I just wanted to post my own Field Day observations without necessarily starting another thread.
Two things I was extremely happy about: 1/ My 13-year-old son, Simon, made almost 100 contacts by himself. He's had his license for ten months. Even Blaise my six-year-old made three contacts and was trying for more! 2/ Even though I hadn't used the K2 since last Field Day I never once thought, "Okay, I'm operating an Elecraft K2," in order to think about how to do something. Instead, I *never* adjusted a control other than the tuning knob; I can't even remember being aware of the digital display; the 'transparency' of the K2 simply left me hearing and visualizing signals without being aware of the rig itself. In short, the rig disappeared. This is a litmus test that I apply to all rigs and only two, the K2 and the Omni VI, have ever passed the test. Very cool. I'll have to re-think setting up in a rain forest next year because rain kept us off the air for all except 6 hours... but we hope to work you all from a different location in 2013. Regards, The Radio Owls Al W6LX (+ Simon KJ6QNN) Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon ______________________________________________________________ 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
