[OKDXA] Worked VU7AG on 100 watts into a vertical

[N5PA]

Our next door neighbor is 4 miles away!  Very quiet here!  only 8100 people in whole county!  Over half the county is National Forest and the paper companies own a lot of what is left.  So it is very sparsely populated.

Alan Clark
Sent from my iPad

> On Nov 29, 2013, at 7:03 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I suspect you have a lot lower noise level at your farm.  Steady noise level on 17 here is around S5 with pre-amp off! 
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> 73 - Mac, K2GKK in OKC
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>> From: n5pa at n5pa.com
>> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:26:47 -0600
>> To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Worked VU7AG on 100 watts into a vertical
>> 
>> Mac:
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>> I am running 100 watts into a Cushcraft R-6000 Vertical here at the farm. I was not really expecting to work them. And as you said, it was a real zoo!
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>> 73,
>> Alan Clark, N5PA
>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> On Nov 29, 2013, at 5:15 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I can't even identify VU7AG with all the others who are calling on his frequency!
>>> High noise level in neighborhood and vertical antenn only don't help!
>>> 
>>> 73 - Mac, K2GKK in OKC
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>>>> From: n5pa at n5pa.com
>>>> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:52:10 -0600
>>>> To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
>>>> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Worked VU7AG on 100 watts into a vertical
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, lots of QRM. Worked some pretty good DX this afternoon, but did not pick up Rotuma Island, that I need for a new one. I hear the left coast guys working him and actually having QSO's with him, but I cannot hear him on 15.
>>>> 
>>>> 73,
>>>> Alan Clark, N5PA
>>>> Sent from my iPad
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