[Moon-net] DUBUS eme CW activity

[Hugh Duff]

Murphy's law struck the VA3TO QTH during the DUBUS event this weekend  :(
I operated for just over 2 hours during the first leg but had some 
technical problems as well as a strong birdie right at 144.045
(you know what that means) and a high noise level across the band.

Right at the beginning of the event I heard IK3MAC calling CQ so I 
replied but then I had no TX power on the next exchange. After a few 
minutes of investigation I discovered that my amplifier keying circuit 
had failed but I was able to quickly repair it. Then I sat and listened 
to Graziano working several stations like PA3EME, N5BO and XE2AT when he 
was coming in strong. All of a sudden a very strong biridie showed up on 
144.045 that wiped him out. Occasionally the birdie would subside but 
whenever I tried to reply to Graziano the birdie would pop back up. So I 
tuned up the band and heard CQs at .047, .048 and .052.  I called QRZ 
but then the noise level would increase.  Sorry to those stations that I 
tried to work but could not hear. Someone or something did not want me 
to have any success this time around so I shut down the equipment and 
went to bed.

Congratulations to all of the new stations that participated in the event !

73 de Hugh VA3TO
www.va3to.com