[Elecraft] Back from Mt. Palomar...

[Steve]

I was also amazed at WA8ZBT!  I gave him a 599 (judging by ear as my K1 
doesn't have a useful s-meter) When I heard the 8 call I thought he was a 
local -- I was pretty amazed to copy TX 500mW!

I managed 14 QSO during the sprint -- I was held back more by my poor code 
copy that the equipment or band conditions.  I passed my 20wpm 12 years ago 
then hardly had time to get on the air so I need to get more practice to 
keep up with most of the folks I heard during the sprint.

I also worked K0EVZ twice during the sprint -- once on 20 once on 40.  I 
didn't try 15 meters as 20 was really active -- only jumped down to 40 for 
the last 15 minutes of the sprint.

I had hoped to work you while you were at Palomar and did keep an ear out 
for your call around the QRP freqs but had no luck -- maybe next time!

Sounds like you had a good time despite the rain.

73,

Steve - W8HF  near Cleveland, OH
K1 #1520


--On Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:24 PM -0700 Trevor Jacobs 
<kg6cyn@softhome.net> wrote:

> Hey Gang,
>
> Just got back from Mt. Palomar camping at 5000 Ft. this afternoon. We
> had a great time, although it rained quite a lot Friday night through
> Sunday morning. No worries though as we were prepared for this. GORTEX
> RULES!!!! We stayed nice and dry, but it was too wet on those days to
> pull out the rig.
>
> I had 10 very nice QSO's on the times when it wasn't raining and we
> weren't hiking the trails. The rig was the same setup I used on QRP TTF.
> Stations worked were:
>
> AA5SI - Harold - El Paso, TX - 20 M
>
> N0YGY - Colin - Littleton,CO using his house gutters!!! Worked great too
> as he had a fantastic sig. Thanks for the K2 nr Colin! - 20 M
>
> W6NKT - Harry - Morro Bay, CA - Harry is 92 and as steady a fist as they
> come! - 40 M
>
> WA2TDL - Rick - Buffalo, NY - Best DX for normal QSOing - 20 M
>
> AB5PC - Dave - Fresno, CA - 40 M
>
> AB7IC - Tom - Tucson, AZ - Tom was running 400 mW with an SMK-1! Nice
> signal too! - 40 M
>
> N6BS - Bill - Los Angeles, CA - 40 M
>
> WS0L - Jess - near Peyton, CO - 15 M
>
> AK7D - Fred - Portland, OR - 20 M
>
> K5HK/MM - Carl - about 1500 miles out of Los Angeles heading to KH6 land
> on a container ship!!!! This QSO made my day! Carl was running 2 watts
> from an SST-20 to a Vertical. Second time I've worked Carl, but first
> from /P to /MM - 20 M
>
> I also got on the air for the Spartan Sprint and had a great time! Nice
> to hear all of the calls in there. First and best DX QSO was none other
> that Seab AA1MY! Nice signal too Seab. Worked Doc K0EVZ with his Monster
> signal on 20 and 40, Mert W0UFO, Glenn WA7SPY and a bunch more familiar
> calls. Got a total of 34 QSO's during the sprint. Haven't added up the
> SPC count yet, but most were out of CA. Another very notable QSO was
> Dennis WA8ZBT on 15 Meters from TX. He had a fantastic signal at 500
> mW!! I'm surprised that I didn't hear more of you on 15, as the band
> seemed quite open.
>
> I'll be putting up a web page with full details soon and will let you
> know when it's up. Took ton's of pictures. Since I added the 256 MB
> memory card the camera can hold 392 pics!!! Take care...
>
> 73's Trev KG6CYN
> http://www.qsl.net/kg6cyn
>
>
>
>
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>
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