[600MRG] WD2XSH/20 - WG2XSV QSO

[Eric NO3M]

Now that my fingers aren't glued to a paddle; congrats to both of you.  
The QSB can be a real hurdle, but patience usually prevails.  Pat and I 
made it about 20 minutes tonight before his signal took a dive, about 
the time we ended it. XIQ and I have dodged waves of QSB during single 
QSOs, but I think the effort is part of the fun.

I'm still amazed at how well all the 1W ERP stations do. Hopefully after 
the dust settles from the ARRL160 and prep, I can get around to putting 
up a long planned broadside pair of K9AY antennas aimed west.  Broadside 
spacing will be about 1200 ft. Should have a better chance to copy Neil.

73 Eric XJM

On 12/03/2013 11:59 PM, Rudy Severns wrote:
> We finally got it together.  About 0448Z Neil and I had a QSO.  His 
> signal was 539.  Not too strong but Q5.  We had to play games with the 
> QSB to make it work.
>
> I'm very pleased and I know Neil worked hard to make this happen. Now 
> I need to start QSOing some of the rest of you.  When the picks up a 
> bit more that will happen.
>
> 73, Rudy
>