Add me to the list of KX3 ops in the ARRL CW DX Contest. I spent about 11 hours as HI/K8MR, operating with very simple wires from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino resort in Punta Cana. Totaled 615 QSOs with 172 Multipliers. There were some very slow times for us, especially on the low bands, when European signals were booming in, much louder than stateside. But we couldn't work them in this contest :-( Best rate was an hour+ of 140/hr on 15 (and some 10) operating under a beach hut with a 10 foot piece of wire strung around the underside of the hut's framework. Precautions were used to protect the radio: I taped over all unused connecters and screw holes, and kept the radio in a ZipLoc bag, open only enough to get out the coax and keyer and headphone lines. Sent by hand and logged on paper from the beach! Night time operation (and late afternoon after the internal batteries ran out) was from the room with wires run from our fourth floor balcony. Jim, W8WTS, was also with me and shared time at the radio, using HI/W8WTS. I don't have his final results but I believe they were similar to mine. I was able to pack all the radio stuff in the equivalent space of slightly less than a carry on suitcase. (A few tools did have to go in checked luggage). Definitely a new horizon in contest expeditioning! 73 - Jim K8MR ______________________________________________________________ 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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