Great story, Leigh. Being from Southern California, originally, I can attest to how hard it is to work Europe from there -- well, at least compared to how easy it is from the Eastern U.S. Doing it with a couple of watts and an ad-hoc antenna is that much more rewarding!

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Aug 19, 2004, at 11:44 PM, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. wrote:

... I got out my KX1 and 10 NiMH AA's and threw a 16ft wire on the floor and a 28ft wire across a few pieces of wrought-iron furniture, out the window, and into a tree. Around 0600z I worked ES5MC Arvo in Estonia on 14.030...

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