Was watching the State of the Union while running WSPR....
Guess who showed up? 5 watts....
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Was watching the State of the Union while running WSPR....
Guess who showed up? 5 watts....
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DOG! No way!
See. When you grease the antenna, those low power electrons can slide off at super-speed, covering great distances. It all about overcoming resistance, and having the capacity to put aside your reluctance.
Who gnu?
I greased my antenna last Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
To make it slide over the tree branches.
Me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
Nice!
I had good luck with an HW-8 back in the day...though its control suite was lacking.
If I get the urge to play low-power HF, a TS-130V, TS-660 and FT-726R w/ HF module fitted are my choices. None does true break-in CW, though.
Wow Mike! 5 watts! Now that's going the distance. Kinda how I felt as a lowly CBer in the 70's being heard in Australia. Cool.
Way too cool :clap:
Antenna Grease also increases "Skin Effect", makes it easier for your radio signals to skin off yo' antenna into space, be blessed by the "Skip-Gods" and, be reflected back down into "DX-Land".Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
For me, it was Alaska and Russia (with 5 minutes of each other) and, "The Mini-Grass" (Hawaii). Back in the 70's, I could hear the Aussies but, they never heard me.Quote:
Originally Posted by WZ7U
Wonder whatever became of "The Arrostock County Whipsters", a CB Club in the state of Maine; received dozens of Q-Cards from their members; betcha most of them moved on to Amateur Radio.
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I used wheel bearing grease.
Aw man, now all you will get are hairy legged truck drivers
Sig line material right there I tell ya what. Mind if I use it?Quote:
Originally Posted by koØm
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Originally Posted by KG4CGC
My gift to you from the 70's.
"Seventy-threes, Eighty-eights and, Forty-fours from me and mine to you and yours."
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:clap: :rock: :lol:
Good job!Quote:
Originally Posted by KD8TUT
Sometimes I feel like I'm getting 5 watts out with a hundred in!
I'm not familiar with WSPR, so I'm going to have to figure that one out. Digital is a bucket list item for me, and since I almost kicked the bucket around Christmas, I better get on it right now!
Cool Michael, have you been able to duplicate it yet?
Yup... the following night it was two way... I was heard in Antarctica and was hearing Antarctica.Quote:
Originally Posted by WZ7U
Nothing from down there since. But was thrilled to make the trip.
Which band?Quote:
Originally Posted by KD8TUT
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Was 40 meters...Quote:
Originally Posted by koØm
Awesome!
OK I missed time of day when you did it. I'm good on 40, voice and morse only. My morse sucks but if you're patient it works :lol: Antarctica Here I come! :spin:
It was during the Fate of the Orangutan address....Quote:
Originally Posted by WZ7U
:rotflol:Quote:
Originally Posted by KD8TUT
So, our evening then. Thanks, I guess if I had payed more attention, since you did say something about Cheeto Mussolini.
I will have to steal yet more time away from school, since the computer and the rig are in two different locations currently. I'm wasting too much time here and over yonder as it is anyway. I hope to have that location thing fixed eventually, it will only take 1 hole in the wall right there...
I'm gonna WSPR tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by KD8TUT
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I love the wisdom of the old timers.Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
Very good catch. I got lucky once. I had a 2 min QSO fm simplex 2M 146.55 I think. I was signing off with a friend on local briar simplex channel. Boom! N8TB this is R0MIR in a choppy picket fence signal that jumped to full quieting. He did not say much but, wowsers what a footprint. I did not know that they had licensed hams on the crew. I sent a QSL card to their manager, and about 19 months later, after I had moved, I received the card.Quote:
Originally Posted by KD8TUT
Very good catch. I got lucky once. I had a 2 min QSO fm simplex 2M 146.55 I think. I was signing off with a friend on local briar simplex channel. Boom! N8TB this is R0MIR in a choppy picket fence signal that jumped to full quieting. He did not say much but, wowsers what a footprint. I did not know that they had licensed hams on the crew. I sent a QSL card to their manager, and about 19 months later, after I had moved, I received the card. It was not a computer ticket punch out, it was filled in by hand, and signed. My name, and address was the only English on the card. Wish I could find it.Quote:
Originally Posted by KD8TUT