That was the W2LV guys from the Sussex County ARC (NJ). They have
been operating there for over 30 years now, and have always treated
visitors well. They are indeed Good Ambassadors! I am happy to call
them my friends.
Warren - K2BM
Trustee - N2NK
http://www.normanoch-vhf.org
At 11:16 AM 6/18/2011, Walter A. Carrington wrote:
>A young woman thru-hiking the Appalachian trail from Georgia to Maine
>writes about how she was treated well by a multiop on the Appalachian
>Trail in the vicinity of the Delaware Water Gap (probably east of DWG).
>Anybody know what station this was?
>"A couple miles in I ran into a bunch of guys at the top of a mountain.
>There was
>a tower and the were assembling their own radio tower. They were very
>sweet and
>offered me a seat in the shade under their tarp and a cold pepsi. They
>told me
>how they were in a competition, where the winner makes the most contacts
>with
>their radios. This team had only five. The team on graylock has dozens
>and they
>only ever lost three times, apparently it was a huge deal. These guys
>have been
>doing this for longer then I'm old."
>by Amish, trailjournals.com
>
>K1CMF June results,
>87 Qs 63 grids, 5481 points.
>There were Es on 6 most of Saturday and almost all of Sunday. Sometimes
>only 1 or 2 stations were coming through on Es, sometimes many. 2
>meters was dead.
>
>--Walter, K1CMF
>
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