K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.
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K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.
 
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A couple of nights ago, I was calling CQ on CW. No takers. Then, I
heard my call rising out of the band noise. "N1AS DE UU1AZ K". Whoa, hold the phone, get outta here! A DX station called ME. I'm only running 10 watts to a vertical and he answered MY CQ? Must be the Mojo. Well, turns out it was more than that. He is an SKCC guy and was actively searching for new numbers from other SKCC members like me. His antenna is, and I quote, "full size 4 element yagi, 42 meters up". That's high. Oh yea, we were on 40 meters. Imagine the size of that antenna system. He sent me an MP3 recording of part of our QSO. It was an absolute hoot to hear my signal from a few thousand miles away. It didn't sound so good though and his side tone sounded nasty. I asked what rig he was using. "FT1000MP". Oh, that explains a bit :-) So it appears that part of the secret of the Mojo is to work a person with an antenna the size of Rhode Island, high enough that 747s have to fly around it. It was sure a lot of fun! 73! - Keith N1AS - - K3 711 - _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Keith and All,
Yes--one of the speakers at Ozarkcon casually commented that your antenna needs to be bigger than your house!!!! I love that line! Dave W7AQK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darwin, Keith" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:51 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source. A couple of nights ago, I was calling CQ on CW. No takers. Then, I heard my call rising out of the band noise. "N1AS DE UU1AZ K". Whoa, hold the phone, get outta here! A DX station called ME. I'm only running 10 watts to a vertical and he answered MY CQ? Must be the Mojo. Well, turns out it was more than that. He is an SKCC guy and was actively searching for new numbers from other SKCC members like me. His antenna is, and I quote, "full size 4 element yagi, 42 meters up". That's high. Oh yea, we were on 40 meters. Imagine the size of that antenna system. He sent me an MP3 recording of part of our QSO. It was an absolute hoot to hear my signal from a few thousand miles away. It didn't sound so good though and his side tone sounded nasty. I asked what rig he was using. "FT1000MP". Oh, that explains a bit :-) So it appears that part of the secret of the Mojo is to work a person with an antenna the size of Rhode Island, high enough that 747s have to fly around it. It was sure a lot of fun! 73! - Keith N1AS - - K3 711 - _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In reply to this post by Darwin, Keith
Don't know about UU1AZ, but in Ukraine (and the rest of the former Soviet Union) most people live in crumbling tower blocks. He may well have had his beam mounted on top of the block of flats he lived in. I recently returned from holiday in Nerja, on the south coast of Spain. In that small town I saw no less than three large HF beams mounted on top of blocks of flats. Hard to imagine that being allowed here in the UK, where even erecting a small vertical in the back garden of your freehold owned property produces a knock on the door from a neighbour complaining that it spoils his view and lowers the value of his property.
Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222 KX3 #110
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-----Original Message-----
Don't know about UU1AZ, but in Ukraine (and the rest of the former Soviet Union) most people live in crumbling tower blocks. He may well have had his beam mounted on top of the block of flats he lived in. ------------------------- I got some more info. It turns out the OM I worked was using a contest club station. You can check it out here. http://uu7j.com/. Be warned, it will create antenna envy! - Keith N1AS - - K3 711 - _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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You want worse antenna envy??? Try: http://cn2r.net/cn2r/index.htm I
worked them in the ARRL international DX contest on 80 meters with a K2 @ 5 watts. That rotatable beam on 80 and the rotatable dipole on 160 at over 100 feet is something else. MOJO is nice, but money helps hi hi. W0EB > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] > [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Darwin, Keith > Sent: April 30, 2008 9:01 AM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source. > > -----Original Message----- > Don't know about UU1AZ, but in Ukraine (and the rest of the former > Soviet > Union) most people live in crumbling tower blocks. He may > well have had > his beam mounted on top of the block of flats he lived in. > ------------------------- > > I got some more info. It turns out the OM I worked was using > a contest > club station. You can check it out here. http://uu7j.com/. > Be warned, > it will create antenna envy! > > - Keith N1AS - > - K3 711 - > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In reply to this post by Darwin, Keith
I run 5 to 10 watts on my K2 all the time. I get a lot of comments about the
signal and that they can't believe I'm only running ten watts. It happened again just last night on CW. In fact, I checked into the Elecraft SSB net on Monday night and the control operator couldn't believe I was only running ten watts. There were one or two others running ten watts also. I think there is more to the mojo than the other guy having a big antenna with a huge amount of gain. I only run a vertical or a magnetic loop and I'm still able to work DX. Maybe not as much as the guy with a zillion watts and a high gain antenna farm. Again, it's the mojo which is a great equalizer. :-) Gary, N7HTS On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:51:29 -0700 "Darwin, Keith" <[hidden email]> wrote: > A couple of nights ago, I was calling CQ on CW. No takers. Then, I > heard my call rising out of the band noise. "N1AS DE UU1AZ K". > Whoa, hold the phone, get outta here! A DX station called ME. I'm only > running 10 watts to a vertical and he answered MY CQ? > > Must be the Mojo. > > Well, turns out it was more than that. He is an SKCC guy and was > actively searching for new numbers from other SKCC members like me. His > antenna is, and I quote, "full size 4 element yagi, 42 meters up". > That's high. Oh yea, we were on 40 meters. Imagine the size of that > antenna system. > > He sent me an MP3 recording of part of our QSO. It was an absolute hoot > to hear my signal from a few thousand miles away. It didn't sound so > good though and his side tone sounded nasty. I asked what rig he was > using. "FT1000MP". Oh, that explains a bit :-) > > So it appears that part of the secret of the Mojo is to work a person > with an antenna the size of Rhode Island, high enough that 747s have to > fly around it. > > It was sure a lot of fun! > > 73! > > - Keith N1AS - > - K3 711 - > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Wow! That looks more like a Voice Of America setup than an "amateur" radio
station! But I bet you got more satisfaction out of making the contact than CN2R did. Dave W7AQK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Sheldon" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:09 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source. > You want worse antenna envy??? Try: http://cn2r.net/cn2r/index.htm I > worked them in the ARRL international DX contest on 80 meters with a K2 @ > 5 > watts. That rotatable beam on 80 and the rotatable dipole on 160 at over > 100 feet is something else. MOJO is nice, but money helps hi hi. > > W0EB > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [hidden email] >> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Darwin, Keith >> Sent: April 30, 2008 9:01 AM >> To: [hidden email] >> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Don't know about UU1AZ, but in Ukraine (and the rest of the former >> Soviet >> Union) most people live in crumbling tower blocks. He may >> well have had >> his beam mounted on top of the block of flats he lived in. >> ------------------------- >> >> I got some more info. It turns out the OM I worked was using >> a contest >> club station. You can check it out here. http://uu7j.com/. >> Be warned, >> it will create antenna envy! >> >> - Keith N1AS - >> - K3 711 - >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Post to: [hidden email] >> You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >> Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): >> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >> Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Gary,
It would be nice if it were mojo. I try not to tell anyone I am running 10 watts unless they ask. I listen to the QRO operators on 75 in the evening and some seem to think that the difference between 100 watts and 500 watts is huge. It's just a little over 6 db, which is around or slightly above 1 S unit depending on the receiver. Going up to 1kw is only another 3 db which is less than another S unit. All that electricity and cost to operate, when a little antenna improvement and good band conditions mean so much more. (All that said, I will still buy a KPA800 when they get them produced, just to satisfy those who think running that level of power is everything to getting out> ! :-) With mojo I wouldn't need 100W which I will be running once I finish up the second K2 and get my K#.) 72, Bill K9YEQ K2 #35, K2 # 5279, KX1 #35, Mini Modules, etc. -----Original Message----- I run 5 to 10 watts on my K2 all the time. I get a lot of comments about the signal and that they can't believe I'm only running ten watts. It happened again just last night on CW. In fact, I checked into the Elecraft SSB net on Monday night and the control operator couldn't believe I was only running ten watts. There were one or two others running ten watts also. I think there is more to the mojo than the other guy having a big antenna with a huge amount of gain. I only run a vertical or a magnetic loop and I'm still able to work DX. Maybe not as much as the guy with a zillion watts and a high gain antenna farm. Again, it's the mojo which is a great equalizer. :-) Gary, N7HTS _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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So have I for the last 9 years. And my K3 for the last 4 months. But with the current state of the ionosphere it's just too hard going, if you don't have an antenna farm like the ones in the photos. I feel like a traitor but my order has just gone in for the PA upgrade to my K3.
Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222 KX3 #110
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Never mind Julian, I am sure there is counselling available under the NHS :) :)
Peter Zl1PWD K3#139
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