[ADXA] Cheering the "Home Team"

Sun Jul 4 06:32:48 EDT 2021

The excitement of 6 meters is fascinating and frustrating to say the 
least, as you know well Bill.

K5EJ is 20 miles north of me, K5UR is about 20 miles SW then Earl ZM and 
Pat VY are about 60 or so miles S and SW respectively. Many times they 
hear things I don't and vice versa.

Of course, a true, died in the wool DX'er NEVER says he can't hear the 
DX station......you just say "I don't need it!!!!"  :-)))

Wishing all the ADXA folks a very happy and safe Independence Day. This 
is the one day of each year that my family (kids, grandkids, my two 
brothers and all their family, etc) all gather at our house for a big 
day of fun, food and remembrance of the significance of this day in 
history so it will be wild and crazy at W5ZN this afternoon and evening. 
Living out in the country also provides the opportunity for the kids 
(young and old!) to safely enjoy fireworks.

73 Joel W5ZN

On 2021-07-03 15:06, BILL KENNAMER wrote:

> At least you saw some of the EU on 6 today. Only one made it to my QTH. 
> Which seems to be the new normal after working bunches of them (and JA) 
> last year from here. Really strange. Almost think the rig is working, 
> but I know it does.
> 
> FUV
> 
> On Saturday, July 3, 2021, 3:40:57 PM CDT, Dennis Schaefer 
> <dennisw5rz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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