Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:45:46 -0500, KØHB wrote:
So who broke the 10 meter band? More so who is going to fix it and
when? (Better be someone good as the last one who worked on it didn't
do so good.......downright well..... unsatisfactory!)

I suspect most scores from this weekend may look more like the typical
number of band changes on a multi-band contest than total score.

So, where were you??

QSO: 28021 CW 2007-12-08 1544 W9WI 599 TN WA0MHJ 599 MN
QSO: 28005 CW 2007-12-08 1600 W9WI 599 TN K0AD 599 MN
QSO: 28005 CW 2007-12-08 1610 W9WI 599 TN K0RC 599 MN
QSO: 28014 CW 2007-12-09 0157 W9WI 599 TN N0UY 599 MN
QSO: 28020 CW 2007-12-09 0314 W9WI 599 TN K0TCP 599 MN
QSO: 28003 CW 2007-12-09 1625 W9WI 599 TN KR0B 599 MN
QSO: 28003 CW 2007-12-09 1643 W9WI 599 TN AC0W 599 MN
QSO: 28039 CW 2007-12-09 1707 W9WI 599 TN W0LS 599 MN
QSO: 28021 CW 2007-12-09 1713 W9WI 599 TN N0AT 599 MN
QSO: 28017 CW 2007-12-09 1719 W9WI 599 TN KN0V 599 MN
QSO: 28017 CW 2007-12-09 1741 W9WI 599 TN KI0F 599 MN
QSO: 28017 CW 2007-12-09 1806 W9WI 599 TN K0SR 599 MN
w9wi@linux5:~/Contests$

(I don't see K0HB in this list!)

The first five QSOs were pretty weak on scatter, but the other seven were
pretty loud. Decent (though weak) Es opening up your way.

Managed just shy of 400 QSOs.

Oh, and the DX wasn't completely missing either:

QSO: 28002 CW 2007-12-08 1542 W9WI 599 TN ZW5B 599 114
QSO: 28003 CW 2007-12-08 1543 W9WI 599 TN WP4I 599 52
QSO: 28024 CW 2007-12-09 1412 W9WI 599 TN HD2A 599 234
QSO: 28029 CW 2007-12-09 1542 W9WI 599 TN PJ2T 599 180
QSO: 28003 CW 2007-12-09 1611 W9WI 599 TN ZS6WN 599 011
QSO: 28034 CW 2007-12-09 1705 W9WI 599 TN ZS1EL 599 193

There was more DX (notably HP1WW and HK1KYR) that faded out before I could
work them.

I did however get a BUNCH of reading (and my Christmas cards) done during
the contest...

I never considered a serious effort at this point the cycle. I did
about three hours in the contest and quit when the Steelers-Patriots
game began. I must have missed the DX. I worked SOAB HP mixed with:

71 QSOs 18 States on CW

47 QSOs 17 States on SSB

Total 13,370 mostly search and pounce

Dave K8MN

when the Steelers-Patriots game began.

Not being from the US, this is a phenomenon of which I am unfamiliar.

What's it all about?

--
Jack VK2CJC / MM0AXL
FISTS #9666 CW Ops QRP Club #753
Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group www.mncarg.org
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Jack VK2CJC wrote:
when the Steelers-Patriots game began.

Not being from the US, this is a phenomenon of which I am unfamiliar.

What's it all about?

--
Jack VK2CJC / MM0AXL
FISTS #9666 CW Ops QRP Club #753
Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group www.mncarg.org
Skype- vk2cjc MSN Messenger- (this emails return address)

Hi Jack,

It's what we call football (played with protective padding) in the states.
I would hazard a guess that soccer or rugby (played w/o padding) is a bit
rougher.
I understand that the difference between soccer and rugby is that in soccer,
injuring your opponent is incidental to scoring while in rugby, scoring is
incidental to injuring your opponent. ;-)

73,
Bryan WA7PRC

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"Bryan" writes:
Jack VK2CJC wrote:
when the Steelers-Patriots game began.

Not being from the US, this is a phenomenon of which I am unfamiliar.

What's it all about?

--
Jack VK2CJC / MM0AXL
FISTS #9666 CW Ops QRP Club #753
Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group www.mncarg.org
Skype- vk2cjc MSN Messenger- (this emails return address)

Hi Jack,

It's what we call football (played with protective padding) in the states.
I would hazard a guess that soccer or rugby (played w/o padding) is a bit
rougher.
I understand that the difference between soccer and rugby is that in soccer,
injuring your opponent is incidental to scoring while in rugby, scoring is
incidental to injuring your opponent. ;-)

73,
Bryan WA7PRC

Look at his call. Then ask him about his brand of football!!

bill
KB3YV

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| and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton |
Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include std.disclaimer.h

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
Bryan writes:
Jack VK2CJC wrote:
when the Steelers-Patriots game began.

Not being from the US, this is a phenomenon of which I am unfamiliar.

What's it all about?

--
Jack VK2CJC / MM0AXL
FISTS #9666 CW Ops QRP Club #753
Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group www.mncarg.org
Skype- vk2cjc MSN Messenger- (this emails return address)

Hi Jack,

It's what we call football (played with protective padding) in the
states.
I would hazard a guess that soccer or rugby (played w/o padding) is a
bit
rougher.
I understand that the difference between soccer and rugby is that in
soccer,
injuring your opponent is incidental to scoring while in rugby, scoring
is
incidental to injuring your opponent. ;-)

73,
Bryan WA7PRC

Look at his call. Then ask him about his brand of football!!

bill
KB3YV

Yes, I've worked many VK... I should've mentioned Australian Rules Football.
A friend (with tongue in cheek) explained it to me, "The first rule is,
there are no rules." ;-)
As a kid, we used to play touch (American) football in the schoolyard. It
was too easy to tag a ball carrier, so we made it two-handed. That was too
easy, so we made it two-handed-below-the-knees. Whether your tagged the
ball carrier or not, you were headed for the ground. The question was how
much it was going to hurt! ;-)
73,
Bryan WA7PRC

What!!! Football made you miss part of a 10mtr band contest????

Well.... I dont know what to say.....
I...... I...... I.......
I'm shocked and appauled


)

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:27:36 -0500, Jack VK2CJC wrote:

What!!! Football made you miss part of a 10mtr band contest????

Well.... I dont know what to say.....
I...... I...... I.......
I'm shocked and appauled

The *real* ham would have installed a TV tuner card in his hamshack
computer & operated during the time-outs.

(which seem to comprise 90% of the broadcast of an American football game...)

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:54:56 -0500, Jack VK2CJC wrote:

when the Steelers-Patriots game began.

Not being from the US, this is a phenomenon of which I am unfamiliar.

What's it all about?

American rules football.

(Pittsburgh vs. Boston. I think Dave is not too far from Pittsburgh.)

Jack VK2CJC wrote:
when the Steelers-Patriots game began.

Not being from the US, this is a phenomenon of which I am unfamiliar.

What's it all about?


A bit like a cross between Rugby and Football for girls.
They wear padding and stop for a chat every few minutes.
In the USA universities are rated on the success of their teams rather than
any academic achievement.

--
g4jci

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:18:12 EST, wrote:

bit like a cross between Rugby and Football for girls.
They wear padding and stop for a chat every few minutes.

No, they stop to allow TV commercials to be broadcast,

I have never seen an Elecraft product in use during those games.
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Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon

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