I finally got my 40-meter dipole hung up a couple of weeks ago and have been working some 40-meters lately. The dipole is a simple center-fed wire antenna, and I have the center-point hung about 27′ in the air. In an inverted-V fashion, both legs are at 8.5′ atop my fence. I think I might try to get the ends a bit higher soon. I could even go about 5-6′ higher on the center-point if I need to, but I’d have to take the mast down and re-position the pulley. Not a huge deal, really, but also not something I was wanting to do in the winter months.
By accident, I found a couple of HF nets that I joined. The first was the NATA Net on 7.185MHz, where they allow people to contact other hams in states they’ve not worked for the WAS (Worked All States) achievement. This was a fun net, and the first night I joined, I made a few contacts and have already receive 2 QSL cards.
Nets I also worked were the Old Miss Net and the Moonlighters Net. All of these on 40-meters, but some of them also run on other bands.
I’m looking forward to joining into more nets and getting my tuner setup, so that I can work more bands. Lately the 10 and 20 meter bands have both been up during the day, so I’ll want to try some activity there soon also.
Hi,I would very much appreciate a permanent link on your blog-site to my QRP shortwave website.
Here’s a link to my QRP-website: http://www.stationqrp.com
Thank you very much in advance!
73’s
Jack
Hi Jack
Sure I can link back to you. I will add your link to the front page this week.
Thanks for commenting
73 – Jason
The Ole Miss net sounds interesting. Mississippi is the last state I need for WAS.