[RTTY] RTTY Roundup K7ZUM Single Op HP

Ken K7ZUM Ken.Knopp at verizon.net
Sun Jan 4 20:39:04 EST 2004


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>                     ARRL RTTY Roundup
>
> Call: K7ZUM
> Operator(s): K7ZUM
> Station: K7ZUM
>
> Class: Single Op HP
> QTH: OR
> Operating Time (hrs): 21
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs
> ------------
>    80:  108
>    40:   95
>    20:  310
>    15:  291
>    10:  125
> ------------
> Total:  929  State/Prov = 53  Countries = 28  Total Score = 75,249
>
> Club: Willamette Valley DX Club
>
> Comments:
>
> What a great time !! cept, where was europe ?? and what happened to the
JA'S
> ??
> and the Russian's ??  guess it was a good thing all the U.S. Canadian and
> South
> American stations were on, as I would have had nobody to help me play with
my
> toys !!  Speaking of toys !! was on 10 mtrs this afternoon CQ'ing away and
> looked out my kitchen window, was a couple of the younger nieghbor kids
out
> front with puzzled looks on there faces, stood up and noticed they both
had
> brand new el-cheapo radio controlled race cars !! yep, you guys guessed
it,
> every time I would call C.Q. or answer a call, I would stop those little
race
> cars !! I would quit transmitting, they'd work again, I'd transmit, they'd
stop
> dead in there tracks !! poor kids, they were picking there cars up,
shaking the
> heck out of them, changing batteries, putting them back on the ground,
kicking
> them, shoving them, etc., and me ?? I was standing up watching, laughing
so hard
> I had tears rolling down my cheeks, trying (had a good run going) to see
the
> calls on the screen through the tears, run rates, push buttons, watch
kids, etc.
> what great fun this RTTY round up was !!
>      and If those kids (and parents) ever figure out what happened, I
might come
> home some day to my tower sawed off at ground level, and my antenna's sold
for
> scrap !!
>
> 73's and thanks to everybody for working me !
>
> Ken...... K7ZUM
>
>
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