[OKDXA] Everyone congratulate Ilene, K5IH
Coy Day
n5ok at arrl.net
Fri Nov 29 22:21:56 EST 2013
Congratulations Ilene! What a high that was for you.....
--
Coy Day, N5OK
20685 SW 29
Union City, OK 73090
405-483-5632
Ilene J. Hammack-K5IH wrote:
> Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving...on the "day after,"
>
> Thanks to each of my fellow OKDXA DXers commenting below.
> I appreciate the wishes, and I want to particularly thank Gene,
> W5LE, for a heads-up phone call yesterday afternoon. I had
> taken a brief break from the rig and DX Summit to go outside
> and help Jim get one of our dipole antennas pulled back up
> after it was damaged in this past weekend's snow storm.
>
> Gene knew I was temporarily out-of-pocket and kindly called
> to see if I knew VU7AG was working 20 m SSB with a decent
> signal at that very moment. This particular opening was the
> best I had copied VU7AG since they went on the air, and it
> was just good enough to let me get through the pile-up.
> Thanks a million, Gene!!
>
> I still can't believe that it's completed...for now. Hopefully,
> there will be another new one, or so, in the years to come.
> Yes, I realize there is always the band/mode game to be
> played, too, but for now I’m going to just sit back and relax
> a bit. Admittedly, given my state of disbelief after yesterday's
> unexpected success, I (actually Jim checked it for me before
> I awakened this morning) cautiously checked Club Log early
> this morning, once they had up-loaded yesterday's
> data...sure enough I'm in their log for yesterday's QSO.
> Gene kindly greeted me this morning with an e-mail
> depicting Club Log’s posting of my contact, too.
>
> Wow, how things have changed over the years. The internet
> has truly transformed DXing in so many ways. For example,
> there’s no need for an insurance contact any more. I'm not
> going to compete against others for any additional QSO's
> from VU7AG. If you need them and can't work them, it
> won't be my fault, beginning with yesterday afternoon’s
> time frame...hi!
>
> I'm humbled by the group's attention!!
>
> 73/88, Ilene - K5IH
>
> "DX Is"
>
> Formerly: DXCC 339 / 350 Now: DXCC 340* / 351*
>
> (*) pending
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> WAY TO GO ILENE !!!!!!_
> We lucked out and had a decent opening for a change when
> you snagged EM. Congrats...I also got them, on 20M SSB,
> within a few minutes of your contact. 73 Rick K9KK
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> CONGRATULATIONS ILENE.
> WQ5R
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: Kim Elmore
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 6:52 PM
> To: Oklahoma - DX news and information
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Everyone congratulate Ilene, K5IH
>
> Simply amazing! I can't even imagine what that must feel
> like, not to mention the countless hours of dogged
> determination and careful, considered strategy.
>
> Congratulations, indeed, Ilene!
>
> 73, Kim N5OP
>
> "People that make music together cannot be enemies,
> at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> From K5RKS 27 Nov 2013 at 2242UTC
>
> Ilene K5IH:
>
> Holy Toledo!! Congratulations on the reaching the top of
> the Honor Roll. I know I'll never even get close. You are
> joining a number in the OKDXA who are up there in that
> rarefied atmosphere.
>
> I also worked VU7AG this afternoon on 20M SSB. I worked
> him at 20:39 UTC. He was xmitting on 14260.0 Khz and at
> the time I worked him he was listening up at 14275.1 Khz.
> I was embarrassed by the typo in my spot on the cluster
> because I put in the wrong frequency for him. I was so
> hyper that I typed in his listening freq rather than his xmit
> freq and also put the decimal in the wrong place for his
> freq!!!
>
> I don't know if I'll ever make it to the bottom, let alone
> the top, of the Honor Roll. Most, but not all, of the entities
> I still need have not been on the air since when I moved
> here to Oklahoma in December 2005 and took up DXing
> seriously.
>
> According to scuttlebut, Pooyan, EP3PK was heard on
> yesterday. I 've attempted to setup skeds with him several
> times (since according to Daily DX he is willing to setup
> skeds) but I've never heard back from him. I think I could
> work him if just happened to hear him and the pileup was
> only "moderate".
>
> I ran into Monk Apollo that way. Just lucked out and
> worked him on RTTY even though he was not yet on any
> spotting network. Bernie McClenny, W3UR, has a list of the
> status of the most recent activation of the top 20 rarest
> ones. I need about half of them. Namely, the half with the
> oldest "most recent activation" date. I "worked" Turkmenistan
> but according to the DX desk the station "has no
> documentation". I believe that ham radio is now illegal in
> Turkmenistan so no wonder there was "no documentation".
>
> Typical of the places I still need are: Howland, Pratas,
> Eritrea, Kingman, North Korea, Navassa, Bouvet, Crozet,
> South Sandwich, Baker/Holland, Amsterdam, Heard,
> Tromelin, South Sandwich, Kingman Reef, Juan De Nova.
>
> All you at the OKDXA are really setting the bar so
> perseverance and tenacity. This is a lifetime pursuit and
> I'm just a tenderfoot.
>
> 73 Roger K5RKS
> _____________________________________________
> -----Original Message-----
> From: W5LE
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 3:34 PM
> To: Congratulations Ilene K5IH!
> Subject: [OKDXA] Everyone congratulate Ilene, K5IH
>
> Everyone,
>
> Congratulations are in order for Ilene, K5IH. She just
> worked VU7AG on 20M SSB at 2126 UTC. That's an
> accomplishment in itself but what adds an extra element
> of "awesomeness" to this is...this was the last country
> Ilene needed to reach the Top of the Honor Roll !!!!
> Wow and double wow! I think I'm almost as excited
> about it as she and Jim, K5GZ, are!
>
> 73 and see you in the pileups. Gene W5LE
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