I remember in the distant past.... in the 80's I expect... with fellow CIDX'ers Larry Gadallah and Brian Pimblett, freezing our butts (and most other extremities) in an unheated barn in -30 something central Alberta in midwinter chasing mw dx. Ah, but we had a tent inside the barn - oh that helped. If anything it had a negative "R" factor. Choking on fumes from the catalytic tent heater and gnawing on frozen bologna sandwiches.... those were the days. We were young and.... enthused... I guess.
Brian's FRG-7 drifted so far off in the cold that the SSB oscillators took the signal way out the passband. Larry and I both had Drake R-7's which fared some better. But they all needed channel lock pliers to turn the tuning knob! If only the Perseus and Netbooks had been invented back then, remote recording and the like would have made life so much easier. 73 Don VE6JY On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Nick Hall-Patch <[email protected]> wrote: > Compared with our wimpy excuses down south of "warm bed beckons", "had > to have a shower", "needed to walk the dog" etc., I think you can be > excused Paul (hi). > > > > At 18:14 27-11-16, you wrote: > >> Well, there comes a time when even I won't go outside and that's going to >> happen alot this winter, I can already tell,. >> >> It's 9L15AM and -17 below right now, the windchill is at -25 below. >> >> Nope, not happening.. no outside DX for me this morning, plus I've got >> other stuff inside that needs to be done anyways. >> >> Now, if it was -15 below with no wind, I could potentially tolerate >> that.... for a few minutes. >> >> Paul >> Galena, Alaska >> aka East russia lol >> _______________________________________________ >> IRCA mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca >> >> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the >> IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers >> >> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org >> >> To Post a message: [email protected] >> > > Nick Hall-Patch > Victoria, BC > Canada > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
