Hello to all, I have read this very important threat, and yes everyone can use the power what he think that he needed, and this in accordance with his licence. I have a ON3 call sign what's mean that I can send on the HF bands (without the 10 meter band) and this with a maximum of 10 Watt, yes, only 10 Watt and in a few weeks we become the permission to use to the 10 meter band.
As I have my licence I was thinking of what can I do with my only 10 Watt on the HF bands, then the most HAMs talk from a minimum of 100 Watt to ..,.. Kw. So my first impression was no DX for me, and with a little bit of help maybe EU-DXing hi Also I buy the ICOM IC-703 and the MixWRigexpert and as antenna I had from my SWL time the GPA-30, my Coax cable is 30 meters long and "RG58" and the antenna is about 6 metres above the ground and my QTH is still in a forest with many trees higher than my antenna. My location about 35 metres above the sea level. Also al connected and now try to make my first steps on the HF bands in DIGI-mode on 15 Sep 2005, in BPSK31 and my first contact ever was with Europ. Russia and later there are following more and more DXCC countries and at the moment I have made 2101 QSO's in several DIGI modes and others and at the moment I have worked 115 DXCC's and 6 (six) continents. And this isn't all: I have also to won the UBA CW Contest and was the first EU station in the PSKfest contest, and again yes only with low power. And a I don't know more wish contest its was, I heard in a Pile-up a station from Tuvalu and again with my 10 Watt but now in phone (SSB) I called that station and after three times that station gives me a report of 58. I think that this was a UFB DX or? What I will say with my, I hope little story, is that you don't need more power between the 10 to 50 watt to make DX'ing. I will buy me a new and better coaxial cable in the future and build me a HF Dipole antenna going from 160 metres till the 10 Metres, and maybe I become more DXCC's hi.. Hope to work you all some days on the HF bands and in DIGI modes with a minimum of power . Best 73 and a lot of DIGI DXing. De Pat ON3AD PS: sorry for my bad English, I never learn it into the school, I have learned with help of lexicons and online translaters. --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Johnne Ables" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I mentioned in a previous post (For which I was adequately > chastised off-group) I am interested in utilizing the new digital > modes. I am interested in a new TenTec rig. Is the 20 watt Argonaut > 516 adequate or would the Jupiter be a better choice? The Orion is > not in my 'blue-collar budget'. > > Anyone with TenTec digital experience around? > > Thanks! > > 73 DE W1YB Johnne > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
