[EIDXA] N0YY Wanderlust

[reheinri at rockwellcollins.com]

I apologize for missing last week's meeting but travel to Washington DC 
got in the way.

But there is good news based on all my domestic and international travel. 
I have frequent flier miles!!!  So to use them effectively...

 I have been asked to be a member of the 2008 ARRL CW DX Contest team at 
PJ2T.  And of course I accepted!  What an honor to be asked to be a member 
of the World #1 contest station.  If memory serves me correctly, PJ2T has 
been #1 since 2003 in either Multi-single, Multi-two, or Multi-multi.  So 
to be part of a #1 team will be a challenge to see if I can really be a 
supporter of the group.

My personal goal was to be part of a CW effort from a DX location.  My 
previous PJ2T experience was for CQWW SSB in 2005 (time flies!).  So this 
time I get my chance.  I really look forward to learning new skills from 
W8AV, W0NB, N1ZZ, etc - all of whom have been part of previous winning 
efforts.

My plan is to depart on Sunday, February 10th and return on the 19th.  So 
I hope to have some time to focus on CW for that week.  Not likely that I 
will do much phone operating.  (Now do you think that Terry, W0AWL took 
his keyer with him for use with his mobile?)  If you have a special 
request for a WARC band contact, or something special for a band country, 
let me know.  For this trip I plan to use LoTW instead of paper cards, but 
will honor all regular QSL requests as well.

I have already committed to do a newsletter article on the activity and if 
there is enough new material maybe I will even prepare a presentation if 
there is interest.

So while all of you are digging out of the February snows, I will be 
sipping Pina Coladas and running Europeans and Russians on 160M!

Rick N0YY