Gene, FB on the setup. I heard and worked a few Europeans, to include CS2C; he got my #1. But, there just didn't seem like there were that many stations total on 80, and I quit at 0300.
Yep. There was a lot of noise here in Maryland on the band. But, what's a little noise in a contest? I'm running a K3s at 100 Watts. The antenna is an inverted L fed at the center, about 55' up a tree. The other half slopes down to about 40 feet. Each leg is 61' long, and I use ladder line to feed it. It works great with no ground on 80-30 meters. But, if there are few stations on, the score will not be great. I'm watching 80 now and will stay on until I fully run out of steam. 73, Barry K3NDM Sent from XFINITY Connect Mobile App -----Original Message----- From: n...@comcast.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net,k3...@comcast.net Cc: Sent: 2017-05-27 2:08:57 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX CW contest going on right now, through tomorrow; lots of great DX! Lots of lightning static here in Northern IL on 80 last night. I did hear several EU stations on cqing though, but they never heard me. CS2C was really loud. I' am running Qrp SB on 80m (K3s). My antenna is a 40/80 short Dipole made by Hy-Power Antenna company. The Apex is only 35 sloping down to 15' at the ends. I'll be on again tonight Barry. Maybe we will make a QSO. Worked a lot of 3's last night! Hopefully static crashes will be less, but doubtful. Looks like another storm system just out to my SW heading in just in time for night hours :( 73 Gene, N9TF > > On May 27, 2017 at 11:13 AM Barry <k3...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Wayne, > I've been running 80 only with my center fed inverted L. I've > managed to worked some of Europe and South America as well as the usual > US and Canadians. However, the population of contesters on 80 appears to > be much lower than on 40 and 20. And, that's unfortunate as 80 seems to > be open also. > > > 73, > Barry > K3NDM > > > - > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com