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
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