New Years Eve HF Party

[kg4kww]

How many of you will be working the Gray Line all day tomorrow to wish hams all over da world a Happy New Years?

BTW, dudes with four squares and 1kw amps be mindful the 100w stations would like to make a contact too!!

Remember stay sober and no wild women.

Happy New Year

[KE6SHJ]

Sober? Definately, have not had a drink in over 10 years and counting. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[ky5u]

You aren't working SKN?

[KC9ECI]

SKN for me all the way!

[KU0DM]

I will be at a partay.

Never been able to operate SKN before, need to try that sometime.

[kf4vgx]

I will be Partaken http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[N7RJD]

As usual this time of week I'll be in one state and my radios will be in another.

I will stay sober as I have since the day I was born but I make no promises as to wild women. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[kg4kww]

The Marconi Net will be in full Swing New Years Eve on 3872, tune in and enjoy some great conversation.

[N2RJ]

I'll be running SKN myself.

Too bad that Greg will be missing out on the fun!

[ne6ao]

Quote[/b] (ke6shj @ Dec. 30 2007,19:45)]Sober? Definately, have not had a drink in over 10 years and counting. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
are ya a friend of bill?Ive been sober since halloween 84

[N5CE]

SKN Rules!

[KC9ECI]

Quote[/b] (kf4vgx @ Dec. 30 2007,22:12)]I will be Partaken http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
I gave up drinking on amateur night a long time ago.

I am however at this particular moment in time enjoying a nice ice cold bottle of Franziskaner hefe-weisse.

[kf4vgx]

Quote[/b] (KC9ECI @ Dec. 29 2007,21:57)]Quote[/b] (kf4vgx @ Dec. 30 2007,22:12)]I will be Partaken http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
I gave up drinking on amateur night a long time ago.

I am however at this particular moment in time enjoying a nice ice cold bottle of Franziskaner hefe-weisse.
I've been playin around with this lightscribe burner that I received for Xmas from the kids most of the evening. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif .

Love it .

Happy New year, to you and all the mods

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif .

[KE6SHJ]

Quote[/b] (ne6ao @ Dec. 29 2007,21:23)]Quote[/b] (ke6shj @ Dec. 30 2007,19:45)]Sober? Definately, have not had a drink in over 10 years and counting. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
are ya a friend of bill?Ive been sober since halloween 84
Umm Nope. Cant say I know any Bills. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[ai4ep]

Boy you folks must be rich....able to afford an amateur radio station & afford alcohol . http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[ky5u]

No coder net for those who can't on 27.500.

[KC9ECI]

Quote[/b] (ai4ep @ Dec. 30 2007,23:49)]Boy you folks must be rich....able to afford an amateur radio station & afford alcohol . # http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
I can't afford it, I only drink what the city police confiscate from the underage drinkers.

[N8CPA]

SKN and, probably, Apples to Apples with the family.

I even started an SKN QSO Pledge Drive for the SKCC list. It started as a joke and the next thing I knew I was keeping a list of pledges.

[ab9lz]

SKN, looks like I might bump into a few Zedders tonight.

73 m/4

[N8CPA]

Quote[/b] (KC9ECI @ Dec. 31 2007,01:28)]Quote[/b] (ai4ep @ Dec. 30 2007,23:49)]Boy you folks must be rich....able to afford an amateur radio station & afford alcohol . # http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
I can't afford it, I only drink what the city police confiscate from the underage drinkers.
Canned Heat and orange juice?

[ky5u]

Tried canned heat on my wife. Only half the can worked.

[KC9ECI]

Quote[/b] (N8CPA @ Dec. 31 2007,09:52)]Quote[/b] (KC9ECI @ Dec. 31 2007,01:28)]Quote[/b] (ai4ep @ Dec. 30 2007,23:49)]Boy you folks must be rich....able to afford an amateur radio station & afford alcohol . # http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
I can't afford it, I only drink what the city police confiscate from the underage drinkers.
Canned Heat and orange juice?
Not sure, but the vision in one eye has started to go a bit dark.

[kg4kww]

I will be on standby just in case.

[N2RJ]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ Dec. 31 2007,10:23)]I will be on standby just in case.
Standby for...?

[n0iu]

I will probably make a few SKN contacts, but I know for sure we won't be going out. As they say at AA, New Years Eve is when the amateur drunks come out!

Scott NØIU

[kg4kww]

Quote[/b] ]N2RJ -- Standby for...?


Work

[KI4ITV]

"Don't Drink And Overdrive"
-this message brought to you by The Coalition for Designated Control Ops

[KC9ECI]

Stand by for......NEWS!

[ks4du]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ Dec. 30 2007,19:30)]How many of you will be working the Gray Line all day tomorrow to wish hams all over da world a Happy New Years?

BTW, dudes with four squares and 1kw amps be mindful the 100w stations would like to make a contact too!!

Remember stay sober and no wild women.

Happy New Year
How does one work the Gray Line all day?http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[kg4kww]

Ahhhhhhhhhh with a good antenna!!! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

At least one person got it.

[kg4kww]

let's talk about this Gray line thing ok.
Somewhere on this planet there is Grayline
propagation going on. Therefore hams all over the world read this, right? right. So, a ham somewhere in the world is working grayline right now.

Happy.

[KB5WX]

Sorry Greg , I don't work much phone . But if you'll listen out for me on the bottom end of 80m , I'll be more than happy to send you some " Bug Music " . For me , it's SKN all the way . Remember , " Pounding brass kicks A-- ! "

[ky5u]

Greg's party....

[N8CPA]

Quote[/b] (KB5WX @ Dec. 31 2007,14:44)]Sorry Greg , I don't work much phone . But if you'll listen out for me on the bottom end of 80m , I'll be more than happy to send you some " Bug Music " . For me , it's SKN all the way . Remember , " Pounding brass kicks A-- ! "
Hey! That's my line!
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[KB5WX]

Quote[/b] (N8CPA @ Dec. 31 2007,07:01)]Quote[/b] (KB5WX @ Dec. 31 2007,14:44)]Sorry Greg , I don't work much phone . But if you'll listen out for me on the bottom end of 80m , I'll be more than happy to send you some " Bug Music " . For me , it's SKN all the way . Remember , " Pounding brass kicks A-- ! "
Hey! #That's my line!
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I know Steve , but it's just too good of a line not to use . besides that , it's absolutely true . http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[kg4kww]

Well guys there was a JA3 station this morning on 3799 but the big guns wouldn't let the little guns have a try.

[k8jd]

Enjoying SKN tonight
dit dit

[ai4ep]

....should be interesting. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[KC9ECI]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ Dec. 31 2007,15:18)]Well guys there was a JA3 station this morning on 3799 but the big guns wouldn't let the little guns have a try.
Anyone interested in taking up a collection to buy Greg a box of Kleenex?

[KI4BNC]

i do skn sometimes.
in fact im not wearing pants right now.
lots of skn showin...
ooooohhhhhh that skn.
sorry.wrong thread...
holy cow!wrong forum all together http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[KC2PBJ]

Letting us poor 100 watt barefoot ops get in would be a welcomed change in behavior. Damned tired of having an ongoing QSO get killed because some ####### can't wait and HAS to get that quicky QSL immediately. Guess what, most of these clowns are not no-coders and are among the supposedly elite.

[K4KWH]

Quote[/b] (ke6shj @ Dec. 30 2007,21:40)]Quote[/b] (ne6ao @ Dec. 29 2007,21:23)]Quote[/b] (ke6shj @ Dec. 30 2007,19:45)]Sober? Definately, have not had a drink in over 10 years and counting. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
are ya a friend of bill?Ive been sober since halloween 84
Umm Nope. Cant say I know any Bills. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
I got some "Bills" I don't WANT! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif


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[kn4ds]

Quote[/b] (KC9ECI @ Dec. 31 2007,17:25)]Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ Dec. 31 2007,15:18)]Well guys there was a JA3 station this morning on 3799 but the big guns wouldn't let the little guns have a try.
Anyone interested in taking up a collection to buy Greg a box of Kleenex?
Starting to think he's gonna need a new cryin' towel...

Riddle me this... if these big guns are keeping the little guys out... how come I, with 100 watts max, sometimes as little as 10 watts and less than optimal antenna for many bands... have things like:

Grenada, Barbados, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Suriname, Honduras, French Guiana, Jamaica, Barbados, Madeira Is.,
Costa Rica, French Guiana, Tanzania, Galapagos Is., Canary Is., Netherlands, Jamaica, Belgium, Martinique, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Costa Rica, Spain, Guyana, Kure I. and Isle of Man

in the log (many are QSL, too)?

Contacts are on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10.

SSB, PSK-31, PSK-63, SSTV, RTTY and CW.

I've gotten through pileups into Hawaii and other places...

If you listen to Greg, I can't possibly have done that... 'cause the big guns wouldn't let me.

I guess everybody's supposed to hear KG4KWW and step aside... "oh, ok, everybody, there's Greg, don't transmit, let him try to get the contact, then we'll get back to it."

[kn4ds]

Quote[/b] (KC2PBJ @ Dec. 31 2007,19:42)]Letting us poor 100 watt barefoot ops get in would be a welcomed change in behavior.
Oh, stop it. I'm a "poor 100 watt barefoot op" and get damn near every contact I want.

You need a crying towel, too?

[KI4BNC]

so what frequencies?
when?
I'm on right now...

[N2RJ]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ Dec. 31 2007,15:18)]Well guys there was a JA3 station this morning on 3799 but the big guns wouldn't let the little guns have a try.
Boo hoo cry me a river.

[N2RJ]

Quote[/b] (KC2PBJ @ Dec. 31 2007,19:42)]Letting us poor 100 watt barefoot ops get in would be a welcomed change in behavior. Damned tired of having an ongoing QSO get killed because some ####### can't wait and HAS to get that quicky QSL immediately. Guess what, most of these clowns are not no-coders and are among the supposedly elite.
Dude, if you can't beat them, join them.

That's what I did anyway.

If they're interfering with an ongoing QSO, then that is illegal interference, and you can report it to the FCC.


But if they simply beat you in the pileup, guess what - that is LIFE and you either live with it, learn how to tail-end and/or get a bigger antenna.

[N2RJ]

Doing SKN now, on 40m. However my J-38 slipped out of its bearings a couple of times. Hopefully now I should be good.

Hoping to QSO with some of you!

[KI4BNC]

voice?anyone on 75m?
psk31 on 30m?
40m?
rtty?sstv?
(not set up for cw/also never cared for it.)

[kg4kww]

Be nice, your UT will have the last laugh.

[KC9ECI]

I've been on 80 as KC9ECI and 40 as K2A/9, but now I'm taking a break. having a ginger ale.

[ai4ep]

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif ...not much so far on 75 meters ( actually kind of quiet ), but expect / guess it will liven up by 10 pm local time ( 9 pm now ).

Actually I cant tell tonight from any other MONDAY NIGHT on 75 meters...may just be local conditions and lively where you are, or my set up ?? !! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[kn4ds]

Quote[/b] (KC9ECI @ Dec. 31 2007,21:53)]I've been on 80 as KC9ECI and 40 as K2A/9, but now I'm taking a break. having a ginger ale.
Umm... not a ginger ale in sight in this house... 'course, the HF rig is idle, as well.

[KI4BNC]

im bouncing between 1.875 and 3.748
anybody?
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[KC9ECI]

Quote[/b] (KE4UWL @ Dec. 31 2007,21:57)]Quote[/b] (KC9ECI @ Dec. 31 2007,21:53)]I've been on 80 as KC9ECI and 40 as K2A/9, but now I'm taking a break. having a ginger ale.
Umm... not a ginger ale in sight in this house... 'course, the HF rig is idle, as well.
I'm also on call tonight.

[ky5u]

Happy New Year everyone! May 2008 be better for us all than 2007.

[KI4ITV]

HNY to all.

[KB3LIX]

I'm bucking tonights trend.
Just for the halibut, I'm working the SARTG RTTY contest.

Not much activity, but its only a 3 hour gig, so it is over shortly.

(Oh, and I'm like a bunch of others, 100 watt rice box, a homemade antenna system that isn't worth 15 cents in Chinese clackers with 169 DXCC entities in the last 20 months. Last 20 months, at the bottom of the solar cycle. If you can't get thru, you are not trying hard enough. Filed an application in November for DXCC with 135 confirmations, mostly phone.)

Whine & CRY some more !!!!!

I'll send a box of Kleenex.......Used ones, of course !!!

[KI4ITV]

I completely agree with you Bill.
Knowing where not to be is often a more important discovery.
If there is propagation for the DX under the Big Pile, then go search for other lonely DX using the same favorable conditions and work them.

If one of the lonely DX stations is a tempting enough target, spot him and when the cluster crabs run over to devour the newly posted station, go back to the first one to get your contact as the competition thins out due to frustration, greed and because you have moved the worst operators somewhere else.
There is more than one way to work a pile.
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[kg4kww]

Happy New Year