During CQ WW CW, I was operating (well, just pushing F1 and scanning
the band) 10M at K1TTT after catching up on sleep from being on 80M
most of the night. I heard K1KI running Europe on 10M. I couldn't
hear any of the stations. I was amazed at the run he was
having. Then Dave pointed out that it was his second harmonic (and I
should get more sleep). Since I was also pointed south for SA Qs, I
was pointed right at K1KI and was listening to his 20M run.
At 12/7/2008 11:36 PM, Stan Stockton wrote:
>The 2nd harmonic thing is very real. In years past I have
>personally heard some of the big guys on 160M as loud as S8 on the
>meter exactly double their TX frequency on 160M. You go down to
>160M and find them 40-50 over S9. Haven't listened lately but sure
>if you had listened between 3600 and 3690 this past weekend you
>would have heard a lot of CW that was fundamentally on 160M.
>
>Direct e-mails between a friend of mine and one who had a very stong
>2nd harmonic indicated some work would be done to further reduce the
>attenuation and no doubt it has been done by now.
>
>An humerous example of a second harmonic situation that some may
>remember...I think it was perhaps the last ARRL DX Contest when a
>ZF2 had a HUGE pileup on 40M, answering almost no one. When he did
>go back to someone, you could not hear the guy he was working He
>was spotted on packet, I think was working single band 80M, and was
>S9 on 40M in Arkansas. Easy multiplier we thought.... It was by
>far the largest pileup on the band and he was calling CQ on 80M with
>few takers since it was late in the contest and he had worked almost
>everyone on that band.
>
>Stan, K5GO
>
>---- Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net> wrote:
> > Ha!
> >
> > Kudos & 2 points to your Dad!
> >
> > 73
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of KI9A@aol.com
> > Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 4:46 PM
> > To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> > Cc: smc@w9smc.com
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] I've heard it all now!
> >
> >
> > Last night, my Dad, AD9P, was on 75 SSB checking out his new Pro3 on phone,
> > and got into a ragchew with a, umm, pigfarmer ( yeah, not a "real"
> > pigfarmer..), and when he was about to sign with him, he told the guy he
> > was going to
> > QSY to 160 and make some contest Q's.
> >
> > The "pigfarmer" then went off on my Dad about how all of the contesters
> > were
> > QRMing 75 SSB with their 2nd harmonics..So, my pops proceeded to tell him
> > needs to invest in a new radio, because his was obviously defective.
> >
> > I can be struck by lightning now. I have heard everything...2nd
> > harmonics..hehe. Wow.
> >
> > 73- Chuck KI9A
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