[Elecraft] Wow! Early Morning QRPing on 80 Meters

[Pete Meier]

Hi all,

While Ed AB8DF is on vacation I am stepping in until his return at the end of the week to keep this great thing going and growing.

Today was an Great day even though conditions were noisy with QRN. I worked 4 stations from my qth in Manitou Springs, CO and only called CQ once. What fun!
Today I used a newly acquired mcHF SDR QRP Transceiver Kit by M0NKA built by Steli, AE6OR. I ran 5 watts into an end fed half wave up about 30 feet.
Check out the mcHF at http://www.m0nka.co.uk 

I worked:
W3KC	CHARLES in DAMASCUS, MD
K5PD	PETE in SUNNYVALE (DALLAS), TX
W4MJE	JIM in MOBILE, AL
KD9VT	DAVE in SILVIS, IL

I appreciate the skills and patience of all the station operators who contact me. It makes getting up so early here worthwhile. 

Like Ed I will be hanging out on 3.560 most weekday mornings from 1200z to 1300z 
while I have my morning coffee. Just might be the way to survive the sun 
spot lull.

Pete WK8S