[WVDXA] I am a happy camper

[w8hc at aol.com]

I just got home following an evening commitment but earlier this 
evening before leaving the house and having arrived from work with only 
about 20-minutes to "kill," I saw the VP6DX spots on 10 and thought I 
would fire up the rig and take a listen.  Sure enough I could hear the 
VP6 on 10 CW.  I let the amp warm up and then called.  The SWR looked 
out of whack an so I looked at my antenna situation and realized I was 
loading into the 80m loop.  Presto, switcho and I was in business. That 
brought their signal up substantially and in a couple calls I had 'em 
in the log at 2302Z.  Hey, let's see how good the signal is up in the 
phone band... sure enough he is calling "CQ" and not getting a response 
 from anyone.  So I call him and have him in the log on 10m SSB at 
2305UTC.  Now I saw a spot on 12 meters and I haven't worked 'em there 
yet so I QSY and can just hear the VP6 on frequency calling "CQ". He's 
not even moving my S-meter.  I wasn't sure he would copy me but called 
a couple times and lo and behold I had him in the log for 12 SSB at 
2307Z.  "Not bad," I thought, "3 band modes in 5 minutes."   Adrenalin 
was kicked up a notch and I was smiling when I left the house for the 
evening.  Ahhhhh, DX Still IS!
73 es have great w/e WVDXERs!
Hal W8HC


-----Original Message-----
From: Philip M. Roberts <w8uv at hughes.net>
To: wvdxa at wvdxa.org
Sent: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 6:46 pm
Subject: [WVDXA] I am a happy camper



I now have them on all phone bands 160-10m. Maybe CW next week after
the 160m SSB contest.

Phil  W8UV


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