[Elecraft] K1 #3224 ON THE AIR

[Richard Crispi]

Been a Ham for over 50 years and haven't felt this surge in excitement in a
long time.  Last evening I made my first contacts with my recently
completed K1.  The radio was running 5 watts on 30 meters to a 30 meter
dipole in the attic of my condo.  First contact was a DL7 who gave me a 589
followed by a LY2 with a 559.  Now I've made similar contacts before by
turning down the power on my Icom and Yaesu rigs but these two contacts
really stirred-up something inside of me as they were made with a radio I
built.  Haven't felt like this since my novice days back in '62.

Thanks to all you guys and Elecraft who provided help when I ran into a
problem during construction which worked out to be due to my carelessness
and no fault of the radio.
73,
Rich K1YRW