I sold my FT-847 a few weeks back, so the only 6 meter rig I had was the 10
watt Kenwood TS-600. I was not planning to be home, but at the last minute my
evening opened up.
I dusted of the TS-600 and then remembered the 6 meter yagi was still down
after the storm took out my trees. So I used my MFG-949 tuner to dial up(or
down?) the 5 element 10 meter yagi I had gotten back on the air last week. It
is only up twenty feet, but works good for 10 band openings.
First call I hear is Bob, W4ZST who is about 48 miles away over some rough
terrain, NE is not my best VHF direction, so things are looking good.. I hear
3 other stations he works, so I move up a few kc and call CQ for 10 mintines,
but no one comes back.
I wind up working only 6 of the 21 staions I hear, working only folks in my
same grid other than the first one. Did not hear any of the stations to the
south that I can regularly work.
Results 6 QSOs 2 grids
Does 10 watts count as QRP?
73 de Bob,
K4ESA EM74qc
Bob Mantell
k4esa@yahoo.com
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