Reminds me of the time, way, way back going up on MT. Diablo with a two meter lunch box and a simple J pole antenna. Man, what a blast that was!
On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 2:38 PM Hank via Elecraft <[email protected]> wrote: > Great story!!! > > I remember in 2019 making a cool contact like that. I was running the KX3 > at 10 watts with the AX1 sitting in a hiking chair on top of Pigeon Mtn in > NW Ga and made a 20m USB contact with a gentleman in Mexico running a b new > to him K3s at 100 watts into a wire dipole. > > That was one exciting POTA contact! > > Hank > K4HYJ > > > On Sep 13, 2021, at 2:19 PM, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I was out hiking with my son yesterday at Las Trampas Wilderness (about > 25 miles east of San Francisco). We took a break at the highest point to > taken in a 360 degree view of the Bay Area. > > > > After lunch, I pulled out the KX2, attached a 4' whip, and immediately > found Bill, W6H (AKA W8TE) calling CQ on 20 m SSB from New Mexico. I tried > a couple of calls using the KX2's built-in mic, but wasn't quite getting > his attention through the QRM. So I attached the KXPD2 keyer paddle and > called in CW mode. Bill came back to me right away. > > > > First K4 to KX2 cross-mode QSO? (Not quite a "200 Meters and Down" > achievement, but gratifying just the same.) > > > > 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] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]

