[600MRG] 630m Field Day greetings results ??

[John Langridge]

I'm not sure if my messages are making it through the reflector due to issues with yahoo but I will give this a try.

I've now had 16 direct replies that indicated they copied the message, including one video from a station 30 miles away that was listening to me on his grundig receiver with loop stick inside his house.  Another guy installed a full-sized dipole about 2 meters off the ground.  There were 2 replies that could not copy but were close enough that I figure there were other factors at play.  All stations were asked to send NTS traffic to the ARRL letting them know that they copied the message.  Its my understanding that 11 complied with that request.  The other 5 did not know how to send traffic so I serviced the messages on their behalf.  Other still reported seeing my signal on ARGO  but the signal was not necessarily copied, only identified.


I suspect there will be a few others that never contact me, instead sending the traffic directly to the ARRL, which I may never know about.

I am going to come up with a certificate to send to these stations since we are talking about 16 and not 400.  If I do a significant increase, I will send my QSL's instead.

This has really gotten a lot of people asking questions locally about the band, the application process and how I generate a signal.  That's always a good thing.  Based on the local discussions, I would expect at least a couple of applications to be filed.

I'm sure the other guys have their own stories but that's what has happened here in NTX.  I will absolutely do it again next year.  Others should consider joining in.  

73!

John XIQ



________________________________
 From: Neil Klagge <w0yse.7 at gmail.com>
To: 600mrg at w7ekb.com 
Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 12:44 PM
Subject: [600MRG] 630m Field Day greetings results ??
 

Just wondering if many of you that were running FD messages from your 630m
stations have received any reception reports.

73, Neil

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