[K3PZN-List] Fw: [QRP-L] ham hiker adventure: Three Hundred Zeroes author passing thru

[Chuck Nemec]

I agree also.  I'd really like to hear about his trek and his lessons learned...

 

Chuck  KB3RAZ
 
> From: comulada at verizon.net
> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:42:44 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Fw: [QRP-L] ham hiker adventure: Three Hundred Zeroes author passing thru
> 
> Sounds like a great experience to learn a lot about backpacking and QRP operation Curt!
> 
> Anthony KB3RJH
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Milton <wb8yyy at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 12:36 PM
> To: Carroll County Amateur Radio Club <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [K3PZN-List] Fw: [QRP-L] ham hiker adventure: Three Hundred Zeroes author passing thru
> 
> Just curious if anyone would be interested in possibly having the guy who hiked/operated the appalachian trail as a speaker. He had a recent article in QST about it. OK its a dream, but you never know! Literally we tell him when our August meeting is, and we can see where he might be. Just a wild ideal to explore. I could imagine club expenses to be modest. See below Feedback appreciated. 
> 
> I have a lot of respect for those that have thru-hiked. Maybe I have hiked 60 miles or so and spent 4 or 6 nights along the trail, but I was in my 20's when this happened. I have been on the AT some the last couple years without the burden of carrying gear. 
> 
> 73 Curt
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 7/19/10, Dennis Blanchard <k1ypp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Dennis Blanchard <k1ypp at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [QRP-L] QRP hiker adventure: Three Hundred Zeroes finalist in book contest.
> > To: "QRP List" <qrp-l at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Monday, July 19, 2010, 10:50 AM
> > As many of you already know, I wrote
> > a book about my hike on the Appalachian 
> > Trail that features my carrying a QRP rig on the hike. The
> > book was a finalist 
> > in the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Contest. The
> > book cover now 
> > proudly wears a medallion indicating this. Thanks to all
> > those on this list that 
> > have already read the book.
> > 
> > I'll be driving up and down the east coast for the next
> > month or two. If your 
> > radio club would like me to stop in and do my slide
> > presentation about the hike, 
> > let me know and we'll see if the schedule can be
> > synchronized. The PowerPoint 
> > presentation has a number of images of the QRP station and
> > locations along the 
> > trail that served as operating points. Just writing about
> > it makes me wish I was 
> > back out there. In fact, I do plan to stop here and there
> > and walk a few miles 
> > and set up the station now and then; I'll try to post a
> > schedule at some point.
> > 
> > 72'
> > 
> > Dennis, K1YPP
> > 
> > Author of: THREE HUNDRED ZEROES
> > Three Hundred Zeroes Web site: http://threehundredzeroes.com
> > Find it on amazon.com at http://tinyurl.com/248ymjg
> > 
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