One op, about a year ago, was so excited to hear the Elecraft Net he
stopped his car and worked me mobile. He did not have a key in the car
but wound up using a piece of zip cord from a pile of junk in the back
seat of his car. He somehow got it stripped and hooked up to his rig.
Then I got his call at about 8 wpm. So I slowed down and worked him.
Welcome to ECN says I. Got his info where he told me he had an Elecraft
rig but it was at home and he was working me mobile. I did not get the
rest of the story until he got home and emailed me. I have worked him
later. He has a very fine fist once given the proper tools. Did a
creditable job with a few wires tapping his metal dash board though!!!
Kevin. KD5ONS
On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:17:31 -0500 (CDT), <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
About one year ago when I built a RockMite-40 and was about to try it I
heard somebody calling CQ on 7040 kHz. I quickly plugged in my Bencher
paddles to find that only one side was working and the other side didn't
(new stereo 1/8" plug from R.S. was bad). Couldn't find my straight key
right off (sorry, I had moved a couple of years before and still haven't
finished unpacking yet). So, I quickly found another 1/8" plug which I
clipped some wires to and tapped out my reply for my first QRPp QSO with
the RockMite-40, from Allentown, PA to Wilmington, DE! This relates to
the thread about a bad fist as well, as you can imagine. But I guess it
wasn't so bad, or at least when I explained and appologized in advance
to the guy in DE he must have given me great room for error, but was
still able to copy me okay. I was horrified as it was the worst code I
think I had ever sent! It was classic, though, to have a Morse code QSO
by literally tapping two wires together.
Mark, NK8Q
K2 #4786
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