Wow Dave, after all that and missing most of it,
you still work more grids than me !
I remember an old horror movie about wasp venom
giving super-powers, "Wasp Woman" I think.
Must be all that wasp venom transformed you into
The "Man of Steel" Super-Op !
Oh by the way, in the movie, the wasp venom
worked really good - right up until it killed her !
Anyway it was fun working both you and Al up there.
-73, Ron WZ1V
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Olean" <k1whs@metrocast.net>
To: <VHFcontesting@contesting.com>, <NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 16:38:14 -0400
Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] [VHFcontesting] 222 Sprint
> I had forgotten that the 222 Sprint was on Tuesday evening, so the XYL
and I
> stopped for a leisurely dinner on our way home from our camp on Tues. I
got
> home at 8 PM and realized the Sprint was on. A quick run up the hill and
> then realized I had no radio installed for 222. (Not good) I also noticed
> that the 222/432 shack was infested with wasps. They were bunched in
groups
> around the corners of the room and around the air conditioner. I tried
> spraying and that really got them upset. I got stung three times on the
left
> arm and things got so bad I had to retreat from the building until a bit
> after 9 PM. By then, most of the wasps were writhing on the floor. There
> were several hundred of them. It was a mess. My arm was starting to
swell,
> but I started in after hooking up my two meter radio in the 222 slot.
> Usually by two hours into the Sprint, many stations go QRT, so I had to
> scrape for the QSOs. I heard no one in FN35, and precious little from
> Western NY save for N2SLN, and KA2LIM. Not much to the South with maybe
two
> FM19 stations worked. I was happy to find N3RN in FN11, and of course,
Phil,
> K3TUF with a rock crushing signal from FN10. I also kept getting buzzed
by
> angry wasps all evening. When I quit just before 11 PM, my left arm was
very
> swollen. It looked a bit like Popeye's arms after eating his spinach. I
> ended up with about 35 Qs in 18 grids. I almost missed my own grid, but
WA1T
> showed up late and we had a QSO across the lake at about 2 miles.
> With all the troubles here, I must say I have had better Sprints, but
> anytime I can work stuff on 222 is a good time. All the gear seemed to
work
> OK.
>
> 73
> Dave K1WHS
>
>
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