Good job, Chris. If you do this well at the bottom of the solar cycle, think what you'll be able to do when things are better. 73, Bob N6WG
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Kantarjiev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:28 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Re: ARRL CW DX > 112 Qs to 55 countries, using my K2 at 5W to a vertical and dipole. > EU was a complete washout - I heard lots of stations but couldn't > work any, either day. But I got all the other official continents, > plus Antarctica! VP6DX on 20/17/15/10 (but they're "easy" from the > left coast), several new entity contacts (including PZ5WW, DC4 and > DP0GVN) and many new band-entity contacts. > > In the last two hours, the JAs showed up on 20 and I was breaking > pileups with 5W to the dipole. That was good fun. Made up for > the frustrating hours getting nowhere on 80m during the middle of the > night. > > I'm always learning new ways to run my K2 better. This weekend's > lesson was the ATT key. I had been using PRE on 20 and 15, and > happened to click through ATT/PRE on 40. The band was noisy, so > PRE was a big mistake, but ATT seemed to quiet the noise and make > the signals "pop" - even though they were very quiet signals. Not > at all what I expected, but something I'll play with in the future. > > 73 de chris K6DBG > _______________________________________________ > 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
