[K3] ZL8X on 160 from Arkansas

[Nick Kennedy]

I've been turning on 160 the first thing in the morning for a couple
weeks, ever since putting elevated radials under my inverted L, and
hearing nothing but noise and a couple U.S. super stations calling CQ
DX.  Did I mention there was a wasp on the window outside my room yesterday?

So this morning the cluster reported that he was on 1.826.5 and
eventually I was able to barely hear him.  Using every trick in the K3's
tool box including APF, I could finally make him out sending his call,
but he was ESP level.  I put in my call a few times without much hope of
working him.  After one last time, I decided to go cook some oatmeal and
maybe check again in 30 minutes, so I pushed the TX standby switch on
the rig as I always do when I walk away from it. I don't want the cats
working DX with my call.

Just as I was pulling the phones off, I heard: DU?  So I mashed the TX
standby switch for the eternity of one-half second it takes to go back
to active.  While doing this, I felt a tiny breeze on the back of my
hand -- that red wasp was attempting a landing.  I heard the beep and
moved my hand to the paddle, the wasp landed on the K3's display, and I
sent 'WA5BDU' a couple times.  He came back 'WA5BDU 5NN' and naturally
he was 5NN too.  New 160M country in the log and another thing to be
thankful for.

73-

Nick, WA5BDU
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[Roger D Johnson]

Nick-WA5BDU wrote:

> I've been turning on 160 the first thing in the morning for a couple
> weeks, ever since putting elevated radials under my inverted L, and
> hearing nothing but noise and a couple U.S. super stations calling CQ
> DX.  Did I mention there was a wasp on the window outside my room yesterday?
>
> So this morning the cluster reported that he was on 1.826.5 and
> eventually I was able to barely hear him.  Using every trick in the K3's
> tool box including APF, I could finally make him out sending his call,
> but he was ESP level.  I put in my call a few times without much hope of
> working him.  After one last time, I decided to go cook some oatmeal and
> maybe check again in 30 minutes, so I pushed the TX standby switch on
> the rig as I always do when I walk away from it. I don't want the cats
> working DX with my call.
>
> Just as I was pulling the phones off, I heard: DU?  So I mashed the TX
> standby switch for the eternity of one-half second it takes to go back
> to active.  While doing this, I felt a tiny breeze on the back of my
> hand -- that red wasp was attempting a landing.  I heard the beep and
> moved my hand to the paddle, the wasp landed on the K3's display, and I
> sent 'WA5BDU' a couple times.  He came back 'WA5BDU 5NN' and naturally
> he was 5NN too.  New 160M country in the log and another thing to be
> thankful for.
>
> 73-
>
> Nick, WA5BDU
>
>  

WOW! A DX wasp!

73 and congrats, Roger


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[Gary Gregory]

Grin...a mile wide...

Heard ZL8X calling CQ so I thought "heck, why not"...went back on my Double
extended Zepp and busted through on the first try...oh yeah..pass the
kool-aid folks...how does it get any better than this?....

Without a K3 and the ever trusty "toolbox" supplied as standard I doubt I
would have got through....wow

Nothing else matter when you got the K3 rockin...

:-)

Now how can I get my head through the motorhome door now...:-)

73's
Gary

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Roger D Johnson <[hidden email]>wrote:

> Nick-WA5BDU wrote:
> > I've been turning on 160 the first thing in the morning for a couple
> > weeks, ever since putting elevated radials under my inverted L, and
> > hearing nothing but noise and a couple U.S. super stations calling CQ
> > DX.  Did I mention there was a wasp on the window outside my room
> yesterday?
> >
> > So this morning the cluster reported that he was on 1.826.5 and
> > eventually I was able to barely hear him.  Using every trick in the K3's
> > tool box including APF, I could finally make him out sending his call,
> > but he was ESP level.  I put in my call a few times without much hope of
> > working him.  After one last time, I decided to go cook some oatmeal and
> > maybe check again in 30 minutes, so I pushed the TX standby switch on
> > the rig as I always do when I walk away from it. I don't want the cats
> > working DX with my call.
> >
> > Just as I was pulling the phones off, I heard: DU?  So I mashed the TX
> > standby switch for the eternity of one-half second it takes to go back
> > to active.  While doing this, I felt a tiny breeze on the back of my
> > hand -- that red wasp was attempting a landing.  I heard the beep and
> > moved my hand to the paddle, the wasp landed on the K3's display, and I
> > sent 'WA5BDU' a couple times.  He came back 'WA5BDU 5NN' and naturally
> > he was 5NN too.  New 160M country in the log and another thing to be
> > thankful for.
> >
> > 73-
> >
> > Nick, WA5BDU
> >
> >
>
> WOW! A DX wasp!
>
> 73 and congrats, Roger
>
>
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Gary
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For everything else there's Mastercard!!!
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