Woohoo - DX with 2m of wire
I had noticed that conditions on 21MHz were getting better, even though I still suffer from the increasing noise every evening. But now I even worked DX - with my simple JAIG antenna, which basically means only 2m of effectively usable wire. When I tested another incarnation of the diplexer I was working on I suddenly heard LA3BPA.
After a few other Asian stations with probably better antennas had worked him I gave it a try - and even received a 57 report. OK, if you see his antenna , you will understand why he came in here with S9, far above the noise level at this time. (Just recently I had a QSO with HS0ZIN, but it was a bad timing, because his signal slowly went down while the noise level went up. Btw, he too worked LA3BPA today.)
So, this QSO has shown me two things: 1) My antenna is really not as bad as some might think. 2) My diplexer can take 100W HF - I had just tested it with low power when I heard LA3BPA and did not want to take it out again.
Yeah...
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