[Fwd: [elecraft] Elecraft KX1 featured at Pacifcon 2006 HFpack Forum Oct. 14th Saturday]

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

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Subject: 	[elecraft] Elecraft KX1 featured at Pacifcon 2006 HFpack Forum 
Oct. 14th Saturday
Date: 	Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:52:27 -0000
From: 	wb6mlc <kac at ix.netcom.com>


Hi gang, 

The HFpack HF Portable Group is very pleased to welcome Elecraft
to our forum at Pacificon 2006 at the San Ramon, CA Marriott. 
Wayne, N6KR and Eric, WA6HHQ are our featured guest speakers this year.
The title of their segment will be, " Ultra-Portable HFpacking with
the KX1".  Following their talk, local HFpackers will be conducting 
our first "KX1 Pow-Wow",which features live "in the room" QSO's with 
Pedestrian mobile KX1's. We will be using amplified speakers and extra
wireless PA mics so everyone can hear the CW. Also, an Open discussion
forum combined with a Powerpoint presentation of HFpackers using their
KX1's wraps up the Pow-Wow. 

Real users will discuss the following topics:

1) Is building the KX1 easy? How long does it take?

2) How does one pack the KX1 when portable or Pedestrian Mobile?

For the "in the room" live QSO's,  we are designing a broadband 
wire loop for 20M coupled with a ferrite transformer to a BNC
male connector. This loop was recently tested at a NorCal Meeting
with good results. The compact loop should be efficient enough to
work throughout the Marriott hotel, and is easy for the internal
antenna tuner to match. Our goal is to use the KX1's like handheld
HT's during the convention for fun. 

KX1 owners, and newbies should attend our forum to see Wayne and 
Eric speak, and to participate in the discussion. Bring your 
KX1's and toss a wire into the trees during our HFpack Zombie
Walk in the Marriott Parking lot. We operate Pedestrian Mobile HF
around 10PM on Saturday,and had worked many stations on 40M running
only 5 watts. Last year we worked stations 900 miles away. Some
HFpackers may be using their KX1's Pedestrian mobile with backpack
mounted antennas.   

At the end of the entire forum, we will be conducting a Door Prize
Raffle with donations from Elecraft, LDG, SuperAntennas, Buddipole
Antennas, HFprojects kits, Doug Hendrick's kits, and Norcal. 
All we ask is that you must be PRESENT to WIN during the raffle. 

So if you are interested in buying an Elecraft KX1, or wish to see
what others are doing when portable, or Pedestrian Mobile, the "HFpack
Technology" Forum is not to be missed. 

73, 

Ken WB6MLC  "HFpack Events Coordinator"

PS.. It would be greatly appreciated if the moderator could cross
post the above announcement to the regular Elecraft Reflector. 
:-)