[Mldxcc] FT5ZM

[w6de]

Lots of good comments about working FT5ZM.  The most modest of antennas seems to work now.  

On the low bands I have two antennas, a Butternut HF-2V on 40 and 80 and an Inverted-L on 160 and 30 (with the built-in tuner the 160 antenna loads on 30M, not the best antenna there but it does work).  I have worked the FT5 on 160, 80 and 40.  They just aren't operating enough on 30 now for me to try. 

Sometimes if we can't operate with the best station we have a tendency to not try.  My whole antenna farm is underwhelming, but it seems to work fine after the initial pile-up are worked off for most DXpeditions.  For contests--underwhelming doesn't cut it--and that's why you don't see me in many contests.  But for DXing--it works.

Dave, w6de

-----Original Message-----
From: Mldxcc [mailto:mldxcc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rick & Karen Samoian
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 16:08
To: mldxcc
Subject: [Mldxcc] FT5ZM

Just curious haw many of our members work the FT5 on 80 and or 160M?  In case you haven’t been trying, they have been very loud from 6:40-7:20 local time, on 80M and were 579 this morning on 160M, worked em’ with only
2 calls using my full-size dipole...de Rick,W6SR
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