[Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.

[Gary D Krause]

I run 5 to 10 watts on my K2 all the time.  I get a lot of comments about the 
signal and that they can't believe I'm only running ten watts.  It happened 
again just last night on CW.  In fact, I checked into the Elecraft SSB net on 
Monday night and the control operator couldn't believe I was only running ten 
watts.  There were one or two others running ten watts also.  I think there is 
more to the mojo than the other guy having a big antenna with a huge amount of 
gain.  I only run a vertical or a magnetic loop and I'm still able to work DX. 
 Maybe not as much as the guy with a zillion watts and a high gain antenna 
farm.  Again, it's the mojo which is a great equalizer. :-)

Gary, N7HTS


On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:51:29 -0700
  "Darwin, Keith" <Keith.Darwin at goodrich.com> wrote:
> A couple of nights ago, I was calling CQ on CW.  No takers.  Then, I
> heard my call rising out of the band noise.  "N1AS DE UU1AZ K".  
> Whoa, hold the phone, get outta here!  A DX station called ME.  I'm only
> running 10 watts to a vertical and he answered MY CQ?
> 
> Must be the Mojo.
> 
> Well, turns out it was more than that.  He is an SKCC guy and was
> actively searching for new numbers from other SKCC members like me.  His
> antenna is, and I quote, "full size 4 element yagi, 42 meters up".
> That's high.  Oh yea, we were on 40 meters.  Imagine the size of that
> antenna system.
> 
> He sent me an MP3 recording of part of our QSO.  It was an absolute hoot
> to hear my signal from a few thousand miles away.  It didn't sound so
> good though and his side tone sounded nasty.  I asked what rig he was
> using.  "FT1000MP".  Oh, that explains a bit :-)
> 
> So it appears that part of the secret of the Mojo is to work a person
> with an antenna the size of Rhode Island, high enough that 747s have to
> fly around it.
> 
> It was sure a lot of fun!
> 
> 73!
> 
> - Keith N1AS -
> - K3 711 -
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