Kudos to Raoul, ZS1C, for being QRV on CW! I was able to have a Q with
Raoul a week or so ago but the my persistent noise source to the east
last night proved too much to overcome.
73. . . Dave, W0FLS
On 10/14/2025 11:19 AM, Ron Spencer via Topband wrote:
I was monitoring the on4kst chat pages and Raoul, ZS1C, came on around 3:30Z
or so saying he was CQing on 1835. I am out in NM with a very small set up. 160
antenna is a top loaded wire hung from an approx 43' fiberglass push up pole.
Receive in ZS direction is a very low beverage averaging about 3 to 4 inches off the
ground. Unterminated and about 350' long. So far, FAR from a superstation. Perhaps a
bit above average.
As I listened and Raoul's sunrise approached I heard, I think, some CW. A bit
later (a minute or so) I am hearing letters and then ZS1C.
With my set up I was AMAZED, and still am, that I was hearing him. Now, will he
hear me with that short tramsmit antenna? Indeed he does! I'm running around a
kw with a SPE 1.3k amp and the radio is a K3.
After some back and forths (LOTS of QRN) we complete the Q!!
As Steve, VE6WZ, posted earlier, the thrill is, at least for me, much greater
than when working someone using ft8. With cw the brain has to do all the
processing piecing the bits together to make sense of it.
Perhaps this is why I still enjoy the hobby! Raoul, thanks for your patience
and for getting on!
Ron N4XD
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