ALL-DAY T-HUNT
Oct.
25, 2008
It was a dark and stormy night…No that was
another hunt...It
was a nice and sunny morning. I was busy with the contest on 20 Meters
while
driving to King’s and missed hearing some 5 transmitters until I got to
the 105
Fwy. What were they doing on at 8 AM?
Had a fine English muffin and coffee at Kings
and at 9:15 left for the
start. Met Deryl and soon several other
regulars
including Doug/Son, Don/Steve, Bob/Cathy. Since the transmitters were
already
on and many could be heard, we just chatted at the start until about 10:20. We all agreed that the bearing
for all
that could be heard (2 voice Ts, one CW and one AF6O-like
tones/CW/tones) was
between 355 and 10 degrees.
I went up the 405 to the 14 to Sand canyon to
Fire Station 9
and found T7 voice T. Back down the road (going by T-1 for the second
time
without hearing it) and up the other side of Bear Divide toward Magic
Mountain and found and
several more
Ts and Deryl. While at the next to most easterly T,
Don and Steve come wandering in from Mt
Gleason. Picked off that last easterly T and went back to Bear Divide
and
carefully crept up the road to Fire Station 9 and finally got T-1. Took
Little
Tujunga home finding the third voice T on the way.
Now Scott claimed there were 8 transmitters,
but I only heard 7 and found all seven. A great hunt.
When I met Bob and
Cathy during the hunt they extolled upon this eating place they had
found in La
Canada.
As I
hadn’t eaten all day (except for the muffin at Kings) I was now
ravenous and
searched and found the Big Mama’s and Papa’s Pizzeria on Foothill and
Ocean
View in La Canada This is a chain slowly expanding all over. See www.36pizza.com . Indeed it was
great. They
serve a 36 inch pizza that is awesome just to watch being made and will
feed a
small army. It takes two cooks to get it in the box. And their doors
are
special so you can get it out of the restaurant for take home. I had a
$7.00
Big Deal which is a great Italian Salad, drink and a slice of pizza (a
slice of
28 inch pizza, enough for two). I ate the whole thing.
A great hunt, great food, less than 100
miles, home by 8:PM
Jippy