[Mldxcc] FT5ZM

[Dick Wilson]

Congrats!!
Now I guess I'll have to cobble up some sort of 160 antenna.
Rick suggested tying coax together on 80 M dipole...I have
100'+ running out to that antenna underground.
I guess we're SOL on 10 & 12 as they're opposite...day v.
night.

Dick

On 2/5/2014 10:16 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> Just got 'em on 160 this morning about 15 minutes before sunrise,
> when they peaked at 599 on the TX vertical.  I now have them
> on 160/80/40/30/20/17.  The interesting thing is that from
> 80 thru 17, there was a consistent pattern of being easier
> to work the lower the frequency.  In a sense, 160 was the
> easiest band of all, once the propagation was in place.
> They came right back to me.  Of course, my vertical does
> have a history of getting out.
>
> On 80 meters, they are like a beacon station every morning,
> running S9+.  Far easier to work than Europe on 80.
> Interesting that they don't seem to be running out of
> callers yet.
>
> Rick
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