[Elecraft] Thinking of activities for Alaska QRP Club - Alaska Fox Hunt

[Jim Larsen]

Greetings from Alaska,

I have been thinking of running a one time (at least to start) Alaska Fox Hunt 
on 20 meters.  The plan is to enlist AK QRP Club members to operate a given 2 
hour period with from one up to five or more Foxes spread from .050 to .065. 
We would use the same format of RST, S/P/C, power out.  I have some ideas for 
awards for the top couple of contestants.  Nothing major, but something fun 
and nice.

A question.  Is it legal to run a 2-3 watt beacon, fully attended, on 20 
meters say about 14.064 for up to four hours at a time?  I am trying to nail 
down the best time from east to west coast on average to run this fox thingy. 
  Perfection may be impossible but we must try.  :-)

The Alaska QRP Club meeting is this Friday and I plan to bring up this idea. 
I hope there are a few takers and suspect there will be.  I know my Elecraft 
K2 is itching to work a few more stations and I know KL7IKV, Lynn, has his K2 
up and running with DSP, AL7OK has a K1, and others have varying QRP 
capabilities from Century 22s to turned down QRO rigs to 817s.  Of course we 
Alaskan would precoordinate the frequencies.  We might even try to get a 
Juneau QRP operator to hedge our bets on propagation.  There is a QRPer on 
Kodiak Island (quiet spot) and down on the Kenai Peninsula.

Shall we try it?

Because of my love for my K2, I post to the Elecraft list but Elecraft 
responses would be better served if done on the QRP-L list or direct.

Thank you.

73, Jim
-- 
Jim Larsen, AL7FS
Anchorage, Alaska
http://www.qsl.net/al7fs