him, probably drowning out my sig. I'll see if I can get him later
this week.
--
MGFoster:::mgf00 at earthlink decimal-point net
Oakland, CA (USA)
KI6OFN

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MGFoster wrote:
I got Tonga (A3RK) & Christmas Is. (T32OU) during the contest using an
end-fed random-length wire (shaped in a rectangle) inside my studio apt,
... I was working QRP ...

long low whistle of admiration

Good work OM! Congratulations!

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wrote:
MGFoster wrote:
I got Tonga (A3RK) & Christmas Is. (T32OU) during the contest using an
end-fed random-length wire (shaped in a rectangle) inside my studio apt,
... I was working QRP ...

long low whistle of admiration

Good work OM! Congratulations!

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Thanks. I'll be realistic and assume the ops had a good set of "ears"
(aka antennas), and were eager hunters. A35RK came right back to my 1st
call like it was a day in the park. Of course he was operating "way up
there" (21.053MHz) and not down amongst the noisy fray. I got T32OU 3
mins after the start of the contest and A35RK 32 mins before the end.
Both stations were putting out 100W and came in 5x5 on 15 meters. I
guess ya gotta get in early and stay late to get the pretty stuff G.

Cheers,
--
MGFoster:::mgf00 at earthlink decimal-point net
Oakland, CA (USA)
KI6OFN

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On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:26:35 -0800, MGFoster wrote:
I got Tonga (A3RK) & Christmas Is. (T32OU) during the contest using an
end-fed random-length wire (shaped in a rectangle) inside my studio apt,
but couldn't get VP6DX, who was coming in 599 on both 40 and 15 meters.
Unfortunately, I was working QRP & everybody & their brother were trying
for him, probably drowning out my sig. I'll see if I can get him later
this week.

Shoot, I missed Tonga...

I did work VP6DX on 15 meters - and I was running QRP. Pretty big antenna
though. They've been loud enough (and on frequently enough) that I'm sure
you'll have plenty of opportunities.

As of when I left for work yesterday, I still needed them on 160, 80, and
40.

Landed them on 40 on the way home from work. (yes, from the mobile. I
work second shift so this was around 0700 UTC +/-.)

Got home & found them on the bottom of 80. Had just turned on the amp to
give 'em a call - phone rang. Server upgrade that worked when I left had
gone bad. Had to turn around & go back in. Figured that was the end of
my shot at working them yesterday on 80.

Guess not. Stuck the 80m resonator on the car on the way home. Found 'em
on 3503 working up 3. Took about 10 minutes of calling - but they heard
me. Worked on 80 from the mobile.

I don't have a 160 resonator, so had to wait until I got home to try
there. On 160, the problem was QRN. HORRIBLE on this end - severe storms
about 250km south of here in Alabama - and from what I hear it wasn't any
better on their end. And, my amp doesn't work on 160 so was limited to
100 watts.

Got 'em anyway.

Still need 30 and 10 meters. Heard them on 10 during the DX Contest but
was a QRP entry & that wasn't enough "soup" to make a QSO.