Well, the first weekly SSB net is over, and it seems like conditions were not all that good, due mostly

to the sun sending out a few flares.  I cheated a bit and cranked the rig up to about 20 watts..

I heard net control WQ5RP, AKA NQ0M,  at an RS of 45 or so, dropping down into the noise.

I heard WA0ITP, K5EST, and KC0PMH who were doing a bit better job here than net control.

I think net ctrl was vertical pol. and maybe everyone else Horz?   if you are reading this and

checked in, maybe you could mention your antenna pol. and the directions it favors?

I am not sure what to call the polarization of my antenna, its something I came up with a few

days ago and thought I would try out. Not sure exactly what this antenna is, but

  It seems to be a variant of a random length end fed antenna.like the EARCHI antennas.

I wanted to make something to get on the lower bands.. It seems to work well on 40 meters

for our Nebraska 40 meter noon net on 7.282. out into the pan handle.

It uses a 9-1 UNUN tied up at about 38 ft, and a 53 ft downward sloping radiating wire.

that is in an east to west orentation that ends at about 25 ft above ground over my garage..

The UNUN only has the vertical coax line to work against to drive the 53 ft wire.

The coax is RG-8, and comes down away from the tower and has about 10 large

ferrite beads clamped about 2 ft  above ground  which means

that there is about 35 feet of (vertical counter poise?) coax before it gets choked.

So, I don't know how much of my signal is vertical polarized, but it does seem to be

lower in noise than the ZS6BKW antenna I had up in about the same location before.

Anyhow.. Looking forward to checking in to these nets as much as I can.  I work

4PM to 4AM and the schedule as such is I work every other Monday night.  so 

I'll try to get in when I can!

73  - KA0NCR

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On 10/20/2014 12:47, David Martin davemrtn@centurytel.net [4sqrp] wrote:

I was hoping you had worked Tim Allen or Joe Walsh !!!

Is Tim Allen a real ham or does he just play one on TV?

On 10/20/2014 12:47, David Martin davemrtn@... [4sqrp] wrote:

I was hoping you had worked Tim Allen or Joe Walsh !!!

Is Tim Allen a real ham or does he just play one on TV?

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I was hoping you had worked Tim Allen or Joe Walsh !!!

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I love this radio stuff.
www.wa0itp.com
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www.4sqrp.com

I had a "happy dance" moment over the weekend.  I am currently working in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  We had some stellar warm weather over the weekend, so I packed up the go kit and headed for the park.  The first station hear was on 15 meters, VK9DLX, Lord Howe Island.  I was running a KX3 at 5 watts to a sloping random wire.  My rule is that if I can hear the DX well, he's likely to hear me.  After chasing the pile-up for about 30 minutes, he called me.  I found the QSO in Clublog, so it's verified!

So, with all the guys trying to be louder than everyone else with the beams pointed so as to irradiate everyone on the island, the little QRP station covered 7985 miles, nearly 1600 miles per watt, to get the job done.

Unfortunately yesterday on 17 meters, TX7G was operating but he encountering some of the worst LIDs I've ever heard.  Every time he gave a partial call sign, the LIDs just carried on sending, and they weren't even close. Makes sense, because they probably weren't even listening.  I tried, but the poor guy couldn't even pick out the strong calls over the cacophony.  He should have used the technique I heard the other day - send the LIDs up 5, then start answering the stations who actually are listening at about 3 up.  As I recall, that was TK5MH - Corsica.  Worked him as well from the park a few weeks ago.

I love QRP!

72,

Chas NK8O

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I love this radio stuff.
www.wa0itp.com
wa0itp@...
www.4sqrp.com

doctorcwp@yahoo.com [4sqrp] wrote:

He should have used the technique I heard the other day - send the LIDs up 5, then start answering the stations who actually are listening at about 3 up. As I recall, that was TK5MH - Corsica. Worked him as well from the park a few weeks ago.

I had a "happy dance" moment over the weekend.  I am currently working in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  We had some stellar warm weather over the weekend, so I packed up the go kit and headed for the park.  The first station hear was on 15 meters, VK9DLX, Lord Howe Island.  I was running a KX3 at 5 watts to a sloping random wire.  My rule is that if I can hear the DX well, he's likely to hear me.  After chasing the pile-up for about 30 minutes, he called me.  I found the QSO in Clublog, so it's verified!

So, with all the guys trying to be louder than everyone else with the beams pointed so as to irradiate everyone on the island, the little QRP station covered 7985 miles, nearly 1600 miles per watt, to get the job done.

Unfortunately yesterday on 17 meters, TX7G was operating but he encountering some of the worst LIDs I've ever heard.  Every time he gave a partial call sign, the LIDs just carried on sending, and they weren't even close. Makes sense, because they probably weren't even listening.  I tried, but the poor guy couldn't even pick out the strong calls over the cacophony.  He should have used the technique I heard the other day - send the LIDs up 5, then start answering the stations who actually are listening at about 3 up.  As I recall, that was TK5MH - Corsica.  Worked him as well from the park a few weeks ago.

I love QRP!

72,

Chas NK8O