All, Last weekend in VK we had the 'shires' contest and on 15M I was delighted to work a QRP operator in Illinois who said he was using 5W and a dipole at 25ft.
His signal report was a genuine 55....of course I was using my K-Line...:-) Gary On 18 June 2011 09:56, Brendan Minish <[email protected]> wrote: > I have worked some fantastic DX during the bottom of the current cycle, > 30M really shines as does 40m and 160/80m really come alive. > low activity is no show stopper, it's just that the fun is on different > bands. > a 1/4 wave vertical for 30m is possible for most and at greyline times > during periods of low solar activity out performs my log yagi (due to > better low angle takeoff angle) > Don't use low solar activity as an excuse to not operate ;-0 just stay > active and enjoy the hobby, after-all the colder winders will make you > feel less guilty about staying indoors.. > > On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 14:33 -0700, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > As any QRP operator can tell you, the meaning of "DX" changes from day > > to day, and accepting this fact lowers your blood pressure :) Working > > a weak station is a worthy challenge wether they're across the state > > or two hops around the globe. > > > > Wayne > > N6KR > > -- > 73 > Brendan EI6IZ > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!! ______________________________________________________________ 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
