[3830] VO2AC - Stew Perry

Chris VE3FU / VO2AC ve3fu@rac.ca
Mon, 04 Jan 1999 21:06:40 -0500


Call: VO2AC
Category: Low Power

Band      QSOs     points
-------------------------
160         20        172
-------------------------
TOTAL       20        172

Nothing serious.  I was back home in Labrador for Christmas so I thought
I'd play around and see if I could actually work somebody.  If you'd seen
my antenna, you've have known why .... about 150 feet (at most) of wire
strung out the basement window, up the side of the house, across the top,
to the neighbours house, and back to the patio wall.  At the highest point,
it was maybe 25 feet from the ground.  Anybody passing between my parents
house and the neighbours on snowmobile were lucky not to get caught in the
wire!

Stongest signals:  K2TOP and NB1B

Best DX: RW2F and G0IVZ (Actually the ONLY EU DX heard and first DX ever
for me from VO2 on 160m)

Stations called, but not worked that I can remember:  WP2/WB9Z, W9RE, K5NZ

I usually had to call several times before I even got a "?".  K1KI was the
only one to copy my call on the first try.  Actually had 2 stations call
me.  I remember calling K5NZ (?) and getting nowhere fast.  K1ZM called me
on K5NZ's freq.  We worked and I could still hear K5NZ CQing away beneath us.

I was surprised to hear RW2F CQing just inside the DX window and nobody
calling him.  After calling for a few minutes I finally got through and
after about 10 minutes we finally got the exchanges.  I think he was as
surprised to work me as I was to work him.  Thanks for sticking with me!

73,


Chris  VE3FU / VO2AC

ve3fu@rac.ca               (home)
cada@cyberus.ca            (home)
chrisal@nortelnetworks.com (work)

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