[NLRS] re: contest tidbits

Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:04:37 -0600

Jon, I think it was more in the morning - 1544 UTC.  My guess is that it was
meteors..the 6M scatter was very good all morning and I heard alot of 2M SSB
burps all morning as well.

Just my guess however....

Mike - KM0T

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Subject: Re: [NLRS] re: contest tidbits

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> Gene, is your time reference of 1544 local time ? .... that would be 3:44
> PM, or 2144 UTC, right ?   If so, that is indeed right in the middle of
our
> 6M E opening from EN34 to the FN20 +/- area as I worked AA2UK in FM29 at
> 2144 UTC.
>
> If it turns out to be the flu medication you were using, please send me a
> double dose.
>
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ.
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> This occured @ 1544  Sunday . I was on 144.200 and someone was blasting
the
> front end of my FT-100 and I tuned up to .201 and there he was about
> 5x8-9( I did not take time to look at my meter) and got all of his info
but
> I am not treating it as a completed qso as I connot confirm that he got
> mine. This really did not feel like scatter either, could not have been
the
> flu medicine making me imagine stuff??? man I was feeling not too good
this
> weekend. Eric, K8TO was trying to work me about the same time and I don't
> think he heard him but he heard me attemting to work him.
>
> My qso count was down from last year and it got awful lonesome at the end
> of
> the contest from EN04 and EN03, I looked toward the cities and the only
one
> worked was W0OHU but no other takers. Did work N0LL EM09 from EN04 and 03
> as
> well as HHM and KM0T. This is the second time that I have told myself I
> will
> not end a contest out in the middle of nowhere (RF nowhere that is) The
> last
> 30 to 45 minutes of contest was real dead for me. The weather did end up
> cooperating which was  great! I did manage to complete 14 of the 16-18
> grids
> I wanted, last year I did 18 but did not have the flu either. Thanks to
all
> I worked and sorry to those I missed and could have worked but did want to
> try for more grids.
>
> 73
> gene
> N0DQS
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