I ran the beacon monitor Faros by VE3NEA for a few weeks and it was quite amazing how often DX beacons were detected even on the higher HF bands even using my modest antenna. I would have loved to be able to have it running 24/7. It was a real eye-opener. But of course, you can't work beacons...
-- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf On 10/22/07, Ron Polityka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > This past weekend I played around in the WAG Contest, Worked All Germans. > > Just doing a hunt and peck for a total of 2 hours I worked the following on > the bands. > > 40m = 5 Q's > > 20m = 13 Q's > > 15m = 7 Q's > > I used my K2 @ 5 watts. On 15 and 20m I used my tri-band beam at 33 feet. On > 40m I used my ground mounted Butternut HF9V with 120 radials. > > In all the Q's there were only 2 that I had to repeat my SN. > > Last week I worked a station on 20m in Algeria which is in Northern Africa. > Told him I was QRP, 5w, he told me I was a strong 579. > > Just wish more people would check 15 meters and send a CQ. You never know > who will come back to the call. > > 72 and Thanks, > Ron Polityka > WB3AAL > www.wb3aal.com > www.n3epa.org/ > > K1 - SN 01011 > K2 - SN 01392 > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
