Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5203 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2000 10:38:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by 10.226.25.101 with SMTP; 25 Dec 2000 10:38:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 28412 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2000 10:41:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 25 Dec 2000 10:41:30 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14AUxm-00034p-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2000 10:34:42 +0000 Received: from hs-img-2.compuserve.com ([149.174.177.151] helo=sphmgaab.compuserve.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14AUxk-00034k-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2000 10:34:41 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by sphmgaab.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.9) id FAA03860 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2000 05:34:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 05:33:31 -0500 From: "'Geri' Kinzel, DK8KW" Subject: LF: ve1zz, g3kev To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: <200012250533_MC2-BFAA-326B@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Mal, G3KEV wrote: >Except you are extremely lucky the chance of being heard in VE/W with the >average 40 ft vertical or low long wire is nil.< ... and it is exactly that little chance that fascinates me (and possibly other's trying to do the same) and it's that challenge that I am working on (well, ok, my umbrella is not 40 ft high but 59 ft, so may it be already considered a medium sized small-vertical antenna...?). For a 100%-chance QSO I either use an appropriate shortwave band or the Internet! Best 73 es Merry Christmas! Geri, DK8KW (W1KW) P.S.: I am the type of guy that takes a 1 Watt 14 MHz Mizuho CW-TX with a 2 x 5m dipole to Perth/Australia and hopes for a QSO with my father, DL6PE, back home ... and it *worked*!