[Elecraft] Happy Dance

[Jim Campbell]

I'm doing the happy dance now that I have participated in my first EQP. 
No, you won't find me among the winners when the results are posted, but 
I am still a happy camper.  I worked a total of five Elecrafters.  Why 
am I happy?  Because I had such good results from my very unique 
antenna.  I live in an antenna-reatricted neighborhood, and my antenna 
consists of my gutters and downspouts.  With that grand antenna, I 
worked VE1RGB in Halifax, Nova Scotia, K6SE in Palmdale, CA and K3WW in 
PA. (The last two, I find out, are among the really big guns in 
contesting.)  But it is a wonder to me that I can reach Nova Scotia and 
California using my K2, with the KAT2 driving my gutters and downspouts. 
 A really great rig.

One thing that the contest taught me is that I really need more practice 
sending and receiving CW.  I had been avoiding operating because I 
thought that my antenna was totally inadequate.  Now I know better and 
have no excuse.  Now, back to my happy dance :-)

72,

Jim
W4BQP
K2 #2268