[Elecraft] Re: WPX CW - QRP

Rick Tavan tavan at tibco.com
Tue Jun 1 13:42:03 EDT 2004


I beat ya', Wayne. I used my KX1 in WPX for 10 Q's; four from the shore 
of Lake Cayuga, NY and six from my hotel room on the Cornell campus. One 
was an OH, the rest were US.  ;-)

/Rick N6XI

wayne burdick wrote:

>
> I went for a short hike (about 2 miles) and worked three stations in 
> the WPX -- using the KX1 handheld with the Maldol whip, and trailing 
> ground wire, at 2 watts  ;)   If you haven't tried this, you don't 
> know what you're missing. (To be specific, fresh air, the challenge of 
> a short antenna, exercise, etc.)



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