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Anyone else making the trek to Dayton this year?
Eric W4MC and I will be in our usual flea market spots (7214-17), on the north side of the oval infield (left side as you come in from the indoor exhibits), first row facing the bleachers.? If you make the scene, feel free to stop by and sit for a spell, get out of the sun/rain, drop off boat anchors for safe keeping, or have a nice cold beverage (Eric is doing his semi-famous home brew thing).
Ought to be a great time!!? Hope to see ya there.
Dave UW
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Anyone else making the trek to Dayton this year?
Eric W4MC and I will be in our usual flea market spots (7214-17), on the north side of the oval infield (left side as you come in from the indoor exhibits), first row facing the bleachers.? If you make the scene, feel free to stop by and sit for a spell, get out of the sun/rain, drop off boat anchors for safe keeping, or have a nice cold beverage (Eric is doing his semi-famous home brew thing).
Ought to be a great time!!? Hope to see ya there.
Dave UW
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Re: Question for you guys
Agree with eQSLs but if I were to get a real QSL for my call on the GOTA station, I would qsl with my card.
On Monday, March 10, 2025, 8:35 PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote: Thanks for the inputs.? I will continue to ignore these email QSLs.? Got four more since I sent the original note out.? ? ? UW ? ? Nope. ?
On Mar 7, 2025, at 11:48?PM, Gary McConville via groups.io <WB4SQ@...> wrote:
? Guess you guys aren’t DXers …
? On Friday, March 7, 2025, 10:44 PM, James Nail WA2MBP <james.nail@...> wrote: Agreed Eric!
On Mar 7, 2025, at 9:37?PM, Eric Howell via groups.io <erhowell@...> wrote:
kind of like sending a "hey, it was a great party" note. Thanks -------- Original message -------- Date: 3/7/25 6:58 PM (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] Question for you guys I dont do anything with them either Dave!
On Mar 7, 2025, at 5:10?PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote:
Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while? I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.? What say all the Yodas out there? Dave UW
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Thanks for the inputs.? I will continue to ignore these email QSLs.? Got four more since I sent the original note out.? ? ? UW ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of James Nail WA2MBP
Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2025 1:00 AM
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Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] Question for you guys? Nope. ?
On Mar 7, 2025, at 11:48?PM, Gary McConville via groups.io <WB4SQ@...> wrote:
? Guess you guys aren’t DXers …
? On Friday, March 7, 2025, 10:44 PM, James Nail WA2MBP <james.nail@...> wrote: Agreed Eric!
On Mar 7, 2025, at 9:37?PM, Eric Howell via groups.io <erhowell@...> wrote:
kind of like sending a "hey, it was a great party" note. Thanks -------- Original message -------- Date: 3/7/25 6:58 PM (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] Question for you guys I dont do anything with them either Dave!
On Mar 7, 2025, at 5:10?PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote:
Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while? I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.? What say all the Yodas out there? Dave UW
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On Mar 7, 2025, at 11:48?PM, Gary McConville via groups.io <WB4SQ@...> wrote:
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Guess you guys aren’t DXers …
On Friday, March 7, 2025, 10:44 PM, James Nail WA2MBP <james.nail@...> wrote: Agreed Eric! James Nail On Mar 7, 2025, at 9:37?PM, Eric Howell via groups.io <erhowell@...> wrote:
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kind of like sending a "hey, it was a great party" note.
Thanks Eric
Eric Howell? erhowell@...
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I dont do anything with them either Dave! James Nail On Mar 7, 2025, at 5:10?PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote:
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Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while?
I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.?
What say all the Yodas out there?
Dave UW
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Guess you guys aren’t DXers …
On Friday, March 7, 2025, 10:44 PM, James Nail WA2MBP <james.nail@...> wrote: Agreed Eric! James Nail On Mar 7, 2025, at 9:37?PM, Eric Howell via groups.io <erhowell@...> wrote:
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kind of like sending a "hey, it was a great party" note.
Thanks Eric
Eric Howell? erhowell@...
-------- Original message -------- From: James Nail WA2MBP <james.nail@...> Date: 3/7/25 6:58 PM (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] Question for you guys
I dont do anything with them either Dave! James Nail On Mar 7, 2025, at 5:10?PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote:
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Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while?
I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.?
What say all the Yodas out there?
Dave UW
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On Mar 7, 2025, at 9:37?PM, Eric Howell via groups.io <erhowell@...> wrote:
? kind of like sending a "hey, it was a great party" note.
Thanks Eric
Eric Howell? erhowell@...
-------- Original message -------- From: James Nail WA2MBP <james.nail@...> Date: 3/7/25 6:58 PM (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] Question for you guys
I dont do anything with them either Dave! James Nail On Mar 7, 2025, at 5:10?PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote:
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Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while?
I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.?
What say all the Yodas out there?
Dave UW
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kind of like sending a "hey, it was a great party" note.
Thanks Eric
Eric Howell? erhowell@...
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I dont do anything with them either Dave! James Nail On Mar 7, 2025, at 5:10?PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote:
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Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while?
I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.?
What say all the Yodas out there?
Dave UW
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Nor do I.? I don't know of anything other than a courtesy card.
Thanks Eric
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I dont do anything with them either Dave! James Nail On Mar 7, 2025, at 5:10?PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote:
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Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while?
I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.?
What say all the Yodas out there?
Dave UW
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I dont do anything with them either Dave! James Nail
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On Mar 7, 2025, at 5:10?PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote:
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Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while?
I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.?
What say all the Yodas out there?
Dave UW
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Email qsl are not worth the paper you would print them on.? I don't see the point.
Reply and ask for lotw. Especially now when they all look the same..
Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while?
I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.?
What say all the Yodas out there?
Dave UW
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I don’t get may paper cards for N4N, but when I do, I have printed a few cards I can fill out and send.? ? Haven’t gotten an email QSL for N4N though.? Maybe this is the year.? ? UW ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gary McConville via groups.io
Sent: Friday, March 7, 2025 5:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] Question for you guys? I’d kick in a few $$ to get N4N/N4G cards made up.
? On Friday, March 7, 2025, 5:10 PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote: Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while? I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.? What say all the Yodas out there? Dave UW ?
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I’d kick in a few $$ to get N4N/N4G cards made up.
On Friday, March 7, 2025, 5:10 PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote:
Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while?
I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.?
What say all the Yodas out there?
Dave UW
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Starting maybe a year ago I would occasionally get an email QSL card from someone I worked.? I didn’t think they were worth anything for DXCC, so after taking a look I deleted them.? Now I get several of these a day—maybe a notable fraction of the recent QSOs.? So my question is, for the DXers in the group, what do you do when you receive these email QSLs?? If you respond, how to you generate your electronic QSL?? Is this a passing fad that will blow past in a while?
I don’t want to be rude to the senders, but I have no idea how/why one would respond with an email QSL in return. I’m wondering if this is the future and I need to get on board, or if (as I’ve been interpreting it) it a useless exercise that some folks seem to do simply because some logging software offered the option.?
What say all the Yodas out there?
Dave UW
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LDG AT-200 PROII - For Sale
Asking $180.00. Never used. Mint condition.
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Would like a local cash ATL Metro area transfer of funds.
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I am good on QRZ. If interested contact me at: onthebigwire.gmail.com
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On Monday, July 1, 2024, 9:33 PM, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote: I, of course, went a different route.? I went with Kenwood—where the knobs don’t crack.?? ? ? But seriously, that’s darned good customer service.? ? UW ? ? That IS a great testament for Elecraft! ? On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 5:35?PM Jeff Otterson n1kdo via <jeffrey=[email protected]> wrote: If you recall, during Field Day setup I noticed that one of the filter knobs on my K3 had cracked.? I glued it, and we used the radio for field day. I sent an email to K3 support and told them the knob cracked and I needed another.? Their response was:
"A knob set is on its way. Thanks for choosing?Elecraft." They sent me all four of the knobs for free.? For a radio I bought in 2010. Customer for life.?
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I, of course, went a different route.? I went with Kenwood—where the knobs don’t crack.?? ? ? But seriously, that’s darned good customer service.? ? UW ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Tim Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 6:29 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [N4N-Field-Day] why Elecraft? ? That IS a great testament for Elecraft! ? On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 5:35?PM Jeff Otterson n1kdo via <jeffrey=[email protected]> wrote: If you recall, during Field Day setup I noticed that one of the filter knobs on my K3 had cracked.? I glued it, and we used the radio for field day. I sent an email to K3 support and told them the knob cracked and I needed another.? Their response was:
"A knob set is on its way. Thanks for choosing?Elecraft." They sent me all four of the knobs for free.? For a radio I bought in 2010. Customer for life.?
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That IS a great testament for Elecraft!
Tim
On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 5:35?PM Jeff Otterson n1kdo via <jeffrey= [email protected]> wrote: Howdy,
If you recall, during Field Day setup I noticed that one of the filter knobs on my K3 had cracked.? I glued it, and we used the radio for field day.
I sent an email to K3 support and told them the knob cracked and I needed another.? Their response was:
"A knob set is on its way. Thanks for choosing?Elecraft."
They sent me all four of the knobs for free.? For a radio I bought in 2010. Customer for life.?
Jeff n1kdo
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Howdy,
If you recall, during Field Day setup I noticed that one of the filter knobs on my K3 had cracked.? I glued it, and we used the radio for field day.
I sent an email to K3 support and told them the knob cracked and I needed another.? Their response was:
"A knob set is on its way. Thanks for choosing?Elecraft."
They sent me all four of the knobs for free.? For a radio I bought in 2010. Customer for life.?
Jeff n1kdo
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??????????, gasp, ?????????
Oh, the English language….
Maybe a different construct, “One of the golf Clubs that counts me as a member, has decided…”
tnx Mike / K5JR Alpharetta GA
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On Jun 25, 2024, at 8:37?PM, Dave Moss via groups.io <davemoss@...> wrote: ? That’s a bit bizarre, Mike.? I’m no golfer, but I never let my bat schedule my baseball games.? ? UW ? ? My golf club has decided (for the last three years) to host the club championship on the 4th weekend in June. That severely hampers any FD activity by this CW OP. I did do 4 hours at NFARL on Saturday evening, but they have deeper resources for the other hours. Dave, you're on a role now, time to beef up the CW skills, ha.
Sounds like a great weekend at N4N FD.
I did finish second in my flight in the tournament...
tnx Mike / K5JR Alpharetta GA On 6/24/2024 1:40 PM, Dave Moss via groups.io wrote: No fears, Jimmy.? Your job is safe.? You could have matched my CW totals in an hour and a half, max.? ? ? UW ? ? Congrats to a great team effort. ?Sounds like you guys had a great FD 2024! ?Ill bow down to that great CW effort, sir!!! ?
On Jun 23, 2024, at 9:25?PM, Dave Moss <davemoss@...> wrote:
? Had another fun Field Day weekend!? A lot of things went really well—special thanks to Eddie for all his work getting the software and radios playing nicely together.? He also got my new IC9700 set up with satpc32 and the azi-ele rotor so making a satellite contact was so simple even a computer dolt could do it, bleary eyed a bit fuzzy headed, alone, at 1:30 am.? ?? Also thanks to Joe AJ2Y and Eric W4MC for helping me work through several failed attempts at sending message traffic.? Finally got that figured out and working reliably (using HF rather than 2m packet) this past Wednesday.? Thanks too to Jeff1 for setting up his raspberry pi widget to constantly rotate among screens showing pie charts of qsos by mode or operator, map that filled in USA/Canada sections as we worked them, and charts of qsos by band, mode, operator, etc.? It was fun to watch—especially on Sunday.? As an example of the difference a bit of luck can make:?? Anyone remember a fire drill getting the generator going again when it ran out of gas leaving all 4/5/6 stations dead in the water?? C’mon, you know it happened.? More than once.? Well this year the generator got filled periodically, so we never ran out of gas . . . until about 5 minutes past two Sunday afternoon.? Some days you win, some days you lose.? This year we won.? We also learned that the generator can run from 7:00am until 2:05pm on one tank of gas.? While we didn’t have to work around thunderstorms as we often have in the past, it certainly was toasty Friday through Sunday.? Ceiling fans, box fans, and the pool were put to good use cooling us down.? Things were going a bit slow on Saturday as we (really Eddie) worked out a fist full of quirks with stations that didn’t want to behave.? So by 10pm when things wound down for the night we only had about 300 qsos.? Another 100 or so, mostly CW, were logged waiting for the satellite pass, so at 0200 there were 415 or so contacts.? We all got some sleep and didn’t really re-engage until after breakfast, around 0900.? Once we got fired up Sunday, we were rocking and rolling, averaging better than 100 qsos an hour for the last 5 hours.? Much mo betta.? We made just under 1000 qsos on the main N4N stations, plus 24 GOTA contacts from 7 or 8 visitors, and a half dozen satellite contacts.? Qso points should be around 3275 (compared to 2875 or so last year). Pursuit of bonus points went remarkably well this year.? We got 400 points for operating on emergency power, 100 points for alternate power qsos, 100 points for copying the ARRL bulletin (got it on CW, digital, and RTTY), 100 points for having a safety officer and completing the safety checklist, and 100 points for Eddie’s posts regarding N4N to Facebook.? Using Winlink Express and VARA the message traffic was successfully sent via RF, including one message to the SM, for another 200 points.? Gary served as GOTA coach for more than 10 GOTA contacts for another 100 points.? We also successfully made 8 satellite contacts, for qso points plus a 100 point bonus.? We’ll get another 50 points for electronic log submission, for a total of 1250 bonus points (compared to 750 last year). So . . . total score should be around 4500, compared to 3600 last year.? All preliminary, of course, but not too shabby! And Jimmy!!!? Guess who was the top CW op, again!!? ? More to follow, but for now I’m hitting the sack.? Getting up early tomorrow to get the wire antennas down and coax put away.? Dave UW
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