QRP Afield Afoot - de w0rw/pm (Pedestrian Mobile) i will be out hiking in the foothills of Pikes Peak (9500 feet) during this upcoming QRP Afield. i will be hand holding my Elecraft KX1 (s/n 292) running 3W on 14,060 +/- 5 kHz. My antenna will be an 8 foot whip and a 15 foot drag wire for a counterpoise.
The QRP Afield contest starts at 0300Z Sept 18th. See Sept. 2004, QST, p.98 or www.qsl.net/wq1rp/main.htm for more details. Things to avoid while operating pedestrian mobile: Deep valleys (they are always -20 dB) Low hanging branches Counterpoise eating thickets Bears Other hikers who step on your drag wire, (i tell them i am operating a wireless radio). Tripping (causes extra dits to be sent in your call sign) Static electricity (Precipitation or Triboelectricity-put a100K bleeder resistor across antenna terminal to ground, and remove antenna if a storm approaches) Things to do: Use safety lanyard on radio to avoid dropping on rock Make time for lunch, (i will be on 14342.5 at lunch time) Bring extra batteries Check out radio/battery/antenna before starting out on the trail Bring a 2nd operator for logging CU on the trail....stay out of the valleys. Paul w0rw/pm _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
