[Elecraft] Unique QSO

[Richard]

How about this? K3s, 100w, Hex Beam, Central Florida to Australia, 20 meter SSB, LONG PATH, 15,727 miles; he was 5x3, I was 5x5.

Richard
W4KBX


> On Sep 13, 2021, at 3:03 PM, barry halterman <kthreebo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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