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A good contest station needs Yagis in fixed directions so that a multiplier can be worked right away. I bought two GXP 11-3 to be put on a 36m tower, just below GXP 17-4. One was to be put at Read more

My 4 sq did pretty well in the ARRL DX contest and also in CQ 160 SSB. But it was noisy. Perhaps because the elements were not tuned, with resonances from 1.78 to 1.84 MHz I decided to tune the Read more

My 160m transmit signal with the shunt tower was OK but not great. In contests, I heard many DX stations well but could not work them until the conditions were better. Definitely I was in the middle of the crowd. Read more

The installer lifted the GXP 17-4 antenna to 110 ft and could not get it any higher. Partly because his gin pole was unstable. He arranged for a younger installer, who was waiting for a good weather on a weekend. Read more

I decided to add an extra 120′ (36m) tower to have a better signal in contesting. My signal from the current 100′ (30m) tower is not competitive on 20m and 40m so I decided to upgrade a 2 el 40m Read more

Austria is 80% mountainous. Wherever you are in the mountains, they are zillions of ski lifts or gondolas. Many of them are open in summer for tourists. Gondolas go up from downtown Innsbruck way up. A restaurant there is perfect Read more

In July 2025 I went to Australia and New Zealand. Of course, Elecraft KX2 radio went with me. Since QRP is not much power and nearly all contacts for Australia are DX, QTH selection is important, at best over salt Read more

For many years my family travels to St George Island for the end-of-year vacation. I always take a radio and at times try to make an effort to participate in the Stew Perry contest. This time it was too much Read more

To my surprise I scored #1 USA in CQ 160 contest in the SO Assisted category. See an official article. The last time a station in GA scored as #1 was W8JI in 2008 with his tremendous station. The contest Read more

I figured out why my EME setup was not working. After fixing the antennas, by mistake I fed them out of phase. Instead of getting 1+1=2 I got 1-1=0. I still made one EME QSO when the antenna was off, Read more