K2 from UK & Zambia (was Re: [Elecraft] K2 Net from UK)

[John Webster]

Hi all:

And while we are making announcements . . . 

I will be in the UK (mostly England & Wales)
August 5 to 27 with K2 #3290 (perhaps /100 
if built in time), Buddipole & wire.  CW & SSB
mainly 40 & 20, but other bands as/when open.

And in Zambia (Central Africa, 9J2) from
Aug 28 to September 18.  Operations will
depend on getting the permit in time (it might
be as 9J2/N6JW or 9J2/ZS1WN depending
which way the local authority wants to go).

Operations will be limited by the following
factors:  In the UK, family camping holiday
( & RAIN!); in Zambia, work.  But I will have
considerable free time in Zambia (no family)
late evenings, early mornings and at varying 
times during the day, so I could get quite a bit 
of operating in.  Zambia is not that rare, but
still REAL DX.  Now if only propagation
will improve.

On CW if/while operating QRP from Zambia 
I will stay around the QRP frequencies on 40 
(7030 in Region 1) and  20 (14060).  If I have 
the KPA100 with me, I will be on lower down
in the band (perhaps just below 14025, listening
just above).  CW speed 15 wpm or slower to
match caller.  This is not a DXpedition, but a 
casual operation to shake down a newly built
K2.  This notice is to alert fellow Elecrafters of my
plans, and hopefully make a contact or two with
some of you.

PS:  Also note, my son Kevin (15 yrs old), KG6HMF,
 is in the UK already (Scotland right now) with his 
newly built K1 (4band, ATU, batteries), MP-1 and wire.
If you hear SLOW (but good) cw, it might be him :)

Sorry, that got longer than intended.

73

John, N6JW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net>
To: elecraft mail list <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Net from UK


> If anybody intends to start a UK (or EU) net in the next week or two,
> please inform the list.  I plan to be in Oxford from 4 August to 15
> August and in London from 15 August to 19 August, complete with K2,
> MP-1, mike and paddle.
> 
> 73,
> Bob, N7XY (M/N7XY/P)
> K2 #3273