Good Evening,
When Dale said the band (40) would go long shortly he was correct. In only
about ten minutes the band flew eastward and then out over the ocean. I bet I
could have waited a few minutes and worked EU :) But there were a fair number
of check ins none the less. Folks east of me were mentioning QSB. I was
hearing the QRN rise as the band moved too. I had three reports of snow: AK,
ND, and MN. Ken had active snowfall with very high winds. I, on the other
hand, had a dry day with sun and a light breeze. I got to walk the property
and found three of the corner posts. Two of them were much easier than normal
because of the clear cuts; one of them quite recent. The other cut was before
the windstorm but this was the first I had had time to walk the acreage.
Mostly I walk a little and see how much cutting I will have to do to clear all
the damage and get overwhelmed. Notice I said three corner posts. I haven't
been to the furthest one in many years. I think I was last there in 2002.
While the weather is so pleasant I just may walk the entire perimeter. I have
only done that once in the twelve years I have lived here. There never seems
to be time enough to do it.
Propagation was fair today on both bands. I only had one Northeastern
station, a few from the Southeast, none from the South or Southwest, and only a
few from the Western states east of me. Hawaii boomed in today with Curt on
his new K3. California was well represented also. In only a couple days (the
29th) a new solar stream will hit the earth. Hopefully that will liven up the
ionosphere for next week's sessions.
On to the lists =>
On 14050.5 kHz at 2255z:
N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008
W6ZH - Pete - CA - KX1 - 384
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642
AH6RE - Curt - HI - K3 - 469 QNI #35!!!
K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
AK2B - Tom - NY - K3 - 109
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
WC7S - Dale - WY - K2 - 4360 QNI #20!!!
W1TF - Ty - GA - K3 - 696
W0SZ - Steve - CO - K3 - 176
W4SEC - Pete - FL - K2 - 5813
AB9V - Mike - IN - K3 - 398
W0JFR - John - CO - K3 - 994
On 7044.5 kHz at 0200z:
W6ZH - Pete - CA - KX1 - 384
KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 * QNI #145 *
WC7S - Dale - WY - K2 - 4360
W3TMZ - Pete - FL - K3 - 1169
W1TF - Ty - GA - K3 - 696 QNI #50!!!
K6DGW - Fred - CA - K3 - 642 * QNI #105 *
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183
K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 21
W4SEC - Pete - FL - K2 - 5813
K4JPN - Steve - GA - K2 - 1422 * QNI #100 *
N0AR - Scott - MN - K2 - 4866
If there are any corrections necessary to the above lists please email me.
Thank you for all the pleasant contacts over the years. It truly is fun to
hear each of you. I especially like to hear how the weather varies across the
regions. Guess that dates to when I was very young and would trace the states
on the weather map for practice. Got good at freehand sketching the perimeter
of the US. I think I may be some sort of map freak. But that goes with
amateur radio and all the different parts of the world we can contact. There
may be a connection here ;)
Until next week stay well,
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class)
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