Hey, Steve:
Just wait till the next contest! We're now all going to be looking for
VA7BEC, just to hear what she sounds like!!!!! (grin)
Haven't had the pleasure of working her yet, but now my ears will be peaked
for that call.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: CQ WPX follow up
Colin,
I did have a 10 meter opening to the west coast mid afternoon Sunday. I
worked a few from California, and 1 from your neck of the woods. A YL
with the call VA7BEC, and boy does that girl have a nice voice for the
radio.73, Steve KW3A
On 3/28/2011 12:43 PM, colin McDonald wrote:
> though I don't have a tuned antenna on 10M, I didn't hear anything on that
> band during the hours I took part in the contest in my little way.
> I heard allot on 15, but again, no proper antenna, and I was hearing only
> big US contesters an no europe or asia.
> On 20 though, on saturday, I worked some good european stations including
> finland and lithuania.
> Like I said before, a small drop in a very large bucket for most serious
> contesters, or even those who have a decent antenna, but it made me happy
> to
> know my setup does work well for both DX stations, given patients, and for
> any US station I could hear.
> I noticed the SFI and A and K indexes were fairly good over the weekend,
> though not as good as they were a couple weeks ago...I guess about average
> for the past few weeks.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tom behler"<[log in to unmask]>
> To:<[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 4:59 AM
> Subject: Re: CQ WPX follow up
>
>
>> Steve:
>>
>> I think there were a few Morocco stations on, but I was not successful
>> snagging them, so you are ahead of me on that score.
>>
>> Again, though, the big thrill for me was to see 10 open, and 15 in great
>> shape at least yesterday afternoon.
>>
>> Looking very much forward to the CQ WPX CW contest toward the end of May.
>>
>> P.S. The Carolina Windom held up during the contest, even when using the
>> amp, so it appears that I have escaped the feared moisture
>> re-infiltration,
>> at least so far.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Forst"<[log in to unmask]>
>> To:<[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 10:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: CQ WPX follow up
>>
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Sorry we didn't cross paths this weekend. Had big hopes to beat last
>> years QSO total and score, but my 656 QSO's were almost 100 below last
>> year. However I got more mults, so my 650k score was about 70 k higher
>> than last year. Had a tremendous amount of noise Friday night and most
>> of Saturday, and it was hard for me to get the ball rolling.As you said,
>> it was nice to see 10 meters open. Perhaps the best DX for me this
>> weekend was SV9 and 3V, both on 10 meters Sunday afternoon.
>>
>>
>> Had my best success on the low end of 75 both evenings. Had a few nice
>> little mini pile-ups from Europe and even got a call from a 5D in
>> Morocco.
>>
>> All in all, a fun radio weekend. I also found the old Butternut
>> vertical did very well on 15 meters, often out performing the rotating
>> dipole.
>> As for working the G5 right after me: I had the recording feature
>> running in the logging software and just went back and listened to that
>> QSO. I must have stayed on frequency for a moment to get him logged
>> right, and while I didn't pay attention at the time, on the recording I
>> hear him acknowledge your call and the 66 s/n you gave him.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73Steve KW3A
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/27/2011 9:32 PM, tom behler wrote:
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> Well, I made a meager effort at the CQ WPX contest this week-end, with a
>>> blistering 100 QSO's.
>>>
>>> I knew I wasn't going to be able to do much because of other
>>> commitments,
>>> so
>>> only spent about 3 hours or so on the effort.
>>>
>>> What was noteworthy to me, though, and perhaps the good news, is that 10
>>> meters was finally open in my part of the world to Europe and South
>>> America,
>>> and 15 meters was in beautiful shape--the best I've seen it for a number
>>> of
>>> years.
>>>
>>> So, here's hoping that the solar cycle is slowly taking off.
>>>
>>> P.S. I heard Steve (KW3A) work a G5O in England, and I worked him right
>>> after that, so, Steve, I know you were out there. (smile)
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
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