NO: 1, 2022-10-01 21:07:58 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA KK4WJF FB AND 73 FER THE QSO. HAPPY HUNTING DX. 73S SK ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -13, OFFSET: 1530 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 2, 2022-10-11 22:14:11 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA @ALLCALL CQ N7AKG: @ALLCALL CQ CQ CQ CN85 ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -09, OFFSET: 1090 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 3, 2022-10-13 21:23:27 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA AI7EQ HW CPY? ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -10, OFFSET: 1090 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 4, 2022-10-13 21:24:57 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA AI7EQ RR OP ALAN IN GRESHAM OR ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -09, OFFSET: 1090 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 5, 2022-10-13 21:28:28 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA AI7EQ NICE TO MEET ANOTHER OREGONIAN. I MOVED HR IN DEC LAST YR FROM KIRKLAND WA. NOW HAVE RADIO SETUP WITH ANT. WAS IN CONDO. ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -01, OFFSET: 1090 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 6, 2022-10-13 21:34:00 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA AI7EQ RR I HAVE THE IC7300 AS WELL TO A ALS-600 AMP TO A LDG TUNER TO ……FEET ON A TILT UP …… ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -01, OFFSET: 1090 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 7, 2022-10-13 21:41:52 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA AI7EQ RR I ALSO HAVE A EFHW FOR 10-80M THAT COMES OFF THE TOP OF THE MAST BUT NOT USE MUCH. THE AV680 IS A GOOD VERT THAT DOES …… ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: 00, OFFSET: 1090 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 8, 2022-10-13 21:54:28 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA AI7EQ THAT VERT SOUNDS LIKE A FUN PROJECT. I HAVE FOUND THE VERT GETS ME INTO EU WHEN THE EFHW DOES NOT. SO VERT POLARIZATION AND TAKE OFF ANG MAKE IT A GOOD ANT FOR DX. I WEN WITH A RADIAL-LESS VERT SO COULD GET IT UP IN AIR. REALLY USES A LOT OF CAPACITANCE SPIKES TO BUILD GROUND PLANE. BUT MECHANICAL ISSUE ASIDE IT DOES TUNE WELL AND SEEMS TO WORK WELL FOR ME. WILL SEE IF SURVIVES THE WINTER STORMS THAT WILL BE COMING. NEED TO UPDATE QRZ …… ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -04, OFFSET: 1090 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 9, 2022-10-13 22:07:57 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA AI7EQ WHAT KIND OF CONTESTING DO YOU DO ON 6M? I HAVE DONE FIELD DAY BUT MISSED THE 7TH QP BECAUSE WAS TRAVELING. DID WORK THE ARIZONA QP LAST WEEK AND HAD FUN. SO LOOKING FOR MORE TO TRY. I AM RETIRED SO HAVE TIME BUT ALSO MOVED HR FOR GRANDKIDS SO TIME WITH THEM ALSO. I SEE U ALSO WORK DMR ON UR QRZ PG. I HAVE ID5100 SO D-STAR FOR ME. MIGHT GET DMR RIG SOME DAY. ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -04, OFFSET: 1090 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 10, 2022-10-13 22:19:42 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA AI7EQ RR SOME DAYS I DO GET ON THE POTA WEBSITE AND TRY TO WORK AS MANY ACTIVE STATIONS AS I CAN. NOT SET UP FOR MOBLE OP YET BUT THAT IS ANOTHER THING FOR MY FUTURE. NOT MANY D-STAR REPEATERS AROUND HR SO THINKING OF SWITCHING TO A DMR RIG. WELL IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE CHATTING WITH YOU BUT TIME I GET OFF AND DO A FEW OTHER THINGS BEFORE I RETIRE. I HOPE TO QSO WITH YOU AGN. WILL WAIT ON UR FINAL. QSL VIA ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS. 73S. ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -10, OFFSET: 1090 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 11, 2022-10-13 22:23:42 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA AI7EQ DIT DIT ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -02, OFFSET: 1090 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 12, 2022-10-17 19:36:58 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA @HB HEARTBEAT ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -10 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 13, 2022-10-17 19:37:58 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA @ALLCALL CQ N7AKG: @ALLCALL CQ CQ CQ CN85 ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -06 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 14, 2022-10-17 19:39:43 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA KD9RKG RR ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -05 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 15, 2022-10-17 19:41:12 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA KD9RKG AND TNX FER CALL. UR -9DB HR. NAME ALAN IN GRESHAM OR JUST EAST OF PORTLAND. ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -06 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 16, 2022-10-17 19:46:58 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA KD9RKG RR AND FULL CPY ON UR 5W QDX. WOW DOING GREAT. I AM USING A IC7300 TO AMP TO VERTICAL WITH 100W. I ALSO HAVE A EFHW BUT USE MOSTLY FOR 80M. HW WX THERE? BTU ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -04 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 17, 2022-10-17 19:53:43 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA KD9RKG I HEARD THE MIDWEST IS GETTING A COLD SNAP. WE HAD HIGH 80S OVER WEEKEND. THAT IS NOT RIGHT. AND NOT RAIN SINCE JUNE. CRAZY. PREDICT SOME RAIN AND COOLER TEMP BY WEEKEND. I SEE THE QDX WEBSITE THAT LOOK SLIKE FUN THINKING OF GETTING ONE. BTU ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -03 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 18, 2022-10-17 20:02:28 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA KD9RKG I WAS TALKING ABT UR QDX RADIO BUT SEE UR CAR ON QRZ PAGE AND LOOKS NICE. I AM MORE INTO GOLF AND RADIOS THESE DAYS. RETIRED IN 2020 AND MOVED TO BE CLOSE TO GRANDKIDS AND HAVE YARD TO PUT UP ANTENNA. I KINDA KNOW WHERE U LIVE MY WIFE WENT TO COLLEGE IN APPLETON AND I VISITED A NUMBER OF TIMES. BTU ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -01 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 19, 2022-10-17 20:16:42 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA KD9RKG FULL CPY. I SEE U LIKE TO DO CONTESTING. I AM ALSO JUST GETTING IN TO THAT. BEEN HAM SINCE 1970S AS A KIDS BUT NEVER THAT ACTIVE TILL NOW. ALSO CHASING SOME DX FINALLY AND GOING TO TRY FROM DXCC AND WAS AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. 10M HAS BEEN WIDE OPEN THESE PAST FEW EVENINGS FOR ME. I SIGNED UP FOR THE CWOPS CLASSES THIS JANUARY TO GET MY CODE SPEED UP. SOUNDS LIKE U TRAVEL LOT FOR KIDS. MY ONLY OTHER DAUGHTER IS IN DALLAS TX SO WE GO THERE EVERY 2 OR 3 MTHS. BTU ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: 01 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 20, 2022-10-17 20:31:13 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA KD9RKG SOUNDS GOOD. WE HAVE 2 GRADKIDS NEAR US AND ONE IN DALLAS. DALLAS IS TOO FLAT AND HOT FOR ME TO LIVE THERE BUT NICE TO VISIT. AND I TOOK UP GOLF WHEN I RETIRED. I LIKE IT, I AM NO GOOD AT IT, BUT HAVE FUN, GOOD EXERCISE, AND PLAY WITH A NUMBER OF OLD GEEZERS LIKE ME. TIME TO LET U GO AND WILL SAY 73 AND WAIT ON UR FINAL. THIS HAS BEEN A G8 QSO AND HOPE TO CHAT AGN SOON. I AM IMPRESSED WITH UR 5W QDX! QSL VIA ALL THE USUAL ONLINE SUSPECTS. 73. ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -02 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 21, 2022-10-17 20:35:28 LAT/LON: 45, -124 Maidenhead GRID: CN85AA KD9RKG DIT DIT ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -02 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 22, 2022-10-31 17:18:42 LAT/LON: 49, -111 Maidenhead GRID: DN49MA @ALLCALL CQ N7AKG: @ALLCALL CQ CQ CQ CN85 ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -16 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________ NO: 23, 2022-11-10 20:30:58 LAT/LON: 49, -111 Maidenhead GRID: DN49MA NK9O HW CPY? ♢ FREQ: 7.078000, SNR: -13 #JS8 #N7AKG ____________________