[WVDXA] WVDXA Straight Key/Glowbug Night - A Success!

[Philip M. Roberts]

When is AM phone night??

Sounds as if fun was had by all.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Phil  W8UV







At 10:40 PM 12/31/2007, you wrote:
>WOW - That's more CW QSO's than I've had in the last DECADE!  I've 
>turned off the radio now but I "still" hear CW.  Plus, my right arm 
>feels like I just pitched a couple of innings of baseball.
>
>I know you "old-time" CW ops think nothing of chewing the rag but my 
>CW has been limited to:
>
>me:  W8TN
>DX:  W8TN 599
>me:  RR 599 TU
>DX:  TU
>
>Plus, that has all been done by just pushing the right button on the 
>memory keyer!  This "pounding of brass" has not been done by me in 
>quite awhile.
>
>And, I really, really thought the QSO's would be short.  I should 
>have known when I saw K8KFJ and W8UI exchanging their life histories 
>a half-hour before the start of the WVDXA SKN that I was in for some 
>long-winded QSO's.
>
>But, it was certainly fun.  AND, I feel that I have definitely 
>improved my ability to copy CW in a QSO.  I was sweating a bit when 
>some of the guys started "talking" to me but it all worked out.
>
>And hey, that Mr. Ritchie from down in Florida must have hooked some 
>wire to the Goodyear Blimp or something.  He was pounding in up 
>here.  He keeps trying to tell everyone that he works all this DX 
>from his RV with a Hamstick mobile antenna but the type of signal he 
>was putting up this way kind of makes you think he has a real 
>antenna farm down there.
>
>Then, there was the surprise of hearing "CQ CQ CQ DE W8AH W8AH - 
>AH"  WA8WV used the club call of "W8AH" and even used one of Al's 
>straight keys to give several a contact with the club call.
>
>W8HC (who snuck away from Steph's New Year's Eve Party) also managed 
>to hand out some QSO's.  Even though he forgot to take his Aleve, he 
>was still sailing along with the straight key.
>
>I managed to work W8OI, W8AH, W8HC, W8OP and K8KFJ.  I heard W8UI 
>before the SKN started but never managed to hear him after he worked 
>K8KFJ.  I was also hoping to hear K8MN or W8WEJ but could not find 
>either of them.  WA8VPN unfortunately had to miss the event due to a 
>funeral home visit.  Sorry you could not make it "Papa November."
>
>All in all, I think it was a good time.  WA8WV was looking for a 
>bigger turn-out but this was a "last minute" set up.  Considering 
>that, I think it was time well spent.
>
>HAPPY NEW YEAR to all the WVDXA.  May 2008 be filled with lots of 
>rare DX and new radios and antennas grace your stations.
>
>
>Clark, W8TN
>Indian Name Changed to "Broken Arm"
>
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