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« Reply #375 on: March 07, 2011, 05:37:54 PM » |
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I received a pleasant surprise today. I'm monitoring 29.000 MHz and I hear VK4VN calling CQ with a nice 5/5 signal. We turn out to have a nice 10 minute QSO before the band faded away. It looks like Cycle 24 is indeed coming to life!!!
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« Reply #376 on: March 07, 2011, 05:59:51 PM » |
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10's open now....... buncha roger beeps and echo boxes.....
Several Az stations into C NY. k0etd and a K7??
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« Reply #377 on: March 07, 2011, 06:39:37 PM » |
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The Sunday of the 10M contest had pure F2 with the MUF up to 38MHz in some places. Coast to coast plus down to the tip of SA, some equatorial AF, and a bunch of Pacific islands were all in at once. I worked about a dozen AM Q's also when I fired up the V II and HRO-60.
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« Reply #378 on: March 08, 2011, 02:26:23 PM » |
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10m seems to be open pretty good. if anyone would like to try some am. give out a reply. i'm gona try to call cq around 29.100.
have vfo will travel though!! hahah
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« Reply #379 on: March 08, 2011, 02:28:47 PM » |
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10's open now.......
buncha Az and Nvs. k7ewe very loud into C NY.
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« Reply #380 on: March 08, 2011, 04:49:44 PM » |
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Yah, it's cooking nicely today. I was running about 175 watts into my 250 foot center-fed and had 3 nice chats in a row with:
Casey - K7JX in Tacoma, WA S-9 +10
Jim - K3DCC in Albuquerque, NM S-9 +20
Randy - N5RL in San Antonio, TX S-7
It's nice to hear west coast areas floating in so solidly! I caught some of Randy's signal in the MP3 below.
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« Reply #381 on: March 10, 2011, 03:15:57 PM » |
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Call this breaking news!!..5mins ago the 29mhz region came alive..hearing WA0GAG Andy in CO working Doug K6?? in CA on 29mhz at the same freq 29.000 also a W4xx?? in Q..they probably don't hear each other..gotta go unfortunatly..sigh 73 de DAVE
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« Reply #382 on: March 10, 2011, 05:54:50 PM » |
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As I ticky-tap this the 29mhz AM sect is still open but extreme weak sigs now..I was NOT able to join in the sheer bedlam heard from my side of the continent..freaky SWR probs due to heavy downpours earlier in the week and rearranging the shack and honey-do things kept me busy and away from the mic..however here's the lineup I did manage to hear when I could..
K6UO 5/5
WA0GAG 5/5
WA8YUZ 5/1
AB7YD 5/9+
WA9EIC 5/2
K7JX 5/5
W7GEC 5/9
W1UR 5/3
AD5FL 5/5
W5QXX 5/9
K5DQI 5/7
The number after the call is signal report as I would've given if..strongest and most consistent was AB7YD on the Apache modded who at times went to 20 over..all this occured between 1915 to 2200 UTC..trust me it was real! 73 de DAVE
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« Reply #383 on: March 14, 2011, 12:57:37 PM » |
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Hey gang..have not posted in a couple days due to "new" addition to my shack..however it HAS been open way past 29mhz..in the AM spot in and around 29mhz a number of stations heard here usually past 3:00pm going to 7:00pm from mostly left coast to TX/OK..Tom W0TDH e-mailed to say he worked VK4VN ystdy Q5 sigs on 29mhz AM..so der ya go once more..enjoy! 73 de DAVE
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« Reply #384 on: March 19, 2011, 01:17:57 PM » |
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10's open now.......
no one be ther
klc
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« Reply #385 on: March 19, 2011, 01:47:16 PM » |
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Robo-calling on 29.100 now!
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« Reply #386 on: March 23, 2011, 05:10:31 PM » |
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29.600 NFM was open today into the CT on line receiver. It's a good sign when it opens this far up the band. Six meters should be open soon?
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