As there are only one or two days left before the KH1 crew packs up and leaves Baker Island, I thought I’d post this in hopes that other antenna-restricted hams don’t think they have no shot. I live in a CC&R / HOA “no ham antenna” neighborhood. However, I DO have several stealthy wire antennas strung through the trees in our yard. My 60-6 meter antenna is an 88 foot long doublet, about 45 feet high, fed with 110 feet of home brew 600 ohm ladder line. I also have a Hustler 5BTV ground mounted that I use for diversity receive. My primary station is a K3 / P3 combo, 100 Watts max.
I had tried working the DX-petition on several evenings, usually on 20 or 40 meter CW. The pileups were horrendous. I knew I was duking it out with guys running mega antennas and a LOT more power than me, so I didn’t have much hope after the first few evenings. Usually went to bed with a headache and frustration. Last night was different. After an evening of TV with the XYL, I thought I’d give it another try. Listened on 20 and I could hear them, but just barely at the noise level; not loud enough to try calling. So I jumped up to 30 meters. Wow - the KH1 station was great copy at close to S7! And the pileup was once again monumental. Well, using the P3 I found a nice “hole” where it seemed like there were no other signals. Took about 15-20 minutes and.... bingo: W6JHB 599 K. Yes! In the log for an ATNO! My hats off to the great ops at KH1/KH7ZZ and to the Elecraft developers for the fine rig. Having the K3 and the diversity receive capability certainly helped offset having to use crummy antennas and “low” power. If I could work ‘em, so can you! Yeah, I know - being on the west coast helps! :-) Jim Bennett / W6JHB Folsom, CA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
