I will be running 40m LP this year. It's always fun to give out "WN4"
prefix in this one... Look for me on 40m.
PS: If there are any die-hard QSO Party "junkies" like me, please drop me a
personal email at dave at pkministrywebs.com. I'd love to stay in touch with
other QPers.
73's Dave WN4AFP.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Paul Jones <paul at nn4f.com> wrote:
> Are you guys doing LP assisted or HP
>
> I'll be on assisted HP look forward to working you all...
>
> Paul NN4F
>
> --
> Paul Jones
> 843.801.5301
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 23, 2015, at 19:57, Kevan Nason <knason00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I pretty much ran unassisted for all those years because I didn't have
> internet out here in the boonies and didn't have a choice. Now I figure it
> gives me the best chance for wall paper.
>
> All, Jere and I have had similar stations, we aren't far apart, and we've
> had some great close finishes over the years. His station has generally
> been a bit better, but I had that rarer SC mult.
>
> Here's the situation for this upcoming weekend. I used to have an NS4 call
> and now I don't, but he's got a KT4 call giving him the edge. He's
> just added a few more dB by stealing my secret weapon - a 520 ft loop.
> Well, his is 480 ft, but what's 40 ft among rivals?. He has more assisted
> experience from his home station than I have had from mine. His 70 ft tower
> is 20 ft taller than mine. My rarer SC mult doesn't count in the WPX.
> Sounds to me like he is trying to take advantage of this poor ole' country
> boy who's just trying to get along.
>
> But I've had some studying time operating near some great contest masters.
> People like "'The Judge", K4BAI and "Drubber, The Contest Monster", W4IX,
> and the near mythical Jim, VE7ZO. They would sometimes actually deign to
> let me watch over their shoulder now and then. Only rarely would they give
> up the mike or key to this lowly young'un, but something just had to have
> worn off and stuck to this ignorant wanna be contester.
>
> So with that in mind -- Sharpen up your keyboard Jere because I accept
> your challenge! Assisted it is!
>
> As a disclaimer... don't blame any of the above mentioned contest masters
> should their tutelage have gone astray and I somehow <gasp> lose.
> It wouldn't be their fault. I accept full responsibility for my own score.
> I live and die by my very own "Roger Roger Roger" finding its way through
> an S9 noise level using my measly 100 watts and wouldn't dream of blaming
> them. (Except maybe I could blame Jere for taking unfair advantage. Yeah,
> that sounds better than accepting the blame all by myself.)
>
> Anyone else care to yell into their K3 keyer loud enough to join us like
> Dennis is threatening to do?
>
> Kevan
> N4XL
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Jere <kt4zb at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all - I plan to do WPX full-time again this year. And, I am glad to
>> see that Kevan is going to be on too. He is super competition in low-power
>> so I'm looking forward to the challenge. Kevin, do you want to go
>> head-to-head this year? I normally run assisted and I know that you
>> normally run unassisted, so if you'd like to do it straight up I'm ready to
>> go. Just pick a category. Also, there isn't anyway in the world I'm going
>> to "school you" about anything when it comes to running a low power station.
>>
>> The new antennas are up we finished the big loop on Saturday and some of
>> the other stuff also. Check your inbox for a description of the loop.
>>
>> cu on the bands - Jere
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Mar 23, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Kevan Nason <knason00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Anyone else playing? Jere, Did you get your antennas up? I'll be
>> working from home this year. It would be good to try my luck against you
>> again. Although if you now have better low band antennas you'll likely
>> "school me" in how its done being where we are in the sunspot cycle as I'm
>> stronger in the higher bands.
>> >
>> > Kevan
>> > N4XL
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