[Elecraft] OT: dummy load antenna

[Dan Allen]

Hi Ron,

During the last sunspot cycle, I was playing around with my K2 trying 
different things with the rig.  I think I was on 20 meters, but I can't 
remember for sure.  I heard an "F" calling CQ (SSB) and I answered him.  It 
turns out that it was a fire fighters club station in France.  We had a nice 
and long QSO, and he gave me a 59+.  After the QSO ended, I noticed I had 
turned the power all the way down while I was playing with the rig, adnd had 
forgotten to turn it back up!  I checked, and I was running less than a 
watt!  If I remember correctly, it indicated around 300 milliwatts!  You are 
right!  Milliwatts will cross oceans when the conditions are good!

Dan Allen
KB4ZVM
K2 S/N 1757

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>
To: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: dummy load antenna


> Heh, heh... Some years ago I was tuning around on 40 meters and heard a CQ
> so I answered it. Turned out to be a Novice and I noted he was not in the
> sub-band he was supposed to be in.
>
> He disappeared.
>
> A few minutes later my phone rang. It was the Novice, in a PANIC!!! He had
> looked me up to ask what was happening. He was on 15 meters and I was on 
> 40.
>
>
> Turned out we were about a mile apart and I was hearing his rig's xtal
> oscillator on 40 that was tripled into 15 meters, and he was copying my
> third harmonic.
>
> A nice eyeball QSO and some checks confirmed we were both entirely legal,
> but it's a reminder that a few mW ERP can be heard.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
>
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