When I got home from work yesterday I installed some supports for the open wire feedline to keep it off the ground (short 4-ft T-posts with a 5-ft PVC sleeve). I splieced in the feedline (did not have time to solder it - thats today). The 240 ft doublet is fed into the BL2 and then to the K3. The tuner had no problem tuning it on all bands, 160-6M. I proceeded to work VP6DX on 30 CW and RTTY and also got them on 160. I had one radio set to get them on 40 SSB and the other on 80 CW, But for 3 straight hours it was EU ONLY. Needless to say there was frustration! But was glad to get them on 160.
------------------------- 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 K3#0009 On Thu Feb 21 6:38 , Tom Hammond sent: >Hi Ken: > >CONGRATULATIONS PAL! Nice catch. > >And yes... I guess the power lines out to Ducie must be 'very clean' >indeed... heheh! > >Tom > >At 03:09 02/21/2008, Ken K3IU wrote: > >>After reading Tom's (N0SS) email yesterday morning, I became >>motivated to try and snag Ducie Is. on 160m. My antenna is an 85 ft >>doublet CF with window line up abt 32 feet on one end and 20 feet on >>the other. I've never had much success on 160, but I tied the 2 legs >>of the feedline together, connected it to one side of the balun, and >>ran a short piece of wire from the other balun connection about 8 >>feet over to my outside ground rod, and fired up the K3. It's a >>cold morning here (abt 20F), and between my furnace running and >>normal atmospheric noise, all I heard was noise. When the furnace >>stopped, WOW! There he was. He was listening "Down 3" so I set up >>VFO B, split, and fired away. Got him... second try (0856Z). I am >>amazed. Those guys are GOOD! It must be awfully quiet out there in >>the middle of the Pacific. >> >>Wheeee, Indeed! Try it... it might work for you, too. >> >>73, >>Ken K3IU >>Portsmouth, RI >>_______________________________________________ >>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 _______________________________________________ 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
