K5UJ Q5 on 3885

[Bill, KD0HG]

Rob, your 50 watts was solid into CO last night. About the strongest sig in your group.

Bill

[K5UJ]

Wow Bill tnx the check is in the mail!   

I must say I think this says more about condx last night AND ur hot rx setup with that beverage than anything else but who doesn't like a good sig. report 

[K5IIA]

you did have a good signal rob. whatsup with low power? i was listening to k1kbw, k1jj, and a few other statioins on 3875 but i could see your sigi nul over there on 85.

[K5UJ]

you did have a good signal rob.

tnx

whatsup with low power?

in a word, laziness.

I was listening to the group on 3885 and there was one station in Lincoln NE but I thought he departed.  All the others were in Wisconsin no more than maybe 150 miles from me and I was pretty sure I'd be able to do okay with them and just 50 watts because the band sounded real good.  No QRN (at first it got worse later on).  So I didn't bother to fire up filaments and just went with the plastic radio.  Well the Nebraska station was still there but he said he could hear me okay, and this was with the cloud burner dipole.  If this is anything to go on, the low bands should be really good this winter as long as we don't have a lot of thunderstorms like last year.

Rob

[Bill, KD0HG]

Rob..Wasn't listening on the Beverage, it's been TU since the August lightning strike. Listening on the new TX antenna.

You were the 50W channel master on the Big 85.

Now, get some QRO going, pussy.

Bill

[K5IIA]

i worked w7gqe last night after midnight. it took us 2 or 3 times to get the calls but were able to give run downs on the stations and stuff. probably caught 90 percent of what he said. i'm ready to hear ol qgd bill out there calling on the b&w 100 watter with a good sign nall

lazy is cool rob. just wanted to make sure there were no probs over there.

[K5UJ]

Okay Bill QSL 

is 100 w. all QGD ever runs?  Amazing how well he gets out.  I'd like to know what his antenna is.  I was out west in Calif. 2 years ago on business and had a little Grundig Yachtboy receiver with me and one night I walked outside and got away from buildings and noise and listened on 75 m. and heard QGD Bill--he was strapping in out there.