FEB 2016 QSO's

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Greeley, CO to Lexington, TX

 above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 19 FEB 2016 / Approx: 0358hrs UTC
Per N9SSA Distance and Miles Per Watt Calculator:

Dist: Approx 816 miles - Pwr = 3w PEP

Dist Per Watt =  204 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole w/ MFJ-971 Tuner
Freq: 7.053 MHz

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Greeley, CO to Harwinton, CT
The farthest my QRP rig has reached yet!

 above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 11 FEB 2016 / Approx: 2300hrs UTC
Per N9SSA Distance and Miles Per Watt Calculator:

Dist: Approx 1641 miles - Pwr = 3w PEP

Dist Per Watt =  547 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole w/ MFJ-971 Tuner
Freq: 21.050 MHz

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Greeley, CO to Choccolocco, AL

 above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 11 FEB 2016 / 2144hrs UTC

Dist: Approx 1146 miles - Pwr = 3w PEP

Dist Per Watt =  381 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole w/ MFJ-971 Tuner
Freq: 21.050 MHz

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Greeley, CO to Portland, OR
Made initial contact but lost to QSB

 above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 11 FEB 2016 / 2054hrs UTC

Dist: Approx 973 miles - Pwr = 3w PEP

Dist Per Watt =  324 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole w/ MFJ-971 Tuner
Freq: 21.050 MHz

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Greeley, CO to Corpus Christi, TX
My first ever 15m QSO! Thanks Mike!

above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 11 FEB 2016 / 1747hrs UTC

Dist: Approx 967 miles - Pwr < 4w PEP

Dist Per Watt > 239 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole w/ MFJ-971 Tuner
Freq: 21.048 MHz

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Greeley, CO to Cincinnati, OH

above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 10 FEB 2016 / 0539hrs UTC

Dist: Approx 1066 miles - Pwr < 5w

Dist Per Watt > 213 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole
Freq: 7.053 MHz

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Greeley, CO to  Kent, WA

above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 10 FEB 2016 / 0129hrs UTC

Dist: Approx 994 miles - Pwr < 5w

Dist Per Watt > 199 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole
Freq: 7.116 MHz

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Greeley, CO to Houston, TX

above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 09 FEB 2016 / 0021hrs UTC

Dist: Approx 906 miles - Pwr < 5w

Dist Per Watt > 185 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole
Freq: 7.114 MHz

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QSO Feb. 7th, 2016

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2nd QSO from Greeley, CO to Farmersville, TX

Thanks for the great chat!

above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 07 FEB 2016 / 0233hrs UTC

Dist: Approx 682 miles - Pwr < 5w

Dist Per Watt > 137 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole
Freq: 7.111 MHz

QSO's Feb. 6th, 2016

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Greeley, CO to Farmersville, TX

Another good CW QSO tonight. I've been lucky with my QRP rig the last few days. 

Hope this keeps up! Thanks Jon.

above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 06 FEB 2016 / 0225hrs UTC

Dist: Approx 682 miles - Pwr < 5w

Dist Per Watt > 137 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole
Freq: 7.1083 MHz


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Greeley, CO to Seguin, TX

Tonight was apparently destined to be a Texas night. This QSO was great for a few minutes before the QRN took over on my end unfortunately. Hopefully the airwaves will be more cooperative on the next go round. Thanks Art!

 above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 06 FEB 2016 / 0529hrs UTC

Dist: Approx 842 miles - Pwr < 5w

Dist Per Watt > 168 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole
Freq: 7.053 MHz


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QSO Feb. 5th, 2016

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It is always a pleasure to copy crystal clear code with a super strong signal. My first QSO from the state that I called home for 8 years. Thanks Tony!

Greeley, CO to Oxnard, CA

above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

  QSO: CW QRP / QRS

Date/Time: 05 FEB 2016 / 0341hrs UTC

Dist: Approx 903 miles - Pwr < 5w

Dist Per Watt > 181 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole
Freq: 7.114 MHz

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5th CW QRP QSO

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Tonight's QSO was easily the easiest CW to copy (mostly due to excellent signal strength) that I've experienced yet as a ham. It was also the first time that I'd ever heard someone calling my callsign on the air when I wasn't expecting it. That was fun to hear! My radio's battery cut out during my initial response, so I had to quickly fumble around to get the AC/DC power supply up and running. Many thanks go out to Larry in Ohio for waiting around for me to get back on the air, and then for being patient with my QRS/QRP CW as well.

Greeley, CO to Wapakoneta, OH

above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

Date/Time: 02 FEB 2016 / 0418hrs UTC

Dist: Approx 1076 miles - Pwr < 5w

Dist Per Watt > 218 miles per watt

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole
Freq: 7.053 MHz 

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4th CW Contact

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This afternoon's QSO came thanks to SKCC's "Elmer" Program.

Thanks SKCC and thanks Dale!

Greeley, CO to Green River WY - Great QSO!

above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

Date/Time: 26 Jan 2016 / 2233UTC

Dist: Approx 260 miles. 

Freq: 7.110MHz 

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Pwr < 5w

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole

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3rd CW Contact

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3d QSO tonight. CW - 4W - 738 Miles. Great Fun!

Greeley, CO to Marcell, MN

 above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

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2nd CW Contact

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Made my 2nd ever CW contact tonight as part of the SKCC's January K3Y event. I've found that using the K3UK Sked Page to figure out who is on the air from SKCC at any given time, and the Reverse Beacon site for the 40m band makes it super easy to locate CW signals on the 40m band, in real-time, that I'll be likely to copy. 

Greeley, CO to Buffalo Grove, IL

 above map courtesy of "As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator

Date/Time: 7 Jan 2016 / 0118 UTC

Dist: Approx 877 miles. 

Freq: 7.052MHz 

Rig: KD1JV Tri-Bander

Pwr < 5w

Ant. 40m Wire Dipole

First Ever CW QSO!

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I just made my first ever CW QSO: approximately 647 mile contact (Greeley, CO to Fayetteville, AR) using a KD1JV Tri-Bander and a straight key, transmitting less than 5w through a 40m dipole spanning the back yard. Ready now for Straight Key Night.

Greeley, CO to Fayetteville, AR

Map created using: http://tjpeiffer.com/crowflies.html

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