Last weekend was a pretty busy one here at KB6NU.
I got started on Friday night, working several stations in the NH QSO Party. I only worked five stations, but it was fun. Then, for some reason, I decided to tune around in the phone band and came across WX4MM, working the YL-OM contest. I gave her a QSO, then went QRT for the evening.
On Saturday, I spent a couple of hours working WA2HOM. The big news from the museum is that we now have our “ON AIR” sign. Currently, you can just turn it on and off. I’d like to add some kind of RF sensor that would flash the sign on and off when we’re transmitting.
Saturday evening, I got back on the air again. K5D was piling them up from about 7023 kHz to 7035 kHz, so I tuned around down below 7020 kHz. (Am I glad I finally got my Extra? Definitely!) It was there that I found the Dutch PACC Contest. I worked three PAs, then found EI9JF calling CQ. We had a nice QSO, then I QSYed up to the phone band again.
There, I found WA2TDC working the NH QSO Party and worked him. Tuning around a little, I found KC5GLC. He was working the Ole Miss QSO Party. Working him made it four different contests that I participated in over the weekend. After that, I pulled the plug and the XYL and I went out for Valentine’s Day.
On Sunday, I fired up the rig about 1 pm and decided to see what was happening on 30m. Lo, and behold, I found K5D actually calling CQ. He must have just gotten on the air. It only took me four calls to work him. If you ask me, 30m is the best band to work the DXpeditions.
I made a few other QSOs on Sunday, but nothing extraordinary. All in all, a great weekend for operating.
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