Hi Fred, you were my first QSO, tnx. Here's the story from NM: 28 qso's, 21 bees, 7 home-based stations, all 20 m.
Rig: KX1, 10W solar panel charging a 2AH gel cell. The antenna was a "coupled resonator" 40/20 meter inverted vee with apex at about 20 feet above a sharp N/S ridge line at 9600 feet near South Sandia Peak. A great position, but required a four hour hike to get up there. 20 ran hot and cold, for a while the guys in the West (esp. UT) were fairly strong, but not so for other call areas, the furthest east I worked was N3AO in VA. Three hours into the contest a line of thunderstorms arrived from the west and I had to pack up and head back down, it's very exposed there, and QRN from nearby lightning was getting awful. 20 was fading at that point, strong stations like N7OU and WA7LNW were much weaker than in the first hour. Never got around to trying 40 m. The KX1 is just the thing for these outings. I used one of those $5 powered plug in speakers from Walgreens instead of earbuds and found it very agreeable. Bob NW8L _______________________________________________ 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
