Wait until you get the chance to take it into the wilderness where the nearest power line is 20 miles away. The noise floor really is the noise floor of the radio and a wire in the nearest tree is like a stacked array. The thrills have never gone away in this great hobby. 73, Bill AK5X
On Dec 5, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > " Quite a thrill for me,..." > > That's what Ham radio is all about. Congratulations! > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > > I just had the thrill of my first contact using my KX3 and Buddipole... > > I was set up in my back yard to ring out the setup for some picnic table > work later in the week. > > I worked V31NO in Belize, got a 55 report (he was 59). Quite a thrill for > me, thanks to Buddipole and Elecraft. > > If you want to reply, please take care to do it only to the list you read it > on, I admit to overzealous cross-posting this due to my immediate > enthusiasm. > > 73 de Dave, W5SV > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 Bill Hammond wham...@aol.com Bill Hammond-AK5X a...@mac.com a...@sbcglobal.net K3 #69 P3 #817 KPA500 # 149 K2/100 #4637 K1 #2033 KX1 #1023 KX3 #583 W2 T1 ______________________________________________________________ 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