[Elecraft] An Interesting Article for Amateur Radio Hikers

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Jim, AB0UK wrote:
Something that might be of interest to all amateur
radio hikers.  It might be just the thing for
Elecraft's QRP rigs.  The link is from the CNN website
tonight.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/09/09/backpack.reut/index.html

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Yeah, you get 7 watts if you hump along 85 lbs (38 kg) in the backpack.
Hmmm... I don't think I'd have the energy to operate after hauling that load
up a mountain.

Anybody remember a famous cartoonist of yesteryear named "Rube Goldberg"? He
used to come up with these ideas for fun in the comics!

It also makes this interesting claim: "Pound for pound, food contains about
100-fold more energy than batteries."

Clearly we need a bionic K2. But I can just picture finding the darn thing
raiding the 'fridge after a busy evening on the air, or discovering my K2
used the aux i/o computer link to order a family-sized triple pepperoni
pizza in the middle of the sweepstakes.  

Ron AC7AC