[OKDXA] THE MUSINGS OF A FROG

[Jerry Chouinard]

Interesting events down on the lily pad.

My tale to tell has to do with rover vehicle trouble Saturday evening 
losing me 3 hours of operating time, noise in Cotton county, using a cell 
phone as an alarm to waken us 1 hour late on Sunday, noise in Cotton 
county, and hearing verbage from several ops concerning the pushed forward 
hour "It's over" while I was working down yet another pile at 11 minutes 
past the official end of the thing - plus did I mention noise in Cotton 
county!  I believe I even heard a European telling me "Time to quit".  I 
said "Hey I've got 50 minutes to go" and then an east coaster said "That's 
odd - it's after 3PM here on the east coast".  You'd be proud Mr. 
Frog.  All this talking back and forth about the hour I thought I had left 
was done in high speed CW.

K5YAA

At 09:19 PM 3/11/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Well the "Once in a Lifetime" is now history and in the  logbook............I
>have imbibed in a strong "Senior Siesta" and hv most of the  sleep back that
>I lost............................
>
>Once again this yrs contest was unique, confounding, but
>fun.......................
>
>It was not hard to tell activity was way up.................I had over 200
>more Q's than last yr and a VP2 on 3 bands.............
>
>My big heavy duty 3 holer contest amp went down 3 hrs into the
>contest..................The FL-7000 succumbed to heat retention 4 hours
>later.........................
>
>So out of the plastic bag came my trusty 30 yr old SB-220 which  operated
>flawlessly the rest of Sat and all day Sun.
>
>I was surprised in not wrking nearly as many Rovers this yr as in contests
>past......I would generally hv 15-20 Q's with Jerry and I think this only a
>couple,
>
>My logging program wanted to throw Gene out when he tried to sign without
>the mobile designator. So when I realized what was happening I took back the
>wrked B4 msg and wrked him again.
>
>Was very confused as to why i had static crashes 20 over yest with no rain
>on the radar but today had rain in the area but the bands were so much 
>quieter
>??????????????????
>
>Thought with adjusting to DST this am that 80m would be  terrific..........It
>was a bust..............Only made 30 Q's in 30 min so QSYed  yo
>40.....................
>
>Disappointed that 15 was a bust................Even though I QSYed for a Q
>with VP2E and the band seemed open................Cked it regularly but 
>never
>hrd any sigs around 045.............
>
>As for Terry K5HP.................You really need to get out
>more...............Find a woman............At least a 
>dog......................  When the
>highlight of your day is talking with a Frog you really need  help.........
>
>All in all it was great fun with many turns and surprises................I
>really would like to express my appreciation with all the OK ops who stood 
>with
>  me as I tried to pull their sigs out of the noise level or just above the
>floor  noise............Only a few were copied with relative 
>ease................
>
>Already looking forward to next yr with the 8 band Yagi and the contest amp
>all repaired and expectations of a flawless performance from
>them..........................
>
>Many tnx to all who participated in this yrs "Once in a Lifetime" event.  You
>sure made it a memorable event.
>
>Ribbit............................Ribbit..........................  BOHICA
>
>If Jimmy Cracks Corn And No One Cares..................Why Is There A  Stupid
>Song About Him  ???
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