[SADXA] VU4 History

[k7bhm]

        Dick...........Good luck in trying to explaine "ROMEO" to
        the relatively newbees  There has to be a book!!!!

        ..................Bob - K7BHM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Todd" <toddd1 at cox.net>
To: "Southern AZ DX Association E-Mail Reflector" <sadxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [SADXA] VU4 History


> Dick, Who is Romeo? There must be a story here...
> 
> Doug
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Solomon" <dickw1ksz at gmail.com>
> To: <sadxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 4:09 PM
> Subject: [SADXA] VU4 History
> 
> 
>>I am reminded of my first SSB Q with VU4 back in 1987. If you think
>> todays operation
>> is fun, it's mild compared to the shenanigans back then. The QRM'ers
>> were out in force.
>> There was one operator, an XYL, Barati (sp?), every time she called
>> for NA only the EU's
>> would stomp on the frequency, for a while she forgot there was a SA,
>> so they were on the
>> freq constantly.
>> She would announce they were turning the beam stateside and the signal
>> promptly went
>> from S7-S9 to S1 !! They were turning it the wrong direction. Finally
>> one of the "big guns"
>> got them and gave them the right beam headings.
>> 
>> Ah, the "good" old days ... Where is Romeo when you need him ?? Oh,
>> yes, he's still in
>> jail !!
>> 
>> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
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