Jerry,
Yes it is indeed addictive. The other morning I called NH7O in HI and he came
back.
and I am still on an amazing high.
You never know.
I was running a K1 at 5 watts CW with a clandestine wire in the woods
from my condo here in NH, and almost fell over. The addiction began here :-)
An old(er) timer once said to drink lots of water before going to bed
as an aid to waking up often during the night.
I don't need any extra water to get up often at my age, and this 160m
compulsion may be ruining my health. And not only that, I almost wore
out my old keyboard checking LOTW so often until the KH7O QSL arrived.
I am now winding this huge toroid transformer and wondering how to plant
an FCP discretely in the woods in back of the condo. Total madness.
The excitement is building !
Congratulations and good luck !
jim / W1FMR
From: Jerry Keller (K3BZ) <k3bz@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Topband: My First DX
To: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulcoetzee@yahoo.com>
Cc: "(REFLECTOR) Topband" <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, January 23, 2012, 6:26 PM
Heartfelt thanks to Raoul and all the many other topbanders that have emailed
me their congrats and best wishes here on the reflector (you know who you are).
I’m surprised and touched by the generous welcome you’ve given me. Now I see
why 160M is called the “gentleman’s band”. Me even more happy now.
73, Jerry K3BZ
From: Raoul Coetzee
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 6:16 AM
To: Jerry Keller (K3BZ)
Subject: Re: Topband: My First DX
Congrtas but Be warned: its addictive!!
Be prepared for waking up at all hours to look for dx on 160m, to build better
and worse antennas, to read up on 160m while it is light outside,
arranging your habits to sync with sunrise and sunset.
From now on when you see a sunrise and you do not have a radio on, you will
always wonder what rare dx my be on 160m that you are missing!
Enjoy, its a wonderfull journey!
Kind regards,
Raoul ZS1REC
CWops 338
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From: Jerry Keller (K3BZ) <k3bz@verizon.net>
To: (REFLECTOR) Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 6:44 AM
Subject: Topband: My First DX
Pardon my exuberance, but I worked my very first Topband DX this evening...
PJ4C on Bonaire. Me happy.
73, Jerry K3BZ
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