As the sun came up this morning over Chebeague Island in Maine, my phone lit up with a WhatsApp call from Braco Memic E77DX. It was 6 a.m.—and within the hour, I was walking with him, virtually and on camera, through the legendary EF8R “Magic Mountain” contest station on Gran Canaria. He and his wife Julia had just landed, and Braco was already sizing up the challenge ahead: broken antennas, a silent generator, and only days to turn chaos into a world-class signal. The plan is bold. Braco will go first, chasing a world record in CQ WW SSB. Then Daniel Craig N6MJ arrives to take his own swing during CQ WW CW. Two world-class operators, one station, and a narrow window to pull it all together. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes story that rarely gets told—the sweat and scramble before the glory. I’m calling it the CQ WW Showdown, and this is only the beginning.
Saw the headline Magic Mountain and was instantly transported to 1976...... Six Flags Magic Mountain in California - The Thrill Capital ... Six Flags Magic Mountain, formerly known and colloquially referred to as simply Magic Mountain, is a 209-acre amusement park located in Valencia, California, 35 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It opened on May 29, 1971, as a development of the Newhall Land and Farming Company and Sea World Inc
I worked them on 10m during the CQWW SSB and made a note in the log that they were LOUD into North Texas.
