Darn it, you're making me envious! I was inactive in the 80's and made my
foray onto VHF weak-signal and contesting in the early 90's. I haven't
experienced anything like that and keep hoping the next contest will be
like that. Maybe some day ...
73, Zack W9SZ
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Paul Kiesel wrote:
> What the heck, I will, too:
>
> I was living in Midland, TX for the 1987 June test.
>
> My 6-meter antenna was down leaning against the
> garage, but I still worked 130 grids running just 15
> watts from my transverter. 432 tropo was great. I
> worked WB0DRL, Loren. I got a call from Dean, WA0TKJ
> and we worked handily. I worked all over the southern
> Great Plains and into Louisiana on 432. I worked all
> W4 states on 144 sporadic-E. Also worked W6 stations
> simultaneously with W4s. It was mass mayhem. And, FUN!
>
> 73,
> Paul, K7CW
>
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