Hi Everyone;

I remember in the 90's when I worked Italy on 20 meters late in the evening 
and early morning.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: Remember When


>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
>>
>
>