[ADXA] Check out W5RZ on pskreporter!!!

[Michael Nettles]

Jussi, I have an old multistrand cable over 100ft long that runs directly
underneath the Inverted L on the ground as one ground wire.  Plus I live on
3 lots and I attached a ground wire to the chain link fence that runs
around the property. Probably not the best but seems to work.
After seeing the the receive results of both pennants I maybe adding that.
My TS2000 has a receive only port.
73
Mike kb5wbh

On Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 6:45 PM Steven Rutledge <steven.t.rutledge at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Mike, great work.  That is amazing to me.  I'm totally unfamiliar with
> 160.  I tried a vertical on my city lot but I couldn't hear anyone.
>
> Steve, N4JQQ
> On 1/28/2025 5:54 PM, Michael Nettles wrote:
>
> 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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