Hello Wayne,
My KX1 works great here in Alaska. I do not hear much CW activity here in Alaska now....it is light 24 hours a day and our sunset is near midnight ! I suspect things will improve next fall. The FISTS magazine lists many slow and high speed CW nets over the entire CW band. I suspect that most of them will welcome visitors. I have checked into Oregon Section CW net several times and they have welcomed me with my 3 watt KX1 and even gave me good signal reports (over 1700 miles). I also occasionally check into the Alaska SSB nets with my KX1 and have always been welcomed. I will probably do this at least once a month to keep them on their toes if anyone should need to pass emergency CW to SSB traffic. Antenna is a inverted with apex up 45 feet. The internal tuner keeps the SWR below 2:1 through most of the CW and Phone band. Had a nice long QSO with a fellow in central California and he could not believe I was only running 3 wats !!!
I have heard Montana and Colorado QRP stations recently, but suspect that they would have difficulty hearing me. We often have low QRN levels here in AK so even with QRO I can hear much better on 160 and 80 meters than folks can hear me.
My KX1 and inverted vee put out a killer signal out to several hundred miles here in Alaska nearly every evening. Example S9 plus 20 db from a station 50 miles away.
One more idea....listen in the evenings from about 3700 to perhaps 3730....On several occasions I have heard very slow speed QSO's mostly W7's and W6's.
I have a request....has anyone experimented with field antenna lengths for use on 80 meters. When I travel to Europe I always take my KX1 and now suspect that 80 meters may be a very good band. A full size antenna is out of the question and I would like to avoid an external antenna tuner if posible. If not, I will do some modeling with my computer program and try some tests in the field.
If anyone on the West coast wants to start up an evening ECN net after QRN levels decrease in the fall I will be a regular check in. I would do it, but with our often poor propagation in Alaska, and with my other obligations, someone else would be a better choice.
Rick KL7CW Palmer, Alaska
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