T the peak of the last cycle, I had a lot of fun on 10 meter AM and FM, as
well as everything else I do. I'm looking forward to the next one.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: Remember When
> Eric,
>
> Very interesting background. Yep, I got into 10 FM, too, years ago and
> the
> band was so hot, I worked Europe, South America, the Pacific, Japan and
> all
> types of places with 5 watts. It was a blast. I even worked a Russian
> satellite that transmitted strings of numbers in CW on 29.500 and if it
> heard you, it retransmitted your call back to you in CW. When I worked
> it,
> I couldn't hardly believe it. I worked a lot of repeaters in the 29.6
> part
> of the FM 10 meter band, too. Frankly, although I'm not all that active
> right now except for some 2 meter contacts with friends, I have had
> thousands of hours of fun doing everything imaginable on the ham bands and
> enjoying every minute of the hobby. When I was a lot younger, in my
> thirties, and weighed a whole lot less than I do now, and was a lot
> stronger, I climbed my two towers and put up all sorts of wire antennas to
> test and that in and of itself almost became a hobby to me for a few
> years.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
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