David I had the same experience but with just 10W and an ~ 1/30th wavelength vertical with no radials I can understand a few repeats being required !
What was fun was the 20 QSO's / 14 states and 1 Canadian province in about an hour total operating time during the contest. Obviously a lot of folks had some good antennas and ears. Next year I will have a much better antenna. Lars ----- Original Message ----- From: "David A. Belsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 9:47 AM Subject: [Elecraft] 160 m contest > Well, it sure was fun to exercise the K2/100 on top band over the > weekend. It was a challenge to get my homemade Italian antenna tuner > (it looks like a plate of spaghetti) to deal with the inductive > reactance of my newly shortened antenna (142" flat top, center fed with > open-wire line), but, after pulling a couple of good-ol' 365pf > multigang broadcast-band variable caps from the junk box, the job was > successfully accomplished. > > And, boy, did it get out. Why, I got 599s from everyone I worked! > Although it was clear that a number of those ops were quite poor with > their code, because they had to ask me several times to repeat my > state, despite my s9 signal strength. That's what happens when you > dust off your cw only every now and again for contests. But I do > realize that receiving an M and an A in rapid succession can be taxing, > even for the best of us. > > Meanwhile, the K2 did work beautifully and the filters were fantastic > at removing the effects of nearby 30-over-9 stations. It's too bad it > takes a contest to get that kind of activity on 160 meters. > > best wishes, > > dave belsley, w1euy > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
