[Elecraft] Craziest / most rewarding QSOs

[Nate Bargmann]

Mine was rather recent, early 2014 to be exact and with the Amsterdam
Island expedition that year.  I had worked them on some other bands and
then on Saturday morning, 08 Feb, I saw they were spotted on 80m.  80m?
That's half a world away and all I had was a doublet up about 20 feet
that measured barely 200 feet overall and fed with 450 ohm window lead.
Well, I heard him (CW was the mode) and I called and he came back!  I
about fell over but completed the exchange.

>From Amsterdam Is. is probably the closest entity to the antipode.
According to all of the antenna books and experts over the years, this
was not supposed to happen, but there it was.

When people ask me how I can talk, I can honestly answer, "Halfway
around the world."

73, Nate, N0NB

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