Last night was a pleasant surprise. I started off by working IF9ZWA at 0549.
His signal came up out nowhere quickly. I reached over to turn on 3 minutes of
agony (tube warm-up) and decided to call him barefoot. A quick QSO resulted
(he was S7) then I realized I had the K3 power set to drive my amp. The QSO
was made with 55W. He peaked a few minutes later at S9 on the K3 meter.
Definite SR enhancement
About 0715 I hear stations calling someone thinking it might be A35T. Finally
about 0735 I begin to hear very weak CW on 1821.5 and finally worked them at
0745Z. The amp was in play, it had remained on.
TX/RX ant is 1/4wl sloper.
Arne N7KA
DM65
New Mexico
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