[Elecraft] Operating from a retirement home

[N4ZR]

A spectacular example of how to do this right has been set by PVRCers at 
the Collington Continuing-Care retirement community in Prince George's 
County MD.  See the QRZ lookup for K3CCR.  These 5 guys have 
demonstrated what can be done, and they're doing it most every weekend.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/15/2019 9:02 PM, Raymond Sills via Elecraft wrote:
> Another option to consider with "retirement home" operating is what I've been doing:
> I use a KX3 feeding an AlexLoop (small magnetic loop) set up in our bedroom to check into a local 10 meter net.  Works quite well.The same setup also had me working a DX station in Moldova... during a RTTY contest.   I used the KX3's built in RTTY feature for that QSO.  Oh... and I was running 3 watts on 40 meters.  And that was with the AlexLoop set up in our sun room.
> So... it can be done.
> 73 de RayK2ULRKX3 #211
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
> To: Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com>; elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sun, Dec 15, 2019 7:17 pm
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Operating from a retirement home
>
>
> Bill, if you want to get in at least some ham radio action you might
> consider using TeamViewer (free for private use) to link up with a
> friend who trusts you and is willing to let you tap into his station to
> operate FT8 via the internet.  QST had a recent article on it and it's
> pretty simple to set up.  I have a friend who is stuck in a condo and he
> has used my station several times to make contacts all over the world
> that way.
>
> It's not the same as chatting with some interesting DX, but it's not a
> whole lot different than what passes for most DX contacts.  You could
> even operate one of the FT8/4 contests that way without being at much of
> a disadvantage.
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
> On 12/15/2019 4:52 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
>> 73 Bill AE6JV, who hasn't been on the air since moving into a
>> retirement home.
>>
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