[Elecraft] EQP in Florissant Fossil Beds w0rw/pm

[EricJ]

 Paul is a walking advertisement for the KX1....LITERALLY. I heard him all
over 20m for the 3 hours that I operated and he was ALWAYS one of the
strongest QRP stations here in So Cal...559 to 599. Amazing! A fine op, too.
Thanks for the QSO, Paul.

Eric/Rick (my nickname...for some reason cw ops have trouble with "Eric"
more than with "Rick"...so use either)
KE6US

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Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 7:15 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] EQP in Florissant Fossil Beds w0rw/pm

i was out hiking in the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument today for
the EQP.
Started at 1900Z and worked 25 Q's on 20M and 1 on 40M.
i was using my KX1 #292 (3W) with a 10 foot whip (no top hat) and a 13 foot
drag wire, pedestrian mobile.
The trail was 30% deep snow and then ice and mud, but we made it through
several miles.
My XYL (N0OPM) was doing the logging. We hiked around the hills in the
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. 
You can take a virtual tour by going to http://www.nps.gov/flfo/ This is
beautiful mountain valley just west of Pikes Peak and holds spectacular
remnants of the earth's prehistoric life. Huge petrified redwoods and
incredibly detailed fossils of ancient insects and plants reveal a very
different Colorado of long ago. Almost 35 million years ago, enormous
volcanic eruptions buried the then-lush valley and petrified the redwood
trees that grew there. A lake formed in the valley and the fine-grained
sediments at its bottom became the final resting-place for thousands of
insects and plants. These sediments compacted into layers of shale and
preserved the delicate details of these organisms as fossils. 
i really thank all these guys for making my hike successful...Here is my
contact list:
W4FMS Frank
WD7Y Ed
N2ED Ed
K9EW Ed (3 in a row?)
K7TQ Randy  strong as usual
KE6US Rick  CA
W7YCW Ross  WA
W0SOC Bob 2nd Class
AA5BT  Eric  TX
W6IJ/5 Tommy
K8DD Hank
W0QQS Bruce
WS4S  Conrad
K0UU Jeff
WA5ZNU  Leigh, going down a north facing hill in snow K9KLT Ron  Called me
from a deep canyon where is was in 2 feet of snow.
K1JD Joe
K3JJ  Chas when i was standing on an ice pond.
NJ2OM Dick
AA1ZT  Jack  CT 2.5W
N2WN Jules
N4ROA  Dan
W4TG  Harvey  GA
K3MD  John
K6SE Earl  Blasting in
K8FU/5  Lef,  40 meters

72  Paul  w0rw/pm

Life is too short for $10K Towers and Beams when a 10 foot whip will do.
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