[Hallicrafters] How Many Verified Countries Do You Have?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hey Mike,

Now be fair. Your antenna is down in the valley with its nose barely 
sticking up enough to get a breath of air! So ur signals just sail right 
over you - I think you need a "trap vertical", so you can "trap" those 
missed signals. (LOL!)

Any time I can hear N8AZC is a good Saturday! He is not only a gifted tech, 
he is a great operator. Does our hobby proud.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lopez" <n8azc at sssnet.com>
To: "'Duane Fischer, W8DBF'" <dfischer at usol.com>; 
<hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 9:54 PM
Subject: RE: [Hallicrafters] How Many Verified Countries Do You Have?


> Personally, I'm happy when I can work Michigan on a Saturday Afternoon.
> Alas, poor propagation, I know it well.
> N8AZC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Duane Fischer,
> W8DBF
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 6:23 PM
> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] How Many Verified Countries Do You Have?
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> As a matter of curiosity, and perhaps bragging rights too, how many
> verified/confirmed entities do you have?
>
> Some of us send our QSL cards into the ARRL, or where ever, to get a nice
> certificate as proof of our DXing efforts. Others do not. It is probably a
> lot less work to just design and print your own certificate! (LOL!)
>
> So come on and tell us just how many entities/countries that you have 
> worked
> and been able to verify. We might have some super DX'ers hiding in the
> shadows!
>
> Remember! W5WP has a link on the HHI/Hallicrafters web site that offers a
> very nice certificate for anyone who works/confirms 100 countries using
> "vintage gear".
>
> There is also a very cool, and colorful, certificate available for those 
> who
> have verified 25, 50, 75 or more SW stations. Since the SW stations seem 
> to
> be continually vanishing forever, confirming a hundred is a real 
> challenge!
>
> I still shake my head in amused amazement when I recall that Sunday when I
> unknowingly worked forty-nine states, on the same frequency, in a ninety
> minute time period! I only realized what had happened later that day when 
> I
> wrote up the Net report. I did not work North Dakota. If I had known it at
> the time, I would have used the landline and called one of the Hams I know
> in ND and had him get on the air so I could work him. Can you imagine
> working fifty states in ninety minutes the same day? Even given the band
> conditions we had then, I seriously doubt if I could ever again work
> forty-nine states on the same frequency, in ninety minutes on the same 
> day.
> Especially when I was not trying to do so to begin with!
>
> So come on and tell us about your DXing victories or surprises. You might
> also tell us about your contact surprises. I am sure all of you have had
> some. Go for it!
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
> E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
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