On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Bob Wanderer wrote:
> I thought NYC was created in 1899. Otherwise, no issues. I
> was born and raised in NYC (Queens) but left in 1975.
>
> There's lots of people wanting to secede. Folks in western
> Kansas want to be part of Colorado; NYC wants to be a state
> unto itself so its taxes will stay in the city and not go to
> Albany; Staten Island wants to be part of NJ. Connecticut
> claimed part of Pennsylvania until the early 1800's!
>
> Oh, well.
>
> 73
> Bob AA0CY/3
I've heard that California has wanted to secede. Having spent some time
in Los Angeles, I can't figure out if it's another country or another
planet. Cruise down Hollywood Boulevard on a Saturday evening some time
...
BTW, East Central Illinois is probably the only place where you can visit
Jamaica, Kansas and Paris all in the same hour.
73, Zack W9SZ
>From J. Allen" <jallen@internorth.com Mon Nov 4 06:12:25 2002
From: J. Allen" <jallen@internorth.com (J. Allen)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] SS02CW and VY1JA
Message-ID: <001401c283c9$41697290$28096cd8@jallen>
To all:
I was very pleased to see well over 400 QSOs get through. The rig was
acting up... cutting in and out, and shifting frequencies, I was sick as a
dog, we had an earthquake in KL7 which shook our house quite a bit, (I am
subject to motion sickness!) and to top it off a loader operator came by on
Sunday??? afternoon to level our yard and I had to be with him.
An unusual number of people did not listen to the pileup and asked me to
stop and give them the QSO number, Check or Section and hold up the pileup
instead of them just listening.
I feel that they should get it from the next exchange, or better yet, have
the information typed into their logger by listening to the previous QSO and
just have the number ready in case I call them.
This SS was a very maddening experience and many of you almost lost out to
frustration. I was ready to give the Omni-V the 18 wheeler instruction set.
If all of the wheels that are in a row on the left side roll over the rig,
it is sure to remember how it made me feel. One of these days... (Chen,
don't worry, I'd send it back to you instead)
Many station ops did not listen to my requests. I stood by for QRP, usually
near the half past window and had M, U, A, and B give me calls, and it was
amazing how many people who hear my request for 8A? understand it to be
their call which has neither an 8 nor an A in it.
Some of the callers have, over the years, become my good friends. It puts
me in a dilemma when I have to embarrass you in front of the whole pileup.
I do not know how to handle these things without causing someone upset. I
have an enormous amount of gratitude for what everyone has done for me, and
still must manage the pileups.
I am normally much more patient, but with the illness, and the rest of the
things I was fighting, it was very difficult for me.
For those I was rude to, I apologize, for those that I helped, you are
welcome.
J.
VY1JA
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