[OKDXA] 5B DXCC here

[Jerry Chouinard]

Good job John.  Your patience outweighed high power and multi-element arrays!

K5YAA

At 06:55 PM 2/25/2009 -0800, you wrote:
>I went to the mailbox today to find my 5BDXCC (#6469) and 17 meter DXCC 
>certificates!  The 5BDXCC was earned with 100 watts and nothing larger 
>than a Cushcraft MA5B 2 element yagi.  I used either a vertical, dipole, 
>or random wire on 40 and 80, and a dipole or vertical much of the time on 
>20-10.  If I got back thru the logs I probably got 100 countries on 20, 
>15, and 10 with the dipole or vertical!  Still can't believe I got 5BDXCC!
>
>I am not bragging about antennas and power level, I just wanted to show 
>what can be done with a minimal setup if you have some persistance-it only 
>took me 27 years to get 5BDXCC but then I took a couple of years off at 
>the peak of cycle 22 while in college.
>
>73s John AA5JG
>
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