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wayne burdick

KX1 Field Day fun

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I snuck in about an hour of FD operation late tonight, setting up camp
in the back yard. The KX1 is perfect for this type of ad-hoc
installation -- just toss a wire in a tree and plug in the attached
keyer paddle. Signals were quite good, and I worked about 20 stations
using 2 W (internal lithium AA battery pack). EU was pounding in on
top of the FD activity. And on 30 m, FO and ZL were coming in. 30 m is
a great band during FD for those who want to escape from it, at least
briefly.

My daughter (age 10) came out in her PJ's to investigate. She was
quite exited by all the signals and the red and white glow from the
KX1's LED display and logbook lamp. My wife suggested that next year I
the kids camping for FD and keep the tradition going....

73,
Wayne
N6KR

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WE0H

Re: KX1 Field Day fun

Hi Wayne,

Sounds like a super fun time!!! I sure wish my son or XYL would take
some interest in the radio. For sure head out next year with the kids
and have a blast.

--
Mike
WE0H
K2 #6698

Wayne B wrote:

> I snuck in about an hour of FD operation late tonight, setting up camp
> in the back yard. The KX1 is perfect for this type of ad-hoc
> installation -- just toss a wire in a tree and plug in the attached
> keyer paddle. Signals were quite good, and I worked about 20 stations
> using 2 W (internal lithium AA battery pack). EU was pounding in on
> top of the FD activity. And on 30 m, FO and ZL were coming in. 30 m is
> a great band during FD for those who want to escape from it, at least
> briefly.
>
> My daughter (age 10) came out in her PJ's to investigate. She was
> quite exited by all the signals and the red and white glow from the
> KX1's LED display and logbook lamp. My wife suggested that next year I
> the kids camping for FD and keep the tradition going....
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR

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Brett Howard

Re: KX1 Field Day fun

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My best fun was when I talked our big CW guy from using the K1 rather
than my K3... His comment was life is too short for QRP. A few hours
of coaxing later and he was breaking pile ups with the 7W from the K1.
The look of amazement every time someone answered him was priceless!

~KC7OTG

Also the fact that this is the second FD that the K3 has been in and it
died last time has gotten me a bunch of ribbing... The fact that
Elecraft took such good care of it and it performed with such flying
colors with matching filters and a SubRX has redeemed it....

Now I'm doomed to the tent and being the only one still awake... Still
pulling in 54Q's an hour.... Can't go to bed till that drops to single
digits.

On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 00:04 -0700, Wayne Burdick wrote: