[ADXA] Life in the Fast Lane (and the W5ZN Lazy Lane!)

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

Greetings ADXA folks,

 

It has been a very busy summer for me, much more so than I thought it was
going to be. I've mentioned many times on our reflector that my attention is
always directed in other areas during the summer months. This summer is no
exception so my on-the-air radio time has been minimal. It appears, though,
based on ADXA VP W5VY's reports the past couple of days that I've become a
slacker as Dennis DCT, Don DB, and Charles TL, and many others have been in
the fast lane - CONGRATS TO YOU ALL. Keep those activity updates coming to
Pat. I know the local Searcy gang has been knocking off new ones, or many
new ones on a band/mode, this summer at a pretty fast pace.

 

I was cleaning up and reorganizing my office/shack yesterday since I had let
it get a bit "untidy" and realized that Labor Day and football season is in
sight and it occurred to me my on-the-air time isn't the only thing I
haven't been paying attention to. My station/antenna plans for the upcoming
season have laid dormant and the clock is ticking! I called N5QS yesterday
to discuss a project I would need some assistance with and discovered his
station plans for the upcoming DX season are moving ahead quickly and so is
a "top-secret" antenna project at N5QZ! So, even on the local level I'm once
again a slacker!!!

 

Time to step up my game and get going! In another four to six weeks the
second hay cutting will occur here in the field by the house and it will be
time to get low band RX antennas out. I also have a new "secret" 160 meter
receive antenna to erect and test for a designer this winter.

 

With the understanding that my ADXA leadership has been stellar this summer
- stellar as the leader of laziness and procrastination, how is your station
plan coming along? Need some motivation? Look at the ADXA website homepage
and all the DXpeditions coming up this winter. There are more countries
planned to be activated than you can shake a big 20-meter monobander at.
That alone should be serious motivation.

 

So blow the dust off your 2023 station plan, revise your project schedule as
necessary and work your plan. Yea the wx is very hot right now but in a few
short months we'll be complaining about how cold it is. Don't let the more
pleasant fall months pass by and leave you sitting in the shack this winter
saying "I can't get in there and work 'em because I followed ZN's lazy lead
this summer!"

 

73 Joel W5ZN

ADXA President

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