Yes we were running about that rate on cw up here in Oregon. 4A 5w on our KX3s. Some of the visiting new hams had never seen real cw with a paddle (!) in action. We had 3 antennas-ZL special,2 element 40m wire beam and a rhombic switchable open/closed loop for either 20 or 80. They were all strung on a 550 ‘catenary ‘ line at about 75 feet between pine trees. I love holding a frequency with 5W :). And-no interference between the KX3s-not so the other brands that occasionally showed up. Call W7LT
Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com [email protected] > On Jun 25, 2019, at 08:28, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Meanwhile, some CW stations were running contacts at a rate of several per > minute. With no automation :) > > Wayne > N6KR > > >> On Jun 25, 2019, at 8:25 AM, Carl Jón Denbow <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Peter, >> >> I am curious how you got FT8 to do the proper FD exchange? I read a post >> where some hams were discussing this and it sounded very difficult and >> complex, so I decided against trying it. One guy actually had two FT8 >> programs running simultaneously, with one connected to HRD, which somehow >> enabled him to do the proper exchange. His description made absolutely no >> sense to me, so though I’m an experienced FT8 op, I decided to forgo FT8 for >> this FD. I’m curious how you accomplished this feat! >> >> 73, >> >> Carl >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> =========================== >> Carl Jón Denbow, N8VZ >> 17 Coventry Lane >> Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 >> >> [email protected] >> www.n8vz.com >> EM89wh >> >> IRLP 4533 Echolink 116070 >> >> PSK and JT65 Forever! >> =========================== >> >>> On Jun 25, 2019, at 9:37 AM, Peter West <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> When our club’s plans for FD fell through at the last minute I set up 1B >>> with my trusty KX-2 with a Bioenno battery and two internal KX2 battery >>> pacs on my back porch. Got a Par 40-20-10 end-fed up about 40’ in a >>> north-south orientation only to find band conditions here were pretty bad >>> here in the north with QRN, QSB and faint signals at best. So switched to >>> FT-8. I was forced to run QRP (which isn’t an issue as I am primarily a QRP >>> contester anyway) as anything over 5 watts caused the rig to overheat to >>> the point of automatically reducing power to 5 watts. Had WSJT, JT Alerts >>> and even N1MM all cooperating and auto logging so all I had to do was stop >>> reading the newspaper and occasionally glance over to the computer to see >>> if I had worked anybody since the last time I clicked on a callsign. Then I >>> started to notice my setup wasn’t completing a lot of calls which I had >>> initiated. I started to pay more attention to the screen and discovered >>> that it appeared to me that my signal was getting swamped out by QRO (100 >>> watts or more on FD) signals which I couldn’t readily detect. At a >>> suggestion from the FT8 FB group switched on the hold-my-transmit-frequency >>> button. On CW my rates aren’t much different from QRP to 100 watts as I’m >>> only 2 S-units down and aggressive operating skills can compensate for a >>> lot of differences in power and I can deal with QRM I can hear and see. Not >>> so on FT-8. I am rebuilding my contest station and only have the end-fed >>> and an HF-2 vertical up right now and know that better results on QRP are >>> largely antenna and location dependent (oh to live on a saltwater marsh). >>> Running FT8 with the KX-2 on FD was an education and I’ve got to do some >>> thinking about how to improve my chances if I decide to try this again. All >>> in all great fun with some learning but can’t wait for more future >>> propagation. Maybe I should by the Elecraft amp LOL. >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
