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Title: 15M is open from California to Indiana Post by: k9jri on January 22, 2012, 06:06:02 PM The band is open at the present time with AM activity on 21.425
73 - Mike - K9JRI Title: Re: 15M is open from California to Indiana Post by: KX5JT on January 22, 2012, 08:44:24 PM 15 meters is open daily. It's rare for it to not be open during daylight this year.
Title: Re: 15M is open from California to Indiana Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on January 22, 2012, 09:17:31 PM Turn your beam or dipole north and work Asia over the pole right now. T32AU and VP6T (South Pacific) are also being heard and worked. If you're using a vertical....hope.
Title: Re: 15M is open from California to Indiana Post by: KX5JT on January 22, 2012, 09:28:31 PM Turn your beam or dipole north and work Asia over the pole right now. T32AU and VP6T (South Pacific) are also being heard and worked. If you're using a vertical....hope. What's wrong with a vertical? Low take-off angle helps for DX. I hear and work a LOT of DX since I put up my vertical. Title: Re: 15M is open from California to Indiana Post by: Steve - K4HX on January 23, 2012, 12:34:54 AM Nothing. It's just not as good as a beam. The pileups on those stations were pretty huge and you need to stand out to be heard. It's far less likely to happen with a vertical.
Title: Re: 15M is open from California to Indiana Post by: KX5JT on January 23, 2012, 02:16:39 AM Oh I see... working a pileup isn't my cup-o-tea anyway because they just want an entry in a logbook. :)
Title: Re: 15M is open from California to Indiana Post by: wb1ead on January 23, 2012, 12:16:29 PM John missed ya this past weekend..too much on my plate..will be there today around 1:30pm EST or 1830 UTC..would like to chat John as I want to find out exactly ur location as mother and me may go there (LA) in May possibly..babysitting our two grandkids agn.....now the other thing about vert to horiz..nah I'm not going near that with a 10' pole..LOL 73 de DAVE
Title: Re: 15M is open from California to Indiana Post by: Steve - K4HX on January 23, 2012, 07:29:16 PM You'll live longer because of it! AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
Oh I see... working a pileup isn't my cup-o-tea anyway because they just want an entry in a logbook. :) |