Hi Fred,
When I started DXing in about 1962, Solar Cycle 19 was quite weak and reached its minimum in 1964, the year I made the #1 USA low power score in the ARRL CW DX Contest using my 20 meter Happy Accident Ground Plane and a variety of other wire antennas suspended from that same maple tree in an urban area in the city of Providence, RI http://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Images/Educational/The%20Sun%20and%20Solar%20Activity/Solar%20Cycle/Solar%20Cycle%2019.png My antennas are a little better now... https://www.qrz.com/db/W3LPL 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Jensen" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 7:33:11 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] EFHW In the 1960's, you could work the world with 20 watts to a window screen. Peak of Cycle 19 was in the front half of the 60's. [:-) 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 2/13/2017 9:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I used a 20 meter "Happy Accident Ground Plane" mounted 50 feet > > up in a maple tree for many years when I was in Rhode Island during > the 1960s and worked the world with it. > > 73 > Frank > W3LPL > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
