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

[Keith Heimbold]

Field day 2E running K3 and one other portable rig on solar and batteries at 5W. So nice. 

No beer because I was pretty sick the past week but enjoyed 35 contacts with my buddy Bruce (both of us K3 owners) over a period of four hours on 6, 15, 20, 40. My second ever field day (active, did not participate last year), and at home with my ten month old son, Max, on my lap enjoying the experience with me. Cheese, crackers and grapes appetizer with view of the San Diego bay and the pacific. This was the best field day ever and my son Maximiliano there with me, my wife and Bruce made it special.

One special note on the super killer K3. I heard that JA was working the west coast on 6m while on field day duty. I broke down the station with the K3 under my arm and ran to the house to set it back up with my normal gear. Five minutes later I was able to work my first JA station on 6m ever CW. And the K3 and my microkeyer 2 in perfect combination made it happen. Good contact on 6m. Made my second ever active field day so super awesome! I love my K3!

Keith
AK6ZZ

Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos

On Jun 23, 2013, at 6:17 PM, "Gary Gregory" <vk1zzgary at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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