RE: [amsat-bb] Fun on UO-14

[wbeightk <eightrrr@xxxxxxxxx>]

A few years back I was operating the June VHF contest
QRP portable from "Dolly Sods" W.V. - 2 element quad
mounted on the bed of my pickup truck. - Dolly Sods is
a 'drop off' site for wilderness backpackers and is
located on a 2500' plateau. (Nice to have your up
antenna at 2505'). Had some very strange looking folks
come out of those wood and ask among other things if I
was tracking Bears, Hot Air balloons and one question
regarding the government and moonshine. Interesting
people these wilderness backpackers!.

BTW, I won the QRP portable category for Six meters
that year.

73  Denny   WB8K


--- Tony Langdon <tlangdon@atctraining.com.au> wrote:
> > I believe the bio people up here *are* known to
> track 
> > migratory animals 
> > (including meese) who have been tagged with radio
> beacons.
> 
> Hehe, they do that here as well with various
> animals. :-)
> 
> > 
> > KF4UTD says on his AO-27 website (one that really
> helped me 
> > get started)
> > 
> >    "Once your neighbors see you in the back yard
> waving an 
> > antenna back 
> > and forth, they may call the police or the nearest
> mental 
> > institution. 
> > If you tell them you're talking to someone on a
> small, quickly moving 
> > satellite, they'll commit you immediately."
> 
> LOL.  Seems we Aussies are a bit more open minded,
> I've used the truth, and
> it's gone down well with the neighbours.  One of
> them has even taken to
> satellite spotting (visually) in the warmer months. 
> She's got a real buzz
> from spotting ISS or some other moving point of
> light.  Not bad for an
> elderley lady. :-)
> > 
> > "I recommend hanging several shirts over the Arrow
> antenna. It then 
> > looks like you're trying to speed up the drying of
> some 
> > laundry, while 
> > talking on your cellphone. The neighbors won't
> blink an eye..."
> 
> LOL, what can I say? :-)
> > 
> >                 --
> http://www.cstone.net/~deasy/ham/
> > 
> > And in our backyard we have a tripod with 20el 2m
> and 30el 
> > 70cm Yagis. 
> > It's been dubbed "Spiny Norman". I may tell the
> neighbors it's for 
> > casting Wiccan circles.
> 
> Hehehe, cute. :)
> > 
> > We just added the S-band helix...can't wait for a
> good AO-40 
> > pass to try 
> > it out. May crank it up in the morning just to
> see...right 
> > now S2 is off.
> 
> Oh, OK.  Good luck. :)
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