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KJ3N
09-06-2010, 11:25 AM
9M2ZAK in West Malaysia @ 16:17 UTC on 20m SSB. :hyper: :dance:

Yes, I had to use the amp, but who gives a shit? :rock: :bbh: :monkeydance:

KG4CGC
09-06-2010, 11:29 AM
Fine business OM!
That's a tough one from the East Coast.

KJ3N
09-06-2010, 11:38 AM
I keep telling people I don't need a beam, but some can't seem to grasp that proper deployment of simple wire antennas can do quite well. My biggest problem is not being able to "turn" the wire.

The Asian / Pacific region is a challenge not only because of the path, but I have to fight through the West Coast to get there. Of course, they have the same problem with Europe, so I guess it all balances out.

WØTKX
09-06-2010, 11:55 AM
Must be your offerings to his noodley goodness! :snicker:

KJ3N
09-06-2010, 12:22 PM
Must be your offerings to his noodley goodness! :snicker:

Shouldn't you be wearing your patented Stu-Pon-a-Tron helmet? :snicker:

NQ6U
09-06-2010, 01:07 PM
The Asian / Pacific region is a challenge not only because of the path, but I have to fight through the West Coast to get there. Of course, they have the same problem with Europe, so I guess it all balances out.


I was going to say...

I work Asia and the Pacific islands regularly from here on the Left Coast but I can count the number of my European QSOs on one hand. With a measly 100 watts, I just can't get by you city-slicker Easterners and your kilowatt stations.

WØTKX
09-06-2010, 01:52 PM
Shouldn't you be wearing your patented Stu-Pon-a-Tron helmet? :snicker:

Naaa, just a bloody head...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpE-9kod_FY

N2CHX
09-06-2010, 02:15 PM
Nice!

N8YX
09-06-2010, 02:20 PM
Every time you use an amplifier to work DX, you make the Baby Ferf cry. :naughty:

KG4CGC
09-06-2010, 02:23 PM
Every time you use an amplifier to work DX, you make the Baby Ferf cry. :naughty:
How's ya gonna get over all the bucket mouths?

KJ3N
09-06-2010, 03:07 PM
I was going to say...

I work Asia and the Pacific islands regularly from here on the Left Coast but I can count the number of my European QSOs on one hand. With a measly 100 watts, I just can't get by you city-slicker Easterners and your kilowatt stations.

It's not a KW station most of the time. I will do most of my QSOs with 100 watts. Actual use of the amp is maybe 15% of the time. Keep in mind that the winner of the DE QSO Party for 2010 (http://www.fsarc.org/qsoparty/2010_results.htm) did it with 100 watts. Who was that masked man? ;)

AK and HI are do-able from the East Coast with 100 watts. So are ZLs and VKs, depending on the band, but when West Malaysia is only an S-3 to S-4, why waste your voice yelling at 100 watts? Not to mention, that kind of DX always produces a pile-up.

I've got a lot of "holes" to fill up in the Indonesian part of the world. I'm not going to waste any time using everything I have to work that path.

KJ3N
09-06-2010, 03:08 PM
Naaa, just a bloody head...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpE-9kod_FY

"Hmm... No sir, I didn't like it!"

KJ3N
09-06-2010, 03:10 PM
Every time you use an amplifier to work DX, you make the Baby Ferf cry. :naughty:

The Baby Ferf can kiss my hairy, black ass. :neener:

:rofl: