[OKDXA] K1N Well... &%#^$&!

[Kim Elmore]

I checked the logs and I'm not in for 30 m or 160 m. I was sure I'd 
heard my call on both bands but I'm NIL.

Yesterday evening I fire everything up and found them on 30, so started 
calling. It took the better part of an hour. There it is! They finally 
heard me! Absolutely no doubt that they called me. I'm not using the 
keyer in the rig, but instead my lovely old Kansas City Keyer KC1. I'd 
plugged my call into one memory and TU 5NN into another. I punch the 
memory button for "TU 5NN" and... Nothing! NOTHING! In panic I try the 
paddles. Zilch! They call me three times! THREE TIMES! And I can't send 
anything from my keyer. I can't switch the plug to the rig's keyer in 
time... They go onto the next call.

I come to learn that the RCA plug on the back of the keyer is loose. 
Now, mind you!, I could send my call just fine. I touched nothing but 
the memory button and got... Nothing. I can't express mt frustration...

I storm off to fix whatever it is and learn it's nothing but loose 
hardware. I fix it, double check, come back... Maybe there's still time! 
Aaaand... They're QRT on 30 m.

Profuse profanity ensured.

At least I have them on 12, 15, 20, 40, and 80. But, so much for a KP1 
on 30 m!

Kim N5OP
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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

/"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it 
doesn’t matter who said it./