[K3PZN-List] Turn On Rig - Discover a New Place !

[ARC]

Well, I'm just about to the point to where the rig will be on the air this
weekend for sure. I got my line up in the trees last night thanks to one of
my neighbors with a compound bow. We took the head off the arrow and poked a
hole through a tennis ball. Tied a string to the ball, inserted the arrow
and 3rd attempt made it up about 40' in the tree. There are still some
branches from other trees interfering so I'll have to figure out how to get
around them. The dipoles are a little high for the frequencies I want so a
little bit of wire needs to come off of each to get them where I want. Did a
little bit of listening last night and I was picking up stations in
Colorado, Chicago, South America and this morning a qrp station from the
Caribbean too (British west indies on 10 watts!)! I didn't write any of the
call signs down but, the Kenwood sounds great so far! Just have to sure up
the ground to the rig and the lightning arrestor for the coax. Stayed up
till around midnight last night putting PL-259s on the RG-213 I got at the
fest and a little cable routing through my walls (to the xyl's dismay after
9pm). I can almost taste it!

73's

Anthony
KB3RJH 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:k3pzn-list-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Curt Milton
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:32 PM
To: Carroll County Amateur Radio Club
Subject: [K3PZN-List] Turn On Rig - Discover a New Place !

This morning I woke early, so I got to the rig as the sun was rising.  As
expected, VK's were there on 40m CW.  Tuning around -- T27OU -- reasonable
signal on my vertical -- QSO in log.  I had to turn on the PC to see
identity of T2 = Tulavu = 3700 miles away in continent 'OC'

Other than South Pacific I had no clue -- turns out this place wasn't a
country when I was in high school.  Its the world's 4th smallest nation in
land area .... less people than Carroll County.  

Lesson?  Take a few minutes on the web to learn a little about the people
and places behind the call signs .... and turn on your radio more often at
dawn!  

---------------
ARRL CW contest this past weekend was fun.  Minor league operator with minor
league station with limited time managed 480 QSO's and nearly 200
multipliers ... nice to work from ZL to VQ9 on 20m with a vertical and 100
watts.  Even a few minutes in the RTTY contest a week ago was enjoyable.  

Take care and enjoy what the ionosphere gives.  73 curt



      
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