[Elecraft] KX1 - 2 Watts to Australia!

Alexander Ponomarenko ur5lam at bk.ru
Fri Apr 14 14:11:33 EDT 2006


My congradulations Paul!
Only 2watts for so long distance on 40m! It' great!!!
What antenna was used for the QSO? Vertical or Yagi?

> To my astonishment Drew answered me!  We had a nice little qso... Drew
> told me he was using a hb rig at 100w and the temp was 18 deg.  I told
> him I was using my kx1 running just 2w and the temp was 40 deg in
> Halifax, and I was just getting ready for work.  I also told him it
> was a qso that I would remember for a long time!
>
> It was a nice casual little qso with no qsb or qrm.  He was 569 with
> me and he sent me a 559!
>
> What a great way to start the day!

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72 & 73! de UR5LAM
Alexander Ponomarenko
RU-QRP-CLUB  #103
mailto: ur5lam at bk.ru


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