[ILQSO] KJ9C/m ROVER

[Craig Thompson]

Dave

I would love to see the YouTube video of that....!!

He does a great job and it was fun to chase him down.

73, Craig


On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:17 PM, David Bunte <dpbunte at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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