[Elecraft] My first Field Day...Wow... what a rush!

[Mike Markowski]

Sounds fun, Phil!  I wasn't quite so far from home.  I operated from the 
exceedingly remote and primitive conditions of my back deck.  Scant 
remains of a single bottle of Scotch provided sustenance for the event. 
  Luckily it and the 7.5 Ah battery held out for the duration.  Such 
difficult conditions anytime soon would be taxing, but 79 contacts at 5 
W, including Germany, no doubt leave the top guns slack jawed and 
envious.  (Laughter?  Is that laughter?...)

More seriously, you can see my watch for logging attached to the stand 
of the K1.  There are also small "paddlettes" with red finger pieces. 
There was something refreshing about sitting out back with a few sheets 
of paper, pencil and radio.  Most ops were sending at 25 wpm or less.  A 
fun few hours, highly recommended.  Pic of me (also submitted to arrl 
soapbox), the K1, a single malt:

    http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/fd2013/fd2013-i.jpg

73,
Mike ab3ap  '1B EPA'

On 06/23/2013 08:54 PM, Philip Townsend Lontz wrote:
> I got to be the gota op for the Chama, NM W5YA club. Oh My God! I had
> a really good time. Everyone had K3's running 5 watts. [...]