>
>For two months now I've been hearing PT7ZT from Brazil on 20m. Always
>booming in at 59, sometimes 15 over. And every time I spend an hour
>trying to break through the pileup, not an easy feat for a guy running
>barefoot into a ground-mounted vertical with (so far) insufficient
>radials buried, in between two buildings. Plus there is a row of 80-foot
>trees to the South.
>
>Finally, last night, after 2 hours of trying, he finally came back to
>me. Two solid hours of calling every time he said, "QRZ?" I almost
>wasn't prepared when he said, "The WD9 Golf station - please go".
>
>So, another country in the logs. And I gave him something as well - he
>collects counties, and doesn't have Porter County, IN yet. Now he does.
>
>Now, I need to order some QSL cards right away...
>
Once again, persistence pays off. Congratulations.
Chris Trask
N7ZWY / WDX3HLB
Senior Member IEEE
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~christrask/
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