Hi!

I am packing things up, getting ready to go to Vancouver airport for the flight home. A quick look through my log shows 392 QSOs were logged by VA7EWK in the past 8 days from all locations (including some that were logged with both of my callsigns, when I worked at the USA/Canada border Thursday afternoon). It has been a fun time up here, between the sightseeing (several hundred photos in my digital camera, and my car has over 3000km/1900 miles on it!) and getting on the radio. I operated from 9 grids (CN78, CN79, CN88, CN89, CN99, CO60, CO70, CO80, CO90), and even tolerated the "heat wave" that has gripped southern British Columbia over the past few days. Warm by local standards, but not nearly as warm as it is back in Arizona. Other than the first 2 nights I was on Vancouver Island, I never saw rain - a first, for all my trips to Vancouver going back over 15 years.

I still need to update my spreadsheet with QSOs from the past few days. I might do that at the airport before flying out, or on the 3-hour flight back to Phoenix. Once I do that, I can provide more stats on my operating up here. Thanks again to everyone for the QSOs over the past 8 days!

73!

Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - North Vancouver, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/