Topband: ARRL WW DX-CW Contest at W3HKK - just dabbled on 160 here.

[uy0zg]

"Those are motivating numbers! You must have been might tired to fall
asleep with so many callers. :) "

The main thing is not quantity but quality :-)))))


In addition, sometimes it took a long time to call the station. For 
example, I called VY2TT for 15 minutes and didn't get through... There 
were several other stations that didn't hear me.

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Nick, UY0ZG
http://www.topband.in.ua

W3HKK at roadrunner.com писал 2023-02-20 22:46:
> Those are motivating numbers! You must have been might tired to fall
> asleep with so many callers. :)
> 
> I started on 160 but only worked a couple of Caribbean stations.
> Nothing copied from EU so I migrated to 80 ( not much) then 40, and
> finally to modulate the pillow.
> 
> Last October I built a home brew 10M Moxon. using all left over
> plastic and aluminum. Its an ugly looking, tilted/slightly twisted
> thing ( holes drilled by "eye" and the eyes arent that accurate
> anymore!) but it works like gangbusters. Its on a 15 ft mast on the
> back patio, turned by the Armstrong Method.
> 
> After an 8am start on 20m at my sunrise, I jumped to 10 since it was
> almost as busy and has a lot more elbow room. Wound up with 479 qsos
> in 11 hrs OTA, including 73 JA's, two DU's and one YJ plus a half
> dozen VK/ZL, nine KH6's and 8 KL7's. Overall the northern latitudes
> were ample, but not much from the equatorial regions or below. More
> Russian/Ukrainian stations that in recent past.
> 
> 10M kept me busy all morning and for two hours around sunset. I had
> hoped to find more success on 160/80 and esp. on 40 into JA/VK - but
> not much doing.
> 
> The Moxon is so close to the shack that when I beam JA ( through the
> shack) the rf keeps knocking my mouse offline, forcing me to pull the
> usb plug out and then reinsert. It corrects the problem until I
> transmit again. However I have better success when Im beaming EU, AF,
> SA and due west to the Pacific. Something about JA.... but at least I
> know the Moxon has some directionality.
> 
> Speaking of JA ( and your music) I found a youtube video of Sing Sing
> Sing, played by an all Japanese Big Band. Very enjoyable! Musicians
> average age looked to be 65-70 but they were having fun! Complete with
> a few beards goutees and snappy mustaches. All in white suits!
> 
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