CW QRP

[Tony Castellano]

I just worked V73NS, Marshall Islands, on 15 meters using my K2 running 4.7 Watts to a OCF dipole. My QTH is in ENY, near Poughkeepsie, NY. There were quite a few stations on the frequency, but the K2 got through.
This makes CW QRP country number 160 with my K2 since I first joined the Elecraft family one year and 3 months ago.
My best DX was Hawaii running 100 mW to the OCF dipole for 50,000 miles per Watt.
My country number 159 was Swains Island on 12 meters.
A good friend who owns a KX1, K1, K2, K3 and KX3 got me interested in Elecraft. Since I built my K2, I built a K1 and another
K2 for my wife W1ALI.
I also own a KX3 which is a great rig, but I still like to operate the K2. I might add that I don't own a mike and work only CW.
So don't count out the K2.

Thank you Elecraft for great products.

73

Tony Castellano W1ZMB
[hidden email]
Hopewell Junction, NY
RV-6
N401TC
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[stan levandowski]

Tony, congratulations on your consistent success with QRP operations.
One thing you did not mention is the infinite patience and self control
you apply to your QRP operations.  You realize the signals *are there*
and you stalk the bands and wait out the gods of propagation, when the
less hardy ops might abandon the shack for the family room, a bag of
chips and a cold brew......which is exactly where I'm headed right now.

(P.S. to the Elecraft family -- the 4.7 watts is because this guy has an
incredible hangup with  not violating the "5 watt" limit for true QRP
ops.  He keeps it well below to account for measurement error.  When he
says he's QRP.....he really means it!).

73, Stan WB2LQF
www.wb2lqf.com
K1#2994    K2# 6980    K3#5244    KX1 #2411     KX3#0325     K9#1 (Cocoa
the Chihuahua)


On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Tony Castellano wrote:

> I just worked V73NS, Marshall Islands, on 15 meters using my K2
> running 4.7 Watts to a OCF dipole. My QTH is in ENY, near
> Poughkeepsie, NY. There were quite a few stations on the frequency,
> but the K2 got through.
> This makes CW QRP country number 160 with my K2 since I first joined
> the Elecraft family one year and 3 months ago.
> My best DX was Hawaii running 100 mW to the OCF dipole for 50,000
> miles per Watt.
> My country number 159 was Swains Island on 12 meters.
> A good friend who owns a KX1, K1, K2, K3 and KX3 got me interested in
> Elecraft. Since I built my K2, I built a K1 and another
> K2 for my wife W1ALI.
> I also own a KX3 which is a great rig, but I still like to operate the
> K2. I might add that I don't own a mike and work only CW.
> So don't count out the K2.
>
> Thank you Elecraft for great products.
>
> 73
>
> Tony Castellano W1ZMB
> [hidden email]
> Hopewell Junction, NY
> RV-6
> N401TC
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[ny4g]

Tony

Congrats on country #160.  I am only up to country #60.  You demonstrate that such a feat is possible.  Could Honor Roll QRP be in the future?  My hat off to you.

Ariel

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On Sep 23, 2012, at 5:23 PM, "Tony Castellano" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I just worked V73NS, Marshall Islands, on 15 meters using my K2 running 4.7 Watts to a OCF dipole. My QTH is in ENY, near Poughkeepsie, NY. There were quite a few stations on the frequency, but the K2 got through.
> This makes CW QRP country number 160 with my K2 since I first joined the Elecraft family one year and 3 months ago.
> My best DX was Hawaii running 100 mW to the OCF dipole for 50,000 miles per Watt.
> My country number 159 was Swains Island on 12 meters.
> A good friend who owns a KX1, K1, K2, K3 and KX3 got me interested in Elecraft. Since I built my K2, I built a K1 and another
> K2 for my wife W1ALI.
> I also own a KX3 which is a great rig, but I still like to operate the K2. I might add that I don't own a mike and work only CW.
> So don't count out the K2.
>
> Thank you Elecraft for great products.
>
> 73
>
> Tony Castellano W1ZMB
> [hidden email]
> Hopewell Junction, NY
> RV-6
> N401TC
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
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>
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