My trips were in January and late October/early November. Sitting
out in the evening was tough at best!!At 10:16 PM 7/21/2014, you wrote:
>lol you got lucky then Pat. I think the worst was on 75M, and not on 20M
>much...you could hear the RFI SSB noise coming through the intercom station
>to the left of the operating position when on 75.
>It was only one instructor who had an issue with it, and she would brook
>absolutely no explanation about me being licensed, or that even the
>president was licensed and had given me the green light to operate if I
>wanted to hahaha...anyway, it was more amusing than anything else, and I
>sure didn't take it personally...we were usually too busy, or too tired to
>play much radio...what with evenings spent out on the deck with our favorite
>beverages and favorite dogs etc...
>
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>--------------------------------------------------
>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 9:04 PM
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: ARRL Centennial Convention
>
> > Colin,
> > I was there perhaps a year after you, operated 20 SSB and didn't get
> > in trouble!! Think I was on a Sunday afternoon for a while as well
> > with no bad consequences!!
> > And either way, life goes on!!
> > Pat, K9JAUAt 07:38 PM 7/21/2014, you wrote:
> >>did you guys operate the ham station from w2tse?
> >>And if so, did you operate HF, and if yes, did you get yelled at over the
> >>intercom for causing RFI through the buildings intercom system? lol good
> >>times
> >>Wonder if that issue was ever resolved...Jim???
> >>
> >>73
> >>Colin, V A6BKX
> >>
> >>
> >>--------------------------------------------------
> >>From: "Matthew Chao" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 6:34 PM
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Subject: Re: ARRL Centennial Convention
> >>
> >> > Glad you saw Rob. You may remember that we were in the same class at
> >> > The Seeing Eye when I bought my new cheap PaoFeng rig.--Matt, N1IBB.
> >> >
> >> > At 08:15 PM 7/21/2014, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> >> >>What a trip that was!
> >> >>
> >> >>Only saw a couple of blind hams there besides me and Rob, KB5UJM.
> >> >>
> >> >>There was this guy with his guide dog. =85 We won=92t talk about that.
> >> >>
> >> >>But then I saw Betsy and Barb, K1EIC and K1EIR and Anne K1STM.=20
> >> >>
> >> >>And visited with the guys at Elecraft and the Morse Telegraph Club and
> >> >>=
> >> >>others.
> >> >>
> >> >>But then, besides operating W100AW, Rob and I got to do something
> >> >>really =
> >> >>really cool!
> >> >>
> >> >>Joe let us pull the big switch=85and Old Betsy, HPM=92s old spark rig,
> >> >>=
> >> >>roared to life.=20
> >> >>
> >> >>Unfortunately, the points were kind of dirty, so the spark wasn=92t
> >> >>very =
> >> >>strong.=20
> >> >>
> >> >>Still, who gets to crank up a 100-year-old spark rig? More importantly,
> >> >>=
> >> >>The Old Man=92s 100 year old spark rig? At The Old Man=92s actual desk?
> >> >>=
> >> >>With The Old Man=92s actual key?=20
> >> >>
> >> >>Now that right there probably made my ham radio millennium.=20
> >> >>
> >> >>Buddy, KB5ELV
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