Hi Jose
That was me. I was testing my new RX antennas comparing signals from Europe
during the contest . WOW you guys have the best site for 160m in Europe, I was
impressed with the signal and the reports on RBN, really signal as local signal
in US.
Regards
Jose Carlos
N4IS
-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jose Ramon
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2014 5:29 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: EA7PP - Remote
Hi all,
I have just subscribed to this reflector- A friend of mine told me there was
something about EA7PP's operation during this w/e 160m contest.
Someone suggested EA7PP uses a remote in the US as his signal was on the RBN
outstanding. More than being an offending remark it's a compliment.
We spent yesterday the whole evening at EA7PP's contest station setting a
modest EWE pointing to US and built in site a receiver protecting device.
Set up is very simple, an inverted L up to 18 metres on a fiber glass ple and
then about 21 metres horizontal to the tower (23m) . Only 2 tuned elevated
radials circling the plot as it is very small. Soil is very conductive and it
has been raining a lot during the last couple of weeks.
This is a rural area, almost no cellphone network coverage. Internet connection
is poor, a 4 miles 2.3 GHz link to a home in town, as the good 5 GHz was
damaged during a storm.
The contest started last night and I was still soldering wires to the
protection boxes while listening to some good East Coast signal.
I wrote a message to Pepe to his WhastApp. When he wakes up from his siesta
first thing he will ask me is "what the hell is a remote?"
Zé Carlos, muito grato pelos elogios, our tiny contest farm works! it's
encouraging.
73
Jose, EA7KW
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