tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156518320909350372.post2506740308103491710..comments2024-01-06T06:17:48.375-08:00Comments on N8ZYA's QRP Radio Blog: EA3GHZ SpainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156518320909350372.post-63851325390732650362011-05-25T15:18:11.378-07:002011-05-25T15:18:11.378-07:00Hello Dick,
Working another QRP DX station is a ...Hello Dick, <br /><br />Working another QRP DX station is a rare catch but I've also worked a few. Most recently, a guy using a Yagi from France, and another using a "wire" out of an apartment balcony from the Canary Islands. <br />Of course, there's our friend on the slow moving freighter off the coast of Brazil who was using a windom. Hihi <br /><br />I think a "gain" antenna is fudging a bit when it comes to 5 watts. Myself, I like the "simple wire antenna" concept. <br /><br />I'll have to look over my log book closely, to be for sure, but I can definitely count my DX QRP contacts on my toes....<br /><br />Most of these loud DX contacts are running "several hundred watts" and using "gain" antennas.<br /><br />I'm glad the "big boys" are out there but sometimes it's not THAT big of a deal to work them....if you know what I mean?<br /><br />The challenge is "busting the pile up"...when I send / QRP after a nice contact, there's a "quietness" for a moment of two. HihiJspikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751088160139882564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156518320909350372.post-11345805662042054022011-05-25T08:01:18.864-07:002011-05-25T08:01:18.864-07:00Another nice contact there, John. Tell me, were th...Another nice contact there, John. Tell me, were the DX ops you worked also running QRP? I have rarely worked DX stations who were also at a 5-watt level. A few, but not many. Maybe my Buddistick just doesn't have the "ears". 73 DickDickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10984094559146508871noreply@blogger.com