lol...I didn't hear as many YL's as normal in this contest...usually there
are quite a few. There were maybe 3 that I can recall.
I see that VA7BEC is in Delta BC. kind of in my neck of the woods, about
1100 KM from here lol.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:20 AM
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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