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Warsaw
Posted on April 9th, 2009 · 10:42 UTC 1 commentWarsaw… It’s really strange to be back here again after 3 weeks which seem to be rather mist of crowded memories, reflections and conclusions for now. I still feel like I left this place not 3 weeks ago, but 5 days ago! We’ve experienced a really bad thing yesterday at Heathrow. Due to wrong information provided, we missed our flight. We were forced to buy new tickets from London to Warsaw for another flight to Poland. And it was painful as prices in prior Easter holidays in Poland are high, really high… I wonder how will I get a long with a minus value at my bank account for the rest of the month… :( Anyway, I – as somebody from SP-land described me in the cluster – “the rookie from the Bieszczady mountains” – am trying to get some relief after the long trip and to sort out memories and conclusions. The first ones are rather sort of constructive self-criticism. Yes, running cw pileups was absolutely pure joy. But there is a lot of things I must learn yet. I try to read all comments received. Including comments that criticised my cw operating skills a lot. They are good advices, however I’m conscious I rather shouldn’t get into paranoiac moods due to lack of some cw skills;-) It’s so easy to judge while sitting in a comfty chair in front of rtx. while having no well formed idea what’s going on “on the other side of the pileup”. Well, one could try to picture it to himself. But you may believe me. Those imaginations are sometimes out of reality on the band on the other side. And again, like Australian boomerang, a rhetorical question returns: is the cluster or similar source of information a reliable opinion making source of information about the am radio? I really doubt it from the very beginning of their existence… I consider myself I really got along with dropping me into deep dx-waters. I’ve never participated any cw contest in prior the expdition, nor participated any expeditions at all. I had to have a super fast course of running pileups at once from the very first minute at VK9LA. And while on the air, I could count only on myself. It’s been a fantastic motivation for self-development, being consequent in what I’m doing and a kick to start planning new dx-ventures. I’m so happy I could bring some joy not only with this blog, abut also with some QSOs we had. THIS S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME NOW.Stan SQ8X aka “the rookie from the Bieszczady mountains” ;-) P.S. Somebody just convinced me to write a larger story/article about VK9LA. I’m sure it will be published here, but it needs some time. Stay tuned :-) P.S. II Due to VK4FW Bills’ decision the online log is removed now. If you have any log inquires, you should point your steps directly to him now.
One response to “Warsaw”
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Hi Stan,
Nice to hear that you finally came back home safely, with some adventures till the end !
Do not worry, clusters are full of information, sometimes useful, often not. You don’t have to consider those comments personnally. You know, just one more frustrated guy, HI!
Thanks for the pleasure you and the entire team gave to thousands of us while being there. Hope you’ll have this opportunity again (and so I wish for me one day !).
But most of all, take a big rest and CU soon on the air !
73
Ronan, F8AFCPS : Great idea to make a long article about this journey !
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