[WVDXA] Meeting

[Clark L. Stewart]

Hal,

      I hope you have a safe and pleasant journey but I'm saddened that 
your operating schedule did not include 160-M.  Do you have room in your 
luggage for an Inverted "L"?  I can clone one for you pretty quick.  You 
see, I have never worked (or heard) 4X on Top Band.  With Jerry, K8OQL, 
along I'm sure the two of you can find a way to squirt a 160-M signal back 
my way.

      If you can't get on Top Band, I guess I'll have to load up the 
Inverted "L" on one of the other bands to see if we can get a QSO.  It's 
amazing what you can do with a tuner and a little CW.

      Do you plan to order tickets for the DX Dinner at the Hamvention this 
year?  If so, Tim, KC8UHE, has expressed his interest as well as myself.


Clark, W8TN


At 10:01 AM 1/8/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>DXers,
>Stephanie and I leave Thursday for Israel and our annual Holyland Tour
>that includes a visit to Jordan's Petra
>http://www.nabataea.net/petra.html one of the "new" 7 Wonders of the
>World.  We return home on Sunday, January 27.  This year there will be
>11 of us and we will be celebrating this, the 60th "Birthday" of the
>nation of Israel.  I should mention that Jerry K8OQL, another WVDXA
>member, will be rejoining our "family" as we travel Israel from top to
>bottom.  And I am once again taking along my Icom IC-706MKIIG and a
>portable vertical antenna and plan to operate from some of the hotels
>in the evening and in early morning, primarily CW on 40m, 30m, 20m,
>17m.  Last year, I had a schedule with Dave, WA8WV and Don W8DL and did
>copy them very early one morning while at the Sea of Galilee but
>unfortunately they did not copy my calls.  I did have a fairly nice 17m
>opening at the end of my trip from Eilat, port city at the Red Sea and
>had QSOs with a few Stateside stations.  But you can work EU stations
>all day and night from 4X.  I will be able to send emails to the WVDXA
>reflector from there with my cell phone and will advise when I am QRV
>and what freq in case anyone is interested in checking propagation.
>Thank goodness Big Pete K4OM worked the recent E4 operation and now I
>won't have to risk going into, "Palestine," the Israeli territory
>"occupied" by the arabs.
>
>We will be at Masada at the Dead Sea on Tuesday, January 22 and so I
>hope to also be able to operate again while there, even if only briefly
>  from this famous historic landmark.
>http://www.parks.org.il/ParksENG/company_card.php3?CNumber=853401
>Although I have not yet heard from Ruben, 4Z5FI to determine if Jerry
>and I can operate from there. Ruben is the chief electrician at this
>park and has helped get me on top with my amateur gear to operate from
>the plateau the past two years.
>
>If you guys have a meeting twixt now and my return, I hope it is a good
>one!  Maybe Clark will share the "real" secrets behind his successes
>with the 160-m inverted L---  "How to Go from Zero to DXCC on TopBand"
>I really enjoy reading about his climb up the top band ladder and am
>green with envy.  I know when UltraViolet gets his "killer" on the air,
>we are really going to hear some stories... Go Big Phil!  And sorry
>about your Buckeyes, ouch!
>
>In the meantime, please keep our small group of pilgrims in your
>thoughts and prayers and hope that "W" doesn't go over there in advance
>of our travel and stir up the hornets........ :-)
>
>Shalom, shalom and 73,
>Hal W8HC
>http://www.w8hc.com/2007Tour/2007Tour.htm