Congrats Ron. Well done. Indeed it's those unexpected ones that are really exciting.
Let's hope Raoul can log more NA over the coming weeks. Steve ve6wz > On Oct 14, 2025, at 10:19 AM, Ron Spencer via Topband > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was monitoring the on4kst chat pages and Raoul, ZS1C, came on around 3:30Z > or so saying he was CQing on 1835. I am out in NM with a very small set up. > 160 antenna is a top loaded wire hung from an approx 43' fiberglass push up > pole. Receive in ZS direction is a very low beverage averaging about 3 to 4 > inches off the ground. Unterminated and about 350' long. So far, FAR from a > superstation. Perhaps a bit above average. > > > > As I listened and Raoul's sunrise approached I heard, I think, some CW. A bit > later (a minute or so) I am hearing letters and then ZS1C. > > > > With my set up I was AMAZED, and still am, that I was hearing him. Now, will > he hear me with that short tramsmit antenna? Indeed he does! I'm running > around a kw with a SPE 1.3k amp and the radio is a K3. > > > > After some back and forths (LOTS of QRN) we complete the Q!! > > > > As Steve, VE6WZ, posted earlier, the thrill is, at least for me, much greater > than when working someone using ft8. With cw the brain has to do all the > processing piecing the bits together to make sense of it. > > > > Perhaps this is why I still enjoy the hobby! Raoul, thanks for your patience > and for getting on! > > > > Ron N4XD > > > Sent using https://www.zoho.com/mail/ > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
