“I could hear stations that were merely thinking about transmitting” Yes <3 This is what it was like when living off the grid in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula years ago. Now, living in Seattle, it is only during occasional off-grid campouts that my KX2 gets to do this as well! Tnx fer the story = FB es 73 de KX2CW Joan e e
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra, said Piglet. Shaka, when the walls fell, said Pooh. > On Jul 28, 2018, at 10:27, Ken Arck <[email protected]> wrote: > > When we lived in SoCal, we used to spend just about every summer weekend at > the Isthmus or Emerald Bay (we had a Catalina 36 sailboat and did the > backstay antenna thing). > > Wish Elecraft was around back then <g> > > Ken > > > At 10:21 AM 7/28/2018, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> Last week my family and I went to Avalon, Catalina Island, off the coast of >> southern California. What an awesome place! It feels like a coastal tourist >> paradise in another country, except that it’s just 26 miles from Long Beach. >> Definitely a bucket-list item. To recover from two days of gawking at beach >> scenery and tapping generous libations, I set off on a 6 mile solo hike to >> take in the view from 1500 feet. And to sneak in a little stealth radio op. >> From downtown Avalon I walked to the Wrigley Memorial, then zig-zagged up >> the Garden to Sky trail for 1.2 miles, where I was rewarded with a vista to >> the north that includes another of the Channel Islands. At this point I >> picked up the jeep road for another half mile, heading east, ascending even >> further to a gazebo overlooking the Hermit Gulch campground far below. (The >> trail down from here is very steep; if I ever do it again, I’ll go the >> opposite direction.) This gazebo was the perfect spot to break the KX2 out >> of its tiny ES40 bag and deploy the whip, which took all of 30 seconds. >> Aside from the obvious (gorgeous WX, killer view, and the joy of running 10 >> watts hand-held to an AX1 whip on 15/17/20), I was blessed with both >> acoustic and RF noise floors so low that I was reminded of a minor tinnitus >> condition. No wind, no other humans, the occasional cry of a hawk, and the >> radio equivalent of a peaceful, easy feeling. I could hear stations that >> were merely thinking about transmitting. It would be tempting to weave a >> tall tale about DX worked from this idyllic overlook. Truth is I just >> listened for awhile, marveling at how sparkling clean everything sounded >> without the usual three coats of RF grunge we often suffer at home. The >> noise drops with any trip away from civilization, of course, but this was >> exceptional. It’s yet another reason to get out of the shack. And why we >> keep designing rigs like the KX2. 73, Wayne N6KR >> ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > President and CTO - Arcom Communications > Makers of repeater controllers and accessories. > http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ > Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and > we offer complete repeater packages! > AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 > http://www.irlp.net > "We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!" > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
