[Elecraft] w0rw/pm Trail Day

[mvamis at wavecable.com]

Why 1C?  Wouldn't 1B be closer?  (Not like I know 
anything...)

It appears to me that 1C is for operating in a vehicle 
that is in motion.  If you are /PM, is that considered a 
vehicle?

Matt - K7OE

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:03:40 EDT
  W0rw at aol.com wrote:
> i will be operating tomorrow with the KX1 on 20 CW, 
>around
> 14059 KHz, w0rw/pm.
> This Trail Day adventure starts by boarding the Manitou 
>& Pike's Peak Cog 
> Railway at Manitou Springs, Colorado. The 'Cog' is a 
>train that can go up a very 
> steep incline because it drives itself up on a third 
>rail which has big teeth 
> on it. 
> You can see the Cog train route pictures at
> http://www.cograilway.com/alongroute.htm.i will be 
>riding the train up to the 
> 'Mountain View' siding and hiking across the face of 
>Pike's Peak over to Barr 
> Camp, This is part of a 55 mile trail that goes all the 
>way around Pike's 
> Peak at the 10,000 foot level.
> (They were plowing 11 foot snow drifts off the track 
>here on April 12th. You 
> can see the snow plowing at 
> http://www.cograilway.com/plowing%20snow%20page.htm).
> They have to plow the tracks everyday during the spring.
> There are exciting times on the rails too, one uphill 
>train threw an old rag 
> out on the tracks to warn the down hill train of a 
>broken rail. Not too bad 
> going up but you better take it slow going down hill. Of 
>course they have 2 big 
> springs at the bottom to stop run-away cars, 
> Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs.
> 
> When you jump off the train in the middle of an 
>extremely remote place like 
> this, with your backpack on, you will see a lot of 
>envious people on the train 
> who wish they could be going along with you. You can 
>travel with me on-line by 
> going to http://www.barrcamp.com/.  
> Barr Camp is a wilderness cabin midway on the Barr Trail 
>which goes to the 
> top of Pike's Peak. The elevation gain is 7,600 feet 
>from Manitou Springs to the 
> top. 
> 
> i will be operating Pedestrian Mobile (1C CO), in 
>motion, on the Barr trail, 
> using my  Elecraft KX1 on NiCads or my PRC military 
>backpack radio and a 10 
> foot whip. 
> 
> 
> * The Bust, Colorado, operation was previously reported 
>in the ARS Sojourner 
> at 
>http://www.arsqrp.com/ars/pages/back_issues/2005_text/0405_text/W0RW.html
> 
> Paul w0rw/pm
> Colorado