[PaQSO] What are you going to do different this year?

Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:47:20 -0400

We're not planning any major changes this time. About the only thing I'm
planning on is to add a dedicated antenna for 20-15-10. 15 meters CW turned
out to be well worth the effort in 2002, but all I had for antenna was the
80-40 meter dipole.

John, KD8MQ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Kempisty" <[email protected]>
To: "PAQSO PARTY" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:22 AM
Subject: [PaQSO] What are you going to do different this year?

> All,
> 
> Last year was my first portable effort in CLI and it went well.  The 
> Alpha Delta DX-CC dipole I used was perfect except for 160.  I also ran 
> a coax to the 2/220/440 antenna on the van for those just in case 
> contacts but other than terminating the V/UHF output on the 706 it 
> didn't do much for me.
> 
> This year I'm staying closer to home and going to CAR.  I am going to 
> duplicate what worked and try a few new wrinkles:
> o Pop-up camper instead of cabin.  May be a little chilly since it 
> doesn't have a built in furnace.  I'll have to use an electric heater.
> o Since the campground is quite high I'm going to borrow a dual band 
> Cushcraft Ringo and strap it to the side of the pop-up camper.  
> Hopefully I can work into Scranton, Allentown, BUX and MGY.
> o Again since I've got some height, I'm going to put something up for 
> 6m, maybe my B&W apartment antenna.  A dozen Q's for a couple of minutes 
> installation effort will be worth it.
> o Shorting plug to get the DX-CC to load on 160m.
> o Narrow SSB and CW filters for the 706 so I can keep a bit of sanity.
> 
> Anybody else planing changes?
> 
> 73,
> Mark N3GNW
> 
> 
> 
> 
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