[CQ-Contest] 73 watts

[Steve Lott]

ron not run   gee my keboard typing :!



http://www.KG5VK.com
My Ham Radio Friends


On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 8:19 AM, Steve Lott <lottsphoto at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with run, thought it was an excellent touch
>
> he could have easily just said 100 watts
> but no fun in that
>
> hey I logged both of them that gave me 73
>
> bet they both had a few that said no what is your power :)
>
> cheers!
> steve
> KG5VK
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> My Ham Radio Friends
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> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:35 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>  Actually Chris, there were at least two different stations doing that.
>>
>>
>> Now a real stinker would sit back and say "Can they PROVE they were only
>> running exactly 73 Watts output?"
>>
>>
>> But me?  I enjoyed the nice touch with a smile and moved on to the next
>> contact!
>>
>>
>> 73, ron w3wn
>>
>>
>> On 03/10/17, chris quale wrote:
>>
>> Art;
>>
>>
>> I didn't participate in ARRL DX SSB in any of the aforementioned optional
>> ways. But I listened in on the bands a couple of times. Surely some of you
>> who took part must have come across him, the DX station (can't remember his
>> call sign) who was running and consistently gave the exchange "five nine
>> seventy three" :-)
>>
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Chris / LA8OM
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
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>>
>> Art Boyarsartboyars at gmail.com
>> Thu Mar 9 20:16:53 EST 2017
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> Cute, Ken.
>>
>> My own experience (at M-M, certainly not at home) has been trying to coax
>> the power from (usually) a slow rag chewing South American multiplier. To
>> start with, he is flabbergasted. He never got so many LOUD answers to a
>> simple CQ on 15M or 10M before!
>>
>> SA Mult: W3xxx DE yy2yy RRR TU OM 589 589 OP JUAN JUAN W3xxx DE yy2yy K
>>
>> W3xxx: yy2yy DE W3xxx R TU DR JUAN UR RST 599 599 QTH MD MD OP JOE JOE BT
>> HR RIG KW KW BT PSE UR WATTS? yy2yy DE W3xxx K
>>
>> SA Mult: W3xxx DE yy2yy RRR TU OM JOE 73 ES DX W3xxx DE yy2yy SK dit dit
>>
>> W3xxx: R TU JUAN 73 yy2yy DE W3xxx SK dit dit
>>
>> Well, you heard him -- he said 73 watts, and that's what goes in the log.
>>
>> (BTW, I am NOT complaining about his linguistic skills. He speaks English
>> a lot better than I speak Spanish. And I appreciate his efforts at making
>> QSOs.)
>>
>> And 73 to you, OM
>>
>> Art K3KU
>>
>>
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