[OKDXA] What's Not To Like

[John Geiger]

Hi Bill,

How well does the 740 do in contest conditions?  Pretty good, I assume!

73s John AA5JG

--- On Sun, 2/21/10, William B. Stacy <wstacy at wildblue.net> wrote:

> From: William B. Stacy <wstacy at wildblue.net>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] What's Not To Like
> To: "'Discussion of OKDXA'" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 1:44 PM
> Hi, All:
> 
> I did work DXCC with a couple of metal sticks in/on the
> ground (R8 and 80M
> vertical).  With only sporadic operation, I worked 112
> entities so far in
> the contest.
> 
> Of course, Murphy came to visit.  My K3 is back in
> Aptos for upgrades, and
> the TX on my backup rig quit after a few hours.  The
> venerable C-Line and
> the old IC-740 became the workhorses.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> 73, Bill, N5TU
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Jerry Chouinard
> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:48 PM
> To: n5ok at arrl.net;
> Discussion of OKDXA
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] What's Not To Like
> 
> HV0A - Good one.  I forgot to mention TX4T and 5W0OU
> during the 40 meter 
> stint.  Had the 2 el pointed at the pole!  I
> think you could work DXCC with 
> a metal stick in the ground.  Great conditions after a
> number of rather 
> drab years.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> At 08:59 PM 2/20/2010 -0600, you wrote:
> >Jerry,
> >
> >Hey!  Glad to see that you still have a
> radio.  ;-)
> >
> >You are right about 40m.  I worked HV0A on there a
> bit ago.
> >
> >Gil was in there because he doesn't want to miss any of
> the fun.
> >
> >Take care my friend.
> >
> >Coy
> >--
> >Coy Day, N5OK
> >20685 SW 29
> >Union City, OK 73090
> >405-483-5632
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Jerry Chouinard wrote:
> > > My radio is coming back alive - hope others are
> too.
> > >
> > > 40 meters was open worldwide last night.
> > >
> > > In a 10 minute span on 40 heard or worked:
> > > ZL, VK, JA, SM, LA, G, GM, UA9, Many
> Europeans,  Caribbean and South
> > > America
> > >
> > > Today 15 meters sounded like 40 did last night -
> a new band for us to
> us?
> > > Many Europeans.
> > >
> > > I even heard W5NUT in there running a few
> Europeans.  I thought he had
> > > already worked everybody.
> > >
> > > K5YAA
> > >
> > >
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