Prior obligations prevented me from doing a "serious" field day and operating very much, but I did get on the air with my K1 (#2024) from a nearby park for about an hour Saturday night. I haven't done a field day for about 10 years, and never QRP, so it was a harrowing experience hearing 40m clogged to the gills and trying to "bust pile-ups." I only managed about 5 contacts in that hour, but I've been QRT for years, so my skills aren't so sharp.
Sunday afternoon, I went back out and tried for a few more contacts in the final hours of the contest. I grabbed 4 more - a couple on 20 and a couple on 40 - but the bands seemed really quiet compared to the night before. I have a feeling most of the big guns QRT at 18:00, and I didn't start until about 19:00. The K1s filters are great and the QSK is awesome. This seems like quite a capable contest rig when paired with a capable operator. I don't think I'll bother submitting my log, but 9 ops will get credit for working me. I used the No-Counterpoise antenna with the KAT-1. Tuned to 1.2:1 or better everywhere. Power was a 5mAh SLA battery. 73, Jason AC6XA _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
