Last evening I was in my backyard on 40m with my KX1 that I just built 12
days ago. I was using a car battery so I had 3.1 watt output. Had a lots
of trouble making a contact.
I thought maybe I had gotten water in the coax of my temporary
post-hurricane 18 ft high
inverted vee in the back yard. Or, maybe all US hams were watching the
presidential debates.
I had a brief contact with KI4CKT in Kentucky (probably 700 miles) and
received a 449 report.
A llittle more tuning around and I came across RV6YZ/6. He was 589 here in
southeast Florida.
At 01:30z, after I put in about a dozen calls, operator Al gave me a 459
report. ! ! !
I probably deserved a 339 as it took many tries for him to confirm my
callsign.
I do not know where RV6 is, but I figure it is at least 2000 miles per watt.
Where / how do I apply ?
73 de WB9JTK in Delray Beach, Florida
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