This Icom 746 can tune almost anything, I got it to tune my #EFHW8010 for #160m / #FT8 (which is surprising, consider I sometimes have trouble tuning #40m and #80m with it, heh, probably because I had to splice it back together at some point and probably lost a little bit in length)

I've heard the phrase, "my tuner could tune a coat hanger"

I might need to try that 😂 with this, lol

#HamRadio

#160m #dxcc certificate just arrived from #arrl.

But what it doesn't say:
a. All CW;
b. All real QSLs;
c. No remote QSOs (at either the DX station or at my station);
d. All from a single location in Colorado.

I'm quite proud of this one; it was tough. I started on it in earnest in 2018. My TX antenna is just an inv vee with the apex at 27m. I tried a couple of RX antennas, but they were rarely any better than the TX antenna on receive.

#hamradio

whoa, I made my first contact on #160m 😮

my antenna is only an #EFHW8010 but I turned down to 160m and tried to see if the beast of the Icom 746 could tune it, and surprisingly it got the SWR less than 2:1, heh

though, I don't think the radio likes it, because after transmitting the tuner feature turns of

anyways, enough of that, at least I was able to make one #FT8 contact on 160m 🙂

(also, I'm awake way too early, lol)