Nice! I really enjoy hearing about good results with a minimal setup. I was real pleased with how well the KX3 setup up, ran and then packed away. I didn't know what to expect but was kept quite busy. It is all about being on the air. Hope you enjoy the KX2 and the K1 continues to get a workout.
Kev On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Jim Guffey <jameguf...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been a Ham for 25 years but this is the first year I have seriously > participated in field day. I had a blast! I had some family obligations so > I was only on the air for 10 hours. > > > My setup was very small. I just bought a K1 a few months ago and I was a > little skeptical about how many contacts I would make with the bands being > in bad shape and how crowed it was. But I tell you I had no trouble making > contacts. If I could hear them I could work them. I made 110 contacts, 54 > sections, 37 states and the Bahamas. > > > My set up was the Elecraft K1 with 20 and 40 meters, a LNR Precision > EF-10/20/40 MKII EndFedz Antenna sloped with the high end at 22' and a 6ah > battery. > > > I have order a KX2 that should be here Friday but I am keeping the K1. CW > is just too much fun. > > > Next year I am going to set up in the woods somewhere and I want to double > my number of contacts. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ke...@k4vd.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
