First 20 meter contact

[airplane1]

Well I am happy now that I got my first 20 meter contact, I was not getting any time to put up a antenna to get on 20 because of rain rain rain in my area. On the days we had a break from the rain I was cutting grass and trying to get my outside work done. Well I got sick of waiting so I decided to try tuning my A99 which is up at 36ft on 20 and got a 1.5 swr with my LDG AT 7000 auto tuner and made a contact with Cuba. I was pleasently surprised it worked, it must be very poor as it is so small but hey, if it gets me on who cares lol.

I cant wait till I can get the 80-6 OCF up to see if it works better than the A99.

73,
AP

 

[KE3W]

Outstanding!

 

[Jaymom]

Congratulations AP, I know exactly how you feel. Worked 4 states yesterday afternoon on 20 meters. Sure felt good too.

Harold

 

[Moleculo]

Congrats. As you found out, you can have fun with just about any type of antenna, so long as you can make the transceiver happy. It doesn't have to be perfect to be fun!

 

[airplane1]

Well thanks all, I can tell you it is fun and will get better too. I am on the radio much more now that I got the general, wife is getting lonely lol. I am thinking of getting my extra now.

AP