K4OAQ Log for Thu Night 24Jan2025 80M Fox Hunt
I was busy for a while & then not so much. I didn’t get past the WY & CO group. Just wondering if anybody on out there tried. I don’t think I didn’t hear anybody I didn’t eventually dig out. Several times my logging pgm just didn’t act right. I guess it had to be my AHK scheme. I’m sure you noticed a diff between me sending & the machine sending. But since only 7 Qs in the last 30 mins, there was plenty of time for mistakes not to make a difference. Tks for the Qs hounds. Until next time 72 & 3, Fritz K4OAQ ? Time RSTSent Call RSTRcvd QTH Name Pwr
0200 589 K4PQC 579 GA PHIL 5W
0201 599 WB9HFK 559 IL MARK 5W
0202 579 K9CW 599 IL DREW 5W
0203 579 NC4RT 599 NC RANDY 5W
0204 559 W9XU 559 WI LON 5W
0205 559 K2SJB 579 NY DAVE 5W
0206 579 W5AJD 559 LA JERRY 5W
0207 589 AK1P 559 NH PAUL 5W
0208 579 W9OD 559 WI CRAIG 5W
0209 579 AK3X 579 MD PETER 5W
0209 549 KR0U 539 CO TIM 5W
0210 579 N2TNN 559 VA DEAN 5W
0211 589 WD4CFN 599 TN STEVE 5W
0213 579 N4KV 599 AL JOHN 5W
0214 579 KZ5J 559 TX PAT 5W
0216 579 K9DRP 579 IL DON 5W
0217 559 K9IUA 559 IA KEVIN 5W
0219 579 VE3NFK 559 ON JOHN 5W
0220 579 K2ZC 559 NJ DAVE 5W
0220 579 KK5LD 559 TX DAN 5W
0221 579 K3UT 579 GA PHIL 5W
0222 579 WA9CW 559 WI TOM 5W
0223 549 KG5UK 559 OK BRAD 5W
0225 559 N2RK 599 NY JACK 5W
0225 579 W1FMR 599 FL JIM 5W
0226 559 N0YJ 559 KS BERT 5W
0231 579 NX1K 599 MA MARK 5W
0231 579 KC1FB 559 CT JIM 5W
0232 579 W1XV 599 NH BRAD 5W
0234 559 N9NE 579 WI TODD 5W
0235 549 NO2D 559 CO PETER 5W
0237 559 K4BAI 589 GA JOHN 5W
0237 589 K2TW 579 VA TOM 5W
0238 559 WC7S 599 WY DALE 5W
0239 559 WA4ZOF 559 GA TOM 5W
0240 579 AC0BQ 559 KS JOHN 5W
0247 559 WQ0N 559 MN RUSS 5W
0249 579 KF2P 559 NY NICK 5W
0250 579 K3PH 559 PA BOB 5W
0251 579 N8SS 589 MI EARL 5W
0252 559 N4MJ 569 TN GLENN 5W
0256 559 K0LOA 559 TX DWAIN 5W
0258 579 W2SH 599 NJ CHAS 5W
0259 579 W2SH 559 NJ CHAS 5W
0300 579 NK9G 559 WI RICK 5W
0301 599 NN4K 599 GA 5 5W
0305 559 K9TA 559 IN STEVE 5W
0310 579 K7IOL 559 TX JIM 5W
0320 589 W4CMG 599 TN CATHY 5W
0322 559 NB5HE 579 GA BRANDON 5W
0328 559 ND4U 559 TN DEN 5W
330 FOX KW4NJA GA SCOTT 5W
330 FOX K4OAQ VA FRITZ 5W
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Final Log for K4PQC 40 meter hunt 1-22
Since I didn't receive any updates, the preliminary log will be my final.?? A beautiful cloudy day here in Bishop with the only remembrances?from Tuesday's Foxhunt is the snow on the ground.??
72/73, thanks and good hunting,
Phil - K4PQC
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K9DRP Final log for 40 1/21/25
No corrections received, so the preliminary log is the final log.
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Good Luck in tonight's hunt!
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72,
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Don, K9DRP
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Re: 80 meter announcement for Thursday Night, January 23rd.
Sounds good!! Good Luck tomorrow?night Fritz!!
VA not TN
I'll be the other Fox in Dublin, VA abt 100 miles NE from my Bristol, TN QTH.
I'm testing my new AHK attempt that allows any S in RST to be sent.
I'll be happy to share after it passes tomorrows test.
Fritz K4OAQ
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Fox Hunt Thursday Night, Jan 23, 80M K4OAQ & KW4NJA
Hounds! I’ll be the other fox in the 80-meter hunt on Thursday evening, January 23rd (January 24th GMT date), along with Scott KW4NJA. I’ll be located in Dublin, VA handing out pelts between 0200 and 0330Z and between 3550-7060 or 3560-7070 kHz. It’s ur job to figure it out. I’ll be running a Kenwood TS-590SG turned down to 5W into the 80M dipole running across the boom of my Steppir DB36 up abt 75. I plan to post dots you know where (http://www.k4oaq.com/fox) so you can see if you & I were successful in QSOing. I will start running split, up abt 1 kHz, and will change to simplex when I hear no one UP. Exchange is the usual RST SPC Name PWR (RST VA FRITZ 5W). I will repeat your call at the end of my exchange, so PLEASE be sure that I got it right before sending your full exchange. I’ll start with the dipole broadside to NE/SW. I’ll try hard to remember to turn it NW/SE after abt 45 mins. I really don’t think it’ll make that much diff tho. I’ve two bi-directional short beverages, abt 280 ft long. They’re NE/SW & NW/SE. Sometimes in other contest people with weak sigs give up on me. I’m thinking they’re probably not QRP guys so you guys probably don’t need encouragement. I assure I don’t lose patients trying to dig a weak sig out. I do encourage you not to tell me your QRP as well as if I’m just missing one letter of your call, don’t send all of them just the one letter where the question mark is, e.g., K4O?Q. Send the A 5 times or so. Of course if some other letters are wrong then send them all. I cud ramble on abt do’s & dont’s, but I’m probably preaching to the choir. I’m looking fwd to it! 72 & 73, Fritz K4OAQ ?
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Re: 80 meter announcement for Thursday Night, January 23rd.
VA not TN
I'll be the other Fox in Dublin, VA abt 100 miles NE from my Bristol, TN QTH.
I'm testing my new AHK attempt that allows any S in RST to be sent.
I'll be happy to share after it passes tomorrows test.
Fritz K4OAQ
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Re: K4PQC Preliminary Log for 40 Meters 1-22-2025 some observations
Hi Phil.? Since you were operating at approximately 7.033.14 I’m assuming you mean the Hounds were calling you below 7.030.? I’m just not sure what you mean by the QRPFox band.? If I was the Fox and I’ve been the Fox on several occasions I would go ahead and work them.? I don’t recall anything in the rules about the Hound having to be in a particular portion of the band.? I would even venture to say the Hound could call you cross band if he wanted to.? I don’t know how you would know if he was calling you or not though. ? Now if you mean you were listening up from your TX frequency to 1K up then I would suggest widening your listening range.? For example rather than listening from 7033.00 to 7034.00 while TXing on 7033.00 listen from 3034 to 7035 or 7036. ? Than again maybe I’m just full of it and need to take a nap.? One tends to get that way later in life. ? Regards, ? Pat – KZ5J ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Phil via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 12:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [qfox] K4PQC Preliminary Log for 40 Meters 1-22-2025 some observations? Fellow Hounds, Besides having lots of QRN from the snow storm I am plagued?with line noise that raises the noise floor at least 20 dB from an S-1 or 2 to S-5 to 7.? What I did at the start was to narrow the band spread from 50+ kHz to 5 kHz.? The most obvious thing I first noticed was the ganging up in the lower 500 Hz of the 1 kHz window.? So, I started picking up callers on both the upper and lower edges thinking that Ops would get the hint to spread out.? I use my diversity option on the receiver but this doesn't help when?folks are on top?of one another.? I also use the B receiver to monitor my own frequency sometimes just to advise callers that are out of "band" but, I didn't need to do this last evening.? ?One thing I did notice was that there were several stations that were well below the 1 kHz QRPFox band.? Again I didn't answer these callers.? Was I wrong?? Are there hardened rules?? I am sure if I wasn't in the middle of a rare southern snow storm I could have handed out many more pelts.?? Again, thank you for your patience and allowing me to participate.
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Re: K4PQC Preliminary Log for 40 Meters 1-22-2025 some observations
Well, and FWIW, I will often slip down to like 0.95 offset.? I have in the past seen foxes answering hounds down at like 0.6 offset, on a wide filter you could hear the FOX and the HOUND on the main receiver.? I do not know that there is a “RULE” for that.? If there is, I don’t know of it.? I move around myself.? Sometimes I go a little lower than the lowest, sometimes I go a little higher than the highest.? Sometimes the waterfall shows a gap in the middle and I’ll try to slip in there.
I do not remember where you heard me last night.? But whatever I did, you must have approved because you rewarded me with a contact.
Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? ? ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Phil via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 11:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [qfox] K4PQC Preliminary Log for 40 Meters 1-22-2025 some observations? Fellow Hounds, Besides having lots of QRN from the snow storm I am plagued?with line noise that raises the noise floor at least 20 dB from an S-1 or 2 to S-5 to 7.? What I did at the start was to narrow the band spread from 50+ kHz to 5 kHz.? The most obvious thing I first noticed was the ganging up in the lower 500 Hz of the 1 kHz window.? So, I started picking up callers on both the upper and lower edges thinking that Ops would get the hint to spread out.? I use my diversity option on the receiver but this doesn't help when?folks are on top?of one another.? I also use the B receiver to monitor my own frequency sometimes just to advise callers that are out of "band" but, I didn't need to do this last evening.? ?One thing I did notice was that there were several stations that were well below the 1 kHz QRPFox band.? Again I didn't answer these callers.? Was I wrong?? Are there hardened rules?? I am sure if I wasn't in the middle of a rare southern snow storm I could have handed out many more pelts.?? Again, thank you for your patience and allowing me to participate.
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Re: 80 meter announcement for Thursday Night, January 23rd.
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On Jan 22, 2025, at 13:54, Dale Putnam via groups.io <daleputnam@...> wrote:
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Hi Scott,
? I am hoping that the reference to 40 was a slip of the fingers...?
Cuz, I think the sked says 80.....??
Have a great day,
Dale - WC7S in Wy
"Actions speak louder than words"
I’ll be one of your two foxii in the 80-meter hunt on Thursday evening, January 23rd (January 24th GMT date), along with Fritz (K4OAQ) in TN. Look for me to be handing out pelts from Athens, GA between 0200 and 0330Z and between 7030 and 7050 kHz. I’ll
be running a Yaesu FTDx10 turned down to 5W into an OCF Dipole up 24'. I plan to post dots to the Fritz map (http://www.k4oaq.com/fox) so you can check your QSO, as long as technology cooperates. I will start running split, up +1, and most likely will change
to simplex once the pileups settle down.
Exchange is the usual RST SPC Name PWR (RST GA SCOTT 5W). I will repeat your call at the end of my exchange, so PLEASE be sure that I got it right before sending your full exchange. This will be my very first time operating as the Fox, so patience and
kindness toward me will be most appreciated. I look forward to handing out my very first pelts from the woods of Northeast Georgia.
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Scott
KW4NJA
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Re: 80 meter announcement for Thursday Night, January 23rd.
Hi Scott,
? I am hoping that the reference to 40 was a slip of the fingers...?
Cuz, I think the sked says 80.....??
Have a great day,
Dale - WC7S in Wy
"Actions speak louder than words"
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I’ll be one of your two foxii in the 80-meter hunt on Thursday evening, January 23rd (January 24th GMT date), along with Fritz (K4OAQ) in TN. Look for me to be handing out pelts from Athens, GA between 0200 and 0330Z and between 7030 and 7050 kHz. I’ll
be running a Yaesu FTDx10 turned down to 5W into an OCF Dipole up 24'. I plan to post dots to the Fritz map (http://www.k4oaq.com/fox) so you can check your QSO, as long as technology cooperates. I will start running split, up +1, and most likely will change
to simplex once the pileups settle down.
Exchange is the usual RST SPC Name PWR (RST GA SCOTT 5W). I will repeat your call at the end of my exchange, so PLEASE be sure that I got it right before sending your full exchange. This will be my very first time operating as the Fox, so patience and
kindness toward me will be most appreciated. I look forward to handing out my very first pelts from the woods of Northeast Georgia.
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Scott
KW4NJA
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K4PQC Preliminary Log for 40 Meters 1-22-2025 some observations
Fellow Hounds,
Besides having lots of QRN from the snow storm I am plagued?with line noise that raises the noise floor at least 20 dB from an S-1 or 2 to S-5 to 7.? What I did at the start was to narrow the band spread from 50+ kHz to 5 kHz.? The most obvious thing I first noticed was the ganging up in the lower 500 Hz of the 1 kHz window.? So, I started picking up callers on both the upper and lower edges thinking that Ops would get the hint to spread out.? I use my diversity option on the receiver but this doesn't help when?folks are on top?of one another.? I also use the B receiver to monitor my own frequency sometimes just to advise callers that are out of "band" but, I didn't need to do this last evening.? ?One thing I did notice was that there were several stations that were well below the 1 kHz QRPFox band.? Again I didn't answer these callers.? Was I wrong?? Are there hardened rules?? I am sure if I wasn't in the middle of a rare southern snow storm I could have handed out many more pelts.??
Again, thank you for your patience and allowing me to participate.
72/73
,? Phil - K4PQC
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Re: Skunked Thu 22Jan2025 Z
Don,
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You were strong at the start but I went after Phil first since he was stronger.
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At 0250 you were S2 and I almost gave up but went back at the end.? Thanks for your patience getting my call at the end.
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72 de Mark? NX1K
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Re: Skunked Thu 22Jan2025 Z
Rick, you gave up too soon.? Frequently I'll pick two or three calls out of the pile to try and be ready for the next call.? I distinctly remember hearing your call.? And, now that you mention it, I'm surprised I didn't get you in the log.? Perhaps more hounds moved in and covered you up on subsequent calls?
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I think the "persistence" award goes to NX1K last night.? Mark tried many times before I was finally able to decipher his call.
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The guys out west have an advantage with me.? A "6" or "7" in the call always seems to grab my attention.? ?John also has an advantage with his VE3 call.
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I'm sorry I didn't hand out more pelts.
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72,
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Don, K9DRP
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Re: K4PQC Preliminary Log for 40 Meters 1-22-2025
Good morning.
I had my radio set up so RX#1 was in the low FOX window and RX #2 was in the high FOX window.? Right from the start I was able to find you and the high FOX.? Since the TX is tied to the main RX (#1) I began calling you.? You were true 579.? It took me the full eight minutes for you to find me.? Everything looks correct.? When we finished I hit the CHANGE button that swaps RX#1 and RX#2, and in two minutes I was in his log as well.
Thank you for the contact. ? ? Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? ? ? ? ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Phil via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 21:24 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [qfox] K4PQC Preliminary Log for 40 Meters 1-22-2025? Well, this was interesting? QRN was pretty bad and I lost use of the antenna when the SWR went sky high.? A few amps of 120 VAC took care of the icing on the wire.? It didn't help to schedule my turn as a Fox during a snowstorm.? To the folks who live in the South like me; it's more like a blizzard only a couple of inches but snow nevertheless.? Ops who have a dipole can't do what I did with my loop to shed the ice in a matter of a couple of minutes at 0255z. I was lucky to make the number of QSO under these trying conditions.? I am just sorry that I couldn't hand out more pelts. Please let me know if there are any issues with the log and thanks for your patience. 72 Phil = K4PQC The following is the K4PQC log for the 40 meter foxhunt 1/22-2025 Q# | TIME | FREQ | RSTs | CALL | RSTr | ST/PROV | NAME | PWR | 5 | 0208 | 7033.2 | 559 | KD5KC | 579 | TX | MIKE | 5W |
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Re: 80 meter announcement for Thursday Night, January 23rd.
You are correct Pat. I put in the wrong frequency range. It should ?be 3.550-3.570. Sorry for the typo.?
Scott KW4NJA
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On Jan 22, 2025, at 10:08, Pat Whelton via groups.io <pwhelton@...> wrote:
? Good morning Scott.? I could be wrong but I think Thursday evening’s hunt is on 80 not 40.? ? Regards, ? Pat – KZ5J ? ? I’ll be one of your two foxii in the 80-meter hunt on Thursday evening, January 23rd (January 24th GMT date), along with Fritz (K4OAQ) in TN. Look for me to be handing out pelts from Athens, GA between 0200 and 0330Z and between 7030 and 7050 kHz. I’ll be running a Yaesu FTDx10 turned down to 5W into an OCF Dipole up 24'. I plan to post dots to the Fritz map () so you can check your QSO, as long as technology cooperates. I will start running split, up +1, and most likely will change to simplex once the pileups settle down. Exchange is the usual RST SPC Name PWR (RST GA SCOTT 5W). I will repeat your call at the end of my exchange, so PLEASE be sure that I got it right before sending your full exchange. This will be my very first time operating as the Fox, so patience and kindness toward me will be most appreciated. I look forward to handing out my very first pelts from the woods of Northeast Georgia.
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Re: 80 meter announcement for Thursday Night, January 23rd.
Good morning Scott.? I could be wrong but I think Thursday evening’s hunt is on 80 not 40.? ? Regards, ? Pat – KZ5J ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Scott Wooten - KW4NJA via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 8:32 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [qfox] 80 meter announcement for Thursday Night, January 23rd.? I’ll be one of your two foxii in the 80-meter hunt on Thursday evening, January 23rd (January 24th GMT date), along with Fritz (K4OAQ) in TN. Look for me to be handing out pelts from Athens, GA between 0200 and 0330Z and between 7030 and 7050 kHz. I’ll be running a Yaesu FTDx10 turned down to 5W into an OCF Dipole up 24'. I plan to post dots to the Fritz map () so you can check your QSO, as long as technology cooperates. I will start running split, up +1, and most likely will change to simplex once the pileups settle down. Exchange is the usual RST SPC Name PWR (RST GA SCOTT 5W). I will repeat your call at the end of my exchange, so PLEASE be sure that I got it right before sending your full exchange. This will be my very first time operating as the Fox, so patience and kindness toward me will be most appreciated. I look forward to handing out my very first pelts from the woods of Northeast Georgia.
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80 meter announcement for Thursday Night, January 23rd.
I’ll be one of your two foxii in the 80-meter hunt on Thursday evening, January 23rd (January 24th GMT date), along with Fritz (K4OAQ) in TN. Look for me to be handing out pelts from Athens, GA between 0200 and 0330Z and between 7030 and 7050 kHz. I’ll be running a Yaesu FTDx10 turned down to 5W into an OCF Dipole up 24'. I plan to post dots to the Fritz map (http://www.k4oaq.com/fox) so you can check your QSO, as long as technology cooperates. I will start running split, up +1, and most likely will change to simplex once the pileups settle down.
Exchange is the usual RST SPC Name PWR (RST GA SCOTT 5W). I will repeat your call at the end of my exchange, so PLEASE be sure that I got it right before sending your full exchange. This will be my very first time operating as the Fox, so patience and kindness toward me will be most appreciated. I look forward to handing out my very first pelts from the woods of Northeast Georgia.
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Scott
KW4NJA
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Re: Skunked Thu 22Jan2025 Z
Up here in SE Wisconsin I heard K9DRP a solid 599 and he is about 300 miles south. I called and called but no luck. ?K4PQC was 549 559 with QSB. I called and called and decided I was just QRM so I went back at it after about 30 minutes and snagged him. K4PQC had one heck of a pileup and he had a challenge for sure picking calls out of the pileup. ? NK9G
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On Jan 22, 2025, at 6:30?AM, FritzOAQ via groups.io <Fritz@...> wrote:
? I’m curious who else heard nothing. To record the fact on the map, just go to k4oaq.com/fox & look for SKUNKED across the top. Many tks to K9DRP & K4PQC doing the live mapping. At least I knew someone was hearing them. ? Fritz K4OAQ ?
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I’m curious who else heard nothing. To record the fact on the map, just go to k4oaq.com/fox & look for SKUNKED across the top. Many tks to K9DRP & K4PQC doing the live mapping. At least I knew someone was hearing them. ? Fritz K4OAQ ?
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Scott Wooten - KW4NJA
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