Kentucky....fried chicken ?

Ok, yes another eye catching blog title post thats actually only to do with the US state of Fried Chicken, no sorry, Kentucky.

The bands today again are in the doldrums, no noise on 21 Mhz either (@ PC4T's post), so perhaps the sunspots asleep, so time to fire up DM780 and get on the PeSKy mode.

Put a few calls out on 14070.150 + 1800Hz offset, nothing, try calling a few stations back, nowt, hmmm, move down to 1200 Hz and put a call out, K8MWO, Bob from Kentucky comes right back.

Here is the transcript - What I like here is the battle of the band conditions, and more importantly the conversation, what a small world we live in.

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13:53:10> Main

CQ CQ de M6PCZ M6PCZ

CQ CQ de M6PCZ M6PCZ

PSE K

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M6PCZ M6wCZ de K8MWO K8MWO K8MWO Pse K


13:53:51> Main
K8MWO de M6PCZ



Hi OM,

Report : 579 579

Name : Paul Paul qth Torquay in Devon,SW England, loc IO8ØFL IO8ØFL

Info : http://m6pcz.blogspot.com - www.qrz.com/db/M6PCZ



How copy? BTU OM, K8MWO de M6PCZ pse kn
atnR RST is .

My name is Bob Bob.

QTH is northern Kentucky Crittenden, KY Crittenden, KY

Loc EM78 EM78

Some QRM now QRM; missed your name. Plea h, your name OM? M6PCZ de K8MWO K

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13:55:32> Main
K8MWO de M6PCZ



Hi Bob,

Report : 599 599

Name : Paul Paul qth Torquay in Devon,SW England, loc IO8ØFL IO8ØFL

Info : http://m6pcz.blogspot.com - www.qrz.com/db/M6PCZ



Yes bands not so good today Bob !



How copy? BTU OM, K8MWO de M6PCZ pse kn
M6PCZ de K8MWO FB Paul. Good copy that time. I was in Devon last September. Through Devon and Cornwall all the way to Land's End. Very FB journey!

K8MWO Working Conditions:

---Transceiver - Icom-756 Pro III, 3Ø watts

---Antenna - KT-36XA 6-element tri-band yagi at 52 feet

---Interface - SignaLink USB

---Software - DigiPan

OK Paul, BTU... M6PCZ de K8MWO K
13:58:03> Main
K8MWO de M6PCZ



Bob, my station

Radio : Kenwood TS-48Ø S-AT, 1Ø Watts, Home madio CAT + audio

Software : HRD + DM78Ø v5.Ø Beta

Antenna : 13Ø' End Fed long wire, 9:1 Unun

Operator : Created 1968, licenced 2Ø1Ø



Good stuff Bob, the road through Cornwall is slow takes 2 hours or more to get to Penzancee though not much at lands end



glad you enjoyed the south west !!!



My QSL is OK via eQSL.cc.



BTU K8MWO de M6PCZ kn
M6PCZ de K8MWO FB copy again Paul. Band is slowly opening here. WX today is going to be nice. Temp right now is about +7C. Age her is 64, licensed in 1958.

We came along the ~uth coast from about Brighton. Penzance. Lizard. tIusehole. Land's End. Up the north coast to Tintagel. Then back through Wells and RNAS Yeovilton to Gatwick. I am retired Naval Aviator here, so enjoyed the museum at Yeovilton.

OK etl, BTU... M6PCZ de K8MWO ee
14:01:21> Main
K8MWO de M6PCZ



excellent Bob, lovely cathedral at wells and taht moat i hope you saw it that is a favourite place of ours





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p"ae M6PCZ de K8MWO Yes, it was a good time Paul. We thoroughly enjoyed Wellbr and everything elseip

Your signal disappeared Paul. I will say 73 and hope you are copying thisr Will send you a QSL... CUL. M6PCZ de oa8MWO Sti 73et ce ete o14:03:34> Main
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K8MWO de M6PCZ 73 OM and thanks for PSK31 QSO # 29 on 2Øm.



I know qsb toda y though


bob its been a pleasure talking to you today


K8MWO de M6PCZ sk
so long Paul... de K8MWO
14:04:42> Main
73 bob

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I must excuse my spelling, what I try to do with most pesky qso's is to put an extra line or two of conversation in, however you are battling against time before the STOP command is reached.


                     


Here is a picture of Bob in his shack, I really like it on QRZ finding these sorts of pics, I can imagine him sat there 3500 miles away from me 'talking' to me at his keyboard, nuts really isnt it.