Good evening all. Just returned from the 13th annual 3 Steve's and Kurt W1AW expedition and boy are my arms tired
But did we have fun. We got to play with equipment that we couldn't afford. I got to use the stations Kenwood TS-480 for the 1st time. What an interesting little rig...good quality sound and a lot of buttons to push 1st..over 580 q's were put in the log with apporximately 40 individual calls being eligable for that coveted WAS certificate The bands were all over the place in fact, we worked more people off the sides of the beams than head-on. Unfortuanately the sunspots were not too kind to Europe..just a few q's Thanks for those that spotted us on the packet cluster. We moved up into the General bands after a while and this allowed people to follow us Most (at least from my 15 meter station) were direct shots into W5, mostly Texas and when Andrew quit fiddling with the tower my antenna was on, into the Caribbean. 20 meters was hot as was 17, but 30 meter CW was smoking In a few days, the Steve's and Kurt website: http://68.196.94.146:888/ will have the logs and you can check for yourself + there will be pictures YIKES!! Just remember, the camera adds a few dozen pounds You'll be able to see how the q's are broken down. The lucky guys with the Hooters gal are Andrew N2IFB, who valiantly tried for 2 and 6 meters contacts and his friend Eric, Andrew going for code upgrade and Eric going for a code ticket by March 2006 For those of your qualifying for WAS, no qsl is needed. I will pull the calls from the log and print certificates, get them signed (the hard part) and then will get them in the mail. In the past, it seems they get mailed right around Dayton (May) Again, thanks to everyone who could hear us (I know that NJ is a hard copy) and look for us again in May, either on our wya to and from Dayton OR possibly /KP2 at the qth of Brian and Ann KP2HC and KP2YL 3 Steve's in Speedos?? Ohhh my, the thought is mind numbing A happy and healthy 2006 from the 5 of us to the 1000's of you Good DX all around and we'll see you all next year 73 STEVE KF2TI STEVE N2IFA STEVE KB2ENF KUST aka STEVE W2MW ANDREW not a steve N2IFA Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
