[VHFcontesting] CQ WW

[alex at kr1st.com]

Hi Herb,

Thanks neighbor! I'm glad I got WA2FGK in the log one last time! WA2FGK 
be missed, but I wish you good luck with your portable operations and I 
look forward to working you many more times!

73,
--Alex KR1ST


On 2022-07-18 14:27, Herb Krumich via VHFcontesting wrote:
> I had mentioned I would try an put a decent effort into this
> contestFrom our 10 band station, I am down to only 50 mhz.I was only
> able to operate for the first hour and a half on Saturday beforehaving
> to take 4 hours off. Conditions were spotty at best but did
> workstations to the south and picked up some nice gridsI got back on
> the air around 8pm and stayed until things slowed down around
> 11:30. Sunday I was back on at 8am and contacts remained steady.I
> don't want to get into the FT8 vs SSB comparisons . As they say"It is
> what it is".A few quick openings during the afternoon came from the
> Caribbean and EA plus CT'sBut only a few stations were worked. A new
> grid on a grind-out was appreciated.I probably did miss grids during
> my Saturday dinner time excursion's.To those who worked WA2FGK, this
> will be the last time the call will be used in a VHF contest.I want to
> thank Buzz WA4GPM for being my 100th grid worked in this contest This
> past week I uploaded enough contacts on LOTW to get me over the
> 100,000level on the low bands with my call K2LNS. This was part of my
> bucket list.Our once great station is now totally shut down on the
> hill in Bear Creek Twp., Pa.I've been making home improvements for the
> last year and taking down towersFour towers have been removed with
> three to go. I was hoping to sell this year, but it won't happen until
> 2023.My future plans will be a small system on the low bands and a VHF
> portable I have everything gathered to operate from 50-1296 low
> power.Surely hope to do this for a few more years.Everyone = Thank you
> for over 60 years of VHF contesting. It's been a blast.Ten's of
> Thousands of contacts on AM-CW-SSB-FM-JT65-MSK144-FT8 EME- Meteors
> etcAnd the best part is "I lived to tell this story". Score this
> weekend297 contacts and 102 grids for 30,294Keep the bands active
> gents. Any mode will do73Herb K2LNSStation mgr for the WA2FGK station
> "RIP"
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