6V6U booming in on 14.3475 at 2130Z

Jim

"R.F. Collins" wrote:

6V6U booming in on 14.3475 at 2130Z

Very nice signal.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"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

On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:16:24 -0500, dxAce
wrote:



"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/

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



"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

Dale Parfitt wrote:

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



"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.

Imagine my thrill at working JY1 on 15. He on SSB, me on CW. Broke in whilst he
was working a Kenyan.

How rude of me!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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.

Imagine my thrill at working JY1 on 15. He on SSB, me on CW. Broke in
whilst he
was working a Kenyan.

How rude of me!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Were you a Novice then?

Dale

Dale Parfitt wrote:


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.

Imagine my thrill at working JY1 on 15. He on SSB, me on CW. Broke in
whilst he
was working a Kenyan.

How rude of me!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Were you a Novice then?

Yes, I was.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"dxAce" wrote in message
...


Dale Parfitt wrote:


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.

Imagine my thrill at working JY1 on 15. He on SSB, me on CW. Broke in
whilst he
was working a Kenyan.

How rude of me!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Were you a Novice then?

Yes, I was.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Yep, The WV2, WN8, KN8 etc.bought us a lot of grace and mercy back then.

Dale W4OP

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:56:32 GMT, John Steffes
wrote:

Two quick notes:

1. We were KE0GG/C54 in The Gambia (sandwiched between north and south
Senagal) in '90 -- caused quite a few pile-ups on the east coast.

2. On old associate (W?4APL) told me he earned his Technicians license
in 1958. I think it was the also the International Geophysical Year
giving incentive to many young people at that time to get their first
ticket. He said he talked to Europe on 6 meters like talking "across
town". DX'ing was in his words "the best ever".

Regards,

John

Thanks John. I love hearing stories about past dx. I started listening
back in the late 60's. 1967-70 were the first particularly good years
I recall. I had a number of radios that I hacked together to receive
those classic cold war broadcasts. I was probably 11 or 12 years old
when I started collecting old tube radios. I don't know how I avoided
getting electrocuted but I guess my father taught me enough and I was
always reading old radio magazines.

Jim