[TowerTalk] any chance for a qso for sweepstakes

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

I would have been more active but forgot about the contest. but many do not
know that KV4FZ is an original VI call sign and still is located on St.
Croix.  BTW.....NP2P is a club call from my QTH and is also completely
remote with a Flex 6600M and Maestro control from anywhere in the word.  I
don't know if the 'ARRL permits this sort of operation for SS under their
current rules but the performance is awesome with on-screen rotor control
and 4O3A antenna switching.

Herb, KV4FZ

On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 12:47 AM Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

> On 11/5/2018 7:59 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> > I can remember several times when I was called
> > by a KL7 operating stateside with no portable
> > identifier and turned the beam towards KL7
> > only to have the signal disappear and then have
> > to turn it back, needlessly wasting time for
> > both of us.
>
> Something I don't understand, Rick. You're running, he calls you, you
> hear him. Why turn the beam? The only times I do that (or switch
> antennas) is if he's weak and hard to copy. I've never considered
> automating my rotaters because I don't want to add to their wear and tear!
>
> > Jim is "excused."  "Everyone" knows he is in
> > W6
>
> Um -- the contest club of which we are both members and you were
> President a few years ago has more than a dozen very active members who
> have kept our non-six-area calls, and none of us ever sign /6. I've
> never understood why a few guys do -- it takes more time send and copy
> and log. And I NEVER log /n designators for US calls.
>
> K7SV lives in VA, K5ZD lives in MA, N8OO in LA, K8TE and N2IC in NM,
> K6LL in AZ, K2AV in NC, K4XU, W2VJN, KA6BIM, and N6TR in OR, N2BJ in IL,
> N3BB in TX, K2SX in SC, KU8E in GA, K0EJ and W9WI in TN. Lots of guys
> with 2-calls have either moved or have homes in FL or AZ. K2LE often
> operates from VT. All are very active contesters, none ever sign /n.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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