Phil, you were 59+20 into LA this morning off the South side of your beam. Gonna try you QRP one of these weeks. Maybe a wire in the trees from Mt. Baldy. 😃
Sent by Apple iPad3 magic! > On Feb 7, 2015, at 4:56 PM, Phil Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > > The weekly SSB net meets on Sunday at 1800Z at 14.3035 MHz. I will be the NCS > from western OR. > > There has been some traffic lately about difficulty hearing my signal and > getting into the net. Here are the particulars. The majority of the calls > for check-ins is by me. I am in the NW corner of the continental US and > point my antenna generally east. My QTH isn’t ideal, but it isn’t terrible > either. I sit in a valley covered with 125 to 150’ Douglas-fir trees, and my > take off to the east is into a forested upslope. On the other hand, I don’t > have nearby neighbors and therefore have a reasonably low noise level. That, > coupled with the excellent K3 means I can hear most anyone who can put out a > modest signal. This includes many QRP stations from the eastern time zone. > My antenna is a two element cubical quad at 75’. The K3 drives a KPA500 at > 500 plus watts. > > We use a number of relay stations. These are typically in southern CA, CO, > TX, GA and the northeast US. Others help out when they hear stations that > nobody else hears. We also call for QRP only stations. The bottom line is > that we pick up most everyone. This often includes ZL1PWD off the back of > our antennas! > > So, if you can’t hear me, listen for the other relays. If you can’t hear any > of the relay stations or me, use that as motivation for some antenna work > this spring. > > 73, > Phil, NS7P > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
