Thanks for the contest info, Steve.

I worked those two Italian stations on 20 last night with my Alpha Delta 
DXCC and 100 watts, and got in on the first try, so that antenna continues 
to work well for me.

Sorry there probably was no round table yesterday afternoon.  But, like you 
said, the two QSO Party contests would have made things next to impossible 
for me here in Michigan as well.

Once things settle down for us a bit here, we hope to get the RV out to the 
camp site, at which time we'll put up the G5RV, and give the TS480 in there 
a work-out.

I'm really hoping to get all of that set up again for the CQ WPX CW contest 
over Memorial Day week-end.

As for the XYL, she still has some minor vertigo episodes, but nothing like 
Friday, which was quite scary.

Will have to work with the doctors to be sure things are truly stabilized, 
and do some other things to get her totally back on track.

Will keep you and everyone posted.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: DX Contest this week-end?


> Hi Tom,
>
> Hope the XYL is ok.  The contest is the ARI DX contest.   It's the
> Italian radio  society (or whatever they call it), so there are a bunch
> of Italian stations on.   It's 12 hours  1200 utc to 1200 utc.   If you
> work an Italian, he will give you a 2 letter province abbreviation.
> Others give S/n.
>
> I've been tinkering with the 480 and SS amp and haven't played any
> contest  this weekend.   I checked 40 for the roundtable, but Indiana
> and New England QP's  put an end to that.
>
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 5/4/2013 9:04 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> Admittedly, I have been out of the loop for a bit here, but tonight, my
>> curiosity has gotten the best of me.
>>
>> What DX contest is going on this week-end?
>>
>> Currently, 20 meters is just wall-to-wall with side-band contest 
>> activity,
>> and I didn't think there was a major one this week-end.
>>
>> Just for the heck of it, I worked two Italy stations, and gave them the
>> serial number they wanted, but I always like to know what contest I'm 
>> trying
>> to work and any associated ground rules, before I get too deep into 
>> things.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>>
>