[OKDXA] AF5CC is in the FT5ZM log!!!

[John Geiger]

Thanks, that is sure a relief!

73 John AF5CC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W5LE" <w5le at beggstelco.net>
To: "Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] AF5CC is in the FT5ZM log!!!


> Now THAT is some seriously good news...the part about AF5CC, not the 
> computer!  Glad you got the 'puter back up and running and hope you log 
> them on RTTY before they QRT.
> 73 and good luck.
>
>
>
> On 2/6/2014 1:25 PM, Roger Simpson wrote:
>> I just looked at the latest log upload from FT5ZM.  I am happy to report 
>> that John, AF5CC, is in the log with a QSO on 20M CW. CONGRATULATIONS to 
>> John!!
>>
>> BTW, over here I had my computer literally “burn up”. Well, there were no 
>> flames but a burning smell was coming out of it and it completely quit 
>> working. It turned out to be a attachment plug in card for a pair of 
>> serial ports. My computer, like many “modern” ones, does NOT have any COM 
>> ports so I got a PCI plugin card with dual COM ports on it. The PCI card 
>> is the card that burned up. I took the case off my computer and I could 
>> easily smell the “burnt” resistor smell. It seemed like it was coming 
>> from the tailgate area of my PC. I took my PC downstairs and put it on 
>> the kitchen table under very bright light and then I noticed a burned 
>> area on a chip on the PCI card. I unplugged the PCI card from the 
>> motherboard and the burnt smell came out at the same time – so my nose 
>> did the job of isolating the problem. My semi obsolete ICOM gear and also 
>> my Yaesu rotor both use COM ports for communicating to a computer. I 
>> think most modern ham gear talks to your computer via USB.
>>
>> After all of this, it took me a while to get my stuff back together. I 
>> lost about a day and a half tearing up my shack. Last night I got things 
>> back together and I was able to work FT5ZM on 30m CW.
>>
>> Now that I’m back together, I am going to try to see if I can work FT5ZM 
>> on any band on RTTY. I’m glad I have my computer working again because, 
>> of course, I can’t work RTTY without a computer. If it was “just” CW or 
>> SSB I could work him without my computer using a paper log and then get 
>> my computer working later.
>>
>> 73    Roger   K5RKS
>>
>>
>>
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