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From: Dick Rollema <dickrollema@casema.nl>
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Congratulations Joe and Mike!

73, Dick, PA0SE

At 11:24 12-2-2007, you wrote:
>Joe, VO1NA, and I completed a successful QSO last night. He was using
>QRSS60 and I used QRSS30. The contact involved no repeats and lasted
>3.5 hours, starting at 2230UTC. 'O' reports were exchanged.
>
>The attached images of Joe show that conditions were very good, with
>some strong fades. Initially I had Argo set to 30 second dots, but
>changed to 60s during a fade, which is why the first picture looks
>odd.
>
>I run about 200mW ERP from an antenna squeezed into a garden 20m
>(70ft) by 8m (25ft). I believe Joe was running well below 1W ERP
>himself.
>
>My thanks to Joe,and to W3EEE for his DFC39 chart which reduced the
>number of sleepless nights needed, and DF6NM for his grabber which
>helped ensure a clear frequency.
>
>I also noted activity from RA3YO near 137.777, and IK5ZPV and DK8KW
>who were close to 136.318.
>
>Mike, G3XDV
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