"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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I'll be on 7.030 MHz (cw) for the next half hour testing the new
Outbacker HF mobile antenna. I'm in high speed mode once again - only
took about a hour practice to get the copy speed up to 40 WPM.

I plan on using this on my boat this coming summer so I can have HF
capability for contesting - rare grid squares don't 'cha know.

I missed it. Woulda tried picking it up on the Grundig, but was busy
debugging this computer. (successfully, it appears).

YAY!!! Worked a few Europeans and a new Russian prefix that caught me
by surprise. Japanese operators long path which surprised me -
normally 40 is a problem at this latitude at that time of night - it's
just 20 meters where they hang out.

I was very pleased with myself when the code speed came up to snuff.
I'm still 10 wpm short of 100% copy at 55 wpm which is my comfort zone
in sending - it will take a little time to get it back.

It should be fun operating off the boat this summer. The last time I
went Maritime Mobile in a UHF contest, I had pileups wanting both my
prefix and grid square.

And I need to concentrate on what the new boat is going to be. I'd
prefer to operate from a cabin rather than an open center console. :)


Mrs.E.'s GB has an Icom IC700 or 710 (can't remember which one) that has the
marine freqs plus all the HF ham freqs. Next summer I'll set up the antenna
again (taken down during the boat refurbishment) and see if I can figure it
out.

Eisboch