Re: [Elecraft] 160 meter contest also going on -- LOTS of activity

2017-12-06 Thread John Seboldt K0JD
On a whim, I did about 2 hours of the contest with my KX3 at 5w and the 43ft vertical with 60' sloping top wire. I've worked a few on cw and FT8 on 160, but I did surprisingly well with 39 contacts, and got two WAS states (IL and VT) to boot! At least I was heard by SOMEBODY! John K0JD On

Re: [Elecraft] 160 meter contest also going on -- LOTS of activity

2017-12-03 Thread Wes Stewart
Another typo:  The TX antenna on receive... On 12/3/2017 1:53 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: Even using the RX antenna on receive I hear better than I get out.  I need to QRO. __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] 160 meter contest also going on -- LOTS of activity

2017-12-03 Thread Al Lorona
You were quite loud here. You should have been calling CQ. Al W6LX Even using the RX antenna on receive I hear better than I get out. I need to QRO. Wes N7WS __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] 160 meter contest also going on -- LOTS of activity

2017-12-03 Thread Wes Stewart
Let me try this again, I tried to correct a typo and hit send instead. With 500W and an inverted-L with a too sparse radial field I managed to work two EUs, F and EA, new ones for me on 160. I heard OH and SM too but getting past the "gentlemen" on the east coast isn't in the cards.  I worked

Re: [Elecraft] 160 meter contest also going on -- LOTS of activity

2017-12-03 Thread Wes Stewart
With 500W and an inverted-L with a too sparce On 12/3/2017 12:51 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 12/3/2017 4:21 AM, Mike VE3YF wrote: Maybe just me, but I have yet to hear or see HI, again they elude me on 160CW With 1500W and very good antennas, I worked one KH6, one VK, 3 RA0, 19 JA, and nothing

Re: [Elecraft] 160 meter contest also going on -- LOTS of activity

2017-12-03 Thread Jim Brown
On 12/3/2017 4:21 AM, Mike VE3YF wrote: Maybe just me, but I have yet to hear or see HI, again they elude me on 160CW With 1500W and very good antennas, I worked one KH6, one VK, 3 RA0, 19 JA, and nothing else anywhere in AS or OC. Thanks to contest scoring rules, participants can only work

Re: [Elecraft] 160 meter contest also going on -- LOTS of activity

2017-12-03 Thread Tom Parish
Yep had a blast this weekend with 160! It was very busy. Tom KB5RF On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > The ARRL 160 m contest is in full swing. See: > >http://www.arrl.org/160-meter > > Sounds like Field Day on the band right now, at least in the CW

Re: [Elecraft] 160 meter contest also going on -- LOTS of activity

2017-12-03 Thread Mike VE3YF
Wayne: Maybe just me, but I have yet to hear or see HI, again they elude me on 160CW -- *73 De Mike* *VE3YF _/http://www.ve3yf.com/_* __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] 160 meter contest also going on -- LOTS of activity

2017-12-02 Thread Wayne Burdick
The ARRL 160 m contest is in full swing. See: http://www.arrl.org/160-meter Sounds like Field Day on the band right now, at least in the CW segment. Give it a listen. 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: