Wayne, How high is that antenna?
73 Gary KJ7RT Sent from my iPad On Apr 17, 2012, at 13:08, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ron, > > If an SSB station is strong, it's likely they'll hear you with lower > power. Consider an S-9 SSB signal with low band noise, from a station > running 100 W. If you're running 10 W, you'll probably be somewhere > between S-7 and S-8 at their end. A good antenna at either end helps > both stations. > > My favorite SSB band for local purposes is 40 m, and for DX, 17 m, 15 > m, and 10 m. I routinely use a K3 or KX3 at 10 to 12 W on SSB. > > The antenna I use most often is a 50' random wire, fed roughly in the > middle with 300-ohm twinlead, an Elecraft BL2 balun in the shack, and > a short piece of coax to the rig. I then use the ATU in the rig to > match this antenna on 160-6 meters. Despite this modest antenna, my > SSB results have been excellent. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > On Apr 17, 2012, at 12:43 PM, ron wrote: > >> >> I realize many here are in the QRO group as evident by K3 mail (smile) >> but here's to hoping there are some QRP'ers in the mix. >> >> Can you share your experiences using QRP SSB. Whether they be rag >> chewing, contesting or working a net. Do you use a speech processor or >> specific mikes. Things like that. >> >> I wud like to know of any specific freqs, nets groups or websites >> dedicated to this faucet of our hobby that you may also share. >> >> (I am aware of QRP Amateur Radio Club International and their listed >> SSB >> freqs) >> >> Thank you for sharing, >> >> you may also reply direct so as to keep the list uncluttered .... >> >> 72 >> Ron, wb1hga >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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
