How about this? K3s, 100w, Hex Beam, Central Florida to Australia, 20 meter SSB, LONG PATH, 15,727 miles; he was 5x3, I was 5x5.
Richard W4KBX > On Sep 13, 2021, at 3:03 PM, barry halterman <kthre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Reminds me of the time, way, way back going up on MT. Diablo with a two > meter lunch box and a simple J pole antenna. Man, what a blast that was! > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 2:38 PM Hank via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > wrote: > >> Great story!!! >> >> I remember in 2019 making a cool contact like that. I was running the KX3 >> at 10 watts with the AX1 sitting in a hiking chair on top of Pigeon Mtn in >> NW Ga and made a 20m USB contact with a gentleman in Mexico running a b new >> to him K3s at 100 watts into a wire dipole. >> >> That was one exciting POTA contact! >> >> Hank >> K4HYJ >> >>> On Sep 13, 2021, at 2:19 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: >>> >>> I was out hiking with my son yesterday at Las Trampas Wilderness (about >> 25 miles east of San Francisco). We took a break at the highest point to >> taken in a 360 degree view of the Bay Area. >>> >>> After lunch, I pulled out the KX2, attached a 4' whip, and immediately >> found Bill, W6H (AKA W8TE) calling CQ on 20 m SSB from New Mexico. I tried >> a couple of calls using the KX2's built-in mic, but wasn't quite getting >> his attention through the QRM. So I attached the KXPD2 keyer paddle and >> called in CW mode. Bill came back to me right away. >>> >>> First K4 to KX2 cross-mode QSO? (Not quite a "200 Meters and Down" >> achievement, but gratifying just the same.) >>> >>> Wayne >>> N6KR >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 h...@optilink.us >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 kthre...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 flat...@comcast.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