[Elecraft] Catalina island with KX2: spoiled by super-low noise floor

[Fred Jensen]

A group of us activated Alpine County for the Cal QSO Party for 10+ 
years.  We gave up when we realized we were way too old to be that 
isolated, and we were tired of getting beat up by the weather.  Our camp 
was about 2 km south of the summit of Monitor Pass, at about 8,500 ft.  
The noise was S0 [except for precip static when it snowed], and it 
seemed we could hear folks as it began to cross their minds to turn on 
the rig!  It's truly amazing how quiet it can be when there is no grid 
or other stations or SMPS around you for what seems like forever.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 7/28/2018 4:54 PM, Joan via Elecraft wrote:
> “I could hear stations that were merely thinking about transmitting”
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> Yes <3  This is what it was like when living off the grid in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula years ago.  Now, living in Seattle, it is only during occasional off-grid campouts that my KX2 gets to do this as well!  Tnx fer the story = FB es 73  de KX2CW Joan    e e
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