[SECC] Crazy spots

Bill Coleman aa4lr at arrl.net
Wed Feb 22 21:31:30 EST 2006


On Feb 20, 2006, at 12:44 PM, K4SAV wrote:

> Anyone notice all those crazy spots Sunday afternoon? After a few
> legitimate spots of 6V6U, the tube craze started with spots like 6AU6,
> 5U4GB, and 3CX1500.  Then there was another legitimate spot RG9A, that
> triggered RG8X and RG59AX.

The first one was 5U4GB.

There are also a few antenna spots. TH6DXX was one that came from NQ4I.

>   Maybe it was SO2R and RD3A (legitimate) that
> produced R2D2 and C3PO.  There were a few others that I can't  
> remember.
> I'm sure it sent a lot of people to 10 meters.

I think the guys at one of the M/Ms got really bored. It liven things  
up for a few minutes on a Sunday afternoon. We all had a good laugh  
over it.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901



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