[Elecraft] OT-VP6DX Operation

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604]

   Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:17:54 -0500
   From: "S Sacco" <nn4x.steve at gmail.com>
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   >Over 181,000 QSO's were made,
   >which is a new DXpedition record.  I think it is safe to
   >assume that a K3 was involved in every one of those QSO's,
   >and many times there was a K3 at both ends.

   Well, there are not even 500 K3's out in the wild.  Of those, not
   every one is owned by someone who cared to work VP6DX.    "Many times"
   might be a "tad" of an overstatement, no?   ;-)

I'd say many-  current K3 owners are more motivated than most.

I actually got on to my butt, and got them twice on RTTY, once on 30M
using a very inefficient 80M dipole.  On 20M, it was about the third
call, but I've got a real antenna on that band.  This was my first
operation in 6 months, for personal reasons.

   They did a fantastic job - the operators, the K3's, the antennas and
   nearly perfect ground plane, and the low noise environment all played
   important roles.

What he says.

73, doug