[WVDXA] 160-M Still Hoppin'

[Philip M. Roberts]

PJ5NA counts as Sint Maarten.

Phil  W8UV

Now have over 100 countries heard on 160 but not worked





At 07:01 AM 1/4/2008, you wrote:
>congrats,, been there, being there, done, doing that...
>worked s59a and a pj5na,,  dont know if the pj5 is the new country or not..
>not counting that on 160 Im kind of stuck at 123 worked and 120 confirmed..
>73 john
>
>W8TN - Clark wrote:
> > I have not reported on my 160-M progress for a few days.  However, back on
> > Saturday, 12-29, we had company for a pre-New Years' Eve party.  The last
> > couple did not leave until after 12:30 a.m. and I had to be up and out of
> > the house by 10 a.m.  I figured I would just pass on the Stew Perry 160-M
> > contest which was being held that night.  But, as I started getting ready
> > for bed about 1:30 a.m., I looked at the rig and thought, "What could it
> > hurt to just listen and see if there was any DX on the band?"
> >
> > Anyone know the answer to that question?
> >
> > Well, what that question means is that IF you turn on the radio, you won't
> > get to bed until almost 5:30 a.m.  That will make certain you are "draggin'
> > your wagon" the next day.
> >
> > So, knowing full well what might happen, I turned on the radio and got
> > sucked into working part of the contest.  This turned out to be a VERY good
> > thing because I managed to work HB9CIP - Switzerland, LY2IJ - 
> Lithuania, and
> > TF4M - Iceland for NEW COUNTRIES!  Not only was TF4M a NEW 
> country, it was a
> > NEW ZONE as well!
> >
> > Then, two days later I uploaded my log to LoTW and received the 
> TF4M QSL via
> > LoTW just 46 hours after making the contact.  WOW - what a rush!
> >
> > Tonight I fell asleep twice during the Orange Bowl being so tired from the
> > Fiesta Bowl Experience the night before (yep, only got about 4 hours sleep
> > last night after enjoying the WVU win.)  But, just before going to bed, I
> > got an email from a friend who mentioned that 160-M was pretty good tonight
> > and, yep, I got sucked into another late night.  Here it is almost 2 a.m.
> > and I'm finally about ready to hit the sack.  BUT, I worked T93J -
> > Bosnia-Herzegovina and T77C - San Marino for TWO more NEW COUNTRIES on Top
> > Band.  This brings me up to 82 Countries worked and 42 
> Confirmed.  I have 19
> > NEW Countries on 160-M sitting in my LoTW account right now, just waiting
> > for me to make another DXCC Application.
> >
> > So, things are still looking good for the Inverted "L" on Top Band.  It is
> > just wrecking havoc with my sleep pattern, HI !!
> >
> >
> > Clark, W8TN
> > *Just Call Me "Drowzy"*
> >
> >
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