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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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBR7rK9oechKqOuFEgEQJ9nwCfV8aGHbyKXHX4XaQoMjxm5f dyTNsAoNMP uzQjJ2vpA394GYlKhnWlNQ1V =MQPN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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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! _______________________________________________ Ken Kuzenski AC4RD atsign mindspring dotsign com _______________________________________________ All disclaimers apply, see? www.duke.edu/~kuzen001 |
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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. |
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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. |