[OKDXA] 160 Meters This Morning

Fri, 2 Apr 2004 23:56:01 -0500

Congrats Coy,

We are in CA for a couple of weeks.  So no 160 activity here, ha.

Jim
> 
> From: "Coy Day" <[email protected]>
> Date: 2004/04/02 Fri PM 12:20:52 EST
> To: "OKDXA" <[email protected]>
> Subject: [OKDXA] 160 Meters This Morning
> 
> I finally snagged DU9/N0NM this morning on 160.  Clif had called me
> yesterday to tell me that he had been in for about 30 minutes around
> sunrise.  Wouldn't you know it.  The one morning I don't show and there he
> is.  However, there was a good reason that I was a no show.  I had been up
> most of the night with a kidney stone.  There is no pain like that!  Anyway,
> today, I got up at 5:45 turned the rig on to wait for him to come on and he
> was already there.  I couldn't believe how quiet the band was.  It took me a
> bit waiting on the linear to warm up but I worked him with good solid
> contact at 5:57.  His signal started out about 559 and got up to 579 about
> 6:05 and he faded about 6:10.  Tuning around the band I also heard JD1YFB on
> Minami Torishima.  I heard him as he was starting to fade with no chance to
> work him.  Also heard VK's and JA's.  Anyway, we are celebrating today.
> 
> Thanks Clif for your encouragement!
> 
> Coy
> ...........
> Coy Day, N5OK, ARRL West Gulf Division Director
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