Excellent advice Ron. Applies to life in general as well (o: Seven Three,
Michael - K5WRN http://www.qrz.com/db/K5WRN On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 10:01 AM, K5HM via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Rob, > > > > I am glad you enjoyed the 13 Colonies event. It is one of my favorites. > Another great event coming up is Route 66 on the Air, this September. > > > > It’s important to remember that hams are just a slice of the human > society. Just because they have a ticket does not mean they are all exempt > from rude, inconsiderate, egotistical, overbearing and bad behavior. Most > of us are good people but you’ll find about the same percentage of jerks in > the ham radio ranks as you would in general society. > > > > So ignore the jerks. Enjoy the hobby, hang out with the people you like > and continue to grow. Hope to hear you in the Route 66 event this fall. > > > > 73, > > Ron, K5HM > > [email protected] > > www.qrz.com/db/k5hm > > [image: ARRL Logo][image: logo (2)][image: smaller Prize] > > * Excelsior!* > > > > *From:* BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *McClure, > Rob K via BVARC > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 8, 2015 9:38 AM > *To:* BVARC ([email protected]) > *Cc:* McClure, Rob K > *Subject:* [BVARC] 13 Colonies event, etc. > > > > Hello all, > > > > Wanted to thank everyone in the club who’s taken the time to help me > improve my meager operating skills. > > > > All the suggestions came in handy this past weekend as I tried to > participate in the 13 Colonies Special Event. > > > > I got the impression that SOME hams out there were treating this like a > contest: lots of folks tuning up on frequency and some even stepping on > exchanges between hams and the event sites. > > > > For those of you who might not have known about the event, I got it from > Terry Myers in NARS. > > > > Here’s a link to the site: > > > > http://www.13colonies.info/ > > > > Anyway, I used all the suggestions I’ve learned over the past few months > (tuning up or down off the frequency to sound different, or using split, > etc.) and got 9 of the stations. I would have gotten more if I hadn’t been > interrupted by phone calls Friday and Saturday. I think I could have gotten > all 13 stations plus the stateside bonus station, but never heard the > British station. But I had to leave the ham QTH in Woodville Sunday morning > to visit a sick friend. > > > > Got some of the stations on the OCF, and a couple each on my ground > mounted vertical and my 20m omni loop from PAR Electronics. All on 100w. > > > > I now have a much better radio, I’ve improved my antenna farm a bit. I > have an amp I can use, once I learn how to use it. I just hope my > operating skills are catching up. > > > > Again, thanks for all the help and advice. > > > > 73, Rob, KC5RET > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > may contain confidential and privileged information of Cameron and its > Operating Divisions. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If > you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply > email and delete and destroy all copies of the original message inclusive > of any attachments. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > >
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