[OKDXA] What's Not To Like

[Robert Redmon]

Had a 740 back in '82 w250hz filters...wonderful radio. Wish I had hung 
onto it. Sold it to a buddy when I bought my TS930 in 1984. Still have 
the 930...learned my lesson.

73, Bob

John Geiger wrote:
> 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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