Rusty RingJun 2, 2023

Just letting you know that I just worked Sweden from Olympia WA on CW (Morse code) using a homemade radio from the 90s at 5 big watts to a longwire antenna up 40 feet in a tree.

Bear in mind that at this power level you could run 8 stations like mine off the light socket in your refrigerator. _Not_ the fridge itself. Just the light socket. (That's a 40W bulb.)

Because CW rules and sideband drools.

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Show threadSteve
@RustyRing Which band? I forgot to ask earlier.
Jun 3, 2023 at 12:01amWeb
Show threadRusty RingJun 3, 2023
@sclower 20. It's starting to do that summer thing where you can sometimes get amazing DX in the greyline. Tonight I heard another Swede, a Brazilian, and a Pole. Tried to reach the Polish OM twice, but I guess he couldn't copy.
Show threadSteveJun 8, 2023
@RustyRing Nice! So far I’ve only been able to hear Sweden and Polland on 15 or 10.
Show threadRusty RingJun 9, 2023
@sclower Yeah, you start to get good DX on 20 after sunset, like half-hour to an hour in. Last night I got New Zealand, and a few nights ago Finland. Copied but couldn't work Croatia, Hungary, and Belarus. (Could definitely have logged 'em if I still had 100W forward! Ops at 5W are a challenge, no doubt.)