Topband: VP8STI Humor, Design engineer trauma

[bob hervatine]

Absolute zilch heard on TB tonight here at my QTH in central CA (DM06) until the last 30 minutes before VP8STI s/r, when I was blessed with a few random and brief periods (of perhaps 10 seconds or less) of 'something' bubbling just below my ability to copy. Last trace of anything was right at STI's s/r. 

This is slightly better than the previous evening, when I had two brief 'almost copy' rises.

VP8STI was near armchair copy on 80CW most of the evening when I'd go up there to check. Still had cpy on 80m 30 minutes after VP8STI s/r.

Rx antenna here is a K9AY loop, but I'm not convinced a BOG or above ground beverage would have helped that much the past two evenings.

(BTW, I am NOT the 'Bob' referred to by K9YC. I never tx-ed tonight.)

Congrats to all who DID make it tonight, and GL to those of us still hunting.

Bob N2NS
(central California DM06)

> To: topband at contesting.com
> From: jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 22:45:13 -0800
> Subject: Re: Topband: VP8STI Humor, Design engineer trauma
> 
> On Sat,1/23/2016 10:15 PM, Milt wrote:
> > 73, and good night.  GL with your quest. 
> 
> And to you, Milt.  Not a dit here either. I wrote down calls of several 
> dozen stations who called, mostly for brief periods. I took that to mean 
> that 1) they worked them or 2) they no longer heard them. :) I heard Bob 
> calling and then give them a report, then call later and give them a 
> report. I heard that with several stations.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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