Top Dogs! Sort of...

[Jeff K1NSS]

Forgot all about it. Envelope arrived today, thought it was ARRL junk mail. Just as I was about to toss it in the trash unopened, a little voice, distant as DX exclaimed "Open Sez Me."

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[PA5COR]

LOL Congrats ;)

[Jeff K1NSS]

LOL Congrats ;)
Thank you much! Perhaps we'll retire from contesting at the peak of our careers.

[N2CHX]

Nice!

[K7SGJ]

Way to go, guys. Are we going to have hound you to do it again this year?

[X-Rated]

Massive nice wallpaper. Congrats.

[WØTKX]

Dog-gone-greatness!

[NQ6U]

Did you pursue that award doggedly? Did you hound the GRRL with doggerel until they sent it?

[W3WN]

Hmmm. Now, why does that look vaguely familiar?

Oh, yeah... now I remember...
9625

Hmmm. That's still not quite it. Hmmmm.
9626

Nah, that's not it either... Let me get back to you...

[Jeff K1NSS]

Nice! With Nifty on top, TNX.

[Jeff K1NSS]

Way to go, guys. Are we going to have hound you to do it again this year? Not if ya throw us a bone, tnx.

[Jeff K1NSS]

Massive nice wallpaper. Congrats.
Tnx for ur kind words. With three faces for radio, it was a cinch.

[Jeff K1NSS]

Dog-gone-greatness!
Thanks an arful lot!

[Jeff K1NSS]

Did you pursue that award doggedly? Did you hound the GRRL with doggerel until they sent it? The thought of winning never ocCURred to us.

[Jeff K1NSS]

Hmmm. Now, why does that look vaguely familiar?

Oh, yeah... now I remember...
9625

Hmmm. That's still not quite it. Hmmmm.
9626

Nah, that's not it either... Let me get back to you...

Oh yeah? Well...we spent more time with our families and my dog-faced ham ate our CW logs.

[W3WN]

Oh yeah? Well...we spent more time with our families and my dog-faced ham ate our CW logs.Who said I didn't spend time with my family?

And I will see your dog-faced ham, and raise you with my station assistant
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Lucy Furr K9FURR, Eater of Coax

[W3WN]

Oh, and I don't expect to do as well on the SSB portion for 2013. One of my ops didn't show (he got stranded in Philly), another had some family issues come up, and so it goes. Could have done better, should have. But there's always next year.

[X-Rated]

Tell Paul (GUH) hi for us as well.

[KG4CGC]

Who said I didn't spend time with my family?

And I will see your dog-faced ham, and raise you with my station assistant
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Lucy Furr K9FURR, Eater of Coax

Did your dog get into the neighbor's dumpster as they were throwing stuff out for a move or do you live near a Lady Chatterly's Toy Box retail outlet?


Props to Jeff! I still love the graphics better. neenur!

[W3WN]

Did your dog get into the neighbor's dumpster as they were throwing stuff out for a move or do you live near a Lady Chatterly's Toy Box retail outlet?
< snip >Neither. Worse.

When the N8S trip to Swain's was on (the first one that counted as a new entity), Lucy was still a pup. The boss was recovering from an appendectomy, and I had a bad case of the flu, so she didn't get a lot of attention for a few days, got bored, found the coax feed to the HF6V, and chewed it into a dozen small segments. That's when I determined that her last name had to be Furr. The little demon.

[KG4CGC]

Neither. Worse.

When the N8S trip to Swain's was on (the first one that counted as a new entity), Lucy was still a pup. The boss was recovering from an appendectomy, and I had a bad case of the flu, so she didn't get a lot of attention for a few days, got bored, found the coax feed to the HF6V, and chewed it into a dozen small segments. That's when I determined that her last name had to be Furr. The little demon.Gotta love'um :)

[N8YX]

Congrats to you both, but (EddiaVoice)You d@mned contesters are clogging up the Maritime Net(/EddieVoice).

:snicker:

[W3WN]

Congrats to you both, but (EddiaVoice)You d@mned contesters are clogging up the Maritime Net(/EddieVoice).

:snicker:
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever.

Seriously, Fred, you and 'DSG can consider yourselves officially invited to partake in the 2014 ARRL DX contests (CW, SSB, or both) from here next year. And that goes for just about everyone else around here too, who are willing to come in. You might have to share couch space with Lucy if you crash for the night, but she's friendly.

I'm just hoping that by the time they roll around, I'll have the shack rebuild done.

[K7SGJ]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever.

Seriously, Fred, you and 'DSG can consider yourselves officially invited to partake in the 2014 ARRL DX contests (CW, SSB, or both) from here next year. And that goes for just about everyone else around here too, who are willing to come in. You might have to share couch space with Lucy if you crash for the night, but she's friendly.

I'm just hoping that by the time they roll around, I'll have the shack rebuild done.

Think, man,........think. Invite them over a week or so ahead of time. You will have all kinds of help to work on the shack. I saw it on DIY disaster renovations

[W3WN]

Think, man,........think. Invite them over a week or so ahead of time. You will have all kinds of help to work on the shack. I saw it on DIY disaster renovationsBut... but... but they'd spoil LucyFurr rotten.

Seriously, I hope to work on the shell of the new shack this summer. The decks are built, and I have some inside stuff to do, but outside of making some changes to the front steps & related retaining wall, I don't have a lot of outdoor projects in front of me this summer.

I do have to get a saw with the right concrete-cutting blades to cut a doorway into the garage...

[NN3W]

yawn.....9705

[WX7P]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever.

Seriously, Fred, you and 'DSG can consider yourselves officially invited to partake in the 2014 ARRL DX contests (CW, SSB, or both) from here next year. And that goes for just about everyone else around here too, who are willing to come in. You might have to share couch space with Lucy if you crash for the night, but she's friendly.

I'm just hoping that by the time they roll around, I'll have the shack rebuild done.

Be careful. You might just have an Illinois interloper screaming into your microphone at 3 AM in the morning.

Never worked a DX contest from the East Coast.

[W3WN]

yawn.....9705P40A still whooped your butt, pal. So there. :evil:

[WX7P]

P40A still whooped your butt, pal. So there. :evil:

Is P40V still around?

His massive spread in Nevada City, CA was for sale a few years ago. Monobanders all over the property.

[X-Rated]

Did anybody not work P40A?

[W3WN]

Is P40V still around?

His massive spread in Nevada City, CA was for sale a few years ago. Monobanders all over the property.Yup. Sometimes you'll hear the station on as P49V, and I'm not sure why one call is sometimes used, and sometimes the other.

I know that a P43 call is a native Aruban. I thought the P49 were for "permanent residents", possibly the P40 are special contest calls?

[WX7P]

Yup. Sometimes you'll hear the station on as P49V, and I'm not sure why one call is sometimes used, and sometimes the other.

I know that a P43 call is a native Aruban. I thought the P49 were for "permanent residents", possibly the P40 are special contest calls?

I looked around a little bit, and it appears Carl Cook is now living in Aruba. He was a member of the Northern California Contest Club when I was a member 20 years ago. You'd never guess he had the money he has if you met him in person.

If I had the scratch, I would have loved to have his old house in Nevada City. Beautiful house, great antennas, wonderful area. I'll try to find the listing.

[n2ize]

Yup. Sometimes you'll hear the station on as P49V, and I'm not sure why one call is sometimes used, and sometimes the other.

I know that a P43 call is a native Aruban. I thought the P49 were for "permanent residents", possibly the P40 are special contest calls?

Sounds more like some sort of aeroplane.

[W3WN]

Sounds more like some sort of aeroplane.I see you've been listening to Spike Jones again.

A P-38? How'd that get in the race? (about 3:00 in)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1fSnzmCtGQ

[Jeff K1NSS]

Sounds more like some sort of aeroplane.

Oh, 'an aeroplane'. Oh, I say, we are grand, aren't we? (imitation posh accent) 'Oh, oh, no more buttered scones for me, mater. I'm off to play the grand piano'. 'Pardon me while I fly my aeroplane.

[W3WN]

Next thing you know, he'll roll in in a chaeuffer-driven Rolls Royce and inquiry as to whether or not one can spare a smidgen of Grey Poupon...