[Elecraft] K4 question +12m SOLVED

[Bill Frantz]

One of the really great things about ham radio is that each 
person can find their own place in the hobby. However, I did get 
a good illustration of why so many people are using the digital 
modes, particularly the FTx modes.

I operated in CW WW SSB over the weekend from New Hampshire. I 
operated QRP because the radio I had was a barefoot KX3. The 
only band I could be heard on was 20M where I was using a 
homebrew 2 element wire beam about 18 feet above the ground. In 
about 9 hours of operation, I managed to eke out 13 QSOs, 11 to 
EU and 2 to NA. The good news is that there were 2 ATNO DXCCs.

The next day I decided that I really should complete at least 
one QSO with VP6R before they went QRT. After trying for 15-20 
minutes, and flipping the beam so it was pointed away from EU 
instead of to EU, I managed an FT8 Fox/Hound QSO on 20M sending 
a -14 and receiving a -12 report. This QSO certainly wouldn't 
have happened on SSB, and probably not on CW either.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 10/29/19 at 10:20 AM, elecraft at mailman.qth.net (Bob Gibson 
via Elecraft) wrote:

>This is what I love about Ham Radio with a wire and on 
>CW..Great story! I'll never will use any digital modes and the 
>K3 is my last radio..at 76 and on a fixed income like so many 
>of us are..the K3 will be with me in the pine box along with my 
>Begali..No room for a PC..

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