Hi all!
Well I met Guy, N7UN, for the first time on Friday morning. We drove to
the Hamburg Reservoir Parking Lot and then hiked the 2.5 miles up to
Pulpit Rock. I used my K1 with my VBWFPA. Guy used a vertical too. Guy
worked 20m while I worked 40m. Thanks to all who called us. I must
apologize. I was using my Palm PDA to log and I just can't get used to
it. I will use a paper log and my AT Paddle only for all future trips.
We hiked 5 miles Friday morning then drove to Cabela's for lunch. We
then drove west to Rt.501 and started the next hike about 2:30pm. Guy
and I hiked another 3.5 miles out to Round Head and set up camp there
-it was great! Warm sunny weather with a big blue sky. We set up camp
just as darkness fell on us. I then started a nice campfire and we just
sat there gazing at the fire under a starlight sky. Guys, it doesn't get
any better than that! On Saturday morning I made contact with a K8 in
MI, but my palm froze up. It gave me some funny memory error that I
couldn't clear? So I took the batteries out and reinstalled them. To my
surprise it cleared the error, but also cleared all my apps on the Palm
too! I had no way to send cow as I forgot my AT Paddle when I changed
packs! The lookout near the camp has a killer view to the west and all
the trees look like they're on fire! We could see the entire mountain we
hiked out to get to Round Head.
We both had a great time, but my feet are feeling the 12 miles we hiked!
Guy is looking into a hike this year yet to the top of a 3K+ mountain in
NJ or NY. I have decided to upgrade my K1 by putting 4-band board,
backlight and tuner into my K1. Guy's K1 backlight was so cool! So
that's the rest of the story! More to come later from the Nomad.....
72,
Ed, WA3WSJ
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