There's no point keeping that a secret, there's a lot more people listening 
to you on the air where you have to give it than you could ever imagine. I'm 
just glad I live in an area that's not easy to find, alarmed when we're not 
home, and very far from the projects.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Alawami" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: Wild DX Contact


> Actually that's why I'm careful. I don't give out my call sign  unless I
> trust the person. I guess I'm over careful but I choose to remain safe.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 2:01 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Wild DX Contact
>
> you don't need Google anymore for that, it's right on QRZ I believe. These
> days, I'm not so sure that is a good thing. Sometimes I think I missed out
> not being a ham, or even alive back then.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 4:42 PM
> Subject: Wild DX Contact
>
>
>> My Famous Japanese 10 Meter sideband Contact
>>
>> I don't think I've told this story before.
>>
>>
>> This was back in 1970 when I was a senior in a public high school.  I
>> = went to school half days because I only needed one credit to
>> graduate so = I took three classes just in case but left at 11:30
>> since my first class = was at 7:30 in the morning.  So I spent my
>> afternoons working 10 meter = DX with a 3 element triband yagi up
>> about 25 feet and had a blast.  = Japan, back then, had 4 levels of
>> ham tickets and the novice version of = their listen was 10 watts on
>> 10 meters only.  I worked hundreds of = Japanese stations over the
>> years, probably thousands, and after 40 years = plus of DX operations,
>> I wouldn?t be surprised if I had close to a = million DX contacts if
>> you add up all the DX contests and all that I = worked.  Anyhow, 10
>> meters had tons of Japanese operators since that was = the low powered
>> novice band.  It wasn?t unusual to work a 10 over S9 = signal from
>> Japan, running 10 watts, and a 10 element, wide spaced, huge = 10
>> meter mono band beam.  So keep that in mind as I tell this humorous =
> story.  You had to be there.
>>
>> So it is mid afternoon.  I drop down to about the bottom 10 KHz of the
>> = 10 meter phone band, swing the beam around to the northwest, and
>> call CQ = on side band.  A Japanese station calls and I answer.  Now,
>> keep in mind = that I have never been very good with foreign accents.
>> That?s probably = why I like CW DX more than side band.  Anyhow, this
>> guy is running 10 = watts and a big beam and is S9 into Denver.  He
>> starts asking me = questions, which I can?t seem to understand, but
>> not wishing to be rude, = I ask him to repeat and repeat and repeat.
>> First, he asks what city.  I = tell him Denver but had to make him
>> repeat his question about 10 times.  = Then he gets it across, after
>> several repeats, do I really live in = Denver or a suburb.  I got it
>> so I said, Lakewood, which I had to spell = a couple of times using
>> phonetics, of course.  Then he asked another = question which I didn?t
>> understand so he repeated it a half a dozen = times until I realize he
>> was asking for my address.  Oh, good, I think.  = He wants to QSL
>> direct.  I give him my address.  Fortunately, it is all = numbers
>> except for the word West 6Th Avenue.  Then he asks another = question
>> which takes several times before I figure it out.  His question = was,
>> what is your cross street.  Boy, that was a difficult one to =
>> understand for me, too.  I told him the cross street was Car, spelling
>> = it, like you drive.  You understand?  He comes back, happy as he can
>> be, = and says, Oh, so good.  I have map.  I see exactly where you
>> live on = map.  Is this ok, and he repeats my address and cross
>> street.  Wow, what = a dedicated ham.  Of course, now, guys just pull
>> up google and focus on = your house from the sky.  Sort of takes the fun
> out of getting to know = someone from another country.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX