[OKDXA] 5B DXCC here

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Way to go!!!

Bob k5sit 73

Jerry Chouinard wrote:
> 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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