One of the really great things about ham radio is that each
person can find their own place in the hobby. However, I did get
a good illustration of why so many people are using the digital
modes, particularly the FTx modes.
I operated in CW WW SSB over the weekend from New Hampshire. I
operated QRP because the radio I had was a barefoot KX3. The
only band I could be heard on was 20M where I was using a
homebrew 2 element wire beam about 18 feet above the ground. In
about 9 hours of operation, I managed to eke out 13 QSOs, 11 to
EU and 2 to NA. The good news is that there were 2 ATNO DXCCs.
The next day I decided that I really should complete at least
one QSO with VP6R before they went QRT. After trying for 15-20
minutes, and flipping the beam so it was pointed away from EU
instead of to EU, I managed an FT8 Fox/Hound QSO on 20M sending
a -14 and receiving a -12 report. This QSO certainly wouldn't
have happened on SSB, and probably not on CW either.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 10/29/19 at 10:20 AM, [email protected] (Bob Gibson
via Elecraft) wrote:
This is what I love about Ham Radio with a wire and on
CW..Great story! I'll never will use any digital modes and the
K3 is my last radio..at 76 and on a fixed income like so many
of us are..the K3 will be with me in the pine box along with my
Begali..No room for a PC..
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