On behalf of the staff: You're welcome :) Wayne N6KR
On Jan 25, 2012, at 7:21 PM, stan levandowski wrote: > ...so late last night after patiently wading through the humongous > pileup on 20M for HK0NA, I finally manage to work the DXpedition. But > the band was in lousy shape, the flutter was signaling an imminent > reversal of fortune and, as luck would have it, I was not *really > sure* > he'd gotten my callsign correct. In cases such as this, my personal > policy is to not even log the QSO -- If I can't feel 'good' about a > QSO > I'd rather ignore it. Call me old-fashioned -- there's always the > hope > that *tomorrow* brings. Hey, it's only a hobby! > > So along comes *tomorrow* -- I take the dog out and then sit down > for an > early morning check of the bands. On 20M, I hear an S8 signal calling > "CQ" and it's HK0NA begging for contacts! A quick call with 5 watts > from my K2 into my 44' attic doublet and the result is a solid QSO! > > So then I tune up the band and there's VP6T working a pileup at > least as > wide as HK0NA. No way am I going to play this game! Maybe another > time. > > So I head up to 15 meters to check out the conditions. There, on > 21.035, I find VP6T calling "CQ" over and over with no takers!! > > Then my XYL turns on the dishwasher! Noise level jumps to S6. The K2 > Noise Blanker is nowhere near as good as the K3's digital noise > blanker > and noise reduction programming. > > Off goes the K2; up comes the K3. Darn near total silence!! By now > VP6T has attracted some attention, but not much. I send my call once > and he comes back! > > HK0NA (Malpelo) and VP6T (Pitcairn Island) all in the same morning > on 5 > watts and a 44' wire in the attic (and CW of course). > > Thank you, Elecraft, for producing the kind of gear that gives the QRP > community a more level playing field. > > P.S. -- Kudos to VP6T for rapid LOTW updates - QSO at 10 a.m EST; LOTW > confirmation 5 hours later!!!!!!!!!! > > 73, Stan WB2LQF > KX1 #2411 K1#2994 K2# 6980 K3#5244 KX3 (on order) K9 > #1 > (Cocoa the Chihuahua) > Everything is QRP, even the dog. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
