[Elecraft] Finally made first contact with K1

[Dale Putnam]

Isn't it a blast, when the first one is in the log?
Now, many more to come. Even some that may stretch into chats and
getting to know more about the folks on the other key.
Maybe we'll meet one day soon,
Best hunting,
--...   ...--
Dale - WC7S qrp in Wy


>From: Chris Kantarjiev <cak at dimebank.com>
>To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Finally made first contact with K1
>Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:25:54 -0800 (PST)
>
>I'll jump on the end of this and report that I made my first
>contact as a General during last week's Spartan Sprint, after
>about a week or more of calling CQ in the evening. WA6AZP
>was calling CQ CQ SP pretty fast and it took me several rounds
>to a) copy his sign completely and b) get over my nerves enough
>to answer with my KX-1.
>
>Between the fairly strong QSB and my poor antenna, he never heard
>my repeated QRS, so we went several more rounds before I got
>a strong "R R R" from him. He went on with the contest and
>I shut down and went into the house to calm my nerves :-)
>
>I'm working on my antenna setup now, looking for that second contact ...
>perhaps it will be more than 10 miles away!
>
>73 de chris K6DBG
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