OK, it's contagious. It's lose. It's happening across
the country. Be the first in your neighborhood..... :-)
It's the happy dance and only QRPers know what it is..... ;-)
I'm cruising around on 17M yesterday late in the afternoon
before sunset working a few new stations and I hit a period
where I'm not hearing too much, so what the hey, hit the
beacon mode and call CQ a few times. Now all the nay-sayers
can move to the back of the room please. You can work DX
and you can do it with QRP and you can sign your_call/QRP
and not have people avoid you like the plague. :-) Got
a JA7 to come back. My 439 to his 579. I'll take any
RST. Phyllis just came through the door and comes running
into the shack to see what all the noise is. The rest is
history...... OH, the usual 0.95W on 17M until all 50
states worked.
Tonight I turn on the rig on 40M just to see if I can hear
Scott. His 559 my 559. Yet another happy dance. TX will
not be skunked, we refuse to give up easily. Last I heard
KU7Y was still calling him...... ;-)
Some additional bits of trivia.
The TenTec general coverage receiver kit new in Nov QST.
Advertised at $195. Please take note. TenTec says
25 hours building time. This isn't a NorCal kit that
can be build in less than 4 hours gang. :-)
Someone told me the going street price for a Mercury
paddle was $800. Is that right? Could it be? Inquiring
minds wanna know.
The foxhunt scedule for the General/Advanced/Extra is
filled for this season. Wait until September 1998 when
I announce again for a team of volunteers, please.
No advance request accepted unless accompanied by a
new picture of Franklin or two Grants. :-) Joke people
joke alert. :-) ;-)
Now if you have a Novice or Tech+ license and want to do
be a fox send me email at adams@sgi.com
Be ready for the weekend MI-QRP contest.
dit dit
Chuck Adams K5FO CP-60
http://reality.sgi.com/adams adams@sgi.com
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