[Elecraft] Unique QSO

[barry halterman]

Reminds me of the time, way, way back going up on MT. Diablo with a two
meter lunch box and a simple J pole antenna. Man, what a blast that was!

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 2:38 PM Hank via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> 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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