[SFDXA] Tnx SFDXA!

[Pete Rimmel N8PR]

I just got this:

From: Gary Hinson 
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 5:49 PM
To: n8pr at arrl.net 
Cc: ke4pt at amsat.org 
Subject: Tnx SFDXA!

Hi Peter.

 

Many thanks for the club’s sponsorship of the CQ DX Marathon plaque for Oceania.  It arrived a week or so ago but I’ve been waiting for a nice sunny day to get some pictures.  It’s mid-Winter down here, of course.  The very tame deer in that photo is an orphan we raised from not long after she was born.  There are more deer living wild in the forest around us.

 

I really enjoy the Marathon challenge, winning the Oceania section 4 times now since 2012.  I work from home as a tech author so I have ample opportunity to keep an eye on the cluster and an ear on the bands while I work.  We are a long way from everywhere, though, so virtually all my QSOs are DX, although the ZL prefix is worth a couple of dBs.  

 

Hey, congrats on your 11 band DXCC, Peter.  Amazing!  I have DXCC on 80 through 10m so far, with 328 current countries since we emigrated from the UK in 2005. I plan to get going on 160m soon.  We have a line of big old Macrocarpa pine trees across the track from our house that would make good sky-hooks for a topband wire antenna, except the forestry management people are planning to cut them down soon.  I’ll try to negotiate with them to leave me maybe 2 or 3 strong, tall trees strategically placed.

 

Thanks again for your generosity.  The plaques are really impressive, top quality, and all four will soon be on the shack/office wall directly in my line of sight, spurring me on in this year’s Marathon.

 

73

Gary  ZL2iFB   www.G4iFB.com 

 

PS  If any of your members come to ZL, please invite them to email me.  We’re a small but friendly bunch of hams down here and enjoy meeting or hosting DX visitors. 
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