What do you use to tell you the distance between grids? Gary KA1J
> OK Jim... worked nothing over 877 miles but will keep improving the antenna > system until I work you and Herb down in the islands. I'm living on a big > rock > here and it's granite, not copper. > > Sounds like you are doing pretty well for QRP power. Keep it up, and see you > at Dayton in May. > > 73, > > Jim / W1FMR. > > > > --- On Sun, 10/21/12, James Rodenkirch <rodenkirch_...@msn.com> wrote: > > > From: James Rodenkirch <rodenkirch_...@msn.com> > Subject: RE: Topband: Thrashing around in the Stew > To: "Jim F. W1FMR" <j_fit...@yahoo.com>, topband@contesting.com > Date: Sunday, October 21, 2012, 5:30 PM > > > > > > > Wish I woulda heard ya., Jim - would have been nice to have you in my log. > > Ended up with 80 Qs with one KL7 and three KH6s in the mix. Longest stateside > Q was either a fella in PA or a fella in NC (can't remember which). Heard > FM5CD Saturday evening but he wasn't hearing my peanut whistle as all I heard > him replying to was east coast stations. > > Condx were the pits here as well - rolling noise, growling noise - made my > ears hurt! > > Congrats on getting your "stealth antenna" put up and taken down with no > "LEOs" all over ya! > > Hope to work ya someday! 72, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV > > > > > > Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:37:32 -0700 > > From: j_fit...@yahoo.com > > To: topband@contesting.com > > Subject: Topband: Thrashing around in the Stew > > > > Friday afternoon was spent putting 140' of wire in the trees but > > was not able to spend time operating until Saturday evening. > > > > Thought there was no one on the band until accidentally tuning > > up a ways and there they were. Couldn't get beyond 900 miles > > (needing many repeats) and about midnight decided to try an above > > ground radial hoping for a boost, but no luck but did not get > > arrested for crashing around in the woods at midnight either. > > > > Even tried hastilly winding a choke balun around 1 am, but it only hung up > > the keyer with RF feedback which forced me to quit N1MM and lose the > > dupe sheet. Still no luck, but 160m is sure a fun band. Had a few hours > > sleep then shortly after daybreak made a few more then reeled in the > > raised radial before someone in the condo complex walked into it. > > > > Thanks to all who dug my 5 watts out of the noise and > > especially those who tried and tried but couldn't. Maybe I will figure out > > how to get this FCP assembled and up before too long. My #1 goal is to > > work Herb, KV4FZ from this location as he always has a good signal. > > > > Nice to have worked K2AV and W0UCE - my FCP heroes last night ! > > > > 73, > > > > Jim / W1FMR > > > > > > > > > > couldn't > > _______________________________________________ > > Remember the PreStew coming on October 20th. http://www.kkn.net/stew for > > more info. > _______________________________________________ > Remember the PreStew coming on October 20th. http://www.kkn.net/stew for > more info. > _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com