[Elecraft] Re: ARRL CW DX

[Robert Tellefsen]

Good job, Chris.
If you do this well at the bottom of the solar cycle,
think what you'll be able to do when things are
better.
73, Bob N6WG

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Kantarjiev" <cak at dimebank.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:28 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: ARRL CW DX


> 112 Qs to 55 countries, using my K2 at 5W to a vertical and dipole.
> EU was a complete washout - I heard lots of stations but couldn't
> work any, either day. But I got all the other official continents,
> plus Antarctica! VP6DX on 20/17/15/10 (but they're "easy" from the
> left coast), several new entity contacts (including PZ5WW, DC4 and
> DP0GVN) and many new band-entity contacts.
>
> In the last two hours, the JAs showed up on 20 and I was breaking
> pileups with 5W to the dipole. That was good fun. Made up for
> the frustrating hours getting nowhere on 80m during the middle of
the
> night.
>
> I'm always learning new ways to run my K2 better. This weekend's
> lesson was the ATT key. I had been using PRE on 20 and 15, and
> happened to click through ATT/PRE on 40. The band was noisy, so
> PRE was a big mistake, but ATT seemed to quiet the noise and make
> the signals "pop" - even though they were very quiet signals. Not
> at all what I expected, but something I'll play with in the future.
>
> 73 de chris K6DBG
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