To borrow from an old quip: any fool can work DX with a kilowatt amp and a big
antenna. It takes talent to do it with LPCA (Low Power, Crummy Antenna.)
73, Al
On Tue July 3 2012 10:14:40 am Nathan Moreschi wrote:
> While big antennas and high power are nice, you do not need them to be a
> successful DXer. I know of several people on the Honor Roll or close to it
> who have got there with 100 watts and simple wires. One person comes to
> mind who used almost all dipoles. His band totals are very high and he has
> over 100 countries on 160 with a low dipole and 100 watts.
>
> Another huge ingredient is operator skill. Timing, understanding
> propagation, where to call in a pile-up and patience all fall into the
> skill category. In many cases, a good operator with a small station will
> break the pile-up before the less skilled operator with a big station will.
>
> My fear is that when people read they need big antennas and lots of power
> to be a successful DXer is that they will give up too soon.
>
> 73,
>
> Nate/N4YDU
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