[RSM] cq ww

[Dan Keizer]

haha - no worries Tom -- did not recognize the voice though ...

... lucky skunk ...

73, Dan ve4drk

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Tom Haavisto <kamham69 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> That was probably me that called you Ed.  In my defense,  I will claim
> sleep deprivation combined with high run rates for the error.  Lets just
> say that 15 was smokin hot!  Think I did a couple of hours close to
> 300/hr.  Will have to wait for a copy of the log, but we did have one hour
> that was around 650 or so.
>
> Damn them crappy conditions!
>
> Tom  VE3CX / PJ2T , sitting in Toronto
>
>
> Sent from Samsung tablet
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From Dan Keizer <ve4drk at gmail.com>
> Date: 10-31-2016 20:09 (GMT-05:00)
> To rsm at contesting.com
> Subject [RSM] cq ww
>
>
> Of course, the strongest station I can hear is always Ed down the road ...
> still whacks out a section of the band for me ;-)
>
> Didn't hear alot of the guys on ...  other than Ed, I did hear Harm
> working, but didn't work him.  I heard John VJR working guys.
>
>
> You may (or may not) have noticed I used a new callsign ... I worked Ed a
> couple of times before he figured to check out who this "new" guy was ...
> came back a minute later "hey - didn't know it was you!" .. haha ...
> Had the obligatory "TV?"  "EA"? etc ;-)  Even had PJ2T call me "ed"!
>
> you guys were chatting .. as Cary msg'ed me saying "really?" ... you know
> the tone ...
> I did hear Cary making a run on Sunday I think - so had to jump in.  For
> some reason his signal was stronger.
> I did work 6SV Jerry was on the line at the time
> Some of the other local calls I heard ... DDW, AMP, DPR.  I worked VY2TT -
> sounded like Cary -- but I guess not.
>
> Anyways -- score from 3830 is below -- sad:
>
> CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
>
> Call: VE4EV
> Operator(s): VE4EV
> Station: VE4EV
>
> Class: SOAB LP
> QTH: CANADA
> Operating Time (hrs): 23
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ------------------------------
>   160:    1     1        1
>    80:    3     1        2
>    40:   26     6        8
>    20:  169    12       19
>    15:   40    10       20
>    10:    7     5        6
> ------------------------------
> Total:  246    35       56  Total Score = 40,040
>
> Club: Radiosport Manitoba
>
> Comments:
>
> I didn't feel bad only working less than half the contest!
> First time using the new call - made for some interesting questions a few
> times
> - been called some other guys too :-)
> I had to put a sheet with BIG LETTERS next to my monitor for my callsign to
> remind myself to use the right call! ... hopefully I didn't bork anyone
> else's
> call ... had a few runs busy - but beyond that - don't know what to say.  I
> could tell the conditions were bad - heard some of the other guys
> commenting as
> well, so I did about the same as last year I suspect - maybe less
> considering
> the time.  Had to walk outside one day to see if my antennas had come down
> --
> my noise floor dropped considerably all of a sudden! ... then back to
> normal.
> Sunday mid afternoon was a bit of an opening.
> Enjoyed it - but also was aggravating -- who knew?!
> 73, Dan VE4EV (VE4DRK)
>
>
>
> Dan.
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