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Title: 20 meters in the evening Post by: KX5JT on March 12, 2012, 08:59:55 AM 20 meters has been staying open later in the evening and should remain this way through the summer. Support 20 meter AM!!
Title: Re: 20 meters in the evening Post by: KX5JT on March 14, 2012, 11:01:47 PM Hearing signals on 20... calling on 14.286 AM
Title: Re: 20 meters in the evening Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on March 14, 2012, 11:32:12 PM 20 meters seems wimpy here in the Northeast right now. 40 meters seems to be where all the action is happening.
Title: Re: 20 meters in the evening Post by: KX5JT on March 15, 2012, 05:13:15 PM 20 meters seems wimpy here in the Northeast right now. 40 meters seems to be where all the action is happening. 40 meters AM in the evening (after dark before midnight) is not for the fainthearted! Finding a clearing then finding someone attracted to the AM signal is NOT easy! Title: Re: 20 meters in the evening Post by: WS4B on March 15, 2012, 08:59:28 PM John:
I can just barely hear you calling CQ on .286 now near Tampa. If you have the urge to try 40 later this evening, let me know. Brad Title: Re: 20 meters in the evening Post by: KX5JT on March 19, 2012, 08:02:51 PM Oh I hope this noise floor is temporary... anyone else hearing it? Nevertheless, I'm throwing occasional AM CQ's out there!
Title: Re: 20 meters in the evening Post by: KX5JT on March 22, 2012, 08:37:17 PM Oh I hope this noise floor is temporary... anyone else hearing it? Nevertheless, I'm throwing occasional AM CQ's out there! I am trying some 20 meter AM this evening again on 14.286... give me a shout! Title: Re: 20 meters in the evening Post by: WD5JKO on April 06, 2012, 01:48:59 PM Last night (7:30 to 8:00 PM CST) I talked with Phil AC0OB in Ceder Rapids, Iowa on 14286. We talked for over 30 minutes and conditions were pretty good. No other AM'ers heard. Jim WD5JKO Title: Re: 20 meters in the evening Post by: DMOD on April 06, 2012, 03:16:02 PM Quote Last night (7:30 to 8:00 PM CST) I talked with Phil AC0OB in Ceder Rapids, Iowa on 14286. We talked for over 30 minutes and conditions were pretty good. No other AM'ers heard. That was a FB QSO Jim. I was on my Icom 706 feeding the Henry 2K-4 running about 250 Watts carrier into a 33' vertical S9. As I said last night, I intend to run the Viking I on 20 meters using the 7.143 Mhz crystal. I did a 75m test with a local ham Tuesday afternoon using the 3.885 crystal and he said the audio sounded very natural, which is what I was looking for. Phil - AC0OB Title: Re: 20 meters in the evening Post by: W4AAB on April 22, 2012, 04:10:12 PM Early afternoon today I heard AB2KC and K0EOO talking on 14286. Both were loud here into southern TN.
Title: Re: 20 meters in the evening Post by: W1AEX on April 22, 2012, 04:42:50 PM Dennis K0EOO was quite loud into CT at around 2030 UTC as he was chatting with Chuck K1KW. Unfortunately, there was a persistent operator who insisted on tuning up about 1.5 kc above his carrier, and of course there were the usual sideband operators repeatedly asking if the frequency was in use. I caught about 30 seconds of him in the clear which is captured in the mp3 file. Pretty decent conditions today!
Rob W1AEX Title: Re: 20 meters in the evening Post by: N4zed on April 23, 2012, 06:39:09 PM On 14.286 now AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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