I agree with run, thought it was an excellent touch
he could have easily just said 100 watts
but no fun in that
hey I logged both of them that gave me 73
bet they both had a few that said no what is your power :)
cheers!
steve
KG5VK
http://www.KG5VK.com
My Ham Radio Friends
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:35 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
wrote:
> Actually Chris, there were at least two different stations doing that.
>
>
> Now a real stinker would sit back and say "Can they PROVE they were only
> running exactly 73 Watts output?"
>
>
> But me? I enjoyed the nice touch with a smile and moved on to the next
> contact!
>
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
>
> On 03/10/17, chris quale wrote:
>
> Art;
>
>
> I didn't participate in ARRL DX SSB in any of the aforementioned optional
> ways. But I listened in on the bands a couple of times. Surely some of you
> who took part must have come across him, the DX station (can't remember his
> call sign) who was running and consistently gave the exchange "five nine
> seventy three" :-)
>
>
> 73
>
> Chris / LA8OM
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Art Boyarsartboyars at gmail.com
> Thu Mar 9 20:16:53 EST 2017
>
> ________________________________
>
> Cute, Ken.
>
> My own experience (at M-M, certainly not at home) has been trying to coax
> the power from (usually) a slow rag chewing South American multiplier. To
> start with, he is flabbergasted. He never got so many LOUD answers to a
> simple CQ on 15M or 10M before!
>
> SA Mult: W3xxx DE yy2yy RRR TU OM 589 589 OP JUAN JUAN W3xxx DE yy2yy K
>
> W3xxx: yy2yy DE W3xxx R TU DR JUAN UR RST 599 599 QTH MD MD OP JOE JOE BT
> HR RIG KW KW BT PSE UR WATTS? yy2yy DE W3xxx K
>
> SA Mult: W3xxx DE yy2yy RRR TU OM JOE 73 ES DX W3xxx DE yy2yy SK dit dit
>
> W3xxx: R TU JUAN 73 yy2yy DE W3xxx SK dit dit
>
> Well, you heard him -- he said 73 watts, and that's what goes in the log.
>
> (BTW, I am NOT complaining about his linguistic skills. He speaks English
> a lot better than I speak Spanish. And I appreciate his efforts at making
> QSOs.)
>
> And 73 to you, OM
>
> Art K3KU
>
>
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