Wayne I was especially impressed by the prompt response of Elecraft yesterday to the ham who is in Togo with damaged gear. Actions like that speak louder than words. Congratulations. Marcelo, PY1KN > Thanks for noticing, Bill :) The HK0NA crew certainly did a great job, > as > have other recent DXpeditions using K3s, etc. > > DXpedition use of our gear has been a source of input and inspiration > for us, and we provide a lot of support to the teams. Many hardware > and firmware refinements now in shipping products can be traced to the > kind of stresses put on the gear in inhospitable terrain and climate. > > We're now looking forward to a few "micro DXpeditions" featuring the > KX3. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Feb 7, 2012, at 8:20 AM, cqbi...@q.com wrote: > >> Surprised the lack of comments on this subject, unless I missed it. >> I do want to thank the Elecraft gang for their support of the HK0NA >> operation. I have been a ham for 57yrs and had NEVER chased a single >> HF DXpedition, but I got the bug with this one. What an amazing >> performance by the DXpedition team in all respects. The collection >> of operators was outstanding and the Elecraft gear sounded great. I >> wonder how many of the team had actually used a K3 before the >> DXpedition? I'm guessing more of them will be in the future! Hi Hi >> >> I worked them on 14 - band/modes with 100w and nothing but dipoles >> on 160/80/40/20. Thank heavens for antenna tuners. I was shut out on >> 80, 160 and 6m but heard them on both 80 and 160 well enough to call >> them, just too much competition and tropical QRN on their end. >> >> Thanks again Elecraft, well done. Some fun photos involving Elecraft >> gear on the DXpedition website under "Island Reports and Photos" >> See HK0NA dot com. >> >> 73 Bill K0AWU -- K3 -#3460 >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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