[Dx-qsl] TX3A final logs posted and uploaded to LOTW

[Michael G. Carper]

I'm in the log!

 

My story.

 

My tower is down and we're leasing a place for now. So I can't put the tower
and yagi antennas back up. So I had to be dilligent. 

 

I had HRD setup to email the TX3A spots to my Blackberry. I could even been
seen ducking out of work during lunch to try them from my truck. 

 

In the early days of the DXpedition, the big guns dominated the pileups. I
figure 30m might be a good opportunity, since we're all limited power there
(though I'm puzzled about how many people were heard tuning). 

 

The night before Thanksgiving, I was driving "over the river and through the
woods" to my in-laws' house. Man, they were strong. I called them and they
sent "WA9P?". Cool! So I answer, and they responded "WA9P??". Ugh. I
answered again and gave the signal report followed by my callsign. In the
end, it wasn't in the log. 

 

I'm thinking, okay... I'm putting up a 160m antenna. I did that yesterday
afternoon. I came in and the antenna loaded up fine. Email said they have
"ended operations... last QSO on 160m... on to the contest". Ugh. 

 

I'm still watching the spots. I see one yesterday late... they're on 15m. I
can't hear 'em at all on the G5RV. So I get in my truck... drive to the
highest point I can find... and I hear 'em... just a whisper. 

 

I called 'em... they answered... "WA9PI?" I respond with the exchange "5NN
T5 de WA9PIE WA9PIE". (Why we give them a 5NN when they're a whisper... I
dunno.) 

 

So I found out today that I'm actually in the log.  #327

 

Mike, WA9PIE