If the roads are open, i plan to operate FYBO again this year from the 'North Pole', the coldest place on earth. This isn't exactly a different continent like Antarctica, but there really is a North Pole, Colorado (NPCO). The North Pole is closed after Christmas because Santa is taking a break. It gets very cold at Santa's Workshop and always has lots of snow. It's always winter at NPCO just like in Narnia and only about 100 miles from the 'Never Summer Mountains'. You have probably never heard any stations (other than mau) on the air from the North Pole because it is located in a deep canyon. The sun comes up at 9am and sets at 2pm. There was an avalanche a week ago only 5 miles away that closed the road. i will be operating CW only for a few hours starting at 1700z, Feb. 3, 2007. This will be a 'Freeze Your Boots Off' Pedestrian Mobile operation. i will be hand holding my Elecraft KX1, running 4 watts, on 14060 kHz +/- QRM. i might also switch to 7040 kHz if the conditions are good, but 40 meters is very difficult when you are using a 10 foot whip and a drag wire counterpoise. i will be using my special North Face "Vestenna" and my Cuff log. This is a great time to check out the temperature characteristics of your battery pack. i will be using one of those 'exploding' Sony US18650's (1.5 AH, 14oz) hard carbon LiIon cells as an external power source. My internal KX1 NiCads are charged and ready to use if the external LiIon battery dies or ?. There is an article on "How to operate the KX1 Pedestrian Mobile" on the KB6NU Blog at http://kb6nu.com/?p=765.
There will be special W0RW/pm NPCO QSL cards, just like last year, with the North Pole post mark. No SASE's required. i worked over 50 Q's last year. You can see a 360 degree summer time picture of the 'Pole' at http://www.santas-colo.com/North.html Hope to see you during FYBO from the Pole. FYBO is the premier QRP Winter Field Day sponsored by the AZ ScQRPions. It is on Feb 3, 1600z to 2400z. You can get more information about FYBO at http://www.azscqrpions.org The exchange is: RST, S/P/C, name, power, and temperature in degrees F at the operating location. Paul w0rw/pm NPCO QSL via 2007 NPCO Pedestrian Mobile Expedition PO Box 6069, Colorado Springs, CO 80934 _______________________________________________ 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
