On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 8:52:50 PM UTC+5:30, Patty Winter wrote:   
   > In article <67bf0102-ba13-44f0-93d4-d80530bd9c91@googlegroups.com>,   
    wrote: > >Going through my old QSL cards took me way back   
   in time to those >'QRM-free' days, chasing DX with a homebrew QRP CW rig and a   
   dipole >antenna. I, too,    
   know from firsthand experience that it's very satisfying when you get QSOs   
   with minimal power. When I was doing HF it wasn't exactly QRP but might as   
   well have been. :-) One day I visited some ham friends in the Santa Cruz   
   Mountains, not far from Ben    
   Lomond where you have a QSL card from. Their station was so powerful that they   
   got annoyed when they couldn't break a pileup on the first call. Running a   
   low-power station teaches you patience. :-) 73, Patty   
      
   Real patience for sure. It's nice to know that W6MUR - OM Bill's QTH was not   
   very far from yours.    
      
   Thanks again, old timer.   
      
   73   
      
   Nandu.   
      
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