[CVCC] Fwd: [FOC] ARRL 160 - W4PM - First Night

[Milt Coleman]

I had the same problem with keying the rig. W4HZ has a very fine paddle but, I wished for my own paddle since I had to send everything by hand. A whole different process!  Trying unsuccessfully to get the station elements to talk to one another made for a late start but I was able to cobble together 476 Q’s with 78 sections.  I’ll probably work a few hours from K4OSO tonight. 
Milt K4OSO
PS:  Puck, My Q’s were logged with W4MYA as the operator. Does that need to be changed to k4oso before log submission?


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> On Dec 7, 2019, at 1:07 PM, Kyle Chavis <wa4pgm at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nice job!
> 
> I went to bed just before EU sunrise. Meant to sleep a couple  hours but didn't back it back until 4 hours later.
> Will be on for couple hours this afternoon before heading out for the evening. Band was in good shape last night. Wish I had my beverages working sure missed them!
> 781/112, missed MB, NT, SF, SK, SV, WTX.
> 
>> On 12/7/2019 11:09 AM, HOWARD MOTLEY wrote:
>> This sent to FOC.  I also worked some fine CVCC folks - W4MYA, KG4W, WB3D, WA4PGM and friend N4HB.  Did I miss anyone?
>> 73,
>> Puck W4PM
>> 
>>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>>>     From: HOWARD MOTLEY <hmmjr at comcast.net>
>>>     To: FOC Members <foc_members at googlegroups.com>
>>>     Date: December 7, 2019 at 11:01 AM
>>>     Subject: [FOC] ARRL 160 - W4PM - First Night
>>> 
>>>     Never has a stronger signal been present on 160m with the call W4PM!  Of course the rig,  amplifier and antenna belongs to Bob, W4DR, who kindly let me use my call in this contest!  All I added was a little 12 hour stint in a chair in front of his outstanding station.  Of course Murphy made his appearance.   I never could figure out how to get his computer to key his FTDX-5000!  I even tried my Winkeyer USB but no luck.  So I plugged in my Begali paddle, given to me by FOC a few years back, and sent every CQ, every call and report, every W4PM with that fine paddle and the rig's internal keyer.  That to me was really old school contesting - not even a memory keyer!  You say the rig may have message memories - HAH  try find them in that encyclopedia of an owners manual!  Plus no time to look, I had to keep the rig going!
>>> 
>>>     Anyhow, operating top band with a full sized 4 square vertical array and max smoke is a hoot!  I seldom had to call anyone more than once and my CQ's generated lots of attention.  I even had mini-pileups of EU stations calling me at times.  That has never happened to me before!  Checking N1MM statistics, I even had one hour in which I put 120 stations in the log.  That's not a big deal for a hot op and maybe SO2R but for this old man with one radio it was flying (and remember no computer and N1MM to help me send).
>>> 
>>>     Results on the first night:
>>>     736 Q's, 120 multipliers, and 56 FOC members worked.  I was pleased!
>>>           Tonight Sejo, N3UA, puts W4PM at W4DR on for the air for the 2nd night and I go over to W4MYA at W4HZ.  Milt, K4OSO, was operating there last night.  I hope many of you were able to work him!  Also look for Sejo if you didn't work me the first night.
>>> 
>>>     Many thanks to the 56 FOC members who made my log last night.  You are the best!
>>>     73,
>>>     Puck W4PM
>>> 
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