Among all of the other comments...I was pleasantly surprised by the number of
people on last night who were not part of the contest comunity and did not
know about the sprint -- or even what a sprint was. There were patient
explanations, and some new acquaintances made.
As a cliff dweller who is not allowed to have antennas I wait until dark, and
then put the loop on top of the bird feeder. I was able to hear and work
people 150 or so miles away running 25 watts -- OK, they were doing all of the
work. I made 14 Qs in 5 grids and had the chance to hook up with the gang.
The moral of the story for me is that there are people out there, listening to
the hiss from the speaker, turning the big knob in the middle every night. I
think that I will put the loop out more often.
Next week it's rover time. Pat and I will be out, using K9ILT/R operating from
the EN50/60/61/51 corner SW of Kankakee, IL. We have been going there for
years and have worked IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WI, IA and MN from that spot.
We will be calling on 222.070, but when we want to make a contact we'll go to
222.100 were everybody will be :>). Please tune off and look for us. If you
are FM bound, the IF radio has two VFOs, so the B VFO will put us on 223.500.
We run good power and antennas, albeit they'll be about 12' up.
See you next week with a brand new show. 73, Tim K0PG/9
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