[Elecraft] The last post...

[rcerkon at gmail.com]

My K2 F/S post had an unexpected outcome--numerous emails wishing me
well, from the many acquaintances I've made over the years. It was a
very pleasant trip down memory lane. In no particular order, I just
wanted share a few of me more memorable event:

--  Discovering QRP and building my first QRP rig, an OHR-100 if I
recall. Doing that brought back the thrill of Amateur Radio I
experienced way back in high school.

--  Building my first Elecraft K2. After building several kits I took
the plunge and bought a K2 kit. When it arrived and I open the
package--there was a brief moment that I was overwhelmed by the large
number of parts to be assembled. But I collected myself and a week
later that kit was done and on the air...the rest is history.

-- And that history is: the building and repair of a hundred or more
QRP rigs over the years for myself and others. I really enjoyed that.

-- My review of the 1st gen. DSW-40 being published in QST. (Dec 2000)

-- PSK-31. I loved building and operating my PSK-20. Even had a QSO
with Skip Teller, KH6TY, father of digipan. (If anything ever draws me
back to ham radio, it's likely to be PSK-31)

-- ROCK-MITE MANIA! Seeing all those little guys built up so many
different ways--I recall finishing one up during an ARS sprint and
using it to make a Q or two.

-- A somewhat melancholy event, listening to Radio Switzerland's last
SW broadcast, October 30, 2004.
<http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/swiss-radio-international-to-stop-broadcasting>

-- Working the original Tuna Tin 2 operated by Ed Hare & Bruce
Muscolino, W6TOY/3 from W1AW during the Black Cat Tuna 2 Event,
1999(?)

-- Setting up portable in Wyoming so that Bruce Muscolino, W6TOY/3
could get a WY QSO that eluded him for many years.

-- WAS for me, took a long time to get DE. For a while I was beginning
to think DE didn't exist. :-)
<http://qrp.kd4ab.org/2001/011214/0067.html>

-- Earning my Extra with the 20wpm code requirement

-- Milliwatt QSOs

-- Meeting Arnie Corro at a CQC banquent

-- Attending Pacificon and Atlanticon

-- Being an Elvis for a Zombie Shuffle

What a long strange trip it's been

That was then, this is now, other activities beckon...

--
73 Rod Ai7NN CL dit-dit