Yes, Roving in January is quite a challenge. I can't go out this year
either. Going to play a bit with the home station.
But I plan to be out with a vengeance in June!!!
73
Dan
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Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Clark County Indiana.
K9ZF /R no budget Rover ***QRP-l #1269 Check out the Rover Resource Page at:
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Joe Serocki wrote:
> Well, the Gremlins hit here as well. N9IFG/R is off the air, the 20 below
> weather has destroyed coax (the plastic shield literally shatters when
> moved), bolts snap off (cheap steel, but I cannot afford stainless on
> everything!), and I lost a coolant hose on the rover itself and it's just
> too darn cold out to fix right now.
>
>
>
> Maybe next contest. Sigh.
>
>
>
> I don't know about the rest of you guys, but do you notice a pattern, at
> least here in the midwest? From my limited memory:
>
>
>
> 2 years ago it was wicked cold, but tolerable
>
> Last year we called it off because of the dangerous weather
>
> This year we called it off because of the dangerous weather
>
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>
> And now, for a totally anti-environmental statement: BRING BACK GLOBAL
> WARMING!!! J
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>
> Then of course there were the 50+ MPH winds we had at Field Day.
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> CONTESTING IS FUN!
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>
> J
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> 73
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>
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