Congratulations! This is an outstanding accomplishment - not only sticking with QRP, but also with modest wire antennas. A great example to the rest of us and some of the newcomers thinking that all is lost if you don't have at least 100W and a tribander.
Now, do you give any insights on how this was achieved? Working contests, odd hours, simply lots of time on the air, using announcements of DXpeditions, clusters, studying propagation, etc.? 73 - Kristinn, TF3KX Mike K8CN wrote: > > Although this will come as no surprise to many readers of this forum, it > is possible at the very trough of the sunspot cycle to persist and even > prosper in QRP mode: > > K2/10, #5569, was placed in service on 29 August 2007, and has always been > operated at 5 W or less. > QRP DXCC achieved 22 May 2008 thanks to 5B/LZ2HM. > Antennas used: 20 meter attic dipole; 135 foot doublet, ladder line fed, > at 50 feet. > Longest path: VK3XU, near Melbourne, at approximately 10,527 miles (> 2000 > miles/watt; 40 meter grey line!) > > I offer this as encouragement to those who occasionally lament the dearth > of sunspots and opt for QRO! > > Cheers, and a spot of bubbly to all, > > Mike, K8CN > Durham, NH > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K2%3A-A-small-milestone%21-tp17416782p17503003.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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
