[OKDXA] What was your best DX of 2020?

[Marcus Sutliff]

Great question Jeff,
ATNO: BA8MM, China, 40M, FT8,
ATNO: 9K2NO, Kuwait, 20M, FT8
ATNO: V51WH, Namibia, 17M, FT8
ATNO: VK9NK, Norfolk Is, 40, 20 (attic antenna) and 17M! FT8
ATNO: VP8PJ, South Orkney Is 80, 40, 30 and 17M! FT8
ATNO: JD1BHA, Ogasawara, 30, 40 FT8
ATNO: 3D2AG, Rotuma Is, 30 FT8
Ironically if I sort them by miles, Indonesia is the furthest and I have
several.. Then South Africa then Australia..
Most of these were Jan - March.. then my work hours doubled and basically
stayed that way until Thanksgiving..
Most of these are using the 43ft vertical (tilt-over) in the backyard with
an LDG remote tuner at the base.
Right now I'm building a switchable loading coil
<http://www.ad5x.com/images/Articles/Match43footerRevA.pdf> to add to the
vertical for 160 & 80M (first link is a doc but he also has a presentation:
http://www.ad5x.com/images/Presentations/Vertical43RevA.pdf )

I also had nothing but trouble with the audio ports on W10 moving around
and then WSJT-X would only present and use the windows default.. which
doesn't work with two radios.. so this December I moved WSJT-X over to a
Raspberry Pi which logs over the network to Log4OM on the W10 computer.
And the Raspberry Pi is working simultaneously with two radios (I doubt one
Pi would handle both radios in a contest - so now I have two of course).

If I don't have to start looking for a new employer in 2021 I hope to get
back to CW training and start a new DX chapter in my life.

Sincerely,
Marcus Sutliff/N5ZY
Edmond Amateur Radio Society President
License Class Coordinator.
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
http://www.k5eok.org
http://www.qrz.com/db/N5ZY
https://www.youtube.com/user/95PistolPete


On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 6:41 AM Jeff Martin <jeffmartin at valornet.com> wrote:

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