[Elecraft] KX3/KX2 remote for FD

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Brian VE3GMZ 



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From: n6kr at elecraft.com
Sent: May 14, 2020 3:05 p.m.
To: donwilh at embarqmail.com
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3/KX2 remote for FD


Thanks for the memory, Don.

FD has always been a contest to me--more fun than any other. I nearly always operate QRP/portable, sometimes entirely hand-held (with the KX2), dragging a counterpoise wire for miles, up and down hills. (Who needs a gym membership?)

I was 14 at my first FD. I learned some hard lessons about how *not* to put a PL259 connector on RG8. A grizzled veteran laughed at my mess, then showed me The Way.

Wayne
N6KR



> On May 14, 2020, at 11:46 AM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes Wayne, it was one of the greatest Field Days of all.  You could track the course of sunlight on 10 meters (which went dead at sundown), and there was a lot of activity.
> I was 17 in 1957, and had been licensed since '55
>
> While the ARRL did not list it as a contest, it was regarded as a contest by most all operators - the ARRL also posted the high scorers at the top of each category.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 5/14/2020 2:20 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>> Jim,
>> I bet FD in 1957 was a real hoot (at the record peak of the sunspot cycle).
>> (FWIW, I was born in '57, which explains a lot.)
>> Wayne
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