[Elecraft] a Brag... K6III 1st place in QRP Sparton Sprint

[Jerry Bliss]

Whoops...... I mis-spoke...
There were a number of really light-weight rigs (under a pound) in the
June SP Sprint.
The lightest reported was W8HF at .25 pounds, followed closely by N9JXY
at .27 pounds.
Jerry, k6iiii

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 15:34:35 +0000 Jerry Bliss <k6iii@juno.com> writes:
> Fortunately, John, the weight of the tower/antenna/coax does not 
> figure into the scoring! The weigh-in stops at the RF connector on 
> the rig. Most ops can cut down on the weight by choice of rig, key 
> and power source. I am building up a QRP RockMite kit and probably 
> gonna power it with 8 AA batteries. There are a number of 
> interesting very light weight (1-oz) paddles available. My Bencher 
> weighs 3 pounds plus! The lightest weight rig I saw on the SP 
> entries was .77 pounds from K0EVZ. Power limit for the SP is 
> 5-watts, but you will find a number of ops running between 100mw and 
> 500mw! Now there's a challenge!
> Jerry/k6iii
> San Jose, CA
> K2 s/n 500