[ADXA] Check out W5RZ on pskreporter!!!

[Michael Nettles]

Dennis, only 100w here and I've worked 48 Countries so far using Inverted L
antennas. Ya gotta get in there. Some are easy and some are harder to get.
73
Mike kb5wbh

On Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 9:32 AM Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Randy.  The results were pretty amazing.  Whatever anyone thinks
> of FT8, that mode plus tools like PSKReporter are excellent for evaluating
> things.
>
> The pennant is among trees, but I thought I had a clear spot.  As I pulled
> out the pointy end, small branches kept grabbing, and it ended up like a
> rough looking right triangle instead of a pennant.  I tried to put the null
> where I thought the main noise source was (South), and it appears to work.
>
>
>  Two JA’s were copied this morning.  Last night, most of Europe plus
> Kuwait came in.  34 countries in all since last night.
>
> Now to see if I can work anything with just 100 watts!
>
> I think it will also work very well on 80, so I’m going to try to get from
> 96 to 100 on that band.
>
> Randy helped a lot with this project, and I appreciate it.
>
> 73,
> Dennis/RZ
>
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM Randell Curtis, W5ZJ via ADXA <
> adxa at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks to Dennis, W5RZ for getting his pennant antenna up yesterday and
>> reporting to pskreporter last night. I was excited when one of his first DX
>> receptions was 9K2HM in Kuwait.
>>
>> Check out what he received by plugging his call sign into pskreporter and
>> setting the options to received on 160 for the past 24 hours. We both  had
>> a pretty good evening of receiving. While not as good as the larger
>> receiving arrays, it does make a tremendous difference if you have noise
>> issues. It will also work on 40 and 80. I used it on 40 a couple days ago
>> to work Mt Athos on 40 early in the evening when my noise was high.
>>
>> While checking my DXCC totals on 160, which is only 38 confirmed, I
>> noticed that one of those was HI. I had worked the same station in HI twice
>> over the last couple years, but he only confirmed QRZ. Apparently at some
>> point he uploaded his log to LOTW. I was happy to see this because it
>> finally finished WAS from 6-160 (no 60 meters).
>>
>> I am going to celebrate with Dennis and his overnight success by have a
>> cup of strong black coffee.
>>
>> Have a great day and Good DXing
>> Randy/W5ZJ
>>
>>
>>
>>
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