[Elecraft] K2 and DX

[Gary D Krause]

This weekend was fantastic for DX.  15 and 17 meters were open most of the day 
at my location in Wyoming.  I worked a Japanese station on ten watts with my 
K2.  He asked me to repeat my power level three times.  Apparently, he 
couldn't believe I was only running 10 watts CW.  Of course the propagation 
had a lot to do with it.  Then there is my antenna...a home-brewed, 
non-resonant, multi band vertical.  Okay, maybe the vertical didn't have a lot 
to do with it but, who cares.  I also worked the Canary Islands on the same 
ten watts.  So, I figure it is a combination of propagation and K2 mojo.  This 
weekend felt like the peak of a sunspot cycle rather than the bottom.

I also heard France and Germany.  DX isn't as easy to come by here in the 
middle of the country.  I hear hams on the eastern seaboard working DX like 
it's next door.

Gary, N7HTS