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
>