[Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?

[Bill Frantz]

I like the thought. But are you allowed to pick up stuff from 
the environment?

I am currently at the New Hampshire QTH running my Small Wonder 
Labs PSK-20 (5W, 20M PSK only). It is probably lighter than a 
KX3 (for a lot less function). I am running it into a 2 element 
wire beam where the heavy pieces are made from wood cut on site. 
(For those who don't know NH, trees are weeds here. We try to 
keep the underbrush under control and I was able to cut two 2.5M 
spreaders from local weeds.) Carrying a 20M dipole + an extra 
piece of 11.11M wire seems in bounds for the light weight multiplier.

(Hmmmm. #36 wire antennas?...)

I've been having a ball working Europe with 20 DXCCs in the log 
and great stories about the ones that got away. (The joys or 
QRP.) The big weight is the computer and power supply, which 
here is a wall wart, but could be a battery. I'll get to be OK 
on CW eventually and get really competitive. :-)

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 4/28/13 at 5:40 PM, kevinr at coho.net (kevinr) wrote:

>You could use the multiplier of 1 / 4# .   A 1 pound total rig 
>would land you a mult of 4x.  Imagine getting down into the oz 
>rig range; the multiplier would be very good for even a few 
>contacts.  It may get down to tapping wires to attain the least 
>possible weight. Using one's own lunch to provide power would 
>be extra.  Remember to take a few limes along with the copper 
>and zinc strips.

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