On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:51:46 -0700 (PDT), ussv dharma wrote: >Gosh, I wish there were cw activity out here in KH6 land...I listen every >day and at different times
Don't just sit there listening, call CQ. 20, 30 and 40 are all great CW bands, and it's pretty easy to rig a simple antenna that will put out a decent signal. The club I was a member of in Chicago holds an annual QRP night, where everyone brings a rig and rigs their own antenna somehow. The last time I attended one of these sessions before I moved, I rigged a simple vertical by taping #22 wire to a DK7SQ fiberglass pole, and ran a couple of wires along the ground as a counterpoise. Most of the guys were on 40 and 20, and my K2 tore them up, even with only 5W, so I went to 30M. I made a half dozen QSOs in an hour or so, including a guy in the Carribean with a pileup. >From KH6, you should be able to work into Asia,VK/ZL, and W6/W7/VE7 with a rig like that with no problem at all. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
