[Elecraft] HD8R

[Bill Lederer]

Drew:

Cool collection of keys!

Congrats.

I was quite lucky to work them with my KX2 and a random wire out the window
from my office during work hours. (Big Iron, rather Silicon is in the
basement shack.)  I would hit the MSG then PRE to send my call. After
several hours of trying I was able to snag them. This was on 15 meters.

And from what I can tell, they had a super operation. Good ops, and they
appeared to hear quite well.

Bill
w8lvn

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 9:42 PM Drew AF2Z <pubx1 at af2z.net> wrote:

> I got HD8R with 100 watts CW to endfed wire antenna. Here's a short
> video of my trusty old K3 and Bunnell sideswiper in action:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=folzh8pE6WM
>
> 73,
> Drew
> AF2Z
>
>
>
> On 11/07/21 11:05, Jim Sheldon wrote:
> > My K3S died a couple of weeks ago and I haven't found the power supply
> > problem yet - difficult tracing as I don't have the board trace layout
> > so finding components off the schematic isn't easy, LOL.
> >
> > On a lighter not, I replaced it as the shack rig with my KX2 and I've
> > been having a blast trying (and sometimes succeeding) to work the
> > Galapagos DXpedition HD8R.
> >
> > With the ARRL Sweepstakes contest on this weekend, HD8R has been
> > concentrating on the WARC bands and so far I've worked them on 20, 15
> > and 12 meters (12 just a few minutes ago, using my Tri-Band Cushcraft
> > A3S  beam as the antenna.  Got 'em on the 2nd call much to my surprise.
> > The KX2's internal ATU had no problem matching the beam on 24.894
> > (1.0:1) and signals have been pretty decent on 12.
> >
> > Ant loads on 17 meters too but signals are up and down on 18.074.  Fun
> > to keep trying though and the KX2 is running great at 10 watts on a 5 AH
> > battery.
> >
> > Jim, W0EB
> >
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