Topband: Fwd: [QRP-L] HU1DL German DXpedition in El Salvador by N6TVN

[Cecil]

Congrats...great story!

Cecil
K5DL

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> On Feb 12, 2020, at 9:24 PM, Carl Mannle <cjm3 at sonic.net> wrote:
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> Subject:    [QRP-L] HU1DL German DXpedition in El Salvador
> Date:    Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:50:33 -0500
> From:    Bobby Drummond <alphak4ja at gmail.com>
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> According to their QRZ page, this group's DXpedition is about to end (they
> show on their page that they will be active until Feb 13th)
> 
> Couldn't sleep well last night, so I got up very early and managed to catch
> them before sun was up locally on the 160 meter band using the homebrew
> tube transmitter and the Heathkit VF-1 VFO. I had heard them on some other
> bands recently but wasn't ever able to work them due to the competition in
> the pile ups they created.
> 
> It was great to work them this morning, luckily, before they shut down
> their DX operations. I rarely get a chance to work El Salvador* and to
> work this one on 160 meters with the homebrew transmitter rig was an extra
> thrill. This also let's me add another country to my 160 meter countries
> list.
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> * third contact with El Salvador - once on 30 meters, once on 12 meters and
> now once on 160 meters in a 9 year span)
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> 73 de AK4JA
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