K9ZTVqso.MP3 by goathiker published on 2015-05-28T13:05:20Z Setup KX3 on the patio outside near the pond to test a portable antenna that I've been thinking of using for portable SOTA ops. It's ~48' of continuous #22 twisted pair CAT-5 soft drawn copper wire fashioned into a 44' doublet. Rolled up it fits in a sandwich bag feedline and all (5-oz). KX3's ATU matched it with ease on 80-6m. But the bands were really poor! Did manage a nice contact with Kent/K9ZTV- Jefferson, MO on 30m (5W, 680-miles) in spite of the QRM from a frog ...who whenever I keyed up seemed to join in chorus with me? Lots of birds and other environmental noises added to a fun end of day CW QSO. Solar Flux: 94 SN: 28 A-index: 007 More pics of setup/antenna: https://flic.kr/s/aHskc1imzZ Genre QRP
