Hi Ken:
CONGRATULATIONS PAL! Nice catch.
And yes... I guess the power lines out to Ducie must be 'very clean'
indeed... heheh!
Tom
At 03:09 02/21/2008, Ken K3IU wrote:
After reading Tom's (N0SS) email yesterday morning, I became
motivated to try and snag Ducie Is. on 160m. My antenna is an 85 ft
doublet CF with window line up abt 32 feet on one end and 20 feet on
the other. I've never had much success on 160, but I tied the 2 legs
of the feedline together, connected it to one side of the balun, and
ran a short piece of wire from the other balun connection about 8
feet over to my outside ground rod, and fired up the K3. It's a
cold morning here (abt 20F), and between my furnace running and
normal atmospheric noise, all I heard was noise. When the furnace
stopped, WOW! There he was. He was listening "Down 3" so I set up
VFO B, split, and fired away. Got him... second try (0856Z). I am
amazed. Those guys are GOOD! It must be awfully quiet out there in
the middle of the Pacific.
Wheeee, Indeed! Try it... it might work for you, too.
73,
Ken K3IU
Portsmouth, RI
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