Noticed what sounded like a below average number of stations on the air last night. BUT heard a couple dozen Euros on from 2200z-0000z which was a pleasant surprise. However, it was very tough to mak
Not so many Euros into Ohio in the same 2200-0200z time frame. But as the evening wore one , a few more were heard, but still tough sledding to work them. Many QRZ's and my partial call heard but the
Sunday morning to EU: 0600-0700z put 13 euros in the log during RUN mode. But with just 10 hrs OTA I didnt get a good snapshot of what other times EU was coming through. K9YC-Jim: thanks for pulling
Those are motivating numbers! You must have been might tired to fall asleep with so many callers. :) I started on 160 but only worked a couple of Caribbean stations. Nothing copied from EU so I migra
Thanks for the qsos on 10 and 30m cw. Sounds like your having a lot more fun than the guys at Bouvet! :) Got up at 0900z Monday morn(today) looking for you on 160 cw but didnt hear a thing. The only
I avoided the traps and tuning struggles by erecting separate 1/4 wave INV-L's ( one for 160m and one for 80m.). Then drove one 8 ft ground rod into this midwest farm soil ( moderate conductivity) an
I looked for George for the 3rd straight day on 160, but no copy. However there he was on 3527.5 at 1107z, with a very nice 579 sig and I quickly put him in the log. Well after my sunrise hr in Ohio
Got started in 1956 as a novice using a mil surplus straight key (J-47 if I recall correctly - its around here someplace. ) Then as a general got a Lightning Bug for Christmas and used that for 2-3 d
I stepped up to a keyer from my Lightning Bug in the early 90s' but could never get the hang of both. My fist kept wanting to do the bug thing. And so I found a keyer exceedingly frustrating and sold
Been using a SAL 30 with good success but would like more Euro QSOs in the 160m contests. I dont have enough room for a 600'+ Beverage. Alas my yard is a 200'x700' rectangle running E-W, with the hou
Been working on NVIS antennas for the OHQP this Sat but had a major malfunction just when all antennas seemed ready to go. Then last night we had 2" of rain from a series of thunderstorms with high Q
Tnx for the many replies on NVIS. My last qth had a 95 ft tall Buckeye tree. On a lark I stealthily shot a 135' wire over top ( sort of an inverted J) and had a ball on 160m in the contests . Modest
on 3523.1 khz. started out Q4 but around 0900z built up to a solid 579 and armchair copy on my 52 ft vertical leg 80m INV-L ( essentially a qtr wave vert) but as it is still lawn mowing season, it wa
Frank: VO1HP is an old time call in my logbooks. Just looked through my computer log and see contacts on 160-80-40-20-6 meters since 2015. But I bet there are many more in the old paper logs going ba
Hello George. Hope you can fit it into your Pacific Adventures. PS Was that you who said "Hello Bob" during the CQWW on 10m ssb this past weekend? Dont recall the call sign. Took me by surprise.... B
George, your quite the physical specimen! Good luck getting set up. Will be listening an hour before Ohio sunrise...... 1100z.-1200z Also, FWIW, 10m had a huge BY opening last night around 0000z. Saw
George, you built up out of the noise to a nice 579 at around 1130z and remained strong til our sunrise at c. 1200z. You faded out by 1210z. Heard an impressive pile up of callers between 1 to 3 khz
I heard you this morning between 1145 and 1200z ( in and out.) but a big improvement over the past two nights when there was no copy. The K was down to 2 and might be down to 1 by morning. Hope so si
You are a hardy man!. I remember the "cold finger syndrom" working on my Heights 56' tilt-over tower back in the 70s-80s-90s. Alas deed restrictions at our penultimate house forced me to sell the tow
Am enjoying comments from DXers about real world/160m/marginal copy, and can only imagine the challenges faced. My kudos to you for making the valiant effort! One obvious but simple check an op can d