[Elecraft] [OT]VP6DX on 160 - GOT HIM!

[Tom Hammond]

Hi Ken:

CONGRATULATIONS PAL!  Nice catch.

And yes... I guess the power lines out to Ducie must be 'very clean'
indeed... heheh!

Tom

At 03:09 02/21/2008, Ken K3IU wrote:

>After reading Tom's (N0SS) email yesterday morning, I became 
>motivated to try and snag Ducie Is. on 160m. My antenna is an 85 ft 
>doublet CF with window line up abt 32 feet on one end and 20 feet on 
>the other. I've never had much success on 160, but I tied the 2 legs 
>of the feedline together, connected it to one side of the balun, and 
>ran a short piece of wire from the other balun connection about 8 
>feet over to my outside ground rod, and fired up the K3.  It's a 
>cold morning here (abt 20F), and between my furnace running and 
>normal atmospheric noise, all I heard was noise.  When the furnace 
>stopped, WOW! There he was.  He was listening "Down 3" so I set up 
>VFO B, split, and fired away. Got him... second try (0856Z). I am 
>amazed. Those guys are GOOD! It must be awfully quiet out there in 
>the middle of the Pacific.
>
>Wheeee, Indeed! Try it... it might work for you, too.
>
>73,
>Ken K3IU
>Portsmouth, RI
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