Subject: Re: must have missed you
From: John Paul Keon (jpkeon@nc.rr.com)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 15:09:36 EST
Well, I stayed home, and listened too, and did not find them either... I gave it a try anyway.... What can I say, another day maybe... JohnPaul/AB4PP Raleigh, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Cahoon" <lejek@erols.com> To: "Appalachian Trail Award" <atrail-l@Lehigh.EDU> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 1:48 PM Subject: Re: must have missed you > Daryl, > > Ron is up on the trail all the time. But some of us are not quite so close > to the trail as he is - it's about a two hour drive for me to the > trail. So I don't get out too often. Plus when I do the xyl and kids want > to hike rather than sit while I play radio. So that eliminates many of the > trips I do make to the trail. I've only managed to do it from the trail a > few times. I'd like to see more activity, but I just can't seem to swing > it from here. > > The other thing I have found the few times I have gotten out is that unless > you post the trip the night before or the morning of the trip you don't get > many takers. > > I'm afraid the award will die from lack of activity. In the almost two > years since Ron first announced the award I don't think he has given out a > half a dozen awards for guy who have worked someone on the trial in every > state the trail passes through. VA and PA are not too hard to get, a few > states are not uncommon, but there are several states that are almost never > on the air from the trail. > > 73 de Larry.........WD3P in MD > http://www.qsl.net/wd3p/ > > At 12:32 PM 12/2/2001 -0500, Daryl Cline wrote: > >I must have missed Goody on the AT. I got home about 1700 Z and > >listened on 7.040 and 14.060 +/- > >but could not find him. I am assuming that was the freqs that were refered > >to in the post. These are the only QRP freqs. for CW that I know of. I am > >new to QRP so maybe for myself and others who may be new to QRP could an > >old timer maybe post all of the QRP freq to the list. It would be greatly > >appreciated. Thanks much. BTW where are all the QRP'ers from the other > >states that the trail runs through ? Do none of you guys hike or pack ? :-) > >**************************** > >Daryl Cline WB4YEX FPQRP # 322 ARS #632 SOC #449 > >Harrisonburg, Va. > >http://www.cfw.com/~jdc > >-AOL Instant message screen name WB4YEX > >"When I found the skull near camp, the first thing I did was call the police. > >But then I got curious I picked it up and started wondering. ..... Who > >was this > >person ? ..... and why did he have goat horns ? > >*************************************************************************** ************** >
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