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

[Dave]

EU FD is at the other end of June, they have the sense to avoid portable contests in winter

Dave

G4FRE

-----Original Message-----
From: 600MRG [mailto:600mrg-bounces at w7ekb.com] On Behalf Of John Langridge
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 1:35 PM
To: Neil Klagge; 600mrg at w7ekb.com
Subject: Re: [600MRG] 630m Field Day greetings results ??

I will tell you one thing that helped:� I knew people from many of the clubs that I contacted for one reason or another so that helped since I addressed them directly and named-dropped like crazy.. Its sometimes harder to just hit delete when the email directly addresses individuals in the group.� It also helped that it was the second year that I did this.

we need a winter FD event like the EU's have so we can take advantage of the dark!

73!

John





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 From: Neil Klagge <w0yse.7 at gmail.com>
To: John Langridge <jlangridge at sbcglobal.net>; 600mrg at w7ekb.com 
Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [600MRG] 630m Field Day greetings results ??
 


?Wow, JL, you stirred up quite a bunch of listeners. Fantastic !!!

Thanks to all who replied. Maybe by next FD, Laurence will get an RX or two even. 

73, Neil




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






On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 1:07 PM, John Langridge <jlangridge at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.��
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>73!
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>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 ??
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>Just wondering if many of you that were running FD messages from your 630m
>stations have received any reception reports.
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>73, Neil
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>*(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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