Congrats Ron. Well done.
Indeed it's those unexpected ones that are really exciting.
Let's hope Raoul can log more NA over the coming weeks.
Steve ve6wz
> On Oct 14, 2025, at 10:19 AM, Ron Spencer via Topband
> <topband@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> I was monitoring the on4kst chat pages and Raoul, ZS1C, came on around 3:30Z
> or so saying he was CQing on 1835. I am out in NM with a very small set up.
> 160 antenna is a top loaded wire hung from an approx 43' fiberglass push up
> pole. Receive in ZS direction is a very low beverage averaging about 3 to 4
> inches off the ground. Unterminated and about 350' long. So far, FAR from a
> superstation. Perhaps a bit above average.
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> As I listened and Raoul's sunrise approached I heard, I think, some CW. A bit
> later (a minute or so) I am hearing letters and then ZS1C.
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> With my set up I was AMAZED, and still am, that I was hearing him. Now, will
> he hear me with that short tramsmit antenna? Indeed he does! I'm running
> around a kw with a SPE 1.3k amp and the radio is a K3.
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> After some back and forths (LOTS of QRN) we complete the Q!!
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> As Steve, VE6WZ, posted earlier, the thrill is, at least for me, much greater
> than when working someone using ft8. With cw the brain has to do all the
> processing piecing the bits together to make sense of it.
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> Perhaps this is why I still enjoy the hobby! Raoul, thanks for your patience
> and for getting on!
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> Ron N4XD
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