HD8R went QRT at 23:59 yesterday. 73 Lyn, W0LEN
-----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Lederer Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2021 2:31 PM To: Jim Sheldon Cc: Elecraft Mailing List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] HD8R Worked them the other day with my Kx2 but to a random wire. Did it while on the job--called for several hours, But very satisfying. Plus it seems that they have very good operation. w8lvn On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 4:06 PM Jim Sheldon <w...@cox.net> wrote: > My K3S died a couple of weeks ago and I haven't found the power supply > problem yet - difficult tracing as I don't have the board trace layout > so finding components off the schematic isn't easy, LOL. > > On a lighter not, I replaced it as the shack rig with my KX2 and I've > been having a blast trying (and sometimes succeeding) to work the > Galapagos DXpedition HD8R. > > With the ARRL Sweepstakes contest on this weekend, HD8R has been > concentrating on the WARC bands and so far I've worked them on 20, 15 > and 12 meters (12 just a few minutes ago, using my Tri-Band Cushcraft > A3S beam as the antenna. Got 'em on the 2nd call much to my surprise. > The KX2's internal ATU had no problem matching the beam on 24.894 > (1.0:1) and signals have been pretty decent on 12. > > Ant loads on 17 meters too but signals are up and down on 18.074. Fun > to keep trying though and the KX2 is running great at 10 watts on a 5 AH > battery. > > Jim, W0EB > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 w8lv...@gmail.com > -- --w8lvn-- ______________________________________________________________ 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 l...@lnainc.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 arch...@mail-archive.com
