Posted: 10/17/2010 6:02:42 PM EDT
| Went camping with the Cub Scouts this weekend and took along my 817. Strung up a PAR EF 10/20/40 antenna and right off spoke to a JOTA station in VA on 20m with 2 1/2 watts SSB. Then talked to Ontario on 17m using a tuner (so actually probably less than 2 watts) He couldn't believe I was QRP Portable. You do have to yell maybe but it's worth it cause it ain't easy. |
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My friend and I grabbed two packages of 30 ft 16 ga wire and made up a little antenna today. We took it out to the top of a mountain in a state park and tried it out with an 817, an LDG tuner, and a battery. We successfully made two contacts, one in Nebraska and the other in Virginia. He also checked into a net via relay, but we're not sure where the relay station was. It's amazing how clear 20 meters was with little to no RFI sources within several miles. |
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Thanks for the idea on the end-fed antenna.
I'm building a Retro-75 - my Retro-75 Article - and this sort of antenna scaled to 75m might be a nice match! 73 Steve K9ZW |