[OKDXA] 160 Meters This Morning

Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:17:52 -0500

Way to go Coy!!! I'm looking for the JD1, so maybe we'll get lucky on that
one too.

Clif
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] 160 Meters This Morning

> 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
> > 20685 SW 29th St, Union City, OK 73090-9726
> > Home: (405) 483-5632, Cell: (405) 740-8990
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> >
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