[Elecraft] Finally made first contact with K1

[Art - W6KY]

Stephanie,
Outstanding! I always love to hear someone who has
made that 1st CW contact and is ready for more.  At
age 15 I made my 1st CW QSO. That was almost 50 years
ago. I've never tired of CW.  In fact I usually have
to hunt down my Heil headset for a SSB contest. I've
had a K1 for a little over a year and closing in on
200 countries. Thats with a ground mounted vertical
antenna and about 5 watts out of the K1-4. Started
with a K1-2. Work those weak ones on 40 late at night.
Sometimes the de is followed by a VR2, a 3W or some
other good DX.  But be sure to make one QSO per day
(ragchew) to improve your speed...Have fun and welcome
to CW...
73,  Art  W6KY
www.w6ky.com
   

--- Stephanie Maks <va3uxb at maksystems.com> wrote:

> It's been a month since I got my K1, and I finally
> overcame my 'key- 
> shyness' and resonded to a CQ.
> 
> My morse skills are still pretty bad, but the CQ (on
> 40 Meters) was  
> slow enough that I was pretty confident.  VE2DPO in
> Quebec was my  
> first CW contact in almost 8 years -- and only my
> second CW contact  
> ever!   Also, the first new entry in my logbook
> since 2001.   And the  
> first QRP entry.
> 
> I'm just running 2 watts into a 95 foot wire that's
> dangling between  
> some trees in my backyard, and keying the rig for
> now with just a  
> little spst momentary switch at the end of some wire
> because I can't  
> find my real key (last seen before my last move).
> 
> I know it's nothing, no big deal.  But it got me
> excited.
> 
> 73 de Stephanie
> va3uxb
> K1 #02132
> 
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