[SEDXC] Dx with 100 watts

[Gary McConville]

I worked the 9X yesterday on 15M with 100 watts into a 3 el quad.

Wonder if anyone has heard the H44MS load enough to work him.  I think
he was working 4's on a list & then switched Central America.  Then 15M
folded.


--- David  Thompson <thompson at mindspring.com> wrote:

> I worked my first 312 DXCC entities on 17 and over 260 on 12 with 100
> watts.
> I use a W9PNE X beam on 12 and load the Cushcraft 40 meter beam on
> 17.
> I found 6 or 7 years ago that this was not making it
> so I tuned my Henry 2K for 17 and 12.  I get almost 799 watts.
> 
> With my Yaesu's down I find that the little Icom 740 and the TS-130
> (thanks
> to W4JO) just dont make it thru altho I did work the VU7 on 20 with
> 100
> watts.
> Plus I had a lot of fun uisng both transceivers in the ARRL DX SSB so
> just
> wish I had worked a few more hours to get EU, AF, and more Caribbean
> stations.
> 
> I had to put on the Henry to get 9X0R on 15 and I ran the 8877 to
> work them
> on 80 and 40.  Today I called 9Q1TB on 28490 with 100 watts but got
> Phil
> with one call using an amp.
> 
> So be eh!
> 
> 73 Dave K4JRB
> 
> 
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