Grin...a mile wide... Heard ZL8X calling CQ so I thought "heck, why not"...went back on my Double extended Zepp and busted through on the first try...oh yeah..pass the kool-aid folks...how does it get any better than this?....
Without a K3 and the ever trusty "toolbox" supplied as standard I doubt I would have got through....wow Nothing else matter when you got the K3 rockin... :-) Now how can I get my head through the motorhome door now...:-) 73's Gary On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Roger D Johnson <n...@roadrunner.com>wrote: > Nick-WA5BDU wrote: > > I've been turning on 160 the first thing in the morning for a couple > > weeks, ever since putting elevated radials under my inverted L, and > > hearing nothing but noise and a couple U.S. super stations calling CQ > > DX. Did I mention there was a wasp on the window outside my room > yesterday? > > > > So this morning the cluster reported that he was on 1.826.5 and > > eventually I was able to barely hear him. Using every trick in the K3's > > tool box including APF, I could finally make him out sending his call, > > but he was ESP level. I put in my call a few times without much hope of > > working him. After one last time, I decided to go cook some oatmeal and > > maybe check again in 30 minutes, so I pushed the TX standby switch on > > the rig as I always do when I walk away from it. I don't want the cats > > working DX with my call. > > > > Just as I was pulling the phones off, I heard: DU? So I mashed the TX > > standby switch for the eternity of one-half second it takes to go back > > to active. While doing this, I felt a tiny breeze on the back of my > > hand -- that red wasp was attempting a landing. I heard the beep and > > moved my hand to the paddle, the wasp landed on the K3's display, and I > > sent 'WA5BDU' a couple times. He came back 'WA5BDU 5NN' and naturally > > he was 5NN too. New 160M country in the log and another thing to be > > thankful for. > > > > 73- > > > > Nick, WA5BDU > > > > > > WOW! A DX wasp! > > 73 and congrats, Roger > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679, P3 #546 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
