K1 #3224 ON THE AIR

[Richard Crispi]

Been a Ham for over 50 years and haven't felt this surge in excitement in a
long time.  Last evening I made my first contacts with my recently
completed K1.  The radio was running 5 watts on 30 meters to a 30 meter
dipole in the attic of my condo.  First contact was a DL7 who gave me a 589
followed by a LY2 with a 559.  Now I've made similar contacts before by
turning down the power on my Icom and Yaesu rigs but these two contacts
really stirred-up something inside of me as they were made with a radio I
built.  Haven't felt like this since my novice days back in '62.

Thanks to all you guys and Elecraft who provided help when I ran into a
problem during construction which worked out to be due to my carelessness
and no fault of the radio.
73,
Rich K1YRW
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[Bill Frantz]

There is something very satisfying about making QSOs with a
piece of equipment you built from a kit. I just managed a New
Hampshire to Croatia QSO on 20M PSK using a 5W radio built from
a kit and a home brew 20M wire beam. I am grinning from ear to
ear. Imagine how it would feel if you had designed the radio
yourself. I envy Wayne, Eric and the rest of the Elecraft staff.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 6/26/13 at 5:16 AM, [hidden email] (Richard Crispi) wrote:

>Now I've made similar contacts before by
>turning down the power on my Icom and Yaesu rigs but these two contacts
>really stirred-up something inside of me as they were made with a radio I
>built.
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