another quote from the article then Ill quit.
"....Always one band, 20. I wanted DX, and thats where the DX was. On 20."
at that time w1gkk ran a ts830 remote vfo, and sb220 and a cushcraft
monband beam--his first storebought beam...
brings back good memories of kinder times as opposed to the idiots that
call and call , and call.
enough\
this is a great hobby
73 john
Nelson Moyer wrote:
> 20 meters is special, and if you can only have one antenna, that's the band
> to cover if you're chasing #1 honor role. Just out of curiosity, I checked
> my band totals and found that of 336 current entities worked, FR/G and P5
> are the only ones I haven't worked on 20 meters (both were worked on 15
> meters only, and yes, I worked P5 on RTTY). Given current propagation
> conditions, 20 meter CW looks like the best band (maybe the only band) to
> work BS7 for my last entity.
>
> Nelson, KU0A
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Bill Turner
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:59 PM
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] N8S RTTY
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:27:33 +0000, john <w8wej@citynet.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>> dx is,, and rtty dx is even more
>>
>
> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>
> Another great quote!
>
> The other fascinating thing about W1GKK's feat is it was accomplished
> on a single band - 20 meters, every single QSO. Remarkable.
>
> I know the VHF'ers like to call six meters "The Magic Band", but for
> my money, it's really 20. I've seen some astonishing propagation
> there. I once worked all continents in about ten minutes.
>
> Try that on six. :-)
>
> Bill W6WRT
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