[Elecraft] [KX3] OT: NVIS with KX3

Wayne Burdick n6kr at elecraft.com
Thu Apr 24 11:27:22 EDT 2014


Hi Johnny,

On 40 meters, I work all over the West Coast (0-1000 miles north/south) during the daytime with 5 to 10 W. The antenna is a random-length OCF dipole about 15' off the ground. I'm not sure how many clouds I'm burning, but many of the stations I work are short- and medium-range. I think this should work in your situation.

Wayne
N6KR


On Apr 23, 2014, at 9:03 PM, Johnny Siu <vr2xmc at yahoo.com.hk> wrote:

> 
> Hello elecrafters,
> 
> It is off topic and you may wish to press 'del' button now.
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> Local ham clubs together with some hams in the China Mainland are going to do some drilling in ARES within the Pearl River Delta area (with a radius of about 50km).  NVIS could be one of the operation to trial run for ARES.  My questions are:
> 
> 1.  Is the power output say 10w from KX3 good enough for such purpose under SSB? We don't want CW which requires training operators.  Phone mode can be operated by anyone with minimal guidance (a simulation under emergency).
> 
> 2. During day time, is 40m a proper band to use (no 60m band in ITU Region 3)?  If yes, what will be usually frequencies used such proposes?
> 
> 3.  I am going to use Buddipole for the NVIS antenna.  Did you go good results for similar operation in the past?
> 
> Looking forward to your advice and thanks in advance.  Please reply off-the-list so as to save the bandwidth here.
> 
> 73
> 
> Johnny VR2XMC
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