[OKDXA] Heathen Mobile

[Mark Duensing]

Well now let tell the rest of the story!!!!  After Gen Dave and I left Tulsa
and picked up The Kellyville  twins we headed out for the west.  At the top
of the hill from N5pmp house we new we were in big trouble.  Yes that is
right not even 90 seconds on the road after passing Jims house the General
ran a stop sign!!!! Well little did he know there was a driver change
instore.  Tom KB5HMZ took over and drove the intire trip and when ever Dave
told him he would drive if he was getting tired Tom remembering Kellyville
perked right up and said no no I will be just fine.

Jim N5PMP did all the navagating and did a very good job. We didnt have to
stop and back up once .

Now if anyone ever has a chance to go with the general on a trip do youself
a favor and DO NOT USE the W5ATV travel agency. Let me give you a clue. when
I walked into my room there was a portable space heater from graingers on
the desk.  That was the heat for the room. And yes you did put the chair
under the door knob just for piece of mind. Even though you could see the
outside light all the way around the door frame. I was afraid to close the
door to hard for it might have fallen off the hinges.

YES I agree DON'T take the Kellyville twins to Mexican food if you are going
to be in a closed space. I kinda wished a time or to if I had one of those
Kuwaiti's gas masks!! Also we didn't have any air raid siren when we
experienced a gas attack. lol

Ok and yes we had quite a pile up when we hit Dewy county.

I think N4PN Paul adopted us as we made our way though our trip. Spotting us
on the cluster.  It didn't take long to figure that one out. After our
contact with him it wasn't 2 minutes and then the pileup!

WE had a total of 228 contacts, 5 DX contacts and 4 Canadian Provinces,( sad
to say no VO), 28 states



----- Original Message -----
From: Dave <w5atv@cox.net>
To: okdxa ref <okdxa@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 12:26 PM
Subject: [OKDXA] Heathen Mobile


Greetings,

Where to start. 842 miles of pure RF folly.

Left Friday morning for Guymon. Stayed in Guymon in a place that will remain
nameless, however a chair under the door was completely justified. #1...
Never feed the Kellyville twins a big Mexican dinner the night before an all
day rovering expedition. Left out Saturday morning and hit Cimarron Co
(farthest one out) about 7:45 A.M., a little behind schedule. Started
CQing.#2... Never assume anything with antennas. Lost a lot of valuable time
with tools in hand. How many ways can you rebuild a bug catcher? Started
East with a few QSO's in the log. Running about a county an hour with pretty
good luck. Hey, how about 10 meters? Nothing...made one 10 meter contact and
that was it. No problem, we'll go back to the workhorse 20 meters and rig up
the other rig to 40 meters #3...always bring "all" the hamsticks. No 40
meters. No problem, we're doing good on 20 meters. Seemed best to stop just
after crossing a county line and work everyone who needs it while the engine
is off and the logging was a whole lot easier while the vehicle is sitting
still. Hey, how about some QRS CW? #4....The Iambic spent a comfortable
weekend resting in its usual place in the shack  #5....Never start out on a
rover trip with untried equipment. Especially antennas. You lose a lot of
valuable air time.

Mark has the log so I'm going from memory here, but we ran 11 counties and I
think 30 something states. Got a wave from Coy via a 4 lander and also from
Charlie via the same guy. Heard some folks calling Jerry & Clif,also.

Was very glad to give Dewey County to an HA county hunter which was the last
county for him in Okieville. He had been chasing it for some time and he was
thrilled. Dewey was hands down our most popular County. Seemed like everyone
was waiting for us when we got there.

Wildlife Dept. Saw 2 large groups of antelope-three big turkey flocks-some
pheasant and a brown thing which is yet to be identified.

Sounds like participation was way up from last year. This is wonderful!
Can't wait to see the final tally!

Would I do it again? You bet-but not tomorrow...Hi! Got some photos for the
web. Maybe Gene can get them on for us in a few days if we have the space.

On behalf of the OKDXA a great big "Thank You" to everyone who participated.
If you have any changes in mind write them down while they're fresh in your
mind and we'll talk about them at Ham Holiday. Would love to hear the
stories on the net tomorrow night, but got to do the work thing :-(

73 all- Dave
W5ATV

BTW Nelson-The DLL didn't say "10-4" the whole weekend! He's getting better.


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