[Elecraft] KX3] WRTC activity from K6KR

[Dick Dievendorff]

I'm in a hotel in Westborough, MA. 

I brought an EARC Hawaii end fed matchbox with its 30 feet of wire and fed the wire out my first floor hotel window sill edge and spread it out over the bushes in front of the hotel.  It was maybe 30" above ground and 30" away from the hotel building proper.  KX3 at 12 watts with a Powerwerx SS-30DV supply. I was trying to find WRTC stations, but 40 and 80 weren't active until after sunset.

Countries in my log over an hour (22z) or so on 20 meters: Germany, Slovenia, Poland, Belgium, Belarus, England, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Spain, Russia, Bulgaria, and the US.

Then I shifted to 40 and 80 meters and looked for WRTC stations. Worked WR1TC in a nearby hotel, NU1AW, the IARU HQ station, W100AW, the ARRL HQ station, and 39 contacts with WRTC competitor stations in the local area.  I didn't stay up late.

Nice little radio!  I'm not ready to move to the East Coast quite yet, but it certainly is great visiting during an event like this. 

K1LZ was kind enough to open his station to visiting contesters who wanted to get in on the action. I operated a bit at NU1AW on 10 and 15 meters. Rates weren't spectacular,  but being the only IARU HQ mult drew callers. We could sit on one freq and they came to us.

Dennis, W1UE, asked if I'd operated much from YCCC territory; I admitted I had not.  He said there are 3 rules:

1. Run Europe,
2. Run Europe, and
3. Run Europe.

Now we wait until tomorrow evening for the results and the closing ceremony and then off toward Hartford.

73 de Dick, K6KR