R.F. Collins wrote in message
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On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:16:24 -0500, dxAce
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"R.F. Collins" wrote:

6V6U booming in on 14.3475 at 2130Z

Glad you brought that up. I went looking through my old ham QSL's and
found that
I worked 6W7OG Senegal back in 1989.

Also found a VQ9WM Diego Garcia QSL from 1990.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Those were good years. Sunspot numbers were up near 200 back then. I
got my ticket in time for the next cycle peak around 2000. I wonder
what it was like around 1958 when the numbers reached around 250?
That must have been awesome.

But on the other hand I managed to work two stations in Japan this
afternoon which I never expected. They were at the upper end of 20
meters. Pretty weak but there was no big pileup and I was surprised
they heard me with my terrible SWR. There is a good side to the
contests.

Jim

http://www.dxlc.com/solar/

My very first transcontinental DX was 6W8DD on 15M novice band about 1963.
What a thrill- I was probably a bit of a lid as I had no clue how to work a
pile up- but there were gentlemen on the band back then and willing to put
up with a novice.

Dale W4OP