[SADXA] ZL8X 1826.4

[Wes Stewart]

Jerry,

What amplifier are you using?  My old L-4B will "tune" my 80-meter dipole on the low end of the phone band without the trip out to the west forty to remove the dipole jumpers.

Besides the snakes, which aren't much of an issue in the cool mornings, I have to navigate a prickly pear patch, not something to do in the dark :-)

Wes

--- On Mon, 11/22/10, W6XI <jdwothe at cox.net> wrote:

> From: W6XI <jdwothe at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [SADXA] ZL8X 1826.4
> To: "Southern AZ DX Association E-Mail Reflector" <sadxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 7:35 AM
> Wes:
> 
> Anything is possible if a person gives it a decent try. Way
> to go.
> 
> They must have good antennas because they really can hear
> and it seems to be 
> that way on all the bands.
> 
> I worked them on 75  this morning also, maybe a half
> hours before that. My 
> antenna was on CW and I went out in the dark and moved it
> to SSB so the SWR 
> wouldnt go crazy. No snake bites, stumbles or sprained
> ankles in the dark.
> 
> W6XI
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wes Stewart" <n7ws at yahoo.com>
> To: "Southern AZ DX Association E-Mail Reflector" <sadxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 6:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [SADXA] ZL8X 1826.4
> 
> 
> >I worked them on 75-meter SSB (using the dipole cut for
> CW) at 1256Z.
> >
> > Just for giggles I tuned 160 and there they were (on
> the same antenna).  I 
> > was using the K3 which doesn't have a tuner, so I
> switched over to the 
> > TS-870 which does.
> >
> > Unfortunately, the '870, although programmed with CW
> memories won't 
> > transmit on CW without a key plugged in.  So I
> had to fuss around to get 
> > the Bencher unplugged from the back of the K3 and into
> the back of the 
> > '870.
> >
> > In the meantime they were fading---considerable
> QSB---but on one peak they 
> > answered me @1316Z.
> >
> > 100W to an infinite SWR 80-meter inverted-vee with the
> apex at 45'.  Not 
> > bad.
> >
> > Now to get them on RTTY.
> >
> > Wes
> >
> > --- On Mon, 11/22/10, W6XI <jdwothe at cox.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: W6XI <jdwothe at cox.net>
> >> Subject: [SADXA] ZL8X 1826.4
> >> To: "SADXA Reflector" <sadxa at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 4:41 AM
> >> Listening down 3. Nice Signal
> >> 11:40 UTC
> >>
> >> W6XI
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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