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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Ken Kuzenski AC4RD atsign mindspring dotsign com
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All disclaimers apply, see? www.duke.edu/~kuzen001

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.