At 8:43 PM -0400 7/30/06, Peter Dougherty wrote:
At 07:03 PM 07/30/2006, you wrote:
Maybe. I have a Hy-Gain DB-1217 at 60' on 17, my favorite band, an
Explorer-14 at 50', plus an AL 1500 behind it. I worked The
Montenegro easiest on 40 CW with 100W to a rotatable dipole, and I
can barely just copy my call and get a reply back on CW.
I'm really surprised at that. I have a Force 12 2/2/1 (5.5 dBd on
both bands and rot. dipole on 30), fed with an AL-1200. I can
usually slam through anything in under 4 or 5 calls here in NJ. Took
5 calls to Swains on 17 last night. I'm running a C31XR at 70' or so
for 10-15-20, and even on 20, I'm usually able to get in in under
1/2 an hour. Are you in a valley or something?
Methinks Peter misunderstands. My poor CW skills make it quite a
challenge to work anything in that mode, although I can usually make
out "N2ERN" at just about any speed. I can pretty much do whatever I
need to do from my NJ QTH on top of the Watchungs, esp. on 17. I
rarely put the amp on for any CW attempts because I'm just terrible
at copying it. No excuses or complaints about my station here. But I
still need BS7H, P5 and Swains. I heartily recommend the Hy-Gain
DB-1217, though. It's one heluva piece of aluminum!!
N2ERN
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