[SixClub] where is everyone?

[donroden at hiwaay.net]

Quoting Roger on six <50MHz at rogerhalstead.com>:

> I have seen a number of openings from most of the US to much of  
> Europe, but they were all on exotic digital modes with error  
> correction as far as I can tell.
> I have a 4 year degree in CS, (not CIS) a minor in math, and was  
> given a GA for my masters at in just over 3 years at age  50. A good  
> job offer ended my college career. With the masters work included I  
> had over 4 years in college (with little sleep), then worked in  
> computers until I retired as a computer systems project manager.  I  
> never really had a vacation as they had me paged while on the flight  
> line at the big fly-in at Oshkosh, WI and called while we were at my  
> wife's folks in FL.


######
Roger,  I'm glad to know that I am not alone .... trying to have a  
personal life while working 50 to 60 hour weeks for my employer.  I  
too was called when on the flight line at both Oshkosh and Sun-N-Fun  
in Lakeland, Fl.   While vacationing in the V.I    During Thanksgiving  
and Christmas and birthdays with my kids.   I've never has a 9-5 M-F  
job.  Broadcast Television was my life for over 45 years.

One of my bucket-list items was to be on six meters during a sunspot  
cycle like the maximum in 1957.    My mentor worked the world on six  
AM with a Layafette 10 watt transceiver that probably couldn't hear  
signals below 2 mv.

Unfortunately ....

  https://www.space.com/21937-sun-solar-weather-peak-is-weak.html

The next cycle doesn't look great either.

So its ( seemingly ) digital modes or nothing  and I don't touch-type.
########


>   When I retired they owed me 90 days of vacation.  I should have  
> stayed a few more years.


######
I tried to retire four times... each retirement lasted six months  
before my successors left and I agreed to help again until another  
supervisor was found.
######




> I really don't have a lot of drive left to play with the digital modes.
> Although I prefer chasing DX on SSB and CW. Six is my favorite band.


######
Me too !!  ( see above )
I've noticed that things I thought important years ago are dropping  
down my list at a rapid rate.

I used to climb my 140 foot tower on a weekly basis if I needed to  
improve the antennas and rotators... now, the knees and hips say "No".

Now, finding someone that I would trust... who wouldn't fall and their  
widow sue me for everything I own....  It probably isn't going to be  
worth the cost of a commercial insured crew especially in light of the  
predicted lows of the next sunspot cycle.
#######


Don W4DNR



> 73, Roger (K8RI)
>
> On 10/21/2017 Saturday 10:14 PM, Roger on six wrote:
>> The list is about as active as the 6-meter band
>>
>> 73, Roger ((K8RI)
>>
>> On 9/1/2017 Friday 3:38 PM, Mr. Richard Joey Fiero II ARS. W5TFW wrote:
>>> Been Pretty Quiet.
>>> I managed to submit 26 grids today so my total is 526 I think. Its  
>>> been slow
>>> for me.
>>>
>>> Joey W5TFW
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>> [mailto:sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry W9FS
>>> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 2:00 PM
>>> To: sixclub at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: [SixClub] where is everyone?
>>>
>>> Been busy, haven't noticed any traffic in quit some time.
>>>
>>> Jerry W9FS
>>>
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