A couple of weeks ago I went on a kayaking trip to the northeast corner of Vancouver Island. With my luggage already overweight, I debated whether to bring my KX1 or KX3. I knew I would have only one night camping on a remote island in which to operate, and the KX1 made more sense. I brought the KX3.
I threw a wire into a very wet tree, and using the internal batteries, started to tune around. Near 14.060 I heard a W5 camping on a lake in New Mexico having a QSO. I waited for him to complete, and gave him a call. To my surprise, he called back. Though he was a solid 579 at my tent QTH overlooking Johnstone Straight, he gave me a 429 and it took some repeats before he got my info right. What a thrill! It was a joy to tune around and hear such a low noise floor--the only noisemakers for miles were the occasional cruise ship. Later that night, I heard a pod of orcas breathing in the cove outside my tent, including at least one calf. And I was maybe ten miles from Telegraph Cove. 72, the former WD6DBM/VE7 Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
