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Fred ¨C I am encroaching on 70 y/o here and don¡¯t feel ¡°nails tough¡± anymore. ¨C kd5kc <<< speaking as an athletic coach¡ and now 80 years of age myself: I am glad to have completed the
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Fred Maas
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#4098
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Re: tt's a kick!
Fred ¨C I am encroaching on 70 y/o here and don¡¯t feel ¡°nails tough¡± anymore. I say it all the time ¨C the days of a 75-pound pack in full battle-rattle are long in my past. When you and I did
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Fred Maas
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#4097
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Re: tt's a kick!
Fred ¨C I am encroaching on 70 y/o here and don¡¯t feel ¡°nails tough¡± anymore. I say it all the time ¨C the days of a 75-pound pack in full battle-rattle are long in my past. When you and I did
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Mike Olbrisch
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Re: tt's a kick!
You¡¯re nails tough, bet you could do it. No question, that¡¯s the top of the Needle alright! Some scoff at my go-light endeavor, but that¡¯s what made my ascent possible. Entire HF set-up just one
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Fred Maas
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Re: tt's a kick!
I did the Needles a few years before I made W5-SOTA a thing. I made several contacts from up top on FM-only, 6m-2m-70cm-23cm using an Icom IC-T81 H/T. Several friends were surprised at how well all of
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Mike Olbrisch
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#4094
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SOTA
Don and I attempted W5N/GW-008 , Corner Mountain, on Saturday. It was a long drive, over 5 hrs just to get to trail head parking. Actually no trail at all. Last several miles was slow go over very
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George Yoakum
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#4093
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Re: NM5BG
Fred, thanks for the contact and note here. I'm packing up and this little guy came to check out my equipment. W6/SC029 was perfect for me today. One hour drive from the San Diego airport and a steady
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Brian Geery
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#4092
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NM5BG
On now (2107z) a peak in CA on 14.0665 fd
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Fred Maas
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#4091
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tt's a kick!
Worked Brian, NM5BG, activating in California, on forty-meters. and Doc called my attention to K9ROB who is visiting from Anchorage, Alaska, and had alerted to activate the Organ Needle, W5N/OR-001.
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Fred Maas
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#4090
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Re: Update
Judy and I have you both in our prayer list Paul. 73, Bill, K8TE
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Bill Mader, K8TE
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#4089
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Re: Update
Very sorry to hear this Paul. Having lost my wife to cancer 3 years ago I know how difficult this can be. My prayers are with you both. Vy 73, Mike - KE5AKL
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Mike Walsh
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#4088
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Re: Update
On a more positive note Paul, I got my final diagnosis from my oncologist/surgeon Last week. He told me that he had bad news and good news. He told me to sit down and then he said: The bad news is
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John Paul // AB4PP
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#4087
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Re: Update
So sorry to hear about you and Jan. 73, Steve, N2IC [email protected]> wrote:
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Steve N2IC
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Re: Update
Blessings for health to you both! -Dave NN5K
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David Fuller
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#4085
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Re: Update
Everyone in this group cares a lot about you and your wife. Hoping for best possible outcomes. fred Dang, my apologies for accidentally answering to the entire group. Paul NA5N.
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Fred Maas
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#4084
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Re: Update
ME TOO! I just clicked REPLY ¨C didn¡¯t look. Apologies to the group. Glad I was at least polite! ?. Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager.
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Mike Olbrisch
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#4083
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Re: Update
Well, FWIW, I am dripping tears on my keyboard. I knew things were not at optimum there. But I didn¡¯t think it was this bad and I hurt for you. Is there anything I can do to help? I can¡¯t just
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Mike Olbrisch
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#4082
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Re: Update
Dang, my apologies for accidentally answering to the entire group. Paul NA5N.
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Paul NA5N
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#4081
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Update
Mike, Wanted to bring you up to date on things here. Been a rough month. Jan had a heart attack Jan. 7. Upon her return, she fell several times in the home. She just has so little strength left in her
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Paul NA5N
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#4080
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Re: ZS7ANF
COOL !!! I have added that call sign to my alerts. Perhaps I¡¯ll catch them too. I served in the U.S. Army on 4 continents, I¡¯ve activated SOTA and POTA in a dozen countries. But like you, I cannot
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Mike Olbrisch
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#4079
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