Anyone else have to look up ATNO? LOL Even funnier, Google found it - the questions was asked on eHam 5 years ago. Came up near the top of the search <grin>
73 de K1AY Chris On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 1:00 PM ab2tc <[email protected]> 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 > > > Elecraft mailing list wrote > > 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: > > > [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] > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] -- Life is like Linux - it never stands still. ______________________________________________________________ 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]
