Yesterday, I did something I've never done before. I worked a contest -- the IARU HF Championships -- using only CW. And I did it with an inherited KX-1 (I'm still trying to find where the original builder put the serial number sticker) and a random-wire antenna tossed into a small tree outside my window.
Conditions weren't great, at least not until after the CME's expected arrival. Due to time restrictions, I didn't get many contacts; only six, in fact. But if the bearing and distance calculators in my log program are believable, I was getting around 900 miles on two watts. The KXAT1 reported a match of 1.1:1 on the entirety of the 20m CW band. I had to pack up before 40m opened up, or I might have worked quite a bit more. Kudos to the KX-1 designers. If this little transceiver works this well on a rough-cut OCF dipole slung out a window, I'm looking forward to trying it on a Buddipole. 73 de N5ILN/6 Alan ______________________________________________________________ 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
