Topband: Thrashing around in the Stew

[Gary Smith]

What do you use to tell you the distance between grids?

Gary
KA1J

> OK Jim...  worked nothing over 877 miles but will keep improving the antenna
> system until I work you and Herb down in the islands.  I'm living on a big rock
> here and it's granite, not copper.
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> Sounds like you are doing pretty well for QRP power. Keep it up, and see you
> at Dayton in May.
>  
> 73,
>  
> Jim / W1FMR.
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> --- On Sun, 10/21/12, James Rodenkirch <rodenkirch_llc at msn.com> wrote:
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> From: James Rodenkirch <rodenkirch_llc at msn.com>
> Subject: RE: Topband: Thrashing around in the Stew
> To: "Jim F. W1FMR" <j_fitton at yahoo.com>, topband at contesting.com
> Date: Sunday, October 21, 2012, 5:30 PM
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> Wish I woulda heard ya., Jim - would have been nice to have you in my log.
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> Ended up with 80 Qs with one KL7 and three KH6s in the mix. Longest stateside Q was either a fella in PA or a fella in NC (can't remember which).  Heard FM5CD Saturday evening but he wasn't hearing my peanut whistle as all I heard him replying to was east coast stations.
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> Condx were the pits here as well - rolling noise, growling noise - made my ears hurt!  
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> Congrats on getting your "stealth antenna" put up and taken down with no "LEOs" all over ya!
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> Hope to work ya someday!  72, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV
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> > Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:37:32 -0700
> > From: j_fitton at yahoo.com
> > To: topband at contesting.com
> > Subject: Topband: Thrashing around in the Stew
> > 
> > Friday afternoon was spent putting 140' of wire in the trees but
> > was not able to spend time operating until Saturday evening.
> >  
> > Thought there was no one on the band until accidentally tuning
> > up a ways and there they were.  Couldn't get beyond 900 miles
> > (needing many repeats) and about midnight decided to try an above
> > ground radial hoping for a boost, but no luck but did not get
> > arrested for crashing around in the woods at midnight either.
> >  
> > Even tried hastilly winding a choke balun around 1 am, but it only hung up
> > the keyer with RF feedback which forced me to quit N1MM and lose the 
> > dupe sheet. Still no luck, but 160m is sure a fun band. Had a few hours 
> > sleep then shortly after daybreak made a few more then reeled in the 
> > raised radial before someone in the condo complex walked into it.
> >  
> > Thanks to all who dug my 5 watts out of the noise and 
> > especially those who tried and tried but couldn't.  Maybe I will figure out 
> > how to get this FCP assembled and up before too long. My #1 goal is to
> > work Herb, KV4FZ from this location as he always has a good signal.
> >  
> > Nice to have worked K2AV and W0UCE - my FCP heroes last night !
> >  
> > 73,
> >  
> > Jim / W1FMR
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> > couldn't 
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