Nick-WA5BDU wrote: > I've been turning on 160 the first thing in the morning for a couple > weeks, ever since putting elevated radials under my inverted L, and > hearing nothing but noise and a couple U.S. super stations calling CQ > DX. Did I mention there was a wasp on the window outside my room yesterday? > > So this morning the cluster reported that he was on 1.826.5 and > eventually I was able to barely hear him. Using every trick in the K3's > tool box including APF, I could finally make him out sending his call, > but he was ESP level. I put in my call a few times without much hope of > working him. After one last time, I decided to go cook some oatmeal and > maybe check again in 30 minutes, so I pushed the TX standby switch on > the rig as I always do when I walk away from it. I don't want the cats > working DX with my call. > > Just as I was pulling the phones off, I heard: DU? So I mashed the TX > standby switch for the eternity of one-half second it takes to go back > to active. While doing this, I felt a tiny breeze on the back of my > hand -- that red wasp was attempting a landing. I heard the beep and > moved my hand to the paddle, the wasp landed on the K3's display, and I > sent 'WA5BDU' a couple times. He came back 'WA5BDU 5NN' and naturally > he was 5NN too. New 160M country in the log and another thing to be > thankful for. > > 73- > > Nick, WA5BDU > >
WOW! A DX wasp! 73 and congrats, Roger ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
