[RSM] VE6RAC - A Very Lonely Night

[K0JP]

I had a similar experience while running on 20 (yes 20 was good enough 
that I did have a couple of decent runs). While calling CQ I heard a 
weak station also CQing frequency. I listened and found it was VY1RAC! 
It was a difficult Q but he went in the log, too. I would have never 
found him had he not been under my nose.

It was a very good Canada Day event. No Multi/Single...Shelley was not 
inclined to operate (saving herself for the DL-DX RTTY) so I did an 
SOLP/AB. The number of Canadian stations and RACs worked this year was 
incredible and the points per Q increased my score significantly. (412 
Qs/66,240 points last year and 433 Qs/89,284 points this year).

No VE4 in the log but I did try working VE4VT and VE4CDX to no avail. A 
huge number of VE3s, especially on 20 where propagation was short, 
helped the QSO total.

73,

Jack, VE3RUA/K0JP

On 2020-07-01 9:15 p.m., Tom Haavisto wrote:
> Funny thing about that...
>
> It happened to me... twice.  On 20 and 40...  I am pointed east, busy
> running guys, and I hear a weak one in there.  Start switching directions
> to find him.
> Lo and behold - there is VE4RAC - CQing away - on my frequency!  Takes a
> few tries to get his attention, and in the log he goes.
>
> No idea how this worked out.  Clearly, with me pointed east, he could not
> hear me.  Its just the luck of the draw that - point west, and there he
> is!  I am looking for him, and all I need to do is point the right way <big
> smile>.
>
> No complaints - just glad he went in the log :-)
>
> Tom - VE3CX
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> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 2:39 AM Gord Kosmenko <gord.kosmenko at gmail.com>
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>> It's a very lonely, noisy night with endless unanswered CQ's
>> no VE4's on 160M tonight on any mode ....
>>
>> Where's VE4RAC ?
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/fol6b5zt6bhtzya/IMG_0376.jpg?dl=0
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