[Elecraft] CQ WPX CW contest going on right now, through tomorrow; lots of great DX!

[Barry]

I forgot. Just so everyone doesn't think I gone around the bend, I'm 
trying to finish up 5 band DXCC and only need to fill in on 80. I wanna 
do it with 100 Watts and wire antennas.

73,
Barry
K3NDM

------ Original Message ------
From: "BARRY LAZAR" <k3ndm at comcast.net>
To: n9tf at comcast.net; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 5/27/2017 3:47:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX CW contest going on right now, through 
tomorrow; lots of great DX!

>Gene,
>FB on the setup. I heard and worked a few Europeans, to include CS2C; 
>he got my #1. But, there just didn't seem like there were that many 
>stations total on 80, and I quit at 0300.
>
>Yep. There was a lot of noise here in Maryland on the band. But, what's 
>a little noise in a contest?
>
>I'm running a K3s at 100 Watts. The antenna is an inverted L fed at the 
>center, about 55' up a tree. The other half slopes down to about 40 
>feet. Each leg is 61' long, and I use ladder line to feed it. It works 
>great with no ground on 80-30 meters. But, if there are few stations 
>on, the score will not be great. I'm watching 80 now and will stay on 
>until I fully run out of steam.
>
>73,
>Barry
>K3NDM
>
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>From: n9tf at comcast.net
>To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net,k3ndm at comcast.net
>Cc:
>Sent: 2017-05-27 2:08:57 PM
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX CW contest going on right now, through 
>tomorrow; lots of great DX!
>
>Lots of lightning static here in Northern IL on 80 last night. I did 
>hear several EU stations on cqing though, but they never heard me. CS2C 
>was really loud. I' am running Qrp SB on 80m (K3s). My antenna is a 
>40/80 short Dipole made by Hy-Power Antenna company. The Apex is only 
>35 sloping down to 15' at the ends. I'll be on again tonight Barry. 
>Maybe we will make a QSO. Worked a lot of 3's last night! Hopefully 
>static crashes will be less, but doubtful. Looks like another storm 
>system just out to my SW heading in just in time for night hours :(
>
>73 Gene, N9TF
>
>>
>>  On May 27, 2017 at 11:13 AM Barry <k3ndm at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  Wayne,
>>  I've been running 80 only with my center fed inverted L. I've
>>  managed to worked some of Europe and South America as well as the 
>>usual
>>  US and Canadians. However, the population of contesters on 80 appears 
>>to
>>  be much lower than on 40 and 20. And, that's unfortunate as 80 seems 
>>to
>>  be open also.
>>
>>
>>  73,
>>  Barry
>>  K3NDM
>>
>>
>>  -
>>
>
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