[SCCC] September VHF - N7DA

[Drew Arnett]

They are going to need a few years before they have enough attention
span for that.  But for about 7.83 seconds, it was the coolest thing
ever.  :-)

> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:33:25 -0700
> From: "Dennis Younker NE6I" <NE6I at cox.net>
> To: "'Southern Cal Contest Club'" <sccc at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [SCCC] September VHF - N7DA
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> Cool stories, Drew! You should have let the kids talk to Arizona. They might
> have been hooked for life!
>
> --Dennis NE6I
>
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> From: SCCC <sccc-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Drew Arnett
> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2023 9:36 PM
> To: Southern Cal Contest Club <sccc at contesting.com>
> Subject: [SCCC] September VHF - N7DA
>
> I went out a bit on Saturday primarily to work the ops on San Clemente.
> Took a 10 GHz rig and HTs for 2, 222, 440, and 1290.
> Worked an op south of me when I was sitting at the north side base of a
> mountain with an HT.  San Clemente ops weren't ready yet, so took lunch.
> After lunch, went out to Double Peak Park.  Worked San Clemente on all bands
> and including both of the new 10 GHz ops.  (Yes, they had two rigs.)  Worked
> a number of other stations, but traffic was lighter than June as it usually
> is.
>
> Seeing the CB (thunderstorm) clouds in the distance, I texted N6RMJ to see
> if he was up for a rainscatter contact on 10 GHz.  (My mistake during the
> September 10 GHz weekend was roving instead of staying put and capitalizing
> on the rain scatter. so I owed Pat a QSO.)  The rain cell was up around
> Mojave and I could see it, so it was easy to line up.  SIgnals were loud.
> We exchanged on SSB first then switched to FM where he was full quieting.
>
> My not checking my work score is 624 but the log form said 546.  Not going
> to check the work or search out the mistake.  Turned it in for SCCC as
> usual.  Sometimes my contributions are small.  :-)
>
> As usual, go out to the park with VHF rigs, or even better a dish, and folks
> have to ask.  Had some good ones this time.  A young vet asked about the
> radio gear as he used radios but didn't specialize in them in the service.
> A couple of kids around 7 years old asked and I pointed to the cloud and
> said I was talking to someone in AZ bouncing off of the rain drops.  They
> were old enough to know AZ is long way away.  "Wow, that is so cool!" ...
> It was the most exciting thing ever for them for just under 10 seconds, then
> they were off to exploring rocks and bugs again.  :-)
>
> We had the tropical storm for the September weekend and the marine layer was
> extra thick and drizzly (in September???), but the 10 and Up contest was
> good.  Lots of operators were on.  And quite a few new operators both in the
> SDG and LAX areas.  New ops were doing great.
> Was actually hard to try to work everyone, because it was so busy.
>
> Fun stuff.
>
> Drew
> n7da
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