On Jul 2, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Barry LaZar wrote:
Well, yes sort of. We operated 2A with KX3s and a K3 for 6 meters.
We worked everything we could hear; there were a few that just
weren't listening. The issue is radiating what you have to the max.
We ran beams and a pair of unterminated half rhombics. Most of our
antennas were fed with open wire as we had some really long runs. I
expect that our ERP exceeded many 100 Watt stations operating in the
xA category. The rest is just good operating, and that takes
practice. The more you practice the better you'll be at it. However,
I make only one real recommendation. Run CW or PSK31 during Field
Day if you operate QRP. You can end up being more than competitive
this way. That's my opinion and I don't care what the QRO guys say.:-D
73,
Barry
K3NDM
And, I would submit that on Field Day, you can run QSOs faster on CW
than phone. I heard many an SSB station, spending more time saying
their callsign and making an exchange than a lot of CW ops.
For example... a station that is running a frequency, finishes with a
station sending: TU QRZ. I send my call: K2ULR. He responds with
K2ULR 3A SFL (acknowledging me and sending his part of the
exchange). I send 1B EPA. He finishes with TU FD DE W4xyz.. or
QRZ. The entire exchange takes quite a bit less time that a voice
contact... with all it's phonetics. The CW QSO is in the log in about
10 to 15 seconds.
And yes... CW seems to get out better. PSK31 is fine, but still think
the full exchange goes faster in CW. And, I'm not a "CW" guy!
73 de Ray
K2ULR
KX3 #211
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