[ADXA] KC4USV

[Dennis Schaefer]

Yeah, sure, but he had that “active antenna tuner” in the line to
compensate for line loss…..

On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 12:51 PM <w5znjoel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dennis,
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> You do know Rick was “barefoot”, don’t you?
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> ZN
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> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
> Behalf Of *Dennis Schaefer
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 13, 2023 12:47 PM
> *To:* ADXA <ADXA at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [ADXA] KC4USV
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> I saw KC4USV at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on 20 FT8 last night.  It
> brought back a lot of memories.   We used to hear USV often on 20 SSB in
> the early evening with a booming signal.
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> One of our locals, Dave, KG5GH, worked at McMurdo  several times.  One
> night about 2 AM, my phone rang.  It was a ham in Louisiana and he said
> Dave was on at KC4USV and wanted me to know.   I fired up on 20M and had a
> nice conversation with Dave.  He said I was about S9.  After a few minutes,
> we paused and heard “Kilowatt 5 Uniform Radio”.   Rick joined the
> conversation.  I was proud of my S9 report until Dave told Rick he was S9 +
> 20!
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> Dennis/RZ
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