Ev and all,
Sounds like you are all having fun, even with the additional ¡®moisture¡¯ you are occasionally getting.
Ev, are you just casing the POTA contacts? Or are you getting out to any of the parks? There are a bunch that have never been activated up around you. A "CQ POTA¡± from one of the would get you beaucoup contacts and make you a very desirable person (he says with a big grin!).
We are scheduled for T¡¯storms for the weekend and into early next week but I¡¯ll try to get things hooked up and search you out on the clusters to get you all in the log.
Waiting on an opening with the dental sturgeon to get the remains of the tooth & root extracted, so kind of need to stay relatively close to home. BUT, we may make a run over to the Memphis area (~3 hr run) and, if it happens to be next weekend, I¡¯ll find a lighthouse to play at some. May try some POTA from the Natchez Trace as well. If so, I¡¯ll let you guys know time and approximate freq. I¡¯ll post on the POTA BBS too of course.
Missing the lobster¡had any yet????
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It¡¯s been good so far!? Feeling really bad about your turn of events.
Working POTA like crazy today.? Doubled my park contacts on line.
If you feel up to it, let¡¯s get each other in logs.
Everett?
On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 3:23 PM Joe Kelly <
joekelly@...> wrote:
Hi Mac,
So far our stay is going well. The grocery store, gas station, building supply, Dollar Store and a good restaurant are near by. Last night we went to Charlottestown for dinner and to see the Ann & Gilbert's play. It was truly a great play/musical. One of the writers comes up from New York city once a year, and he was there last night. He was very approachable and a talented chap.
Today Nancy and Wendy are out roaming around the island to enjoy tourist things here.
The radio station is a bit overwhelming for me. Everything seems to be connected to everything else thru a maze of wire, switches, relays. Ev was here two days before Peter and I, plus he actually read some of the instructions and talked with Ken. So he has become the "go to guy" for me. Everything works great but getting it into what I want is not straightforward. I'm working POTA stations to help me get better acquainted with the system.?
For example, rotating an antenna is a multistep process. First change the degree and rotate the appropriate yagi on a popup menu on screen number two. The software says its rotating but its not. The next step is to set the same degree heading on a switch box for the specific antenna and then determine if you should rotate it CW or CCW to achieve the proper angle without hitting the stop..
Haven't taken my KX2 out of my backpack yet. The wx changes often and when it rains, it REALLY rains. Two nights ago we ate dinner at the local pub and grub place and the rain was blowing horizontally.?
Enough bla-bla for now. I'm sure that Ev and/or Peter will add their thoughts.
Hopefully your dental repair process is moving forward.?
Cheers my friend. N7BF?
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Everett Curry W6ABM
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