[MRCA] On patrol after action report

[B. Smith]

Its great to see ops using low power and skill.
Z

On 6/15/2017 11:39 AM, walter.skavinsky wrote:
> 11 June thru 13 June ka3rmm, wa3wsj and i was on patrol on top of bald 
> knob in West Virginia.  The location is accessible via steamtrain 
> using shay locomotives.  The train dropped up off on the mountain on 
> Sunday and during the next few days we stayed in a caboose built in 
> 1949.  The elevation was 4730 at our location and made for some 
> interesting who's.  As we were operating in the national radio quiet 
> zone we were restricted to 5 watts and below 30 mhz.  The green bank 
> telescope is approx 5 miles away and they were very accommodating 
> giving us permission to operate so close.
>
> I made 67 qso's using the elecraft kx3 and an inverted l and a 
> homebrew dipole.  The farthest was Puerto Rico on 10 meters.  I was 
> able to make contact on all  bands even 160.
>
> Our trip was ended with a tour of the green bank radio telescope.
>
> I tried to check in on tuesday but i dont think i was heard band condx 
> were lousey.
>
> 73
> Walt
> Kb3sbc
>
>
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>
>
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