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Must be date night
4 February 2012 | by Since it’s Friday, it must be date night. 20, 30 and 40 Meters are spectacular! Not a bit of local neighborhood QRN – the local Plasma TV watchers must be out to dinner or a movie.
The FOC is all over lower 40 Meters with their contest, so I switch over to 30 Meters and while quickly scanning, I hear a pileup. I have no idea who it is, but by listening carefully, I can tell that they are listening up 2 kHz. Abiding by the rule, “Work first, worry later”, I nabbed them on my third try.
They eventually gave their call and it turns out to be the HU2DX DXpedition down in El Salvador. The fact that they were able to dig me out of the pileup is no wonder. Here’s what they’re using:
For SSB and CW, two K3s and a K2. Digimodes will be done through a Yaesu FT-840. The antenna on 30 Meters is a Spiderbeam.
Not only did I snag a DXpedition, but I score another country for DDXCC!
Sweet!
72 de Larry W2LJ
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