Wow, Lloyd!

Congrats on the great score in the CQ WW contest!

Hopefully, I'll be back in the contest mode here before too much longer!

To give everyone a quick update, we had another work session at the home QTH 
today.  We got my 30-foot telescopic mast up and guyed.  We also raised my 
Alpha Delta DXCC antenna quite a bit higher, which now allows it to perform 
much better, and the SWR's to look more reasonable.

We also got my Carolina Windom 160 compact in the air, but the SWR's on that 
antenna are nowhere near where  they should be, so something is clearly 
wrong somewhere.  I've written to the maker of the antenna for 
troubleshooting suggestions.

Hopefully, now that I at least have one antenna working, I'll be able to be 
on the blind ops net again, starting next Sunday afternoon.

Given my location, the time of day of the net, etc., I'm not sure I'll be 
able to effectively serve as net control, but certainly I can take relays 
and participate in the net in other ways.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Net?


I didn't try to start a net because I was spending much of my weekend in the
CQWW CW DX contest.  For the first time, I made a million points, barely.  I
also heard K4LTA and worked GM3WUX on two bands, so I know that some blind
hams were quite active in this contest.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls