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Big Dom wrote:Well it seems this has become the HAM thread so I'll throw my hat in the ring as well. Best of luck to you all may your wait be a short one.

Sorry about hijacking the thread! There are a number of us (hams) here as well.

Tom

My application was approved today. 42 days from the time they received it. Maybe processing times are getting shorter...

Tom

I've been off the air for a couple of years. I guest op at friends' shacks when there is something I really need. Last QSO in 2007 was BS7H on May 5th for a total of 19 QSOs for the year. 323 worked and 320 confirmed. I need 4 more to make the Honor Roll.

I was active on sats for a while. I was going to WAS on the LEOs. Made most of the hard ones except HI. HI on the LEOs is possible on FO-29 from Texas but it's marginal at best. AK was easy on AO-51.

While I'm a die-hard CW op, I also enjoy RTTY and PSK31. Made my first PSK31 QSO in Sep 1999. PSK always amazes me with clean copy on almost no signal. I remember working the P5 on 15 RTTY. The band was quiet and despite almost no signal, he was printing perfectly. My Alpha was in the shop so I was pushing a single 3-500Z to about 400 watts. He was working split and you could not hear anything on the band but him. Set the split for something random and called. Got the surprise of a lifetime, wth K4NR K4NR 599 599 BK. They pulled him off the air less than a week later.

Have a good weekend!

Tom

John,

I post here to pass the time. It's soothing to gripe about it. I'm not really all that concerned about the wait.

How's DX in Marshall?

73 de Tom, K4NR

Once they get it is a stretch It took mine 4 weeks to change to "Processing Application"...

Tom