[Lowfer] 512.3 activity QSOs

[Jay Rusgrove]

Bill

Haven't been listening for random QSOs for at least a month now due to 
increased static. Over the winter we designated the first 15 minutes of the 
hour as possible 'calling periods' for random contacts. This worked out 
pretty well.

If you give me a heads up on nights when you might be looking for a QSO I'll 
make sure to give a listen at the top of the hour. Copy can be rough during 
the summer though. Also, keep in mind I'm transmitting a kW so there will be 
times you can hear me and I won't be able to hear you.

Jay


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Ashlock" <ashlockw at hotmail.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp; UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:22 AM
Subject: RE: [Lowfer] 512.3 activity QSOs




Hi Jay,


Thanks for the patient QSO time and the good words. Speaking of code tapes. 
I have had the same code tape in the tape deck of my car for over 3 years! 
I'll have to play this on my trips up north and back. I'm finding that 
during an actual QSO it is really hard to concentrate on the groupings of 
code that form letters, but your sending words twice in a row helps out. I'm 
beginning to recognize some common words without thinking about the 
individual letters - and I guess that's good.

I put out a CQ last night and tonight at 9:00pm but no respose. Last night 
was just after a rather wild thunder storm had passed through, and I was 
curious to find if I could copy your normally strong signal under these 
conditions. Should be back up there this Friday night.

Oh, BTW, sorry that I wasn't able to email you back from up there the last 
few days because I am racing to get the forms down for the footings of the 
new house. If in addition to buying supplies and eating lunch I am planning 
to go to the college library, I have to change into more presentable clothes 
from my typically dirty work clothes, and then back again when I arrive back 
at the cabin - and this takes quite a bit of additional time.


73
Bill


> From: jrusgrove at comcast.net
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] 512.3 activity QSOs
> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:53:49 -0400
>
> Bill
>
> Thanks for the QSO and congratulations on your first cw contacts! Agree 
> with
> Warren - you did very well. Like alot of things code speed improves with
> practice. Unfortunately the FCC / ARRL eliminated the code requirement so
> you may have a hard time finding slow speed 'novice' type QSOs on the ham
> bands...although I'm sure they still exist. Code tapes or computer 
> generated
> practice cw is another way to go. I'm available for weekly (or more often)
> QSOs although summer static may make that difficult. Conditions last night
> were pretty quiet.
>
> Jay
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren K2ORS"
> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands"
>
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 11:34 PM
> Subject: [Lowfer] 512.3 activity QSOs
>
>
> Heard Bill WE2XGR/5 in QSO with Jay WE2XGR/2 around 9:00 PM -
> tried to fire up but my synthesizer was dead!
> Turned out to be a blown fuse, replaced the fuse and worked Bill.
>
> I believe that this was Bill's 1st two cw QSOs - Congrats ! You sound like 
> a
> pro!
>
> 73 Warren K2ORS
>
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