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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/3URLBCFG7CMGX2AMAQZN5LE5C556QDJG/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "3URLBCFG7CMGX2AMAQZN5LE5C556QDJG", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/3URLBCFG7CMGX2AMAQZN5LE5C556QDJG/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "les (a) highnoonfilm.com", "mailman_id": "07b279ba80664583a53ebd6517566881", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/07b279ba80664583a53ebd6517566881/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Les Rayburn", "subject": "[amsat-bb] \"Norm\" on FO-29", "date": "2013-05-24T06:33:21Z", "parent": null, "children": [ "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/UX4Q35RZJ4VYHGLJSQ5D6TVMW5ZEC5WP/?format=api", "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/JW6XP4Q4KIWWJIK63DJ3BRBRVRJBHNOF/?format=api" ], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Have you ever had one of those days?\n\nWe're at T -10 days and counting to the wedding of my only daughter, \nSamantha, and the stress is starting to get to me. Tonight, I had a \ndelivery at the house, just as the pass for FO-29 started. I could hear the\ndriver honking his horn outside the garage door, just as I heard a \nstation calling CQ on the bird.\n\nI went back to the station, \"M3Y slash something\"...hmm...strange \ncallsign. Didn't quite catch it. But no worries, I always use a small \ndigital recorder to catch all the audio from passes. Haven't quite mastered\nadjusting the rotor, twisting the RIT knob, keying the mic, and logging \nall at the same time.\n\nCertain that the recorder would capture the details, I proceeded with \nthe contact. \"QRZ, QRZ this is N1LF EM63 QRZ\".\n\nHey wait, he's coming back to me. What's that he's saying, \"Try it \nagain, N1LF\". I repeated my call and grid square. The station came right \nback again, \"Try it one more time. Are you on the right sideband?\",\nA wave of panic set in. I glanced at the knobs on the IC-910. Was I on \nthe right sideband? What was that callsign again? Where the heck is \nthat? South America, maybe!!??\n\nI repeated my callsign---he came right back. \"OK, now I got you\". He \nsent his grid square too, but the bird rotated, and I missed it. I \ndoubted the recorder had it either--so I asked for repeat. I noticed \nother stations\nwere quickly calling the DX too. He calmly repeated his grid square and \nI sent a quick \"73\".\n\nThe horn outside honked again--breaking me from my euphoria. I scribbled \na quick note of the time; 04:05 UTC. No problem, I'll get the rest from \nthe recorder when I'm done with the delivery.\nI yanked the headphones, and listened as other stations worked \"Norm\". \nThey all seemed excited to log a rare grid. I was proud of myself for \nfinding him early in the pass, before the pileup had\nstarted.\n\n\"Maybe this rookie can show these space jockey's a thing or two\" I \nthought, in my self-assured inner voice. I greeted the driver with a big \nsmile and firm handshake.\n\nAn hour later, I plugged the recorder into my computer's USB port, and \nopened the file in Sound Forge, ready to play back the pass, and fill in \nmy log. Alas, you can guess the\nending to my sad tale of woe. I had neglected to plug in the splitter \ncable!!! The entire file was completely BLANK! NO!!!!\n\nSo, I hate to ask, but I decided to swallow my pride and see if the gang \ncould help me solve this mystery. Who did I work, and where the heck was \nhe? Gotta get automatic rotor\ncontrol working and start writing stuff down.\n\nServes me right for being cocky. Despite the setback, I'm still having \nfun learning the birds.\n-- \n--\n73,\n\nLes Rayburn, N1LF\n121 Mayfair Park\nMaylene, AL 35114\nEM63nf\n\n6M VUCC #1712\nAMSAT #38965\nGrid Bandits #222\nSoutheastern VHF Society\nCentral States VHF Society Life Member\nSix Club #2484\n\nActive on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light\n\n", "attachments": [] }