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*!
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