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Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 24/06/2013 11:11 AM, "Mike Markowski" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds fun, Phil! I wasn't quite so far from home. I operated from the > exceedingly remote and primitive conditions of my back deck. Scant remains > of a single bottle of Scotch provided sustenance for the event. Luckily it > and the 7.5 Ah battery held out for the duration. Such difficult > conditions anytime soon would be taxing, but 79 contacts at 5 W, including > Germany, no doubt leave the top guns slack jawed and envious. (Laughter? > Is that laughter?...) > > More seriously, you can see my watch for logging attached to the stand of > the K1. There are also small "paddlettes" with red finger pieces. There > was something refreshing about sitting out back with a few sheets of paper, > pencil and radio. Most ops were sending at 25 wpm or less. A fun few > hours, highly recommended. Pic of me (also submitted to arrl soapbox), the > K1, a single malt: > > > http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/**fd2013/fd2013-i.jpg<http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/fd2013/fd2013-i.jpg> > > 73, > Mike ab3ap '1B EPA' > > On 06/23/2013 08:54 PM, Philip Townsend Lontz wrote: > >> I got to be the gota op for the Chama, NM W5YA club. Oh My God! I had >> a really good time. Everyone had K3's running 5 watts. [...] >> > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[email protected]> > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
