[Elecraft] I got lucky

[Tim]

You mean 60 years young! Really enjoyed hearing your K2 venture
Bill.......definitely cool!
73/Tim NZ7C
----- Original Message -----
From: "William M. Spaulding, Sr." <billspau@att.net>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 7:37 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] I got lucky


> Hi Folks,
>
> Well, it was inevitable,.  I got on 14.024.00 and hollered CQ on a pretty
> dead band with my spiffy K2 and its new 20W antenna tuner into a R7
vertical
> with the top at about 50 feet that I just got up in the air.  Lo and
behold,
> Jack, W5WSF came back with a call!  I was just like a little kid.  The
thing
> works!  It'll reach New Orleans with not very good band conditions.  As
soon
> as Jack heard "K2", he immediately shut down the TenTec and got on with
his
> K2 and new KDSP2.  Both sounded just like my TS950SDX, and worked just as
> well.  It was a brief QSO, cuz I think the signal strength said the band
was
> just about to shut down.
>
> There's gotta be something special about the first QSO between 2 K2's!
I'll
> always remember my first QSO as a Novice, talking to Moscow, USSR with a
>  1 -Watt homebrew rig and a dipole up 20 feet, and my first K2 QSO this
> evening.
>
> Elecraft has to be getting rich.  There are K2's and K1's EVERYWHERE!  I'm
> helping fill their coffers with a KDSP2 also.  We're all better off
because
> the guys at Elecraft are giving us super-quality gear that hasn't ever
been
> available in kit form.  Heathkit stuff was neat, but it wasn't really
> high-performance electronics.. Elecraft gear is Collins quality and
features
> in kit form!
>
> I'm thrilled!  I'm 60 years old, for gosh sakes!
>
> 73
>
> Bill
> NA7Y
>
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