My '06 QRPTTF start time was foiled by last minute manditory meeting. Finally at 3PM I was faced with pack up gear & goats and head for the hills (~2-3hrs to launch RF) OR stay home and set up outside (~20m to launch RF!) Doh!
So me and 'boys' setup shop at base of my tower.The boys (goats) milled about chewing down the weeds while I made a few Qs. KX1 was acting goofy so I switched to the K1. Dropped power to < 200mWs for fun. Seeing I had the beam advantage I thought it only appropriate to stay under a watt. Boys paid me no mind until Peanut started chewing on the feedline - squirt bottle to the rescue saved several Qs! (goats hate water! grin) Cndx mixed. Slow QSB meant you had to work fast to get the exchange or loose em! Hey, not bad for "dead band cndx" though! Work S&P first then CQ TTF: [20m beam @ ~40'] WA6GER lost to QSB K7SS loud! WA K7TQ also loud! Randy/ID KD5MJJ CO? N6JW CA WA6GER completed Q! CA K4KPJ FL K6BBQ CA NK6A CA WA5ZNU CA W1FMR/P loud! NH WA7WW WA AA6AV CA Put the boys back in their pen and switched to 40m only to hear heavy QRN and weak sigs. ...storm clouds approaching over the mtns: [40m half-slooper @ ~40'] worked S&P only: WD7Y NV NU0P IA K7TO ID (Sorry no pics - wife had camera on her adventure) Although we didn't get to hike we still had some TTF fun and exercised the rigs! More Qs from trail coming soon, n0tu/Steve & goats (Rooster & Peanut) http://wiseoldgoat.blogspot.com ______________________________________________________________ QRP-L mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
