[Elecraft] OT: Field Day anecdotes

[Wayne Burdick]

Thanks for all the stories, everyone. Keep the faith (despite the odds),
and we'll see you at FD.

Wayne
N6KR


On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 7:53 AM jimk8mr--- via Elecraft <
elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>  Many years ago I was operating after dark, from a table under a picnic
> fly. When suddenly my pretty new IC-746 jumped off the operating table,
> onto the ground!
> A departing operator had caught the feedline on his car's rear bumper.
> Fortunately I had an SWR bridge in line, the coax to it acting as a
> mechanical fuse to keep the radio from going any further.  The op did
> realize what had happened and stopped to check things out, so my radio
> would not have accumulated may miles. But it still worked!
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> 73  -  Jim   K8MR
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