FW: [Elecraft] K1 size description mnemonic...

[Larry Cahoon]

Ok, here are the details of the QSO.  I took the K1 and turned it down to 
the lowest power I could - I have that pegged at 200 mWatts.  Then I 
brought in the Ten-Tec Attenuator to cut it down to 0.8 mWatts.

I was in PG county, MD - he was in Addison county, VT.  I was fixed using a 
dipole, he was mobile.  Since I didn't have an exact QTH I simple used the 
shortest distance from my QTH to Addison county based on it's closest 
distance to my QTH.  That came in at about 390 miles.  The fellow on the 
other end was Andy, VE2EM.

Some might think the dipole was a disadvantage.  Not always true. At 390 
miles the best takeoff angle is around 35-45 degrees - depending off course 
on the exact height of the F layer that day.  If I had either a beam or a 
vertical most likely the takeoff angle from either of them would have been 
too low and sent most of the signal right over his head.  If it was E-skip 
that got me there a takeoff angle much lower, say 20 degrees, would have 
been optimum.  The dipole may still have had an advantage.

73 de Larry.........WD3P in MD
http://www.wd3p.net/

At 10:18 AM 1/4/2003 -0800, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>Great going, Larry! Assuming you weren't working astronauts out past the
>Lunar orbit, what was your output power and the communications distance?
>
>
>Ron AC7AC
>K2 # 1289
>
>Actually I prefer something like 487,000 miles to the watt.  That's my
>record with the K1.  Can anyone beat it with that rig?
>
>73 de Larry..........WD3P in MD
>
>
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