[R-390] Warm up yer '390s for RSH this Saturday

[Joe Foley]

You have to be REAL patient with them, it takes almost
1 YEAR to get your QSO back.  Yes, one year!  The mail
ship only sails once every six months.  It leaves from
London.  They had to limp back to London for repairs
recently because one of the engines on the ship
crapped out.

Joe



--- Scott Bauer <odyslim at comcast.net> wrote:

>  Hey Guys,
> 
>  This something I always like. Just for grins, I
> went outside with my 
> DX-440 and was
> able to copy them but it was too poor. I could hear
> it though.
> 
>  I used an EAC, 1960 and an Alpha Delta twin sloper
> made for the ham 
> bands and
> recorded the entire broadcast.
> 
>  It is funny, we are at the bottom of the solar
> cycle. This broadcast 
> was only 1000
> watts and it cam in stronger than I have ever heard
> it.
> 
>  What a hobby. I love it.
> 
>  BTW, I have never received a QSL card from them. I
> think little 
> gremlins get into
> the mail and take out the dollars. I have started
> buying return postage 
> stamps and have
> increased my return ratio.


 
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