Joe, Quite an accomplishment that you got to feel proud of, especially with low power and the antennas you have. 73, N2TK, Tony
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:09 PM To: [email protected]; Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/0 > I have thought for many years that it would be a great feature if a > radio club could set up a super station and offer remote access to its > apartment-bound members. I keep hearing this - and the "HOA limitation" - as justification for remote operation. As far as I'm concerned both just don't "pass the smell test." We moved to Florida just over 13 years ago ... since we've been here the only antennas I've had are a Cushcraft R5 and a low wire (80/40 trap dipole or Windom no higher than 12 meters above ground). I call the antenna system the "HOA special". I do not have 240 volts in the shack and do not run an amplifier - highest power has been 200W from FT-1000D or Mark V but it's been 100W since the K3 replaced all of the Yaesu gear. While we've been here I made DXCC Honor Roll mixed (one away on CW) and over this past weekend I received the last of the confirmations for WAS on seven bands (I'm still chasing four relatively populous states on 12 meters). I ran some reports against my log for the time being and find the following in one sunspot cycle worth of part-time operation: > *confirmed* (cards/Lotw) totals for current countries: > > Confirmed DXCC Challenge total (Phone, CW, RTTY, excludes deleted countries) > bands 1815 > > Confirmed DXCC Countries (excludes deleted countries) > mixed 311 > phone 199 > cw 298 > rtty 263 > 160m 060 > 80m 116 > 40m 184 > 30m 261 > 20m 234 > 17m 280 > 15m 193 > 12m 246 > 10m 178 > 6m 063 The relatively low phone count reflects my dislike of that mode and the DXCC Challenge total is about 500 less than my "all time" number since there are quite a few common "old ones" that I have not bothered to work again on 160/80/40/15/10 since they were already confirmed - and I lack a real antenna on 160. Admittedly, I am not in an apartment but I would suggest a similar antenna system on the roof of an apartment or other antenna limited space situation would provide similar results. admittedly these antennas and power level do not make me first in a pile-up and it takes some effort to get thought in some cases but the lack of big antennas is not a severe limitation unless one wants to compete with the likes of K3LR/KC1XX/W3LPL/K1TTT/etc. in CQWW or be first in every pile-up. While I understand the desire "to be loud", even modest antennas and 100W are a big change compared to fewer than 140 QSOs in the prior 14 years! 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 1/16/2012 2:21 PM, Alan Bloom wrote: > On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 14:11 -0500, N2TK, Tony wrote: > >> Maybe even a remote club where several hams can enjoy the remote >> antennas? I can picture a home station involving just a laptop and >> low power KX3 tied into nice unmanned hilltop station. >> Maybe multiple rigs on the hilltop with amps, multi-antennas? > > I have thought for many years that it would be a great feature if a > radio club could set up a super station and offer remote access to its > apartment-bound members. There was no Internet back when I was first > thinking of this so I envisioned microwave links between the > apartments and the station at the top of a nearby mountain. But with > the Internet it is now much easier. > > And now with the K3/0 it is even easier still. > > Alan N1AL > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
