Rick, No joke here, but I saw you posted on 15 SSB, turned the beam to work you, and you were down in the noise level. I tried to find you again on 15 CW and again, no copy. Had to be bad conditions. But not as bad an experience as when I worked Bob Vallio on CW. My amp had a catastrophic failure with a “bang” and a lot of error lights. Still, muddled through the contact. Fortunately, it was just a fuse. After working NA2AA on 15 FT4, had a pile up there for some time. ‘73 de Jim N2ZZ Director – Roanoke Division Representing ARRL members in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia ARRL – the national association for Amateur Radio Facebook Page: ARRL Roanoke Division Website: www.arrl-roanoke.org <http://www.arrl-roanoke.org/> From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> On Behalf Of k5ur--- via arrl-odv Sent: Monday, December 18, 2023 1:16 PM To: Mark J Tharp <kb7hdx@gmail.com> Cc: Arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:35428] Re: Red Badge Day <<<remote on the East coast>> Oh, geez..... <https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f62c.png> BTW, I want to give a "shout out" to Carl, K9LA, for his activity from W1AW/9 (Ind) this week. I've worked them on 160 thru 10 meters this past week and Carl has been the operator a lot. 73, Rick - K5UR On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 12:07:58 PM CST, Mark J Tharp <kb7hdx@gmail.com <mailto:kb7hdx@gmail.com> > wrote: Agree. It was a hoot. W6RGG K5UR N3KN N2ZZ K0AIZ K9LA K5UZ AC0W WB4RHQ NP3O AA1SU W5XX K2DP AE0EE K8TE W2KFV N4MM all in the log. I heard Scott on 20 working people, and I heard Ryan also but never found them or they never found me. Jo worked W7VO also. That was funny, I was listening to her run from a remote on the East coast and heard Mike calling her so I had her stop and work him. Never would have heard him from Portland in the pile. She ran 399 Qs in 3-1/2 hours. Non stop. How can you not love Ham radio right? On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 9:53 AM k5ur--- via arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> > wrote: Thanks to all who worked Red Badge Day! I worked a number of Board members, a few SM's, and overall had a little over 600 contacts. I think Bill, AC0W, had 700 or so. I heard Director Norris and that HDX guy a lot, too. It was a great display of ARRL activity and leadership! 73, Rick - K5UR _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
