You can probably get her a deal on one of those “cute little radios,” Wayne! My wife refers to my K2 as my “little dorky radio”, but someday there will be an emergency and she’ll appreciate it. Incidentally, a serious blackout is a good opportunity to use home station antennas with no manmade QRN.
Victor 4X6GP > On 8 Oct 2019, at 5:11, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was visiting a sister last weekend who lives *really* deep in the woods, 50 > miles from anywhere in northern California. She's completely off the grid, > thus unconcerned about PG&E's power lines. But she also has very spotty > cellphone reception. > > During a moment when none of us had any bars, I pulled out the KX2 and the > AX1 whip (with the AXE1 40 meter extender). Sitting on her porch, running 10 > watts SSB, I had no trouble checking into the Noontime Net on 40 meters. Now > she wants a ham license and "one of those cute little radios" :) > > We also heard an opening to Europe on 17 meters, but elected to play guitar, > drink wine, and enjoy the perfect weather instead. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > >> On Oct 7, 2019, at 5:42 PM, Ken K6MR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yep, we’ve all received our text message, email, and phone call. They are >> taking no chances. >> >> >> >> My generator is fueled and ready :^) >> >> >> >> Ken K6MR > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
