[Elecraft] Unique QSO

[Hank]

Great story!!!

I remember in 2019 making a cool contact like that. I was running the KX3 at 10 watts with the AX1 sitting in a hiking chair on top of Pigeon Mtn in NW Ga and made a 20m USB contact with a gentleman in Mexico running a b new to him K3s at 100 watts into a wire dipole. 

That was one exciting POTA contact!

Hank
K4HYJ 

> On Sep 13, 2021, at 2:19 PM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> I was out hiking with my son yesterday at Las Trampas Wilderness (about 25 miles east of San Francisco). We took a break at the highest point to taken in a 360 degree view of the Bay Area.
> 
> After lunch, I pulled out the KX2, attached a 4' whip, and immediately found Bill, W6H (AKA W8TE) calling CQ on 20 m SSB from New Mexico. I tried a couple of calls using the KX2's built-in mic, but wasn't quite getting his attention through the QRM. So I attached the KXPD2 keyer paddle and called in CW mode. Bill came back to me right away.
> 
> First K4 to KX2 cross-mode QSO? (Not quite a "200 Meters and Down" achievement, but gratifying just the same.)
> 
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
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