K2 #6980 -- ON THE AIR!

[stan levandowski]

Completed K2 #6980, including a very careful alignment, at 5:00 p.m.
today, EDT here in NY.  Tests into a 50 ohm dummy load showed nearly 16
watts output.  Without a tuner, my 20 meter dipole (which happens to be
up in my attic) has a 2.1:1 SWR at 14.060 so I cranked the power down to
a safer yet still respectable 5 watts and called CQ.

SM7GUY came right back with a 579 and we had a nice chat.  I grabbed a
camera and took a picture of the K2 for my records, tuned to 14060,
sitting amidst tools and test equipment, with my hastily scratched out
copy from the QSO.  I sure hope Ingvar is willing to QSL!

I could not have asked for a better ending to my perfect Elecraft
experience!


Stan Levandowski WB2LQF
HF QRP CW -- Doing more with less for over 50 years!
QCWA #35038   OOTC #4558   NAQCC #4740   SKCC #6488   FISTS #14992
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[Tom McCulloch]

Congrats on finishing K2 #6980 and your dx contact first crack out of the
box.  Wishing you many more.

Great call, btw.  People have accused me of QLF...hi

72
Tom
WB2QDG
K2 1103


----- Original Message -----
From: "stan levandowski" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 5:53 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 #6980 -- ON THE AIR!

> Completed K2 #6980, including a very careful alignment, at 5:00 p.m.
> today, EDT here in NY.  Tests into a 50 ohm dummy load showed nearly 16
> watts output.  Without a tuner, my 20 meter dipole (which happens to be
> up in my attic) has a 2.1:1 SWR at 14.060 so I cranked the power down to
> a safer yet still respectable 5 watts and called CQ.
>
> SM7GUY came right back with a 579 and we had a nice chat.  I grabbed a
> camera and took a picture of the K2 for my records, tuned to 14060,
> sitting amidst tools and test equipment, with my hastily scratched out
> copy from the QSO.  I sure hope Ingvar is willing to QSL!
>
> I could not have asked for a better ending to my perfect Elecraft
> experience!
>
>
> Stan Levandowski WB2LQF
> HF QRP CW -- Doing more with less for over 50 years!
> QCWA #35038   OOTC #4558   NAQCC #4740   SKCC #6488   FISTS #14992
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
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