[Elecraft] KX1 Field Day fun

[Brett Howard]

My best fun was when I talked our big CW guy from using the K1 rather
than my K3...  His comment was life is too short for QRP.  A few hours
of coaxing later and he was breaking pile ups with the 7W from the K1.
The look of amazement every time someone answered him was priceless!

~KC7OTG

Also the fact that this is the second FD that the K3 has been in and it
died last time has gotten me a bunch of ribbing...  The fact that
Elecraft took such good care of it and it performed with such flying
colors with matching filters and a SubRX has redeemed it....

Now I'm doomed to the tent and being the only one still awake...  Still
pulling in 54Q's an hour....  Can't go to bed till that drops to single
digits.

On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 00:04 -0700, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> I snuck in about an hour of FD operation late tonight, setting up camp  
> in the back yard. The KX1 is perfect for this type of ad-hoc  
> installation -- just toss a wire in a tree and plug in the attached  
> keyer paddle. Signals were quite good, and I worked about 20 stations  
> using 2 W (internal lithium AA battery pack). EU was pounding in on  
> top of the FD activity. And on 30 m, FO and ZL were coming in. 30 m is  
> a great band during FD for those who want to escape from it, at least  
> briefly.
> 
> My daughter (age 10) came out in her PJ's to investigate. She was  
> quite exited by all the signals and the red and white glow from the  
> KX1's LED display and logbook lamp. My wife suggested that next year I  
> the kids camping for FD and keep the tradition going....
> 
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
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