Topband: First JA !. . .NB report.

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

After all this time (31½ yrs), I finally have a JA in the TOPBAND log. 
Whew... JA7NI peaked true S-meter (IC-736) 579 here this morning, just 
before SR and I was vy thankful for his awesome ears and powerful station.

That being said, there was a (well meaning?) station west of me somewhere 
trying to work JA7QVI with my call !
Sorry OM, but if you are reading this, it would be a hollow victory for me 
to be in Tac's logbook without a 'real' QSO.

Great condx here this morning.....

Heard several Ja's......DQH, QVI <true> 519-559 on peaks...... TX3A peaked 
579 well after my SR (still not in log)...VE1ZZ (to my east) was still 
working Asia with the sun well up above the horizon.  Jack, your stn is top 
notch.

W4ZV reported I was calling off QRG by ~150Hz....thanks for that Bill.  I 
will either cal. the rig again, or keep XIT on.

Now, what's up with the TX3A pileup? <on soapbox> He would call WO0OOO 
(ficticious callsign) and a dozen guys with calls like KH5EEE (ficticious 
callsign) would reply....I have to give them credit...they pretty much stuck 
to whatever call they had (even if a partial) until the QSO was made, or 
nothing was copied on their end....things were going painfully slow @ times, 
so I can just imagine the horrendous noise on their end......C'mon, let us 
each make our own QSO. <off soapbox>

Respectfully and with bleeding eardrums,

Mike VE9AA (FN66na)......1/4WL ½ sloper @ 24' on 48' tower.........700W, 
Ic-736


Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1