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Re: 40 m CW DX tonight
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Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:49:08 -0500
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Mike:

This truly is what this hobby is all about, and it shows how the excitement 
is absolutely contageous!

Thanks for sharing!


73 and gud dx from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 11:19 PM
Subject: Fw: 40 m CW DX tonight


> This is from a long time friend from my college days, Larry, who just
> passed his test, and got his old call, WB5EIN, back after a 20 year
> absence from the hobby.
>
> He and I sat up many a night doing exactly what he is doing tonight,
> having fun on the radio.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry, November 16, 2012 10:02 PM
> Subject: 40 m CW DX tonight
>
>
> Man, this TS-480 is roarin' hot tonight....just look at the good DX
> I've nabbed tonight on 40m CW...and I'm not finished!
> This sitting at my desk in the office/den SURELY beats going out into
> the garage and reaching across the bikes to send CW.  Ha!
>
> CE2AWW Chile
> OE3GSA Austria
> HA8RM Hungary
> EA3RCY Spain
> VE9AAG New Brunswick, Canada
> CO3RA Cuba
> CT7AGZ Portugal (could barely hear him)...he was 449 at best
> CO6RD Cuba
> OP5K near Antwerp, Belgium
> I1MMR Genoa, Italy
> PY7ZZ Brazil
>
> Oh, by the way, all of these were in the Extra portion except for the
> Italian station.  Man, oh man, what I've been missing all these
> years!!
>
> So, if you have nothing better to do, come on down/up to 40m CW and
> catch some of this stuff.  And, I'll bet 80 and 160 are fine, too.  I
> know the PT0S station is racking up QSOs on 160.
>
> (P.S.   Is this boy having fun, or what????)
>
> --Larry   WB5EIN
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Larry S. Anderson, Founder/CEO
>    National Center for Technology Planning
> **APPLE DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR * CLASS OF 2000 **
> Assoc. Prof. (Ret.), Mississippi State University
>    Web Site -- http://www.nctp.com
>    Blog -- nctpcast(dot)blogspot(dot)com
> My podcast -- Think Like A Leader
>      http://nctpcast.libsyn.com
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>

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