Three Toms and a Sam

It turns out that I discovered (after the fact) that my lunchtime session netted me three Toms and one Sam.

I worked today, in order:
9A4W – Tom in Croatia
S51WO – Sam in Slovenia
SP7BCA – Tom in Poland
ON/DJ6OI – Tom in Belgium
Is that kind of weird or what?!? If I had worked four Toms, it would have been time to stop and buy lottery tickets on the way home, or find a good poker game to join. LOL! I thought it would be neat to take all my lunchtime QSOs from this year and plot them to Google Earth. Here’s what they look like:
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By clicking on either, it should get you a larger version to look at.
So the next time that someone tells you can’t work anybody with 5 Watts and that QRP is a bunch of hooey – well …………….
72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP – When you care to send the very least!
Larry Makoski, W2LJ, is a regular contributor to AmateurRadio.com and writes from New Jersey, USA. Contact him at [email protected].

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