06/25/2002 | K6SE USED A BALLOON-SUPPORTED 1/4-WAVE VERTICAL OVER A MOIST PURE SALT GROUND AT KOEHN DRY LAKE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS AN ULTRA- QUIET QTH FAR FROM ANY CIVILIZATION IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, SO NO SPECIAL RECEIVE ANTENNAS WERE NEEDED. RIG WAS AN FT-1000MP DRIVING AN ALPHA 76CA TO 1200 WATTS. CONDX WERE MEDIOCRE - NO EU OR AFRICA HEARD. JA OPENINGS BOTH MORNINGS WERE POOR, WITH EVEN THE BIG GUN JAS FAIRLY WEAK. MY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE QRPERS WHO PERSEVERED AND WERE ABLE TO QSO ME. -- K6SE