Congrats on finishing K2 #6980 and your dx contact first crack out of the box. Wishing you many more.
Great call, btw. People have accused me of QLF...hi 72 Tom WB2QDG K2 1103 ----- Original Message ----- From: "stan levandowski" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 5:53 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K2 #6980 -- ON THE AIR! > Completed K2 #6980, including a very careful alignment, at 5:00 p.m. > today, EDT here in NY. Tests into a 50 ohm dummy load showed nearly 16 > watts output. Without a tuner, my 20 meter dipole (which happens to be > up in my attic) has a 2.1:1 SWR at 14.060 so I cranked the power down to > a safer yet still respectable 5 watts and called CQ. > > SM7GUY came right back with a 579 and we had a nice chat. I grabbed a > camera and took a picture of the K2 for my records, tuned to 14060, > sitting amidst tools and test equipment, with my hastily scratched out > copy from the QSO. I sure hope Ingvar is willing to QSL! > > I could not have asked for a better ending to my perfect Elecraft > experience! > > > Stan Levandowski WB2LQF > HF QRP CW -- Doing more with less for over 50 years! > QCWA #35038 OOTC #4558 NAQCC #4740 SKCC #6488 FISTS #14992 > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
