I showed my KX1 with the KXB3080 installed to a new Ham yesterday. His first question was "how far?" Of course I said world wide when the bands are open. He politely didn't argue with me.
Thanks for the report! I'll have to share your note with him <G>. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- While nursing my morning coffee, tuning 40m before going to work, I heard my friend Dale, WB8WOJ working Drew, VK3XU in Australia, on 7033. Signals were pretty good, so I figured I'd try when they were finished... like that was going to happen. Near the end of their qso, of course, on comes a strong carrier! So much for that plan. Anyway, as the qso ended, things got quiet again. I waited for the dit dits and after a second or so, I grabbed my old hand key and gave Drew a call. To my astonishment Drew answered me! We had a nice little qso... Drew told me he was using a hb rig at 100w and the temp was 18 deg. I told him I was using my kx1 running just 2w and the temp was 40 deg in Halifax, and I was just getting ready for work. I also told him it was a qso that I would remember for a long time! It was a nice casual little qso with no qsb or qrm. He was 569 with me and he sent me a 559! What a great way to start the day! I just added the kxb3080, 80m band to my kx1 last week, so it's been sitting front and center on the shack table ever since, and working real well I might add. Everyone have a great weekend and a Happy Easter. 72, 73, Paul - ve1dy Halifax, Nova Scotia _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
