Put up and trimmed with analyzer a 11M inverted vee@26 feet, first contact was on channel 26 to a station in Florida who copied me loud and clear. A real surprise with 4 watts.
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First Contact With Cobra 29 LTD, Colorado to Florida
- Thread starter Starcruiser1948
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Congrats on a great long distance contact! Love it when low power makes the trip.
Welcome! Great contact, mother nature was smiling at you. Conditions will be improving over the next few years, making contacts like that more common. Enjoy the DX!
Boy I hope you are right about that, like a ghost town locally around here.
i would take a wire antenna over some antron 99 joke any day. you hit florida from where?
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