Monday was a nice day indeed. My daughter was stayed home from school sick so I took advantage of the free time away from work to fix my g5rv and feedline. Once I got it on the air, for the first time in a couple of months, I quickly worked YX and VR for 2 new ones! Filled in the day with EU and AS dx. Was quite a nice surprise.
73, scott N9LJX On 4/24/06, Ron Notarius WN3VAW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Had to stop over at W3WH's this evening to take a quick look at a problem on > his XYL's computer, and took advantage of the situation afterwards to spend > a little time with his Orion and StepIR. (Personally, I'd have preferred > his Corsair II instead, but you take what you're given when you guest op > sometimes!) > > FINALLY worked YX0LIX on 17 and 20 CW. Heard them quite strong on 10, 17, > and 75 phone, but no luck breaking thru the pileups. Was a very nice > frustration relief; I was working in the garage on a computer Friday night, > listening to them on 30 CW coming in 599+30 working one EU station after > another, and no soap breaking that pileup either (which has more to do with > my antenna, which is another story). > > Also got ST0RM on 20 for my first Sudan ever, and MU0FAL on 40 CW to fill in > a band slot. Not bad for a few hours work... when you also consider that > Bill & I spent over half the time kibbitzing over another matter (our club > is going to be running the Bonus Station in this year's Pa QSO Party, and > even tho it's about 5 months off, there's a LOT of work to do!) > > Would have been real nice to get through to one of the VU4AN/VU3xxx stations > I heard briefly on 20 CW, or the ZA on 40, or that A6/OD on 40... but I'm > not complaining! A little gravy never hurts, but I'm very glad for what I > got! > > Now if the mortgage broker can just come through with the loan he thinks he > can get, in a few weeks, a real QTH again, and no more having to try and > hide antennas in the back yard away from the next door neighbor brats who > like to cut down wires just for the fun of it! > > BTW... anyone else planning on being at Dayton, and if so, interested in an > eyeball? (Hmmm... maybe I'd better rephrase that one; No, I don't mean > buying lunch inside HARA!) > > 73, ron wn3vaw > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > http://njdxa.org > > -- ------ N9LJX [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~scott/ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
