[v7arcssbnet] Happy New Year, V7ARC

[Art]

Thank you Steve, and HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!

Art H.
KE0CQF

On Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 22:51 Steve Schaarschmidt <shakeastick at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear V7ARC,
>
> A couple of hours ago, I made my first contact of this year's Straight Key
> Night!
>
> My 40-meter dipole had been coiled up in the garage for a couple of years.
> I rolled it out across the front yard and pushed the feedpoint up into a
> pine tree as high as I could, about 15 feet above the ground.
> One end is wrapped around that tree and the other end is tied to a nearby
> smaller tree.
> My Icom IC-735 is on a card table by the front door.
>
> I started with the transmit power 'way down in case the SWR was high.
> It was actually close to 1:1 in the CW portion of the band.
> Turning up to 40 Watts, I chatted with a station in Virginia for ten
> minutes or so.
> He was running a pair of Collins "Gold Dust Twins", i.e., the KWS-1 xmtr
> and the 75A-4 rcvr.
>
> I can't remember the last time I was this relaxed on New Year's Eve.
> I hope you're all enjoying the evening, too.
>
> THANK YOU ALL for being my friends, and I wish you the best in 2021!
>
> 73,
>
> Steve, K0CI
> President, V7ARC
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