Tim, Wow, that sounds absolutely amazing! Having had grew up in MA and CT (with a sailing and boating background) I can easily visualize how totally awesome that must have been. Since becoming a ham I have been trying to push my boundaries with field ops. You have given me something to aspire to once I leave CO for the water again. Great story and appreciate you sharing that experience.
Thanks & 73, Derek / K0ATV ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Timothy Gordish via Elecraft <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 1:15 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] KX-3 Field and Sea day 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
