[Elecraft] K6DGW/MM - Way harder than I thought it would be!

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

I wonder what you would have heard if you had used the ship as a grounded
antenna top fed. Too much noise probably.  Must have been fun.

73,
Geoff.
GM4ESD

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Jensen" <k6dgw at foothill.net>
To: "NCCC Reflector" <nccc at contesting.com>; "Elecraft Reflector"
<elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:17 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K6DGW/MM - Way harder than I thought it would be!


> 4/17 - 5/3 -- Sun Princess -- Ft. Lauderdale -> Jamaica -> Aruba ->
> Panama Canal -> Costa Rica -> Hualtuco, Acapulco, and Cabo San Lucas,
> Mexico -> LA.
>
> 1.  20/30/40 with a KX1 and 21' wire antenna with 21' ground radial made
> from a length of RG-58, and an 11.7V 850 mAh Li-polymer battery for
> around 2-3W and VSWRs in the 2.5 - 4.5 range depending on how I laced up
> the wire and ground in the balcony (which would better be termed a
> "shelf").

>
> 4.  Riveria Deck Room 350 is on the top deck with rooms on the port side
> of the boat (that's the left side when looking at the pointy end for
> those unfamiliar with nautical and marine jargon).  Thus, I had
> something around 35,000 metric tons of steel between my antenna (using
> that term loosely) and North America.
>