[AMRadio] Heavy metal rally

[Rob Atkinson]

Well, a few years ago I got on 160 m. for this Rally and called CQ
until I was BITF.  I reasoned that it is "heavy metal" and what's more
heavy metal than a broadcash rig, and 160 m. is the band for broadcash
rigs.  It wasn't until I had to go to bed that I discovered all the
action was on 75 m. so that's where I was last night.  Now I wish I
had been on 160.   On 3880 I heard no one at 5 p.m. and didn't find
any AM activity on the band.  I wondered if it was going to be a bust.
I put out a CQ and W9XRT answered me.  He was thinking the same thing
I was.  I thought, "okay I'll relax and talk to Jeff; that will be
perfectly okay for me, no big group."  Jeff running a KW1 so he had a
nice signal that blanked out the RFI.  After one or two overs, the QSO
blew up to eventually include around 10 stations.  Everyone must have
been listening.  Then some slopbucket digital data guys started up on
LSB and I had to notch them out.  Another distant QSO started coming
in on the same frequency.  After 90 minutes things became too chaotic
and I bowed out to eat.  But a lot of mauls came out of the woodwork
including me.  No one was running any rig less than 200 watts.

Rob
K5UJ


On Sat, Jan 7, 2023 at 9:36 PM Mike Sawyer via AMRadio
<amradio at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> I was on 160 until an hour ago. I heard the usual folks out of 8-land on a
> QSO at 1880. I was on 1885 and had a nice QSO with Kevin, K2XAM and Chuck,
> W3FJJ. I no sooner finished with them fellows when Stan, W3YGC broke in. I
> had not talked to him in over 15 years. Always nice to renew old friends!
>
> Mod-U-Lator,
> Mike(y)/W3SLK
>