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Re: Topband: KP4TE QRP?

To: <herbs@vitelcom.net>, <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: KP4TE QRP?
From: "Kenneth J. Fattmann" <na0y@centurytel.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:12:49 -0600
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Impossible,
. He either has an Eimac Antenna Tuner or a Closet Yagi for an antenna. Five 
watts is five watts.

73 de Ken NA0Y







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: KP4TE QRP?


> Don't know about that Milt...as KP4KE claims he has a home small plot in
> urban Miami and is not on the beach near the Rascal House. I think we
> are all missing something as KP4KE needs to do a show and tell at Dayton
> or Visalia on how to get such a rock crushing signal on 160 with 5 watts
> from a same urban plot in residential Miami that is far stronger than
> other well endowed stations in the same area.  Perhaps he should even
> market the antenna (what else could it be) like the famous Maxcom
> antenna (also from Miami) that gave 1:1 VSWR from 2 to 30 Mhz or even
> the infamous UK "Loopstick".
>
> Where are the marketeers when we need them?
>
> 73,
>
> Herb Schoenbohms
>
>
> On 2/27/2012 10:26 AM, Milt -- N5IA wrote:
>> Herb,
>>
>> Phased verticals on the beach does it every time.  Making use of the
>> psuedo=Brewster Angle enhancement is something for which we folks in the
>> desert do not have the luxury.
>>
>> It is location, location, location!!!!!
>>
>> 73 de Milt, N5IA, one of the ops at NI5T
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Herb Schoenbohm
>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 4:23 AM
>> To: TopBand List
>> Subject: Topband: KP4TE QRP?
>>
>> Topbanders need to find out how KP4TE does it with 5 watts as his signal
>> from Florida was better than all other Florida stations running QRO
>> Alpha's and full sized 1/4 verticals.  He has some sort of magic that we
>> need to find out about!
>>
>>
>> Herb, KV4FZ
>>
>> Call: KP4KE/W4
>> Operator(s): KP4KE
>> Station: KP4KE
>>
>> Class: Single Op*QRP*
>> QTH: FL
>> Operating Time (hrs): 14
>>
>> Summary:
>> Total:  QSOs = 207  State/Prov = 37  Countries = 8  Total Score = 20,250
>>
>> Club: Bavarian Contest Club
>>
>> Comments:
>>
>> Hello! from FL.
>> This year  I was planning to go to PR
>> But after I saw the result of last year contest I decide stay in FL.
>> I work this contest before from Tampa  with  0ne inverted L.
>> This time I have a litter more time and I made 3 antennas
>> 2 for transmit&   receive and a loop for receive.
>> Maybe this is my last contest in 160 CQ .
>>
>>
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