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Well spent time in the shack

Posted: 12 Oct 2016 06:53 AM PDT
https://va3qv.wordpress.com/2016/10/...-in-the-shack/


Well now that I can move around again after the intentional overdose of
Turkey with all the fixings. and the leftoversÂ*



Here we go again. Â*back in the shack.

For what appears (to me at least) to be bad band conditions I am impressed
at everywhere my QRP Digital Modes signals have been getting around to



MyÂ*next wish would be that I actually made contacts everwhere my signals
had been spotted .



But wishes dont always come true

However I seem to be able to make contacts across North America and the
Western parts of Europe along with the occasional contact in South America
with my simple setup running approx 2w into my wire antenna.






Most of my contacts seem to be confirmed either on LoTW or EQSL

Out of my last 30 contacts 20 were confirmed (66%), 18 were confirmed on
EQSL (60%), 13 were confirmed on LoTW (40%) and 10 were confirmed on both




And for those contacts and the confirmations Thank you

Im not sure how much time I will be able to spend down here in my warm cozy
shack Â*There have been some rumours of my landlord replacing the back yard
fences before the snow arrives Â*that would force me to remove the mast that
supports my OTA TV antenna, the small masting that supports my 4:1 unun
that feeds the long wire which is my only HF antenna as well as the mast
that supports my VHF/UHF J pole. Â*Although this would be a temporary
removal Â*I dont really want to re install everything once the cold weather
sets in and the ground freezes (I will if I have to though) I keep crossing
my fingers in the hope that the promised work will happen in the spring
instead.. If the last time we had contractors in was any indication Â*When
ever it happens should force me off the air for about 10 working days

In the meantime I will keep trying to give out the rare VA3 Prefix to
whoever has a good enough receiver to hear my 5w and a wire or 2w and a
wire in the digital modes



and with any luck hopefully a few of them will be with the 7 states I am
missing for my Digital WAS and my ARRL Triple Play

Hopefully one of those contacts will be with you

73bob