Hi Dave,
Their good ears were due to good ops, using K3S with its clean TX noise and
excellent RX, and of course our amps helped them on TX. :-)
Congrats on the Q's!
73,
Eric
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On 7/6/2018 5:34 PM, David Olean wrote:
I would echo the comments about the Baker/ Howland Island DXpedition and
Elecraft. I am only on two HF bands: 160 and 10 meters. I figured that ten
meters was a stretch, but that 160 meter CW was possible from Maine with a
little luck. I was away from my shack for most of the operating period, but
managed to get home on July 3rd and set my clock alarm for 4AM on July 4th for
about the last chance to work them. When I got on and listened at 0800 UT I
heard nothing. No KH1 and no callers either. I parked on 1822.5 and set my TX
up 1 kHz. I heard static crashes and white noise for about an hour. No signals
heard at all!! I was all set to give up, and was reading an article on the
web, when, all of a sudden, KH7Z popped out of the noise, weak but fairly
audible calling CQ and UP. I was startled by how fast they peaked up from
nothing and called them once. Imagine my surprise when they answered my first
call. (Someone had really good ears!) I could not believe it and called them
again. This time I was sure they heard my call and we completed the contact.
I just sat there in awe contemplating the fact that I had them in my log
within one minute after they first appeared out of the noise on 160 meters.
The contact took place right at sunrise. I suspect that the KPA-1500 was
working overtime on 160 M. Thanks Elecraft for the support of the operation,
and thanks for making such a nice receiver that is the K3! I used diversity
reception with two beverages. The TX antenna is a single vertical. All I can
say is WOW!
Dave K1WHS
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