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Re: [TowerTalk] any chance for a qso for sweepstakes

To: towertalk reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] any chance for a qso for sweepstakes
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 20:46:54 -0800
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On 11/5/2018 7:59 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
I can remember several times when I was called
by a KL7 operating stateside with no portable
identifier and turned the beam towards KL7
only to have the signal disappear and then have
to turn it back, needlessly wasting time for
both of us.

Something I don't understand, Rick. You're running, he calls you, you hear him. Why turn the beam? The only times I do that (or switch antennas) is if he's weak and hard to copy. I've never considered automating my rotaters because I don't want to add to their wear and tear!

Jim is "excused."  "Everyone" knows he is in
W6

Um -- the contest club of which we are both members and you were President a few years ago has more than a dozen very active members who have kept our non-six-area calls, and none of us ever sign /6. I've never understood why a few guys do -- it takes more time send and copy and log. And I NEVER log /n designators for US calls.

K7SV lives in VA, K5ZD lives in MA, N8OO in LA, K8TE and N2IC in NM, K6LL in AZ, K2AV in NC, K4XU, W2VJN, KA6BIM, and N6TR in OR, N2BJ in IL, N3BB in TX, K2SX in SC, KU8E in GA, K0EJ and W9WI in TN. Lots of guys with 2-calls have either moved or have homes in FL or AZ. K2LE often operates from VT. All are very active contesters, none ever sign /n.

73, Jim K9YC


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