[ADXA] PE1OAD/MM on 40m

Thu Feb 18 10:35:38 EST 2021

George, I am with you.  Having as complete an entry as possible is
important to me, including grid and county, along with notes (IC-7300
w/home brew vertical, weather was -40, etc.) because it makes those
contacts come alive!

73,

Trent
N4DTF

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:31 AM WB5JJJ <wb5jjj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, I may be the odd one out here, but I try to make sure my log is as
> complete as possible, and that includes Grid Squares on stations worked on
> all bands/modes.  I guess that makes me a major OCD type person, so be it,
> I can live with that "problem".
>
> I've shocked a bunch of really old OM's when I ask if they held this call
> back in 19xx when I last worked the call.  And almost without exception,
> they have.  Of course, most of them don't keep anything but a minimal paper
> log, if that, so they just have to take my word for it.  But if I had made
> a comment on that entry, it's brought forward to the current log entry and
> that may ring a bell with them.  Sometimes, I get a chance to work the
> original call owner's son or even once a grandson that acquired the call.
> A detailed log is a history book for my operations and forgotten memories.
>
> I like to look at my grid map by band and see where I've worked and
> perhaps areas that I need to work on.  And when I look at all bands, it's
> pretty much filled in all over.  Of course there are the obvious areas that
> are not "ham friendly" or just no hams in residence there to work, those
> may never be filled in.
>
> BTW, my 6m counts are (for me) impressive.  My Fred Fish award count
> stands at 301 - a long way to go for the 488 needed.  And the VUCC 50Mhz
> count is 403.  And both of these rely, of course, on the GS.
>
> I started out participating in the ARRL Grid Chase a couple years back but
> since it was "reset" of the grids every month, I quickly found it to be an
> event of redundancy and some OM's didn't understand why they were getting
> worked time after time by the same stations, so, I found other things to
> do.  I'm sure I missed out on some "rare" grids, but to me, it just wasn't
> worth all the starting over 12 times just to get my logbook count higher.
>
> 73's
> George - WB5JJJ
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 8:56 AM <sbranyan at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> TU
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steven Rutledge [mailto:crownhaven at bellsouth.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 8:29 AM
>> To: sbranyan at cox.net; ADXA
>> Subject: Re: [ADXA] PE1OAD/MM on 40m
>>
>> Air mobile doesn’t count for a grid award.  To my knowledge, grid awards
>> are only for six meters and above unless I missed something along the way.
>>
>> There is a Ukrainian who is on a freighter who is always giving out grids
>> on six, sometimes two and 432.  Can’t remember his call at the moment.
>>
>> Steve,
>>
>> > On Feb 18, 2021, at 7:55 AM, sbranyan at cox.net wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks very much for the helpful info, San!
>> >
>> > I tried a few times, but I didn't catch last night as stations on the
>> east coast were booming 59+30 to him. He was running 100w and 165' wire.
>> >
>> > On his QSL cards he gives MV (motor vessel), the position in latitude
>> and longtitude and the qth locator.
>> >
>> > I might have to become a grid chaser after all, hihi.
>> >
>> > Does the same info apply to Air Mobile? I've heard a few of them that
>> were very strong out of the gulf or in the Caribbean. They always seem to
>> generate a big pileup however.
>> >
>> > 73,
>> > Scott/W5AAJ
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Sandy Hutson [mailto:k5yy1 at cox.net]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 7:41 PM
>> > To: sbranyan at cox.net; ADXA
>> > Subject: RE: [ADXA] PE1OAD/MM on 40m
>> >
>> > Scott:
>> >
>> > The MM QSOS would count for the worldwide grid square chase but the
>> exact co-ordinate to pinpoint the grid would be needed on the QSL. You
>> could likely take his stated position and pinpoint it yourself and if
>> needed as a grid, tell him you are sending a card and please note his grid
>> of XXOO on the card.
>> >
>> > A boat tied to a dock is not valid for a DXCC country, but it is a MM
>> operating position. Otherwise you must operate from the dock per se with
>> equipment and power supply off the boat.
>> >
>> > San
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>  for
>> > Windows 10
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: sbranyan at cox.net
>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 7:33 PM
>> > To: ADXA <mailto:adxa at mailman.qth.net>
>> > Subject: [ADXA] PE1OAD/MM on 40m
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Michel on cargo ship from the Netherlands north of Bermuda 160 km.
>> Heading to Baltimore. 7.142 0133z.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Are there any awards for chasing MM or AM?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 73,
>> >
>> > Scott/W5AAJ
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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