Hi Wayne, Best wishes on a quick recovery! Please rest up as much as you can, and consider getting Paxlovid if you haven't and can.
73, Julie On Wed, Jul 2, 2025, 13:45 Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > No, that subject isn't an auto-correct fail: I managed to come down with > Covid just as FD 2025 was starting. > > On Friday evening, I had mild symptoms I assumed were consistent with a > cold or allergy. Then on Saturday, sleep-deprived and against everyone > else's better judgment, I decided to go ahead with my 1B-battery operation > as planned. My son, Griffin, was home from college for a few days and came > along. He's been going to Field Day since he was six and was willing to > humor me. > > We drove to the coast and started hiking up the trail from Highway 1 in > Pacifica toward what would have been a breathtaking view overlooking Point > San Pedro. We'd gone 90% of the way up, in the hot sun, when I got > lightheaded and realized I had better get off the trail. > > Griff found a clear spot in the shade, kept me hydrated and checked my > vitals. Then he put up an antenna and got my KX2 ready to go, just in case > I was up to operating. Turns out I was -- but I had to do it lying down. > This meant switching to the KH1, which I could use hand-held, logging on > the paper logbook tray. (The log tray has a detent mechanism that keeps it > open and locked in place even if the rig is upside-down.) > > I made one quick contact, but by then I was in worse shape. I rested for > about an hour before we decided it was best to go back. > > Normally on an outing like this I'd be jogging both up and down through the > switchbacks, even with a pack on. But now even going downhill was > slow-going due to my queasiness and lack of energy. We had to stop three > times. For a while I thought I might be suffering from heat exhaustion. But > much later, with a low fever and chills, I took a Covid test and found that > was the real diagnosis. > > Saturday night was rough but Griffin set up an AX3 and KX2 for me to use in > bed Sunday morning to get in a few more Field Day QSOs. Despite being > indoors, running 5 W, and using a 4 foot whip, I managed contacts as far > away as Maryland. > > This year's FD would have been very disappointing if it hadn't been for the > father/son bonding opportunity. We've also vowed to return to the same spot > next year, and possibly even operate from San Pedro rocks at low tide. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > -- > Elecraft, Inc. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to ju...@juliatuttle.net > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
