Worked JH1WIX on 15m for my first Japan. That was on 15m with 100 watts,
though. Why was your HW16 limited to 1 watt? That was the first rig I ever
used also, at our junior high club station.
73 John AF5CC
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On 9/17/25 8:30 AM, <kq2m@kq2m.com> wrote:
>
> I became a Novice in August 1973. Using an HW-16 running 1 watt out to
> a 40 M dipole at ~ 15' at the bottom of the sunspot cycle, DX was hard
> to come by. But thankfully LU5HFI (K3ZO) and JH1WIX frequented the
> Novice bands back then and gave many Novices their first DX qso's. They
> often had pileups, but persistence and learning the timing of how and
> when to call eventually paid off with qso's with both of them.
>
> It was only 2 months after I worked Fred, LU5HFI, when I read in a NY
> Times article that he had been shot and badly wounded while in
> Argentina. Quite a shock for a 12 year old kid.
>
> RIP my friends. Thank you for your kindness and your qso's.
>
> 73
>
> Bob, KQ2M
>
>
> On 2025-09-16 20:23, W7TMT - Patrick wrote:
> > DX in the Novice bands? I’ll bet many of you have DS7SV in those old
> > logs. He spent massive amounts of time giving Novices their 1st serious
> > DX Q’s. QSL card had a nice green background with his calling in a
> > white/cream script font across the face. Great and very patient op.
> >
> > Those were the days.
> >
> > 73
> > Patrick, W7TMT
> >
>
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