[RSM] cq ww

[Tom Haavisto]

There was a dozen of us, so hard to say who it was....  In the log,
sometimes a quick 'hello', and on to the next one.

Tom


On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 8:12 PM, Dan Keizer <ve4drk at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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