Managed 12 NA QSOs just before out dawn but signals were way down on normal.
Almost every contact asked for repeats.
Richard G3OQT
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Folks,
I had a lot of fun in the SP contest
though I couldn't really devote nearly as
much time to it as I wanted. I pretty much
only called CQ at the very end, giving
those running the points for QRP. Still,
not bad; 152 Q's for 1326 points.
Thanks to the HI-Z Circle 8 and HI-Z
Triangular
I felt results to EU were average to above average. I was very surprised
and pleased when two EU's were among the first replies to my CQ's.
I was very surprised in other direction, in initial hours how few
midwesterners were calling in. Usually I rack up several W9's with my first
CQ's although
On 2015-12-27 14:24, Art Snapper wrote:
I was a little disappointed with conditions here in Michigan last
night.
It seemed more like the Summer Stew with the lightning static from the
storms in Texas and the Upper Mississippi Valley.
Very noisy here also. Early it sounded like someone was
I was only doing S so I was continuously tuning the band. Conditions
here in SW VA were pretty poor. I only worked five EU stations, all in
Eastern EU. They generally were good copy despite the QRN and showed up
here around 0400Z. KV4FZ and NP2X were weak at first, but their sigs
picked up
I was a little disappointed with conditions here in Michigan last night.
It seemed more like the Summer Stew with the lightning static from the
storms in Texas and the Upper Mississippi Valley.
I'll refrain from any comments on manmade climate change.
73
Art NK8X
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Topband
W3LPL is the only station I know of that has worked a major DX test
accomplishing five-band DXCC 160m through 15. Frank has an exceptional
station for 160m.
N3QE, an excellent op, operated W3LPL for the Stew Perry, with this in his
soapbox:
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Very little DX. I worked one DL, one S5,
On 12/30/2014 12:54 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
I think that the real winners in this TBDC will be those CA stations who
could work dozens and dozens of 12 pointers in that neat 03Z-ish opening,
that must have been that quiet not-quite-dark period for left coast where
they could hear very
Wish I had an antenna here in MT DN45 for 160, but that can't be. Second
best option was to remote operate my station in EM69, even though I can't
switch RX antennas remotely (Yet! That will change before next TBDC)... So
I switched between the TX and the north beverage (the least directional
Hi all,
I think we had the worst prop of any SP test since I have been in ZL.
In the first darkness period (15z to 1650z there was not a single USA or
KH6 station audible. Usually there are several left coasters on around
their sunrise. Just 2 JAs, 3 VKs and 2 ZLs in that session.
Things
Poor also from Fairbanks, Ak. Listened both nights off and on. But in the end
it was the burning end of my Inv-L that called timeout.
Apparently my coated stranded wire had a covering defect at the far end where
it was suspended in a tree…the voltage node melted the pull-up rope and down it
well, last night about 0600z i went out and heard signals on the NC183,
and my 211 PA was able to light dimly the 300 watt dummy load light bulb,
so i worked about ten stations.
a good SP
mike w7dra
The #1 Worst Carb Ever?
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say for my brief operating time the conditions were
sub par.
Cheers
Don
~73
Don
KD8NNU
2014 3905CC Top Gun :-)
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