[Elecraft] First KX1 QSO

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Super Bill! 

It demonstrates just how well a very small effective radiated power will do
when you hang around the edge of the maximum usable frequency.

Of course, at 30 feet your dipole is at an ideal height for 20. You get a
lot of gain from the ground reflection for low-angle lobes at about 1/2 wave
up (appx. 30 feet on 20). That can be 5 or 6 dB - a full  S-Unit or more -
over a vertical in the favored directions. 

Ron AC7AC 

-----Original Message-----
I guess I'll call it "The Golden QSO", ... I hear SM3DBU on 14.061... I sent
out my call, and wham!  My call comes back at me, along with a 589 sig
report.  From Sweden.  To middle Tennessee.  Using 3 watts.  On a dipole up
30 feet.

...Next, I guess I'll go throw 25 feet of wire over a tree limb and look 
for JA calls, hi hi!  I think anything is possible!

73,

Bill Shappley K4DXU
FP # 884
Fists # 10646