I fired up the KX1 at a park near San Jose, California
last night for the Spartan Sprint. Lots of fun -
Worked 15 states with a total of about 40 QSOs on 20M
and 40M. All corners of the country on 2W. Antenna
was a 27' wire hanging vertically from a tree, and I
had a 16' and 23' counterpoise.
Then, as I was about to pack up, I heard a station
around 14.058 calling CQ FISTS. Callsign was ZL2SWR
with a solid signal! I called back and worked Stan in
Greytown, New Zealand on the first try. We had
several exchanges for about 10 minutes with Q5 copy.
Incredible!
6725 miles on 2W and a 27' wire in a tree! I tuned
over to 14.100 and listened for the beacons. Sure
enough, I could copy all four tones from Hawaii and
New Zealand. 100 mW from ZL! After tuning around, I
heard many calls from Russia and then later from
Eastern Europe.
If you're looking for a new country or distance record
on your KX1, try tonight around 0300 to 0500 UTC.
73,
Mike N9OHW
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