[PVRCNC] W1AW/4 IARU 10M SSB @ AA4NC

[Jim Jordan]

And we were complaining about how slow it was at W1AW/4 15M CW!

Great effort guys. Despite having such an unrecognizable call, I'm sure 
there will be a lot of those novices who give pride of place for their W1AW 
QSL.

73,

Jim, K4QPL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roberts, Will" <Will.Roberts at duke-energy.com>
To: <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>; <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 8:49 AM
Subject: [PVRCNC] W1AW/4 IARU 10M SSB @ AA4NC


> Tough conditions on 10 meters in IARU... Completely wore out an MFJ voice 
> keyer and caused a K3 to give up in making 475 QSOs. We worked 4 
> Europeans, 25 South Americans, 1 VK and most every novice phone operator 
> in 8 and 9 land. The vast majority of contacts had no clue what zone they 
> were in or that there was even a contest going on. This is the first 
> contest (including VHF contests) that I can remember calling CQ solid for 
> two hours with NO replies.
>
> The highlight of the contest was a guy who asked if we were sure that W1AW 
> was our callsign as it didn't show up at www.QRZ.com<http://www.QRZ.com>!! 
> We will have to find a more recognizable call in the future I guess.
>
> Nate "Grasshoppa" N4YDU did the majority of the QSO work, banging on the E 
> layer to the Midwest. I'm just glad that there were Shiner Bocks in the 
> refrigerator!
>
> Thanks to NR4M, W7IY, N4AF and many others for setting this up. I'm 
> looking forward to further W1AW/4 operations for next years' centennial.
>
> 73,
> Will AA4NC
> W1AW/4 "Anyone, Anywhere - you don't have to be in the contest to call" !
>
>
>
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