This is indeed an awesome area. I have done some SCUBA diving near this location at a place called God's Pocket.
This is not a warm or dry place. I think water temperature even in the summer is about 48 degrees. -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Slava Baytalskiy Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2014 5:57 AM To: eric norris Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Another Elecraft Tale Hi Eric! Wow, awesome! You got any pictures of the area? It must be breathtaking... __________________ Slava (Sal) B, W2RMS w2...@arrl.net On Aug 7, 2014, at 1:12 AM, 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 > sla...@nullserv.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 gthorn...@thorntonmostullaw.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
