I want to comment on a conversation I listened to with Al and a 13 yo girl. (I think Maggie??), I was impressed! During the contest Al took the time to talk to her and ask her about HAM radio and how she got into it, etc... The conversation lasted about 5 mins total. With lots of back and forth, which I bet will result in someone who will stay with the hobby. I was impressed! This is why I got into it, just wish I would have started earlier...
I am sure everyone has done this, as everyone I have met at BVARC and on the air with my limited time has been very nice, and accommodating.... I just wanted to point out someone who went that 'extra' step to make our hobby fun for all! Now if I just had a better antenna, rig, etc... :)... I didn't work very many contacts over the weekend, maybe 4, but for the limited time I was able to get on the radio and scan around it was fun, this will DRIVE me to get my GENERAL ticket to be able to enjoy the rest of the HF bands, and also drive me to get a better antenna system. Rp On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Allen R. Brier via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Call: N5XZ > > Operator(s): N5XZ > > Station: N5XZ > > > > Class: Single Op HP > > QTH: TX > > Operating Time (hrs): 25 > > > > Summary: > > Band QSOs Points > > ------------------- > > 10: 735 1084 > > ------------------- > > > > Club: Houston S.H.O.T. > > > > > > Comments: > > > > Boy, was this a tough contest! Band conditions were horrible on Saturday, > then even worse on Sunday. The solar flux level was high, but the A and K > indices were really high, so propagation was awful. I did work one EU > (MW0ZZK) but if you look at his antenna farm, you’ll see why hear heard me. > There were a lot of VK/ZLs and several ZS’s, and a whole slew of South > Americans. Well, that was good because without the SA’s, Sunday afternoon > would have been almost nothing. > > I want to thank those locals who turned on their radios and looked for us, > they really helped! I think I pulled out another win, but I guess I need to > wait for the final results to be sure. > > As always, the equipment performed great, no problems except occasional > operator errors, and a few zzzz’s from time to time! > > > > Rig: Elecraft K3/P3 > > Amp: ETO Alpha 78 > > Ant: Fluidmotion 4-el SteppIR up 75 feet > > Intfc: microHAM micro Keyer II > > S/W: N1MM (what else?) > > Avg. Rate: 29.4 QSOs / Hr 8-[ > > > > > > Allen R. Brier N5XZ / KL5DX > > 1515 Windloch Lane > > Richmond, TX 77406-2553 > > 281-342-1882 (Home) > > 713-705-4801 (Cell) > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > -- 010100100111000000100000010101110110100001101001011101000110010100100000010010010100100101001001 KF5VLM [email protected] blog.rpzkingdom.com www.twitter.com/rpwhite3 (follow me on twitter) plus.google.com/111836967600994390441 (Follow me on google+)
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