[ADXA] Cheering the "Home Team"

[Dennis Schaefer]

I don't always chase the 13 Colonies stations and never have applied for
the certificate but decided for some reason to chase them this morning.  I
got them all, including the 3 bonus stations.  Most were on SSB, a few on
CW, and one on FT8.

I also worked on repairing my spud launcher which was damaged at Field Day.
Unloaded about 10 pounds of stuff from the toolbox I took to Field Day.  It
is plastic and the weight has warped it.  Time for a smaller toolbox for
portable ops!   Tried to figure out why my AL-811 grid current meter
doesn't work any more.  (I need a new amplifier - this one was intended to
be a backup, anyway).

The best news is that a local, NK5K, who runs 100 watts to wire antennas,
worked VP6MW on 15M SSB.  Working Pitcairn is always a thrill and he's a
new enough ham that it was even more so.

Monitored some of the EU activity on 6 - my 3 elements at 15 feet will pick
off one every now and then but I'm definitely a "little pistol" on 6.

73,
Dennis

On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 9:46 AM <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:

> I like to cheer for the home team. "Home Team" takes on different meanings
> depending on the event. If the local school 2 miles north of me (where Kim
> and I both attended and graduated from) is playing against a school a few
> miles away I root for our school. Home team takes on a broader geographical
> context if the Razorbacks, UALR, ASU, UCA, Tech or other state college is
> in a competition with someone out of state I'm all for the Arkansas
> schools. Even broader, if the USA is in a competition in, for example, the
> Olympics I'm cheering on the USA team.
>
> So, what's the point? I'm sitting here in the shack this morning
> monitoring 6 meters for a possible new one however I'm quite excited to see
> several ADXA folks in the fray working EU. I see BHS, JJJ, VY, JQQ, ZM and
> most likely others in there banging out Q's. Scott, AAJ, is in there on 40
> meters running folks this morning. Other ADXA folks are no doubt on their
> favorite band working DX as well.
>
> We're still disadvantaged with Covid restricted DXpeditions however
> propagation is improving slowly, there is a lot of DX on the bands and all
> of the ADXA folks are very active. That assures me that our phrase "GET IN
> THERE AND WORK 'EM" has been taken to heart and know I'm in there cheering
> on the "ADXA Home Team!!!!"
>
> GL es DX to all.
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
>
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