[Elecraft] K2 CW demo

[Santa Fe]

This past weekend was a tailgate in ABQ, NM.  I set up my K2 with the DK9SQ
mast mounted on the van-camper trailer hitch and a ten meter loop pulled to
one side making a right triangle.  I used a homebrew 4:1 balun made with
help from W1CG.  KAT-2 made short work of it.  Had no trouble working
everything I could hear in Europe, dozens of QSO's.

My purpose was to demo CW for new comers to ham radio, and certainly drew
plenty of attention from such people.  Most had NEVER seen CW actually being
operated.  They expressed amazement, were startled that neither I nor other
kibitzers standing around reading the mail were "sweating to copy" and many
allowed themselves to be coerced into sitting down and making a few dots and
dashes with the keyer.  People were also startled to notice there was no
power cable, but rather an internal battery ;-)  A particularly bright one
wondered if the pole fit under over-passes, but that is besides the point.

I encourage others to make such events into an opportunity to demo CW.  It
will sell itself, but people need to be exposed to it.

P.S.  Could have sold Elecraft kits and telescoping masts had I had a stock
of them ;-)

73,

Fred
KT5X
op: W5YA / qrp
K2 # 700

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