[NCC] ARRL CW Feb 20- next weekend

[Thomas Roscoe]

I also have a contract with Tarzan Tree Removal this spring to take down 
4 trees, grind stumps, and top one other. One is a danger to both towers 
and back deck of home.
I will be on this weekend if snow and ice permits!
Yes, Ohio is bad for the vaccine. Here in Trumbull Co., we are close to 
the bottom of the list for Ohio counties to rcve vaccines. Me and Diane 
are on a list but never heard anything yet. So until then, we are living 
under a rock.
GL to all this weekend.
K8CX

On 2/15/2021 1:16 AM, tleek8az wrote:
> Yo Dan & group.
>
> Hope all of you are hunkered down for another NE Ohio February storm.  We
> should all take comfort:  Word from the Southwest is that big stations in
> Texas and Oklahoma are getting clobbered with ice, wind and snow.  Lots of
> big antennas are getting ruined this week.  Thoughts and prayers go out to
> those guys.
>
> It's been more than 30 years since we've missed entering ARRL CW DX Contest
> at K8AZ, but it looks like 2021 will be the first year that happens -- at
> least as for any serious entry.  Last week, I signed a $5k contract with a
> tree service to take down eight trees, most of which suffered damage during
> the December/January ice storms (plus a couple of which were close to the
> guys for the 40m tower and just too big for comfort.)  To accomplish that,
> lots of elevated radials needed to be out of the way -- and about half of
> the ones at issue were already down because of the earlier storms, so some
> of the decision was simple.  But a lot of the antennas are just not usable,
> and then there is this COVID thing, and (in Ohio) the inability to get
> vaccine appointments, even for those who are eligible.  So, I decided to
> pull the plug on any serious operation.
>
> (This doesn't mean I won't get on and hack around.  But a serious operation
> is definitely out of the question.)
>
> Good luck to all the Warriors.  And remember -- the point of these contests
> is to suck up the joy of this radio hobby we all love and HAVE FUN!
>
> 73,
> Tom, K8AZ
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 11:05 AM Dan <w8car at buckeye-express.com> wrote:
>
>> It’s that time of almost Spring to check your antennas (which you can do
>> this weekend with the HCQP, PA and CQWPXRTTY tests).
>> Get you radios ready, your filters sharpened and your memories loaded for
>> the ARRL DX CW weekend.
>>
>> The reflector has been very quiet so let’s wake it up with your plans.
>>
>> W8CAR with be SOHP (A?) part/full timeish depending on condx and sleep
>> pattern.
>>
>> If you’re remote, at home or in JA let us know your plans!
>>
>> Stay safe and remember- with the wx in OH ,PA and NY there is nothing
>> better than participating in ARRL DX next weekend.
>>
>> 73 Dan W8CAR
>> the masked whipper
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