Comments on: Central FL FYBO Team Forming! http://k4upg.com/2010/02/02/340/ Adventures in Ham Radio QRP Portable Ops! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:59:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: kmack http://k4upg.com/2010/02/02/340/comment-page-1/#comment-287 kmack Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:33:32 +0000 http://k4upg.com/?p=340#comment-287 Jim, Sounds like you fell into the dreaded <em>black hole of rf-land</em> too bad. Bands were fair here, we heard a few Canadian stations but not strong to Central Florida. Ended up with 29 qso's 16 states mostly on 20m. Despite about 5 hrs of trying we had NO SSB qso's so that was a lesson in humility. 15m opened a bit and EU stations were booming in for a short burst of fun. For a first effort, we felt happy to get out, try things and we know what we can do differently in the future. It was in high 50F most of the day but with 25-30 mph winds it felt cold to us. Better than 16F though! Thanks for comments and update on how you did. Hope to CU on the air soon. 72, Kelly K4UPG Jim,
Sounds like you fell into the dreaded black hole of rf-land too bad. Bands were fair here, we heard a few Canadian stations but not strong to Central Florida. Ended up with 29 qso’s 16 states mostly on 20m. Despite about 5 hrs of trying we had NO SSB qso’s so that was a lesson in humility. 15m opened a bit and EU stations were booming in for a short burst of fun. For a first effort, we felt happy to get out, try things and we know what we can do differently in the future. It was in high 50F most of the day but with 25-30 mph winds it felt cold to us. Better than 16F though!

Thanks for comments and update on how you did. Hope to CU on the air soon.

72,
Kelly K4UPG

]]> By: kmack http://k4upg.com/2010/02/02/340/comment-page-1/#comment-286 kmack Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:26:18 +0000 http://k4upg.com/?p=340#comment-286 Martin, Loved your blog! We did so-so for a bunch of rookies on their first time out. Found out what we don't know and spent more time talking than operating. Will be posting updates soon, a bit slammed with work right now. 73, Kelly K4UPG Martin,
Loved your blog! We did so-so for a bunch of rookies on their first time out. Found out what we don’t know and spent more time talking than operating. Will be posting updates soon, a bit slammed with work right now.
73,
Kelly K4UPG

]]> By: Jim http://k4upg.com/2010/02/02/340/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Jim Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:48:34 +0000 http://k4upg.com/?p=340#comment-279 So how did you guys make out in the contest? We managed a poor 5 Q's for 2 1/2 hours of operating in 16ºf temperatures. We heard nobody calling for the FYBO but the 5 we got answered our CQ. I also made 4 more after I got home later in the day. Looking forward to reading about your outting on the AZ website when they get published. CUL So how did you guys make out in the contest? We managed a poor 5 Q’s for 2 1/2 hours of operating in 16ºf temperatures. We heard nobody calling for the FYBO but the 5 we got answered our CQ. I also made 4 more after I got home later in the day. Looking forward to reading about your outting on the AZ website when they get published. CUL

]]> By: Martin http://k4upg.com/2010/02/02/340/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Martin Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:08:50 +0000 http://k4upg.com/?p=340#comment-278 Kelly, Sorry we missed you in the FYBO. How did you make out? I went snow shoe'ing with another member of the Ottawa Valley QRP Society, we operated from a forest reserve: http://va3sie.blogsite.org/?p=325 We didn't hear Jim either but lots of stations commented on the Canadian presence in 2010's FYBO :-) 73 Martin. VA3SIE. Kelly,

Sorry we missed you in the FYBO. How did you make out?

I went snow shoe’ing with another member of the Ottawa Valley QRP Society, we operated from a forest reserve:

http://va3sie.blogsite.org/?p=325

We didn’t hear Jim either but lots of stations commented on the Canadian presence in 2010′s FYBO :-)

73
Martin.
VA3SIE.

]]> By: Jim http://k4upg.com/2010/02/02/340/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Jim Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:52:12 +0000 http://k4upg.com/?p=340#comment-276 Thanks Kelly - I'd be more then happy to split out temperature with you right about now. It's 05:46 Saturday and the current temp is 14ºF. I just got out of a warm bed and am I ready for today? NOPE! Hopefully work ya in the contest later today. Stay warm and have a cold drink on us, I'll be more then happy to look south during the contest and lift a hot mug of soup in your honour. I'll post back here how we did once my fingers are capable of typing again. 72 / 73 Jim. Thanks Kelly – I’d be more then happy to split out temperature with you right about now. It’s 05:46 Saturday and the current temp is 14ºF. I just got out of a warm bed and am I ready for today? NOPE! Hopefully work ya in the contest later today. Stay warm and have a cold drink on us, I’ll be more then happy to look south during the contest and lift a hot mug of soup in your honour. I’ll post back here how we did once my fingers are capable of typing again. 72 / 73
Jim.

]]> By: kmack http://k4upg.com/2010/02/02/340/comment-page-1/#comment-274 kmack Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:11:31 +0000 http://k4upg.com/?p=340#comment-274 Thanks for stoppin' by! Always good to hear from our Canadian Cousins! We'll be listenin' fer ya. You make our work harder since you get such a good temp multiplier! We'll be wearing our shorts in your honor! Good luck, have fun and no frostbite, ya hear? :-) 73, Kelly K4UPG Thanks for stoppin’ by! Always good to hear from our Canadian Cousins! We’ll be listenin’ fer ya. You make our work harder since you get such a good temp multiplier! We’ll be wearing our shorts in your honor! Good luck, have fun and no frostbite, ya hear? :-)
73,
Kelly K4UPG

]]> By: Jim http://k4upg.com/2010/02/02/340/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Jim Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:33:41 +0000 http://k4upg.com/?p=340#comment-273 We'd really love to work with you guys but no passport and the price of gas... maybe we'll stay in Ontario and work the contest from here. A couple of us from the Durham Region QRP club (ve3qdr) will be out on Saturday so we hope to work you on the bands. We are expecting temperatures up here this weekend to be approx. 19ºF. Good luck and stay warm. Jim - VE3KQN/VE3MO We’d really love to work with you guys but no passport and the price of gas… maybe we’ll stay in Ontario and work the contest from here. A couple of us from the Durham Region QRP club (ve3qdr) will be out on Saturday so we hope to work you on the bands. We are expecting temperatures up here this weekend to be approx. 19ºF. Good luck and stay warm.
Jim – VE3KQN/VE3MO

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