Hi Herb,
Thanks neighbor! I'm glad I got WA2FGK in the log one last time! WA2FGK
be missed, but I wish you good luck with your portable operations and I
look forward to working you many more times!
73,
--Alex KR1ST
On 2022-07-18 14:27, Herb Krumich via VHFcontesting wrote:
I had mentioned I would try an put a decent effort into this
contestFrom our 10 band station, I am down to only 50 mhz.I was only
able to operate for the first hour and a half on Saturday beforehaving
to take 4 hours off. Conditions were spotty at best but did
workstations to the south and picked up some nice gridsI got back on
the air around 8pm and stayed until things slowed down around
11:30. Sunday I was back on at 8am and contacts remained steady.I
don't want to get into the FT8 vs SSB comparisons . As they say"It is
what it is".A few quick openings during the afternoon came from the
Caribbean and EA plus CT'sBut only a few stations were worked. A new
grid on a grind-out was appreciated.I probably did miss grids during
my Saturday dinner time excursion's.To those who worked WA2FGK, this
will be the last time the call will be used in a VHF contest.I want to
thank Buzz WA4GPM for being my 100th grid worked in this contest This
past week I uploaded enough contacts on LOTW to get me over the
100,000level on the low bands with my call K2LNS. This was part of my
bucket list.Our once great station is now totally shut down on the
hill in Bear Creek Twp., Pa.I've been making home improvements for the
last year and taking down towersFour towers have been removed with
three to go. I was hoping to sell this year, but it won't happen until
2023.My future plans will be a small system on the low bands and a VHF
portable I have everything gathered to operate from 50-1296 low
power.Surely hope to do this for a few more years.Everyone = Thank you
for over 60 years of VHF contesting. It's been a blast.Ten's of
Thousands of contacts on AM-CW-SSB-FM-JT65-MSK144-FT8 EME- Meteors
etcAnd the best part is "I lived to tell this story". Score this
weekend297 contacts and 102 grids for 30,294Keep the bands active
gents. Any mode will do73Herb K2LNSStation mgr for the WA2FGK station
"RIP"
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