VK9WA, The Story of ONE QSO
I am writing this at the day, when VK9WA 2015 DXspedition is about to end. http://vk9wa.com/
Few days before the Willis Islands came on air, I found that I am missing VK9W for 2015 DXCC hunt and WARC bands are not in the log at all!
Well, I have (I think I have) a decent set up for ordinary HF bands 160-10m but today no beams for WARCS. As you may recall, I do my "antenna suite for the winter" during each autumn and this year the WARCs do not have any yagis. 17/12 meters are the worst with only a R8 up on the roof.
Since the weather was supporting (winter came very late this year to KP10), I checked the shack and cable storage and hastily made a vertical dipole and hoisted it up to 20m right when Willis Boys began their pile ups.
And when 17 metres came on air ; first call and they are in the log in CW. Just for fun I worked them on as many bands I could hear. Mission completed!
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