[Elecraft] CW QRP

[Ariel Jacala]

Tony

Congrats on country #160.  I am only up to country #60.  You demonstrate that such a feat is possible.  Could Honor Roll QRP be in the future?  My hat off to you.

Ariel

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On Sep 23, 2012, at 5:23 PM, "Tony Castellano" <tcastell2 at optonline.net> wrote:

> I just worked V73NS, Marshall Islands, on 15 meters using my K2 running 4.7 Watts to a OCF dipole. My QTH is in ENY, near Poughkeepsie, NY. There were quite a few stations on the frequency, but the K2 got through.
> This makes CW QRP country number 160 with my K2 since I first joined the Elecraft family one year and 3 months ago.
> My best DX was Hawaii running 100 mW to the OCF dipole for 50,000 miles per Watt.
> My country number 159 was Swains Island on 12 meters.
> A good friend who owns a KX1, K1, K2, K3 and KX3 got me interested in Elecraft. Since I built my K2, I built a K1 and another
> K2 for my wife W1ALI.
> I also own a KX3 which is a great rig, but I still like to operate the K2. I might add that I don't own a mike and work only CW.
> So don't count out the K2.
> 
> Thank you Elecraft for great products.
> 
> 73
> 
> Tony Castellano W1ZMB
> tcastell2 at optonline.net
> Hopewell Junction, NY
> RV-6
> N401TC
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