[FLWSS] June VHF QSO N5AC Rover

[wlbaber at bellsouth.net]

thanks for the qsos Steve, especially on 3456!
73, Will, wj9b, dit dit

> 
> From: "Stephen Hicks, N5AC" <n5ac at n5ac.com>
> Date: 2007/06/11 Mon PM 11:08:52 EDT
> To: "'FLWSS'" <flwss at flwss.net>
> CC: joe at jarrett.com,  'Greg Jurrens' <greg at jurrens.net>,  jim at hosemore.net
> Subject: [FLWSS] June VHF QSO N5AC Rover
> 
> I've not scrubbed the log yet, but it looks like I did around 160 QSOs,
> activated 8 grids (EL87,88,89,EM90, EL97,98,99,EM90) and ended up around
> 16,000 points... well below my normal for June of around 40-60,000, but I
> didn't have a roving partner, 222, 3GHz and 10GHz were on the fritz and I
> had a couple of problems I didn't anticipate: 1) I was having trouble
> locating the mountains or 1,500+' hills we have in Texas here (I'm sure
> they're here, right?) and 2) When I would hear new calls it was challenging
> to figure out which direction to point to work them since I didn't know
> where everyone was!
>  
> All in all a great time and it was great to be welcomed into the group on
> the air.  I had several on the locals following me around including K0VXM,
> N4TUT, WJ9B, KI4NPV, etc.  I even got welcomed by the local FHP while QSOs
> were in progress!  When I was sitting on the side of I-95 talking to K0VXM
> on 1296 from EM90, I noticed some flashing lights in my rearview mirror.  A
> lovely female FHP officer appeared on the side of my truck and wanted to
> know if I was having trouble.  I hesitated for a moment as I thought of
> explaining that I *was* having trouble and I could really use some help
> pulling Chuck out of the noise on 1296 CW, and instead just explained what I
> was doing and that I appreciated her stopping to be sure I was OK.  She
> asked me if I would turn my hazards on so other motorists could see me so I
> punched the button and started the rear strobe lights and thanked her again
> hihi.  
>  
> I look forward to meeting more of the group at the next meeting and finding
> my QSL cards when the truck containing the 60 boxes from my ham shack and
> all our other junk arrives!
>  
> 73,
> Steve
>  
> p.s. Do you think my wife will understand if I want to buy a house in
> Windermere just to have the grid square "EL98FL"?
>  
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM  EM13qc EL98fk
> 469-576-7488 cell
>  <mailto:n5ac at n5ac.com> n5ac at n5ac.com      <mailto:aar6am at n5ac.com>
> aar6am at n5ac.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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