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Re: [TowerTalk] Base jumping from OH8X

To: richard@karlquist.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Base jumping from OH8X
From: iain macdonnell - N6ML <ar@dseven.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:10:50 +0000
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On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Rick Karlquist <richard@karlquist.com> wrote:
> K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
>>
>>     Ever heard of OH8X? It's one of the biggest ham  radio antenna
>
> Yes we all have heard OF OH8X, but has anyone actually HEARD OH8X
> on 80 or 160 from the USA?  I seem to remember hearing them on the
> higher bands occasionally.

I've worked OH8X on 160/80/40/20/15, and even have QSL cards (with a
nice picture of the massive tower) that came through the buro
(unsolicited) confirming some of those QSOs (the earlier ones),
including the 160m one. Of course I don't know what antennas they used
for those QSOs ...

    ~iain / N6ML
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