[Elecraft] Field Day 2012 with K2-7006

[Ariel Jacala]

We were a couple of K2s in South Carolina as a 2B QRP station with a tribander hex beam at 20 ft and an end fed half wave sloped hung from a tree branch at 70 ft.  Sunspots were low at a sunspot number of only 13.  40m became long for a time as we made contact with KH7AA in Hawaii.  Alaska was also in the log.  We were under the call sign NY4G.  We had a solar panel putting out close to 3 amps during the day.  The computers used for logging as well as the wireless router were run from a small pure sine wave inverter.  I was greeted by a 4 foot snake next to my tent around breakfast time on Sunday.  I do not know who was more startled - the snake or me.  We were out in the back woods of someone's property.  We operated mostly CW - with 260 contacts and made 14 phone contacts on the beam as far as Quebec and California.

My backup rig was a KX1 which I did not have to use.  The hex beam was great along with the PAR EFHW dipole.  

Ariel NY4G and KQ4VY Matt

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On Jun 24, 2012, at 5:23 PM, "John Strandberg" <w4dx at arrl.net> wrote:

> Your K2 sounded great on two of our stations when I was listening.
> 
> 73 John W4DX
> 
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 4:32 PM, aj4tf <aj4tf at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
>> If you have W4UA in your field day log on either 15m or 75/80m, then you
>> heard K2/100 #7006 on the air.  It stayed powered for about 23 hours
>> straight.  Unfortunately *I* could not stay powered up for 23 hours
>> straight,  so I had to relinquish command to another operator last night.
>> 
>> 15m was really open to California and Texas from our location (NC), we made
>> many contacts there.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> de AJ4TF
>> 
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