[Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?

[Edward R Cole]

Intriguing idea.  In my case it will take the form of a lightweight 
psk-31 station.  Our local club does FD every year so I may just use 
one of their antennas or rig a 20m dipole (probably a sloper).  I 
will break the 4# barrier by bringing my old P90 IBM thinkpad that 
has a psk-31 program and this will force me to make up a soundcard 
I/F for the KX3.  I have a pile of 12v 4AH gelcells which will 
suffice for power.  Our club call is AL7LE but there is some talk of 
using a better callsign of one of the members (might be KL7RA).

Back in 2005 (I think) I set up a FD psk-31 station using my FT-847 
and the same laptop.  It was powered with a 30w solar panel + diehard 
deep-cycle marine battery.  My antenna was a 20m mobile whip.  I was 
set up in 20-minutes while the club usually takes about 2-hours to 
get the first station running.  Club name is the Moosehorn ARC.

73, Ed - KL7UW