In a message dated 4/1/03 6:33:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, spa@tri.net
writes:
> On a visit ot W7RM near Seattle perhaps 30 years ago I noted that the
> linears were all in a separate room (one for each band!) and the operating
> stations (bring your own Collins S-line!) were well isolated. That with a
> dedicated station with antennas pointing right down the Straits to JA with
a
>
> Japanese speaking OP made for a very tough station to beat from the west
> coast.
Of course one of the secret weapons was the beach antenna - a yagi
mounted on saltwater 200 feet below the bluff and pointed at JA. The bluff
was a fabulous stateside QRM filter and allowed the ops to hear stuff no one
else could hear.
The first major m/m operation from there produced until then unheard of
numbers of JA Q's. The contest committee determined that working that many
JA's was 'impossible' and dinged them hundreds of Q's as a result.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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