No, Survivor comes on Thursdays. :-)
73 Matt
W5LL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Alexander" <k.alexander@rogers.com>
To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:57 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] It was a short sprint for me!
>I knew I wouldn't be able to spend the whole four
> hours in the 144 MHz Sprint last night, but the
> weather conspired to shorten it even more!
>
> I set up on my favourite hilltop with 50 watts and
> stacked PAR OmniAngles up 12 ft and figured I'd give
> myself until 9 pm...it was laundry night and I still
> had a lot of work to do to prepare for my holiday
> later this week.
>
> The first hour was pretty slow, with only 2 or 3 QSOs
> (where was everyone anyway, watching Survivor
> Guatemala or something?), but then got busier after 8
> pm. I watched as a thunderstorm headed my way, but
> figured I'd be able to stick around until 9:00 then
> flash! Immediately followed by boom! Right overhead.
> Time to leave!
>
> The highlight of the evening was working KW1AM in
> FN41. What's that, 350 to 400 miles?
>
> The hour in the contest also taught me (again) how
> much I love my OmniAngle antennas...or rather, how
> much I hate jumping out of the car to swing a yagi
> around. Next contest I'll be back with a stack of 4!
>
> 73 for now,
>
> Ken Alexander, VE3HLs
> www.ve3hls.com
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