Well, as you might guess from the fact that I suggested this latest
running of the SQUINT, my 5 year old Christopher has been 'up' for
it for some time. Contests such as CQWW and ARRL DX are pretty serious
business around our house, so when this SQUINT was scheduled, Christopher
took it really seriously. "No Momma, I can't go to the toy store with
you Saturday, I have a contest"!
"Is it all right if I sleep"?
After spending a couple of hours cleaning up the shack (a K1KP contest
ritual), we were ready at 2045Z. I had taught Christopher the exchange,
and in spite of having a (live) dog and a (live) cat, Christopher's
favorite pet for the contest was Timothy Turtle, a well-travelled Beanie
Baby! What you may not have realized if you worked us, is that Timothy
Turtle was working his own version of the contest right along with us!
He was set up with his own rig (my DVK) and headphones (a split choke on
his head) and a 'log'! After each 'kid' QSO, we'd have to log a 'turtle'
QSO.
Here's Christopher's Log:
CALL NAME AGE QTH FAVORITE PET
K0RF Kendra 8 CO Calico
K6XX Sara 5 CA Gremlin
N9JF Brandon 12 IL Alley
W5AJ Spencer 12 TX Fibber
W1OG Gus 73 MA Miko
AA5BT Lindsay 12 TX Dottie
...and here is Timothy Turtle's Log:
CALL NAME AGE QTH FAVORITE PET
Giraffey 5 My Basket Timothy Turtle
Crabby 6 My Basket Snakey
Snakey 7 My Basket Giraffey
Lobster 9 My Basket Crabby
Chocolate Moose 7 My Basket Snakey
Zebra 10 My Basket Crabby
Dino 100 My Basket Mousie
Dino - QSO B4 - Dupe.
Bubble Trouble 7 My Basket Snakey
Silver Goldfish(twins) 2,1 My Basket each other
Bubble Trouble - QSO B4 - DUPE
Scottie 5 My Basket himself
Dolphin 5 My Basket Bubble Trouble
So it looks like Timothy Turtle probably surpassed Christopher
in the QSO department! Who said turtles don't have ears?!
With one break for apple juice, and another to offload the apple juice,
Christopher, Timothy, and I were in there for the whole contest.
It seemed like propagation died for the East Coast for the last
20 minutes or so, and even Timothy couldn't come up with any
last minute multipliers, even with the top XA on JA...
Christopher is looking forward to the next SQUINT, but I think
Timothy has his sights set on the next Internet Sprint...
Incidently, Timothy Turtle does tower work too. If you don't
believe me, I have a photo of him inspecting the Boom on the
top XA!! (Christopher made me haul the Turtle and the Nikon
up the tower).
Respectfully Submitted,
Tony Brock-Fisher, K1KP
Christopher Brock-Fisher, son of K1KP & N1XJA
Timothy Turtle (probably originally licensed as a ZF2).
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