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

[Neil Klagge]

I am forwarding this to the group for John L. (XIQ) since he is apparently
having problems with his ISP.

Neil

*"I use the original form of social networking: Amateur Radio." *
 *(my ham radio sites are at 'w0yse.webs.com <http://w0yse.webs.com>'  and
'wg2xsv.webs.com <http://wg2xsv.webs.com>' )*




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Langridge <jlangridge at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [600MRG] 630m Field Day greetings results ??
To: Neil Klagge <w0yse.7 at gmail.com>, "600mrg at w7ekb.com" <600mrg at w7ekb.com>


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

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 *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

*"I use the original form of social networking: Amateur Radio." *
*(my ham radio sites are at 'w0yse.webs.com <http://w0yse.webs.com>'  and
'wg2xsv.webs.com <http://wg2xsv.webs.com>' )*
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