Paul is a walking advertisement for the KX1....LITERALLY. I heard him all over 20m for the 3 hours that I operated and he was ALWAYS one of the strongest QRP stations here in So Cal...559 to 599. Amazing! A fine op, too. Thanks for the QSO, Paul.
Eric/Rick (my nickname...for some reason cw ops have trouble with "Eric" more than with "Rick"...so use either) KE6US -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 7:15 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] EQP in Florissant Fossil Beds w0rw/pm i was out hiking in the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument today for the EQP. Started at 1900Z and worked 25 Q's on 20M and 1 on 40M. i was using my KX1 #292 (3W) with a 10 foot whip (no top hat) and a 13 foot drag wire, pedestrian mobile. The trail was 30% deep snow and then ice and mud, but we made it through several miles. My XYL (N0OPM) was doing the logging. We hiked around the hills in the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. You can take a virtual tour by going to http://www.nps.gov/flfo/ This is beautiful mountain valley just west of Pikes Peak and holds spectacular remnants of the earth's prehistoric life. Huge petrified redwoods and incredibly detailed fossils of ancient insects and plants reveal a very different Colorado of long ago. Almost 35 million years ago, enormous volcanic eruptions buried the then-lush valley and petrified the redwood trees that grew there. A lake formed in the valley and the fine-grained sediments at its bottom became the final resting-place for thousands of insects and plants. These sediments compacted into layers of shale and preserved the delicate details of these organisms as fossils. i really thank all these guys for making my hike successful...Here is my contact list: W4FMS Frank WD7Y Ed N2ED Ed K9EW Ed (3 in a row?) K7TQ Randy strong as usual KE6US Rick CA W7YCW Ross WA W0SOC Bob 2nd Class AA5BT Eric TX W6IJ/5 Tommy K8DD Hank W0QQS Bruce WS4S Conrad K0UU Jeff WA5ZNU Leigh, going down a north facing hill in snow K9KLT Ron Called me from a deep canyon where is was in 2 feet of snow. K1JD Joe K3JJ Chas when i was standing on an ice pond. NJ2OM Dick AA1ZT Jack CT 2.5W N2WN Jules N4ROA Dan W4TG Harvey GA K3MD John K6SE Earl Blasting in K8FU/5 Lef, 40 meters 72 Paul w0rw/pm Life is too short for $10K Towers and Beams when a 10 foot whip will do. _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
