On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 22:12:01 -0700 eric norris via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 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 kg7...@fwarc.org Yep, ain't it FUN!! Tom KG7CFC -- Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. -Les Brown ^^ --... ...-- / -.- --. --... -.-. ..-. -.-. ^^^^ Tom Taylor KG7CFC openSUSE 13.1 (64-bit), Kernel 3.11.6-4-default, KDE 4.11.2, AMD Phenom X4 955, GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Nvidia 337.19) 16GB RAM -- 3x1.5TB sata2 -- 128GB-SSD FF 27.0, claws-mail 3.10.0 registered linux user 263467 ______________________________________________________________ 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
