[Elecraft] Operating from a retirement home

[David Wilcox]

Goes to show the old maxim: GET ON THE AIR is still true.  There is always someone listening and hoping for a contact.  Dead bands?  NOT!  Just weaker signals.  It always amazes me that when the bands seem dead there are always signals on the digital frequencies.  I am not knocking the digital modes (I have recently crossed over and used FT8..... boring for me but that JS8Call looks a little better) but if each of those pursuing the digital modes would put out the same signal on CW or even SSB they would be heard and probably make a contact.  Leave a receiver in the background on using the beacon frequency of your band of interest...... DON’T look at the poor band conditions indicators.  They are too discouraging. 

Just my opinion.  Hope to hear you all on from Florida while we are there avoiding the snow.  Am packing my building stuff so I can finally get my three QCX’s built this winter. Thank you Hans and QRP Labs.

David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad

> On Dec 17, 2019, at 4:52 AM, Kjeld Holm <kh at kh-translation.dk> wrote:
> 
> In restricted areas I have had good results with a short vertical dipole for 10-20M like
> http://mojero.wixsite.com/twantenna/products
> 
> 
> 
> Vy 73 de OZ1CCM, Kjeld
> 
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