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

[Gary Gregory]

Gee, you guys almost got it figured out.

Motorhome, beer, k-line, beer, antennas, beer, solar power, beer,
batteries, beer.......downunder we try hard to keep up......

Gary
Vk1ZZ
K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3.
On 24/06/2013 11:11 AM, "Mike Markowski" <mike.ab3ap at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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<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. [...]
>>
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