This week I conquered the 160m band with my
10m high copper pipe vertical. For some reason it tuned well with the automatic tuner in my TS-850....maybe because of losses in the 50m long RG50 cable? I was surprised: I managed to get QSOs on both CW (100W) and JT65 (40W). It was not easy, so now I know what my next antenna project is: a decent DX-ready antenna for 160m. Hopefully very soon!
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Reverse Beacons hearing my CW signals |
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pskreporter.info reporting my 160m activity Mostly JT65 and obviously also one CW skimmer. |
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