[TenTec] A Fun Day with Ham Radio, and a Question about Portable Operating

[PA5MW, Mark]

QSL!
This summer SOTA season we will try the new  Elecraft KX3 which made it 
into our  hikers group.
The (only) female group member just got her license and is anxious to 
try her (4 yrs ago self-built- but-abused-by-the-3-male-hikers) Elecraft 
K1 herself for a change. Oh wait...she needs to learn CW for that, so it 
will be ours agn :)
She also fully built a K2 a few years ago, while the rest of the group 
were operating their big-rigs from the mountain shack.
Thumbs up for her soldering, hiking (up to 16hrs a day) and carrying hot 
milk for the milk frotting action on the SOTA spots.

73 Mark, PA5MW

On 16-4-2013 18:03, Jim Brown wrote:
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>
> Note that N6KR, one of the two owners of Elecraft is an EE who is the 
> principal designer of their rigs, started out designing rigs for 
> backpackers, and he is a NUT for minimizing battery drain. That makes 
> his rigs a great choice if you're trying to maximize performance and 
> minimize the weight you have to carry.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>