[Elecraft] High bands open
Rich WC3T
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Sun Dec 19 21:24:29 EST 2021
Good judgement comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgement.
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Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737
Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting
Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: FN20is
> On Dec 19, 2021, at 21:16, Rich Lim via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> Haha! Frankly I would have pulled out the tower plans and discussed them with your significant other….then the OCF wire wouldn’t seem so bad….rookie mistake 🤣🤣RichKQ9L
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> On Sunday, December 19, 2021, 8:04 PM, Rich WC3T <rich at wc3t.us> wrote:
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> When we moved to this QTH about 20 years ago my wife (SWMBO) remarked on how the location was perfect for ham radio as we are on top of a smallish hill. So. Much. Win. Or so I thought.
> Years later when I had the temerity to launch an OCF dipole across two trees, the first words out of her mouth were “What is THAT POS?”
> Obviously she didn’t have the same mentalImage as I did. I quietly filed the tower plans and am now QRP mobile.
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> Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for ScoutingGrid: FN20is
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> On Dec 19, 2021, at 19:55, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
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> QRP has saved many a marriage.
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> On Dec 19, 2021, at 4:18 PM, Rich Lim via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> Supportive parents are great but tolerant XYLs are better. Back in the heyday running a linear on 40m, I would flash lights, open the garage, screw up the stereo and Tv in the house. Wife would smile and say to back off a bit! Now that’s awesome🥰 Now if I can’t get it done QRP, 100w is the max for me!
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> On Sunday, December 19, 2021, 6:01 PM, Dave Sublette <k4to.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
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> One of these messages talked about 20+ years ago at the peak of cycle 25.
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> I remember 64 years ago with a DX100B, 4 el yagi at 70 feet and BC348 with
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> they were very supportive of their budding engineer. I am grateful.
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> On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 4:42 PM Bayard Coolidge, N1HO via Elecraft <
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> Have made 8 QSOs on 10m FT8 today with my K4D, running into an inverted-L
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> (20ft up, 40ft over)from a 1/5 acre houselot in south Florida. 6 of those
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> contacts were with badly needed entities tofill out my DXCC dancecard for
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> 10m (and 5BDXCC and 8BDXCC) and help me get closer toDXCC Challenge. Yep,
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> chompin' at the bit :-)
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> On Sunday, December 19, 2021, 03:51:34 PM EST, Wayne Burdick <
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> I suggest checking 17 through 10 meters today. Quite a nice opening. Lots
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> of SSB activity around 28.400 right now.
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