All of this talk about CQing with 5 watts reminded me on one of my most
incredible contest experiences.
It was one of the SCCC Field Days using the call N6NB/6 up on a mountain
top somewhere south of Thousand Oaks. I think it was around 1980. I
wasn't there for the whole event, but arrived at midnight to opreate for
six hours. They were running in the 5 watt battery category - with a
monobander on a crank-up tower (pictures can be seen on Wayne's web site
at http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/woverbeck/fieldday.htm).
During this six hour period, I think I worked over 530 stations - all
calling CQ. I worked for a few hours on SSB and then QSY'd to CW.
The most amazing feeling was being able to open up a hole in the middle
of the 20 meter band by CQing. I almost never can do this - even with a
KW. Conditions were just perfect and obviously the station played well.
I looked around for the hidden amplifier - but never did find anything.
73 Tree N6TR
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