Because of the SW station the phone section of 40M is
very lightly used. There is more activity in the CW
segment.
Try listening on 40M during a contet. That's when you
will here the most activity. Last weekend there was a
TTY contest. The last weekend of this month is a SSB
contest.
Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
--- KD5NWA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the area I live right now, I have high voltage
> lines (500KV) on
> three sides about a 1/8 to 1/4 mile away.
>
> The weird thing is I get practically no signals on
> 40 meters, and
> when I do they are very weak. I have several
> receivers to listen with
> a SR-40, TS-940, TS-930, TS-830, FT-817, and a
> TenTec Corsair, it's
> the same with all the radios. 80M, 20M is teaming
> with signals and
> low noise. I have used a Delta Loop, and a Random
> wire antenna, with
> no difference other than noise.
>
> Has anyone encountered anything so weird?
>
> For a while I thought my SR-40 was not working,
> until I tried to
> transmit 2 watts into a dummy load, which I could
> pick up on the SR-40.
>
>
> Cecil Bayona
> KD5NWA
> www.qrpradio.com
>
> I fail to see why doing the same thing over and over
> and getting the
> same results every time is insanity: I've almost
> proved it isn't;
> only a few more tests now and I'm sure results will
> differ this time ...
>
>
>
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