Volt in the Philippines who loved to work Novices on 40 meters was
DU7SV. I didn't work him until I had upgraded, but it was still a
thrill. When have I heard any station in the Philippines ragchewing on
40M? 83, John, K4BAI
On 9/17/2025 2:54 PM, kq2m@kq2m.com wrote:
Why only 1 watt? Unfortunately I did not do a very good job of
building it and it did not work properly until after it was fixed by
Heathkit months later. Maybe that is one of the reasons why I do not
like QRP? LOL!
73
Bob, KQ2M
On 2025-09-17 11:01, John Geiger wrote:
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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