I did hear EA7PP. He was for sure in EU, not in the US.
73 Henk PA5KT Jose Ramon schreef op 12/6/2014 11:28 PM:
Hi all, I have just subscribed to this reflector- A friend of mine told me there was something about EA7PP's operation during this w/e 160m contest. Someone suggested EA7PP uses a remote in the US as his signal was on the RBN outstanding. More than being an offending remark it's a compliment. We spent yesterday the whole evening at EA7PP's contest station setting a modest EWE pointing to US and built in site a receiver protecting device. Set up is very simple, an inverted L up to 18 metres on a fiber glass ple and then about 21 metres horizontal to the tower (23m) . Only 2 tuned elevated radials circling the plot as it is very small. Soil is very conductive and it has been raining a lot during the last couple of weeks. This is a rural area, almost no cellphone network coverage. Internet connection is poor, a 4 miles 2.3 GHz link to a home in town, as the good 5 GHz was damaged during a storm. The contest started last night and I was still soldering wires to the protection boxes while listening to some good East Coast signal. I wrote a message to Pepe to his WhastApp. When he wakes up from his siesta first thing he will ask me is "what the hell is a remote?" Zé Carlos, muito grato pelos elogios, our tiny contest farm works! it's encouraging. 73 Jose, EA7KW _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
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