[CQ] Any HF phone people?
Jonathan Lassoff
jof at thejof.com
Sun Nov 29 23:21:54 UTC 2009
Excerpts from Jonathan Lassoff's message of Sun Nov 29 15:02:28 -0800 2009:
> Excerpts from Bill Paul's message of Sun Nov 29 00:02:17 -0800 2009:
> > I have a reasonable HF setup at my house (I was able to sneak a multi-band
> > trapped dipole antenna onto the roof and run coax down two floors to my
> > apartment) but not really anyone to talk to. I have a tri-band HT, but I sort
> > of miss operating on HF. Anyone else have any interest? It'd be nice to be
> > able to work 40m or 80m once in a while.
>
> I just brought and setup my Elecraft K2 QRP rig at 2169.
>
> I ran an awful 1/2-wave longwire above the sprinklers inside. I can hear
> some regional CW QSO's.
Ouch. Longwire antennas suck indoors.
WWV only copies around S5 here.
Anyone have recommendations for an HF antenna we could use at 2169?
--j
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