[Elecraft] [KX3] Activity in ancient 15-meter novice band (21.1 MHz)

[Barry LaZar]

Wayne,
     I remember that band. It was my favorite even though I wasn't a 
novice. I met some of the friendliest hams in the world there, to 
include some great DX.

73,
Barry
K3NDM


On 5/25/2014 4:03 PM, Wayne Burdick n6kr at elecraft.com [KX3] wrote:
>
> Thanks to the PX3 panadapter and the CQ WW CW contest, I just made my 
> first QSO in at least three decades in the legacy 21.1 MHz U.S. 
> Novice-license segment. I didn't expect activity to spread upward that 
> far, but sure enough, blips appeared on the PX3 above 21.1, and I was 
> able to make a quick QSO with WK1Q using 12 W (KX3 barefoot).
>
> This brought back a lot of memories. 21.1-21.15 was my favorite place 
> to hang out back in the 1970s, when I was crystal-controlled on 
> transmit, using a Heath HW-16. In those days I had a home-rolled 
> 2-element 15-meter yogi made from 1/2-inch steel pipe and 2x4s. Must 
> have weighed 40 pounds. Fortunately, my patient stepfather knew that 
> getting that antenna up would keep me out of trouble (I was 15 at the 
> time).
>
> Wayne
> N6KR
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