Hi Phill
Well that's great.
Very offten you can do stuff like that.
Thanks for the note on that.
Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 8:14 PM
Subject: Two Summers ago on 6 meters


>I had the R7 vertical at the time on a 3 foot tripod and a 5 foot pole.  So
> the base of the vertical was about 23 feet above ground and the top of the
> vertical would have been about 48 or 49 feet; maybe 50.  Keep in mind, the
> R7 did not have a 6 meter element at the top like the R8 did when it came
> out.  I was tuning the band about this time of the year and heard a 
> Mexican
> station calling CQ on CW about 40 over S9.  I punch the Icom 7000 to
> transmit and checked the SWR, which was 1.4, and the output was 40 watts.
> The X E answered me on the first call.  That summer, I worked 36 states
> using an antennas that didn't have 6 meters on it.
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
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