I saw the comment that they were "CQing into callers."
This breaks the dam for me.
I'm sickened to almost giving up by the deplorable manners shown on the bands
these days.
Why shouldn't they CQ into callers? Those callers shouldn't be calling at all!
Perhaps there's a message there: They want t
I tried the sched they posted...not a peep.
Yesterday there were quite a few QSO around 1000Z.
I tried that today and not a peep.
Nor did I hear anyone calling.
There was one spot, from Spain, but I don't think it was meant as a QSO report.
Has their plan changed?
Is the band as bad as it seems? I
The one I have is not 25uH. It's an E.F. Johnson 226-3 roller coil.
Beautiful, silvered, square wire, with double slider.
Unfortunately, it only gets to 13.5uH.
Heavy ceramic (Steatite?) end plates.
Tapered spacing on one end, would make a great KW+ tank coil.
$75+freight, if anyone wants.
Wilson
W
Good grief, they have left hams behind!
That's close to an HD series plug in coil, of which I have several.
For 160, i wound AWG 10, stranded, on 3" PVC pipe, works fine.
I could even sell you an HD jack bar.
Somewhere, I have a big old Johnson roller coil that, I think, gets to 25uH.
The 2404 is 3
I am seeing QSOs over thousands of miles.
Are they ft-8?
Amazing, if so.
I don't hear anything.
Wilson
W4BOH
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