Although there are several DXpedition cards on my wall, this was really
my first somewhat serious attempt at working a DXpedition. The antenna;
a 256 ft center fed wire as an inverted V at 50 ft, with a balanced feed
line all the way from the feed point to the operating desk where it
terminates into a 1:1 Balun Designs 1171t current balun. Then using a
CMC {Common Mode Choke} from The Wireman, model 8232, to connect the
balun to the Tentec 238 tuner. The radio........is an Elecraft K3S.
While I don't consider my station anything but modest, I did work the
Baker Island group on 20M {CW & SSB}, 17M {CW & FT-8} & 15M {FT-8}.
All in all, a fun experience and most enjoyable experience thanks
largely to the folks at and from Elecraft. And thanks to the excellent
operators at the KH1/KH7Z site. Nice work fellows.
Now......looking forward to another one and seeing the confirmations on
LOTW.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 7/5/2018 11:59 AM, ab2tc wrote:
Hi,
I have a similar experience. Tried several times the first few days and got
frustrated. Then last night I figured I'd try one last time before they pack
up. Lo and behold, shortly before midnight EDT they started coming out of
the fog at 14210 with a fixed QSX of 14225. So I started calling and after
about an hour they came back to AB2... One more update to the call and and a
response and I was done with an ATNO! Just 100W and a G5RV here. No HOA or
antenna restrictions here but there are too many trees to put up a tower. I
have several resonant dipoles and a delta loop for 20m but the G5RV is
almost always better.
AB2TC - Knut
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