[VHFcontesting] K1DY contest

[Bill Olson]

Hi all, Well I suppose some of you know I lost my 110ft tower during the big "Bomb Cyclone" storm we had before Xmas. It's still a mess and with 80 foot trees around me here, the only thing I thought MIGHT work would be to lash together something for 6 meters. So I have my 2 element rover antenna on a 20 foot mast lashed to the side of the shop building. It works. I worked N3RG on Monday on Q65A (450 miles) and have made a few FT8 QSO's. I've got 300 watts and if there's some skip who knows, the high takeoff angle might even help. I'm fixed to the SW but with a 2 element beam that basically means I'm pointed at the whole USA!!! I'll be on SSB if there's anyone there, but certainly FT-8 off and on.

GLITC everyone

bill, K1DY FN54JQ Maine