[Elecraft] k1 #01738 on the air!

[sergio]

it looks like my hours of building have finally paid off!

rig is up an on the air..

i got four qsos so far without even trying..

called cq twice, and answered 2 cqs..

unfortunately, i was so excited by all this, i made two of those qsos while 
still in tune mode on my zm-2...

i got 559 on both qsos.. one in nyc and one in richmond va.. from ohio... 
in tune mode!

that just goes to show you, you should prolly keep the keying to a minimum 
i guess.. i have done this on the hw-8, too..

got much better rst while in operate mode..

also...

the bands i chose were 40, 30, 20, and 17...

i have 15 and 80 covered on my hw-8..

also..

this is my first go round with a keyer and a memory keyer.. i also just 
built one for the hw-8...

i dunno what i was thinking using straight key all these years!

thanks for all the help everyone!


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peace,
...sergio
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