Another Elecraft Tale
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A couple of weeks ago I went on a kayaking trip to the northeast corner of Vancouver Island. With my luggage already overweight, I debated whether to bring my KX1 or KX3. I knew I would have only one night camping on a remote island in which to operate, and the KX1 made more sense. I brought the KX3.
I threw a wire into a very wet tree, and using the internal batteries, started to tune around. Near 14.060 I heard a W5 camping on a lake in New Mexico having a QSO. I waited for him to complete, and gave him a call. To my surprise, he called back. Though he was a solid 579 at my tent QTH overlooking Johnstone Straight, he gave me a 429 and it took some repeats before he got my info right. What a thrill! It was a joy to tune around and hear such a low noise floor--the only noisemakers for miles were the occasional cruise ship. Later that night, I heard a pod of orcas breathing in the cove outside my tent, including at least one calf. And I was maybe ten miles from Telegraph Cove. 72, the former WD6DBM/VE7 Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 22:12:01 -0700
eric norris via Elecraft <[hidden email]> wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I went on a kayaking trip to the northeast corner of > Vancouver Island. With my luggage already overweight, I debated whether to > bring my KX1 or KX3. I knew I would have only one night camping on a remote > island in which to operate, and the KX1 made more sense. I brought the KX3. > > I threw a wire into a very wet tree, and using the internal batteries, > started to tune around. Near 14.060 I heard a W5 camping on a lake in New > Mexico having a QSO. I waited for him to complete, and gave him a call. To > my surprise, he called back. Though he was a solid 579 at my tent QTH > overlooking Johnstone Straight, he gave me a 429 and it took some repeats > before he got my info right. What a thrill! It was a joy to tune around > and hear such a low noise floor--the only noisemakers for miles were the > occasional cruise ship. Later that night, I heard a pod of orcas breathing > in the cove outside my tent, including at least one calf. > > And I was maybe ten miles from Telegraph Cove. > > 72, > > the former WD6DBM/VE7 > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] Yep, ain't it FUN!! Tom KG7CFC -- Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. -Les Brown ^^ --... ...-- / -.- --. --... -.-. ..-. -.-. ^^^^ Tom Taylor KG7CFC openSUSE 13.1 (64-bit), Kernel 3.11.6-4-default, KDE 4.11.2, AMD Phenom X4 955, GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Nvidia 337.19) 16GB RAM -- 3x1.5TB sata2 -- 128GB-SSD FF 27.0, claws-mail 3.10.0 registered linux user 263467 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Hi Eric!
Wow, awesome! You got any pictures of the area? It must be breathtaking... __________________ Slava (Sal) B, W2RMS [hidden email] On Aug 7, 2014, at 1:12 AM, eric norris via Elecraft <[hidden email]> wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I went on a kayaking trip to the northeast corner of Vancouver Island. With my luggage already overweight, I debated whether to bring my KX1 or KX3. I knew I would have only one night camping on a remote island in which to operate, and the KX1 made more sense. I brought the KX3. > > I threw a wire into a very wet tree, and using the internal batteries, started to tune around. Near 14.060 I heard a W5 camping on a lake in New Mexico having a QSO. I waited for him to complete, and gave him a call. To my surprise, he called back. Though he was a solid 579 at my tent QTH overlooking Johnstone Straight, he gave me a 429 and it took some repeats before he got my info right. What a thrill! It was a joy to tune around and hear such a low noise floor--the only noisemakers for miles were the occasional cruise ship. Later that night, I heard a pod of orcas breathing in the cove outside my tent, including at least one calf. > > And I was maybe ten miles from Telegraph Cove. > > 72, > > the former WD6DBM/VE7 > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On 8/6/2014 10:12 PM, eric norris via Elecraft wrote: > What a thrill! REPLY: I've been a ham 57 years and radio is still magic, one of mankind's greatest inventions. Thanks, Eric! 73, Bill W6WRT ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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This is indeed an awesome area. I have done some SCUBA diving near this location at a place called God's Pocket.
This is not a warm or dry place. I think water temperature even in the summer is about 48 degrees. -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Slava Baytalskiy Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2014 5:57 AM To: eric norris Cc: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Another Elecraft Tale Hi Eric! Wow, awesome! You got any pictures of the area? It must be breathtaking... __________________ Slava (Sal) B, W2RMS [hidden email] On Aug 7, 2014, at 1:12 AM, eric norris via Elecraft <[hidden email]> wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I went on a kayaking trip to the northeast corner of Vancouver Island. With my luggage already overweight, I debated whether to bring my KX1 or KX3. I knew I would have only one night camping on a remote island in which to operate, and the KX1 made more sense. I brought the KX3. > > I threw a wire into a very wet tree, and using the internal batteries, started to tune around. Near 14.060 I heard a W5 camping on a lake in New Mexico having a QSO. I waited for him to complete, and gave him a call. To my surprise, he called back. Though he was a solid 579 at my tent QTH overlooking Johnstone Straight, he gave me a 429 and it took some repeats before he got my info right. What a thrill! It was a joy to tune around and hear such a low noise floor--the only noisemakers for miles were the occasional cruise ship. Later that night, I heard a pod of orcas breathing in the cove outside my tent, including at least one calf. > > And I was maybe ten miles from Telegraph Cove. > > 72, > > the former WD6DBM/VE7 > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Dear Elecraft Marketing. you should use tales in your advertizing These
kind of wonderful stories only make me want to get a KX3 to add to my Elecraft collection that much more! Great story. The thrill at such a great spot of such a QSO is awsome I have a cottage in the middle of a provincial park but have to lug the K3 I so wish I had something I could toss into the backpack or canoe. -- David Moes [hidden email] VE3DVY ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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