[MRCA] Classic Exchange Report

[Rob Flory]

Hi Paul,

I recognize your call sign, and I am pretty sure we worked in CX years ago
when we were signing K2TOP here.

If I had had the energy to tune the TCK to 80 and stay up a few hours later
I'm sure we could have made it there.

Hope to work you some time.

Rob

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025, 8:56 PM beckrep at citlink.net <beckrep at citlink.net>
wrote:

> Hello from K2LMQ in Arizona,
>
> Too bad I'm not close enough to you guys to work in the Classic Exchange.
> I was on 80m CW for a few hours and operated my ART-13 / BC-348 Q coombe
> along with the GRC9 and TCS-12. Lots of fun!
>
> 73's de Paul K2LMQ
>
> On Monday, March 31, 2025 at 01:59:58 PM MST, Mark K3MSB <
> mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Rob
>
> Nice working you on your TRC-77!  I will be in the CX tomorrow -- do you
> plan to have your TCK on the air?
>
> Mark K3MSB
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 6:34 AM Rob Flory <farmer.rob.flory at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> Follows my report from the Sunday session of the Classic Exchange, and
> OMRN/CW from that night.  There is another session of CX on Tuesday.
>
> I started at 1445 on 40m with NVIS propagation in full. swing.  The 3 QSOs
> I made in that hour were all in PA, including Mark K3MSB with his
> SCR-274N.  Mark ended up being the only one of my 9 QSOs using mil gear.  I
> was running my TRC-77a and a dipole.
>
> In the late afternoon(40m again) I made one QSO with the TRC-77a and then
> switched to my TCK/RAL combo.  I had told W1GF earlier while running the
> TRC-77a to look for me with another combo and I told him he would be able
> to tell the difference.  An hour later I answered his CQ with the TCK and
> he said, "U were right"  ;<)
>
> The late afternoon/early evening session ended with CM3JRH at 2323, who
> was not in the CX.  I had planned to take a break from CX to check in on
> the OMRN, whose QSOs would all count in CX because we usually share what
> rig we are running.  After CM3JRH I went upstairs to greet my wife who was
> home after a week.  I ate a little ice cream and sat down with some Netfiix
> to pass the time until OMRN.
>
> Cozy in my chair, I took an unintended break from consciousness until 9
> minutes into OMRN.  Sigh, I'm too young to be too old for this stuff.  I
> tuned in and heard KK4RF turn it over to W2ILA.  I decided to skip trying
> to check in during the second callup.  I realized that I should have
> reprogrammed one of my 80m channels on the ProgRock to the vicinity of the
> CX frequency of 3545 instead of the 3524 I use for random ragchews.
>
> Although the evening into night tends to be the most productive time for
> me in CX, it was also past my bedtime on a work night, so I took a break
> from the night session.  It was too much trouble to retune the TCK to 80m.
> Call me lazy.
>
> All in all it was way more breaks than operating.  Included in the breaks
> were dog time outside combined with firewood and antenna work,  and
> delicious homemade tamales with some friends at lunch.
>
> 73
> ZUT DE K2WI
>
>
>
>
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