BTW I work Jerry N4JF also...
Jim/KC4HW
On 16 Apr 2007 at 21:34, KC4HW wrote:
> Well quite an experience... to say the least
>
> Had a late start but managed to get to CHARLTON, CAMDEN and MCINTOSH
> on Saturday. Made about 91 CW QSOs in the three counties. Was pretty
> beat by 1030PM so called it quits.
>
> Was really geared up on Sunday. Had made my way over to GLYNN right
> next to the BRANTLEY line, WARE county was only 30 minutes away. Had
> to made a sharp turn and turned over a cup of coffee and did not
> realize that it was on the top of the radio right where in the
> interface connected. Just about 955AM rebooted everything to give me
> a fresh start and check one of the macros to send CW and the 706
> started scanning down the band. Everytime I transmitted it would scan
> down the band a few KHz... Investigating and saw that the coffee had
> gotten into the radio and or connectors. After fiddleing with it for
> over an hour, I finally gave up I could not get it to stop scanning.
> I am sure that some coffee got into the multi pin connector and maybe
> in the radio...
>
> The weather was horrible both days. Wind nearly blowed me off the
> road both days. Lots of rain in South East Georgia. No T-storms
> thank goodness! I never did log a contact in the computer. N1MM kept
> telling me that it was "Invalid/Missing Exchange". I just used the
> macros for CW and hand/paper logged the contacts.
>
> Man this was a big 740 mile round trip. Over $125 in gas alone. A
> hotel room, 5 meals out. Don't know about the radio yet. BTW my car
> ran HOT about 15 miles South of Folkston, GA... middle of the
> Okefenokee Swamp. Spend about 45 minutes in a country gas station
> waiting for the car to cool a bit. Had to bring water in a gallon
> pickle jar that I scraped up out of a dumpster. Was raining the
> entire time. Man, there has to be some humor here, but at the time,
> it was not readily apparent...
>
> Really had my sights set on Glynn, Brantley, Clinch, Atkinson, Berrier
> and some South central and western counties. I apologize for not
> coming through on the counties that I said that I was doing.
>
> There seemed to be plenty of activity. The bands seemed very long.
> The foriegn broadcast was quite strong on 40M. Worked several EUs
> Saturday. Worked a few FL and a couple of AL (K4SAV and N4BCB)
> stations. Most of my activity was on 40M with a little on 20M. No
> 80M activity--my screwdriver will just not go to that portion of the
> band. I did tune 15M one time, but heard nothing.
>
> Thanks to everyone for the QSOs. And especially thanks for slowing
> down the CW for me... tolerating all the ???
>
> Maybe next year I can come through as promised.
>
> 73
>
> Jim/KC4HW
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