[Elecraft] Fw: QSO via barbed-wire antenna

[Leo Starrenburg PA5LS]

Having fun with a K1...

73' Leo

> Dear OM Ray,
>
>
> this email refers to a qso made with GB2RN on Thursday May 16th abt 17.00
> UTC, 7.012 MHz. RST sent 599 and received 579 from operator Roger. Sadly I
lost contact
> after my second "round"in the qso, but I would like to give you on the
> particulars of the circumstances.
>
> The "shack" was a nice sunny spot in the sand-dunes of the Isle of Texel.
> (IOTA EU-038)
>
> I had left my spool of antenna-wire at the hotel and my direct way back
was
> blocked by a very long barbed-wire fence. I thought I could just as well
try
> to tune my Elecraft K1 qrp rig with one of the fence's wires for an
antenna.
>
> The connection was made with the 1 1/2 foot supply cable I brought along
for
> the external battery, running the rig on the 8 internal AA NiMH cells. The
> powerplug-end was slipped over one of the spikes on the wire, the battery
> end connecting to the antenna output. The result was the qso described
above
> and lots of Rx.
>
> Sadly I had to leave for other obligations, but I believe the qso is a
valid
> one with the exchanged data.
>
> 73'  Leo PA5LS
>
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