[OKDXA] Contest Station, HiHi

[John Geiger]

Hi Alan,

Good luck on Clipperton. It appears that they have a
really good set of ops going, so it should be a great
DXpedition (but can anyone beat VP6DX).I think I
worked about 260 countries barefoot with a wire or
vertical, but it sure is alot easier with a beam.


--- N5PA <n5pa at n5pa.com> wrote:

> John:
> 
> I worked Clipperton (FO0AAA) on March 4, 2000.  That
> was just after I moved
> here from Oklahoma and I did not have much of a
> station.  I do not know if I
> even had the vertical up at the old house or not.  I
> do not think I had the
> tower up and the Force 12 online until 2003.  But I
> worked 200 countries on
> 100 watts, a vertical and some dipoles.  My next
> challenge is to get the
> AL-1500 in line so I can run 500-700 watts.  That
> will help on the transmit
> side, anyway.  The vertical will take 750 watts on
> CW and 1500 PEP on phone.
> I do not have any trees at the new house to hang
> dipoles off of so I am
> going to have to put up some kind of pole to do that
> with.  I do not think
> my neighbors care for the vertical, either.
> 
> 73,
> Alan, N5PA
> 
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