<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv9562833676"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_35398"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_35397"><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25363">Rolf,</div><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25364"><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25365" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25366">We have been married over 40 years, if it wasn't for NPOTA and the rules allowing</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25367">Barb to get behind the mic, And a ham from Panama coming back to this "newbie"</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25368"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_35636">calling CQ - Barb never would have gotten her ham ticket! I gave up on her years ago, Hi Hi.</div></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25370">NPOTA?! I never would have guessed that I would have that much fun operating a contest. <br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25371" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25372">Being a DX station and having a pipe-up on you is intoxicating. ;-)<br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25373" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25374"><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25375" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25376">BTW, I operated for the first time in your Minnesota QSO contest and had fun regardless</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25728">that I only made 35 contacts. I plan to operate again next year.<br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25379">Thanks for operating in our WI QSO contest. I'm a member of West Allis Club and<br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25380" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25381">we really appreciate Minnesota rover participation, you guys do a great job activating</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25862">the western part of Wi.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv9562833676yqt9754655627" id="yiv9562833676yqtfd00287"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25383"><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25384" clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25385"><span id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25386">73's dave - wb9own<br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25387" clear="none"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_35765"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_35785">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_35786"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29557"><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29558"><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29559"><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29560">Hi Dave,<br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29561" clear="none">It's not really all that interesting. <br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29562" clear="none">Taty
was licensed in Peru in the late 60s with the equivalent of an Extra
Class license. Her call was randomly assigned. She has been in
Minnesota since mid 70s. We were married in 2009 but have known each
other since mid 1980s.<br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29563" clear="none"></div><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29564" clear="none">She isn't on the air much, pretty much she only operates MnQP/m, WiQP/m, FD and the occasional RTTY contest. <br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29565" clear="none"><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29566" clear="none"></div>Her
father and brother used to live for a time in Mn (OA4WY, OA4WZ) and
together with my father, KE0RR, we operated 3 or 4 Field Days from near
the Twin Cities in the early 1990s. We called ourselves the
Peruvian-American Radio Club and I declared myself president for life.
There was a photo in QST of us in November 1993 as part of the Field
Day write up.<br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29567" clear="none"><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29568" clear="none"></div>I think this is our 7th or 8th mobile entry
in WiQP. We will move to 80 meters instead of 20 towards the end,
depending on conditions. I forgot to mention that in the posting. I
hope we work multiples times during WiQP. <br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29569" clear="none">73<br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29570" clear="none"></div>Rolf NR0T<br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29571" clear="none"><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29572"><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29573" clear="none"></div><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29574" clear="none">On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 4:32 PM, David Garnier <span dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29575"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29576" ymailto="mailto:dsgarnier@att.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:dsgarnier@att.net">dsgarnier@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29577" clear="none"><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29578">Hi Rolf,</div><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29579"><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29580" clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29581">></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29582">>Ops are OA4ABC (YL)</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29583">></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29584"><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29585" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29586">This sounds like and interesting story, (if you feel so inclined.) GL in the contest!!!</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29587"><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29588" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29589">73's dave - wb9own<br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29590" clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29591"><span id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29592"></span></div><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29593"><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29594" clear="none"><br id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29595" clear="none"></div> <font id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29596" face="Arial" size="2"> </font><hr id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_29597" size="1"><div class="yiv9562833676qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div><div class=".yiv9562833676yahoo_quoted"><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25392" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25391" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div class="yiv9562833676y_msg_container" id="yiv9562833676yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488580152581_25390"><br clear="none"> <br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>