Lloyd: Congrats on the great score in just two hours of operating under very adverse conditions!! All of this makes me wish that I had my tower and KLM tri-bander back. Maybe, somewhere down the road, I'll fix that issue, but not now, until our finances are firmly established for retirement in a few years, and our retirement plans are clear. Tom Behler: KB8TYJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 2:46 PM Subject: Re: North American QSO Party SSB Contest Anyone? >I didn't know how much time I could put in. We had an NFB chapter picnic. > Then I had to fix up the braille version of the church bulletin for Judy > and > me, and finish proofreading the state NFB newsletter, of which Judy is > editor. > > So at about 9:15 PM I came on 20 meters and pointed the beam west. With a > couple of excursions to 75 and 40 meters, I mostly ran stations on 20. > 227 > QSOs in just over 2 hours, including Dan, KB6UNC. It was a blast. Some > of > the signals were quite weak; our 20-meter net provides practice for this. > 40 meters is too crowded for my tastes, and the 40 dipole is the poorest > of > my antennas except for 160 meters. I'm glad we could participate, anyway. > 73 -- Lloyd, W3IUU > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Behler > Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:41 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: North American QSO Party SSB Contest Anyone? > > Albert: > > Well, my NAQP outing was a disappointment here too. > > Here in Central Lower Michigan, 10 and 15 were completely dead. 20 was > open, but in very poor shape, at least for most of the afternoon. 40 was > better, and got better as the night progressed, but by about 10 p.m., I > kind > of ran out of gas and called it quits. > > Made a total of 130 contacts. > > Did manage to work Steve (KW3A) on 40 meters. > > I have had similar experiences with the summer contest before, and find > that > things are much better for the winter contests in January, so that is > something to look forward to for sure. > > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Albert Sanchez" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 7:13 AM > Subject: Re: North American QSO Party SSB Contest Anyone? > > >> Well I tried to participate in the NAQP with limited success. I made some >> contacts on 20 and 15 meters then a storm front came past leaving us with >> thunder/lightning so had to disconnect. Maybe next year will be better. >> Best 73's, >> Albert, WA7FXB >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 8:04 PM >> Subject: North American QSO Party SSB Contest Anyone? >> >> >>> Hi, again, everyone. >>> >>> Well, this week-end is the North American QSO Party SSB contest. >>> >>> It runs from 1800 Z tomorrow, until 0600 Z Sunday morning. >>> >>> Operating bands are the usual contest bands--160 through 10. >>> >>> The exchange is very simple--just name and state/province. >>> >>> I plan to wrack up as many qsos on as many bands as I can during the >>> allowed >>> 10 hours of operating time, so please look for me. >>> >>> I will be working from the home QTH, rather than the RV, since my XYL >>> has >>> another week-end commitment. >>> >>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI >> >