[OKDXA] VHF Packet Cluster

[Kim Elmore]

Hi Clif,

You make a very good point.  I was always the most satisfied when I found 
something I needed the Olde Fashioned Waye.  I also considered it quite an 
accomplishment when I could issue a spot for something juicy that no one 
else had yet found. Of course, with only about 170 or co confirmed, there's 
plenty I need and, no, I didn't get P5, either.  I still occasionally flip 
through my copy of "The Complete DXer," just for fun...

On a different note, I received my Force 12 Sigma 80 vertical dipole for 80 
m. It took about 4 weeks to get it from Force 12, so I assume they 
fabricate them on a per-order basis.  It comes in two boxes that are the 
max allowable shippable length.  Both are rather heavy for a 36 ft long 
antenna, so I suspect its construction is rather beefy.  No, I haven't 
opened them yet, and now that the weather's cold, it might be a while.  I 
certainly don't want to lose any parts!

73,

Kim Elmore, N5OP

At 08:07 AM 12/4/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Call me old fashioned, but I don't use or want packet spots. I have 319
>countries worked, all by searching  and listening. Most of those came
>without the tremendous pileups generated by packet spots. If I were to make
>Honor Roll today, I don't think it would make any difference in my life. So,
>I'll keep doing it the old way, and have fun to boot!
>
>73, Clif
>
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                           Kim Elmore, Ph.D.
                        University of Oklahoma
         Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
"All of weather is divided into three parts: Yes, No, and Maybe. The
greatest of these is Maybe" The original Latin appears to be garbled.