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Red Letter Day

Posted: 27 Feb 2016 05:38 PM PST
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Today was a very, very good day at the W2LJ Shack. I worked a bunch of
NPOTA entities, as well as some friends and a notable station. It was my
best day as an NPOTA Chaser so far.

The day kicked off to about as good a start as possible when I saw my QRP
buddy Marc W4MPS spotted on the DX Cluster. He was activating NM29 in North
Carolina on 40 Meters.

From Field Day 2015, when W4MPS joined in the SPARC Field Day effort.
It was good to hear Marc (it was an SSB QSO), and things continued to roll
on from there. I worked:

K5CM at MP04 on 40 Meter CW.
N2CX at WR39 on 40 Meter CW. For those of you who don't know, Joe N2CX is
one half of the brain trust of the NJQRP Club.
KC3RW at NS33 on 40 Meters SSB.
KB3WAV and KC3RW at NS33 on 40 Meter SSB.
N2APB at TR21 on 40 Meter CW. George N2APB is the other half of the NJQRP
brain trust!
NC4PC at BF07 on 40 Meter SSB.
KM4KFB at TR16 on 20 Meter SSB.
W4UAL at TR12 and PV12 on 20 Meter SB.

Then, taking a break from NPOTA Stations, I worked Marc WA2FON on 40 Meter
SSB. Marc was SOTAing on the top W2/GC-010, Bearpen Mountain in the
Catskills in New York.


Back to NPOTA, I worked W5RE at NP18 on 20 Meter CW. From there, I took a
hop over to 17 Meters and busted the pileup to work KG4EU, the other
Amateur Radio op at Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba. So now I can say I worked them
both.

Back to NPOTA again, I worked KA4CDN at DZ11 on 40 Meter CW.
KB3WAV again, but this time at DZ01 on 40 Meters SSB.
Then I worked K6KPH, the famous Maritime Radio Historical Society Station,
who was at NPOTA SS10. That was a pretty good pileup. Every CW Op worth
their salt is familiar with the famous K6KPH call sign. I ended my NPOTA
day by working KV4T and TR02 on 17 Meters CW.

It was good to hear so many NPOTA stations on CW (for a change) and I
worked each one with 5 Watts, even K6KPH. I also worked K4M, which is a
Special Event station honoring Samuel Morse, being operated by the Radio
Operadores del Sur de Puerto Rico.

So it was a good day, a good day, indeed!

72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!