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Old 04-09-2009, 10:51 PM   #8
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Wow what weather in far west Texas this week. Winds typically in the 30 to 40 mph range and had 52 mph gust one day. Had one night with a 24 dF low and 85 the next day.

We were camped in a valley so not much radio work. Did talk to a station in Oregon and Mexico City. Late one afternoon, worked Milano, Italy and Zurich from a 5600 foot high peak with my Yeasu FT8897d and ATAS 120 antenna on 20m. It was hard to get a call into Europe due to the 1kW and 1.5kW east coast stations. When chasing DX, lots of them do not follow any rules for courtesies. They start blasting their call before the station call QRZ.

Seems some of the operators need a refresher course in manners.

Ken
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