Field day can be less of a social event and more of an adventure if you choose. Having had a week that was too social I decided to go it alone for the afternoon in a seaside location. I loaded up my KX-3 into a dry bag and tossed it in my 11.5 foot Shellback wooden dinghy. From the boat ramp at Barn Island CT, I began to row across bay and state lines to Point Napatree Rhode Island, but the wind picked up a bit so I set the sail for the remainder of the 2.5 crossing.
Landing on the beach I strung up my wire using a fishing pole and mast, turned the rig power down to 2.5 watts, and discovered that I forgot a headset. The bands on 40 and 20 were QRN free but the QRM from the waves hitting the beach sometimes made copy challenging. I ran for about 4 hours of the event and the internal batteries did quite well. Lithium batteries are the best. I made 20 contacts using only cw. One station was drown out by the waves and I won’t be able to count it since I got his exchange info garbled. W1TM 1B RI was a heart warming success in my log. The sail back to the boat as the sun headed to the horizon was smooth. My favorite way to play radio! Tim W1TM KX-3 #7081 ______________________________________________________________ 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]
