[DX-CHAT] KL7

[JAMES ABERCROMBIE]

>I just got back from Alaska. I took a 2 meter handheld with me because I >didn't think I could operate H.F. from the hotel. This is just a piece of >advice only: Don't take a two meter rig to Fairbanks, because contrary to >what the ARRL repeater directory says, there were no repeaters there. I >tried calling CQ on 146.52 but no answer. I didn't see a single 2 meter >antenna on any car and saw no HF antennas on any house. No wonder we don't >hear much activity from there. I was hoping to meet shome KL7 hams and possibly operate HF from one of their stations. >Jim