[ILQSO] KJ9C/m ROVER

[David Bunte]

Craig -

I could be wrong... but I think Mel steers with his knees, sends CW with
one hand, has a cold one in the other hand, keeps his right foot pressed to
the floor, and has his left foot crossed over the center console to log
either to the computer, or by writing with a pencil held between his toes.

At least it seems that is what a human would have to do, to cover the
ground he does, and make so many QSOs.  Some people have suggested that his
not human.  I think they are probably wrong, because he really seems like a
nice guy... he just has skills the likes of which I have NEVER
experienced.

Fortunately, we have ALL benefited from his ability, and his willingness to
torture himself.

Thanks for the QSOs, and glad you got the server working again.

Very 73 de Dave - K9FN
CW op with N9FN


On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Craig Thompson <craig at thompsonet.com>wrote:

> Mel
>
> Fantastic job on Sunday....thanks so much for your fine efforts. BTW, sorry
> to cut our ragchew short before the test....server dropped all of the
> antennas from my computer and had to see what happened. I got hit by
> lightning a couple of weeks ago and the server lost its USB ports for some
> unexplained reason. Built another server and must have had some RF getting
> into the computer on the USB port. Glad we ragchewed and I found that
> before the test...hi.
>
> Anyhow, I was curious how do you log when you are driving and operating?
>
> 73, Craig K9CT
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Mel Crichton <kj9c at iquest.net> wrote:
>
> > I guess it pays to have redundant everything... (except the driver and
> > vehicle) as nothing broke. I had trouble loading the 80 meter antenna,
> even
> > though it WAS 1:1 on 3505  the day before. But I made a few 80 meter CW
> > QSOs in spite of it. I was surprised that there wasn't more 80 activity,
> > but I was too tired and too behind schedule to stop and put the 15 meter
> > antenna back on the 80 meter mount. So most of the event was 40 and 80
> > meters, a little 15 meters, and a ton of phone QSOs. Thanks to W9QL  for
> > the use of his 40 phone frequency...much appreciated. And he offered more
> > than once. Worked 42 counties on SSB alone.
> >
> > Got behind schedule due to TWO long trains and a five-mile-long parking
> > lot on I-57 in Jefferson County.  Did a quick U-turn in the median and
> took
> > local roads to get back on track, but had to abandon plans for Clinton
> > county and hit Marion twice.... I hope the two posted CLIN stations were
> on.
> >
> > Jim N9JF may have been joking about Illinois deer, but two were standing
> > by the dark roadside in Lawrence County waiting to jump in front of
> me....
> > they, however, must have been Darwin's survivors of the species, as they
> > waited until I passed to make their move. There was ample evidence along
> my
> > route that other Illini deer were not as fortunate.
> >
> > Overall, with the impromptu shortening of the route, the day came to just
> > under 700 miles in just under 16 hours. The pileups at times seemed like
> a
> > single roar, and the folks who did not zero beat my signal were first to
> > get a reply.
> >
> > This aging body can't take many more of these, but as always, once we
> made
> > the first QSO adrenaline kicked in, and 580+  QSO's later it was over in
> > what seemed like just a couple hours.
> >
> > There was a gorgeous sunset to go with the fall leaf show.
> >
> > Mel KJ9C
> >
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