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Re: Contesting from Jordan
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by KB1GW on August 16, 2000
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Really interesting report from Jordan, Peter!
Found the Jordanian weekend info of interest.
Thanks for posting the insigts from JY1.
Good luck with your new home in Maryland.
Hope you don't end up too close to W3LPL! ;-)
Sincere 73,
Glenn, KB1GW
North Ganby, Connecticut
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Contesting from Jordan
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by W6RCL on November 1, 2000
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Good Note, Peter.
In 1985 I was posted to Jordan for a three year stint and was issued the call JY9RL. I had just been bitten by the contest bug before being transferred to JY. I moved out of the hotel and into my apartment during the weekend of the 1985 CQWW. I put up a dipole and worked a few contacts on 20M and after that always tried to enter the All Asian, the CQWW, WPX, and ARRL DX Contests (subject, of course to my employer sending me on a business trip during the contest weekend!).
In 1986, a group of US DX-er's came to work the CQWW SSB Contest (N6TJ, N6ZZ, N6AA, N6VI and others who operated as JY7X---if I remember correctly) and I was hoping that would help light the competitive fires, but it didn't. I wrote (for the Royal Jordanian Radio Amateur Society) a monthly bulletin-newsletter and included a "how to contest" primer, and still did not generate much interest.
My last contest from JY was when my USA QSL Manager, WA6POZ, came for the 1987 WPX SSB contest and we worked multi-single and had a great time using his call JY8GO. We were the only ones in that category from JY and Jerry still has the winner's certificate!
During my three years there, I didn't make any great scores, but I had a lot of fun. And found Mohammed Balbesi, JY4MB, and Prince Raad din Zeid, JY2RZ, to be incredibly helpful and encouraging of Ham Radio. After the JY7 contest effort, JY1 hosted the team at the Palace. He was, of course, very supportive of amateur radio and made it easy for resident aliens to get their licenses.
The irony for me: I've been a ham for more than 40 years, a serious DX-er for the last two decades and EXCEPT for when I lived in Jordan -- I have not worked JY from my home QTH! I ought to be ashamed.
73, de alan, W6RCL
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