W7KFI: Solo-sailing the Pacific

By John AE5X, August 7, 2010



Susan Meckley W7KFI is a 74-year old great-grandmother who has been solo sailing around the Pacific for several years now and sending dots and dashes along the way.


She has finished recuperating in Hawaii from a car-bicycle accident – she was the one on the bike…After her engine repair, and the hurricane season, her plan is to set sail to Johnston Atoll (KH3) and then parts west on the USSV Dharma.


Current info on her travels is hard to decipher due to being undated – I don’t know if whatever paragraph I’m reading is current or 3 years old. Try your hand at it on both QRZ.com and her own website.


But from recent postings to the Elecraft reflector, here’s some current info: she operates a K3 periodically on 14.028 and 14.236 MHz and will continue to do so after she gets underway. Ultimate destination is Phuket Thailand.


An ex-Navy CW op, proficiency on the key ain’t an issue.


Although a couple years old now, here’s an interview with Susan conducted by Art Bell W6OBB on 40 meters while Susan was a couple hundred miles from Hawaii:
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Audio at the link: http://www.ae5x.com/blog/2010/08/07/...g-the-pacific/