Personal records are the best! Everything else is just gravy ;o)
73, Julius Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 --- On Mon, 3/2/09, Joe Planisky (via Nabble) <ml-user+44805-271310...@n2.nabble.com> wrote: > From: Joe Planisky (via Nabble) <ml-user+44805-271310...@n2.nabble.com> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 QRPp > To: "Julius Fazekas n2wn" <phriend...@yahoo.com> > Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 11:05 AM > For anyone considering trying QRP(p) operation, don't be > put off by > tales of super antennas. Yes, a good antenna always helps, > and if you > have an unusually good setup, by all means take advantage > of it. But > surprising results can be had with strictly average setups. > This > weekend, I achieved a new personal best miles-per-watt > record (Oregon > to Ohio, about 21510 miles/watt) with my K3 on 30m at 100mW > using my > Butternut HF6V antenna (ground mounted with 16 short > radials.) I know > that's nowhere near any real records, but for casual > QRP-ing that > involved nothing more than turning the power knob down, it > was a kick. > > 73 > -- > Joe KB8AP > > > > On Mar 2, 2009, at 6:59 AM, Julius Fazekas n2wn wrote: > > > > > Propagation was pretty darn good too... > > > > worked a Mn station running 5 watts who was 30 over in > Tn. > > > > Folks were telling me I was pegging the needle running > 100 watts. > > Really > > wasn't expecting those lind of comments, nor the > DX worked either. > > > > QRP is surprisingly effective on 160 with a decent > antenna, and > > sometimes > > without... > > > > 72, > > Julius > > n2wn > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > ______________________________________ > > This email is a reply to your post @ > http://n2.nabble.com/K3-QRPp-tp2399720p2409984.html > You can reply by email or by visting the link above. ----- Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-QRPp-tp2399720p2410736.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
