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Dang - I had forgotten...
how much fun low power DXing can be.
10 watts - 150' long wire oriented NE/SW @ 40 foot. CW of course. http://www.5k0t.com/ Got him on the third try. I AM THE MAN!!! :) |
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On Dec 1, 8:46*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: how much fun low power DXing can be. 10 watts - 150' long wire oriented NE/SW @ 40 foot. CW of course. http://www.5k0t.com/ Got him on the third try. I AM THE MAN!!! *:) I looked at the guy's equipment, and I no nothing about radios, but I do know a bit about this: " Electric power will be supplied by two generators. One will supply 120V and the other 230V for the amplifiers. 2 battery chargers and 4 batteries serve as backup. The radios will be an Elecraft K3, an Icom IC-746PRO and a IC-706. We will have a Tokyo H.power amplifier with a homemede 2kW auto tuner and a SGC 500W amplifier with a matching auto tuner." "this guy didn't show up to dance...." |
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On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:43:52 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote: I looked at the guy's equipment, and I no nothing about radios, but I do know a bit about this: " Electric power will be supplied by two generators. One will supply 120V and the other 230V for the amplifiers. 2 battery chargers and 4 batteries serve as backup. The radios will be an Elecraft K3, an Icom IC-746PRO and a IC-706. We will have a Tokyo H.power amplifier with a homemede 2kW auto tuner and a SGC 500W amplifier with a matching auto tuner." "this guy didn't show up to dance...." Yes, and then you've got the little problem of landing all of that equipment with a small boat, on something resembling a sandbar, while the winds are howling and big seas kicking up. Adventure indeed, but I've always wanted to try it. |
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:12:17 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote: On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:43:52 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: I looked at the guy's equipment, and I no nothing about radios, but I do know a bit about this: " Electric power will be supplied by two generators. One will supply 120V and the other 230V for the amplifiers. 2 battery chargers and 4 batteries serve as backup. The radios will be an Elecraft K3, an Icom IC-746PRO and a IC-706. We will have a Tokyo H.power amplifier with a homemede 2kW auto tuner and a SGC 500W amplifier with a matching auto tuner." "this guy didn't show up to dance...." Yes, and then you've got the little problem of landing all of that equipment with a small boat, on something resembling a sandbar, while the winds are howling and big seas kicking up. Adventure indeed, but I've always wanted to try it. Back when I was really active in IOTA, I almost went on the St. Paul Island trip as a primary CW op. When I found out it was going to be miserably cold, I said no thanks. Give me an atoll in the Caribbean any day. :) You ever work IOTA at all? |
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:37:04 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: Back when I was really active in IOTA, I almost went on the St. Paul Island trip as a primary CW op. When I found out it was going to be miserably cold, I said no thanks. Give me an atoll in the Caribbean any day. :) You ever work IOTA at all? No but I might be interested in an expedition if the right opportunity came along in the Caribbean. |
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Dang - I had forgotten...
On Dec 1, 9:46*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: how much fun low power DXing can be. 10 watts - 150' long wire oriented NE/SW @ 40 foot. CW of course. http://www.5k0t.com/ Got him on the third try. I AM THE MAN!!! *:) I've talked from here to Grants Pass Oregon, (about 3400 miles) on a dam Bigstick....so what? If it wasnt for you, padding out the NG with useless trivia, stroking your ego....it'd be barren. LOL. |
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