Congratulations Steve!
Does your wife have a sister? :-)
73,
Tad, K3TD
EM10dq
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Steve Tripp (K1IIG) wrote:
> I got married to a terrific lady on September 6th, the week before the
> contest, at St. Clements Castle on the Ct. River with many ham
> friends, normal friends (lol), family and Veteran friends. My wife to
> be, found a person in Canada that makes custom wedding cake toppings.
> She took pictures of both my Rohn45 towers and sent them to him. He
> made 2 EXACT replicas of both towers and stacked antennas using tinned
> wire. He even made the cross braces on the tower and had a base with
> stand down arms to support the towers, it was an amazing piece of work
> and both for $50 shipped. This would make a great inexpensive gift for
> any ham, wedding or not. You can reach Darrell at vo1mds@ hotmail.com
> he would be thrilled to hear from hams. So where did we go on our
> honeymoon, you guessed it, straight to the radio room for the contest.
> She loves listening to ham radio but does not want to become one and
> always takes care of my meals during the contests. She is beautiful
> inside and out and never complains about the radio, what is better
> than this.
>
> Contest was great even without any openings and my best showing of any
> previous contests. Thanks to all the polite, skilled contesters who
> made this so enjoyable. Oh, I do plan on taking Marsha on a real
> honeymoon less radios...hihi
>
> Unofficial Score:
>
> Band QSOs X pt = QSO pts. X Grids = Points
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 50 102 1 102 22 2244
> 144 95 1 95 24 2280
> 222 40 2 80 15 1200
> 432 53 2 106 20 2120
> 903 13 3 39 8 312
> 1296 27 3 81 11 891
> 2304 11 4 44 7 308
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> TOTALS 341 547 107 58529
>
> Claimed score = 58529
>
> Steve, K1IIG FN31NL
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